Here we've displayed a list of the best Labor Union films : Roger & Me(1989), Heroes for Sale(1933), Edge of the City(1957), Bread and Roses(2000), The Garment Jungle(1957), F.I.S.T.(1978), Native Land(1942), Which Way Is Up?(1977) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1989
91 Minutes
journalist assembly line worker ceo family dark bleak amusing flint, mich. factory activism government labor union corporate downsizing pursuit underdog quest 1980s
After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith .
Drama
USA
1933
73 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Loretta Young Aline MacMahon Gordon Westcott Robert Barrat Berton Churchill Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Charley Grapewin James Murray Edwin Maxwell
veteran soldier businessman communist wife doctor bleak gritty chicago laundromat hospital prison pennsylvania capitalism communism labor union drug addiction great depression social activism discovery
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
Drama
USA
1957
85 Minutes
John Cassavetes Sidney Poitier Jack Warden Kathleen Maguire Ruby Dee Robert F. Simon Ruth White William A. Lee Val Avery John Kellogg David Clarke
dockworker boss friend wife manager gritty rousing manhattan docks racism labor union self-respect corruption secret awol underdog rivalry transformation 1950s
Two New York City longshoremen Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader whose growing friendship is threatened by Charles Malik, a notably repellent punk.
Drama
UK|France|Germany|Spain|Italy|Switzerland
2000
110 Minutes
Pilar Padilla Adrien Brody Elpidia Carrillo Jack McGee George Lopez Alonso Chavez Monica Rivas Frank Davila
illegal alien janitor union organizer sister wife manager passionate intense engaging los angeles office building dance hall immigration sister relationship labor union family struggle justice forbidden love underdog
Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
88 Minutes
Lee J. Cobb Kerwin Mathews Gia Scala Richard Boone Valerie French Robert Loggia Joseph Wiseman Harold J. Stone Adam Williams
business owner gangster father son teamster henchman brutal fiery powerful factory new york city organized crime labor union family oppression change of heart violence fall revenge rivalry
The struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost.
Drama
USA
1978
145 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Rod Steiger Peter Boyle Melinda Dillon David Huffman Tony Lo Bianco Kevin Conway Cassie Yates Peter Donat Henry Wilcoxon John Lehne
union boss blue-collar worker mobster senator intense brooding cleveland warehouse labor union organized crime aspirations justice underdog rise rivalry fall 1930s
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
Drama
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Art Smith Paul Strand James Hanney Fred Johnson Mary George John Rennick Amelia Romano Houseley Stevenson Howard da Silva Vaughn King Tom Pedi
farmer union organizer klansman sharecropper grocer paul robeson brutal inspiring intense factory united states rural community congress civil rights labor union free speech racism activism work underdog
Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting corporations, their spies and contractors. ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1977
94 Minutes
Richard Pryor Lonette McKee Margaret Avery Morgan Woodward Marilyn Coleman Bebe Drake Gloria Edwards Ernesto Hernandez Diane Rodrigues Danny Valdez Dolph Sweet
orange picker wife father union organizer preacher executive hilarious cheeky spirited playful orange grove family home los angeles office labor union family dysfunction estrangement adultery class distinctions love triangle
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sexually obsessed father, Rufus, and spouse, Annie Mae.