Organizing America: History of Trade Unions

The commentary of labor historians as well as union, business, and government officials helps to identify and explain significant events and influences that have changed the workplace over the last 200 years. The viewer encounters a series of important developments that have shaped American society as a whole: wars, the industrial revolution, immigration, unemployment, Marxism and class conflict, women in the workplace, the Depression and the New Deal, crime and corruption, civil rights, and the emergence of high technology. Received Silver Screen Award at the 1995 US International Film & Video Festival and the Bronze Apple at the 1995 National Educational Film & Video Festival.