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UE/Wells / [producer/director, Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn, Guillermo Brzostowski].
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor movement--Illinois--Skokie.
- Labor movement.
- Labor unions--Illinois--Skokie.
- Labor unions.
- Strikes and lockouts--Illinois.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Strikes and lockouts--Iron industry--Illinois--Skokie.
- United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.
- Strikes and lockouts--Iron industry.
- Illinois--Skokie.
- Illinois.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (15 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Chicago] : Kartemquin Films, 1975.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Skokie , Illinois. The multi-ethnic work force of Polish, Arab, Jewish, Hispanic and African American men and women unite together despite the company's efforts to use race as a wedge to divide them.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Resource page includes the option of making a clip.
- Publisher Number:
- kq-uewell Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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