Radical labor / written, shot, and edited by Gino Canella.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Canella, Gino, filmmaker, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service Employees International Union.

Labor movement--Social aspects--United States.

Labor movement.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Racial justice--United States.

Racial justice.

Employee rights--United States.

Employee rights.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Privately published, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Since the 1970s, organized labor in the United States has seen a steep decline in its membership and political influence due to capital flight, "right to work" and anti-union legislation, automation and technological innovation. Recently, however, millions of US workers have rallied behind organized labor campaigns demanding fairer working conditions and higher wages. Radical Labor profiles a local chapter of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 105, to understand how the labor movement is collaborating with allied community activists and working to build a multi-racial coalition of working people for social justice. SEIU Local 105's organizing is grounded in what President Ron Ruggiero called "whole person unionism," which is a fundamental understanding that workers "don't just exist at work." This recognition is crucial if the labor movement wishes to be part of a broader progressive social and political movement. Radical Labor confronts labor's problematic history with immigration and racial justice, and highlights how labor struggles, although rooted in class, are interconnected with race, gender, sexual orientation, and immigrant rights.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed August 29, 2023).

OCLC:

1397451374