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JUST POSTED: [link removed] Sidney Poitier: Nobody You Can Boss Around. When iconic and groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier died last month, most of the tributes focused on his brilliant acting, for which he received innumerable awards, as well as his advocacy for Civil Rights. But as Kathy M. Newman pointed out in a column for Working-Class Perspectives, before he became an actor, Poitier worked as a dishwasher, construction worker, and longshoreman. Famously choosy about his roles on-screen, he played a number of working-class characters throughout his career, and was proud of his working-class and immigrant roots. Elise Bryant and Chris Garlock chat with Newman on the latest episode of the [link removed] Labor Goes to the Movies podcast.
FILM/BOOK/TALK: Confessions of A Union Buster
Tuesday, February 8, 7p ET
FREE; [link removed] RSVP here.
Short film program and Q&A with legendary union organizer Bob Muehlenkamp, author of the forward for Confessions of a Union Buster: New Activist Edition (2022).
Union Busting: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (11/15/2021, 23m)
John Oliver discusses the mechanics of union busting, why the companies who do it face so few consequences, and what it really means when your manager wants to talk to you about "your attendance."
Alice's Egg Plant (1925, 8m)
Walt Disney directed this short in which chickens at an egg factory are organized to strike for shorter hours and smaller eggs by Little Red Henski from Moscow, Russia, and the bosses have to come up with a clever way to extract more eggs from the striking chickens.
Busted: how unions are stopped before they start - a call to action (7m)
LaborLab is creating a feature film about how companies stop unions before they start with manipulative tactics. The best way to stop this is to expose how this really works by sharing our stories. This short video is just one story and a call to action for others to share theirs.
FILMS: The First Wave & Coronavirus Capitalism
Tuesday, March 8
FREE; 7p ET; [link removed] RSVP HERE
[link removed] Two must-see films about the pandemic.
The First Wave (2021, 93m) follows nurses, doctors, and administrators as they all desperately try to navigate the COVID-19 crisis.
Coronavirus Capitalism (2020, 8:48) features Naomi Klein on how COVID gives capitalists license to steal even more than they used to.
Introduced by Ken Zinn, Political Director for National Nurses United.
"THE FIRST WAVE is a testament to the strength of the human spirit." National Geographic
"A breathtaking testament to the fight to live, the calling to heal, and the power of human connection." Variety
"Viscerally disturbing and achingly humanistic." Los Angeles Times.
Co-sponsored by: [link removed] Old Labor Hall (Barre. VT), [link removed] London Labour Film Festival, [link removed] Construir Cine Film Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina), [link removed] Workers Unite! Film Festival (New York City).
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