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What's happening at Local 70 / [producer/director, Judy Hoffman].
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor movement--Illinois--Chicago.
- Labor movement.
- Labor unions--Illinois--Chicago.
- Labor unions.
- Strikes and lockouts--Illinois.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Strikes and lockouts--Civil service--Illinois--Chicago.
- Illinois. Bureau of Employment Security.
- Illinois.
- Strikes and lockouts--Civil service.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (20 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
- monochrome
- 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:
- Striking workers in one Chicago unemployment compensation office talk about working conditions that led to a walkout in July, 1975. Workers and claimants suggest possible solutions to the problems of understaffing and compulsory overtime. This tape was used to organize other offices to support the strike.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Resource page includes the option of making a clip.
- Publisher Number:
- kq-locl70 Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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