Here we've displayed a list of the best Union Organizer films : The Devil and Miss Jones(1941), Bound for Glory(1976), Bread and Roses(2000), The Big One(1997), The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter(1980), An American Romance(1944), Last Exit to Brooklyn(1989), The Funeral(1996), Native Land(1942), Which Way Is Up?(1977), Boxcar Bertha(1972), The Trouble With Girls(1969) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Jean Arthur Bob Cummings Charles Coburn Edmund Gwenn Spring Byington S.Z. Sakall
boss salesgirl union organizer clerk charming endearing witty department store united states union romance disguise working class discovery quest love 1940s
A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.
Biography
USA
1976
147 Minutes
David Carradine Ronny Cox Melinda Dillon Gail Strickland John Lehne Randy Quaid Elizabeth Macey Susan Vaill
songwriter union organizer wife okies farmer positive powerful oklahoma texas california farm stage ambition american dream politics music poverty woody guthrie transformation underdog
The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.
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.
Documentary
USA|UK
1997
96 Minutes
michael moore ceo musician author union organizer brash crafty rousing bookstore midwest office parking lot shopping mall united states corporate greed working class interview labor politics unemployment
On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.
Documentary
USA
1980
60 Minutes
Wanita Allen Gladys Belcher Lyn Childs Lola Weixel Margaret Wright
elderly woman retiree welder african-american woman union organizer employee powerful brooklyn, n.y. detroit family home world war ii feminism sexism manufacturing employment transformation underdog 1980s
Documentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Five women tell their stories. Fascinating clips of racist, sexist propaganda of the era.
Drama
USA
1944
151 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Ann Richards Walter Abel John Qualen Stephen McNally Mary McLeod Bob Lowell Barbara Bedford
immigrant brother wife son teacher union organizer confident inspiring ellis island minnesota mine chadley college factory detroit immigration family patriotism america citizenship factories
Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.
Drama
UK|West Germany|USA
1989
102 Minutes
Stephen Lang Jennifer Jason Leigh Burt Young Peter Dobson Jerry Orbach Stephen Baldwin Alexis Arquette Cameron Johann
prostitute transvestite union organizer dark disheartening united states brooklyn homosexuality union strike transformation 1950s
Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
Crime, Drama
USA
1996
98 Minutes
Christopher Walken Chris Penn Vincent Gallo Benicio Del Toro Annabella Sciorra Isabella Rossellini Gretchen Mol John Ventimiglia Paul Hipp
gangster hot head socialist union organizer mobster wife brooding emotional fiery unrestrained funeral new york city violence revenge organized crime union rivalry pursuit quest 1930s
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1972
89 Minutes
Barbara Hershey David Carradine Barry Primus Bernie Casey John Carradine Victor Argo David Osterhout Chicken Holleman Grahame Pratt Harry Northrup Ann Morell
waif union organizer gambler gunner tense gritty dreamy the south train brothel robbery violence sex survival union adventure love temptation 1930s
During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
104 Minutes
Elvis Presley Marlyn Mason Nicole Jaffe Sheree North Edward Andrews John Carradine Vincent Price Joyce Van Patten Dabney Coleman John Rubinstein Duke Snider
manager musician showman single mother drugstore manager union organizer airy spirited lighthearted iowa small town union murder scandal small-town life performance sexual harassment love mystery 1920s
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.