Harlan County, USA

The Academy Award winning movie Harlan County USA is an emotional depiction of the events that surrounded the strike of the Eastover Mine workers in 1973. Barbara Kopple directs a moving film and gives an up close in-depth look into the struggle for a livable wage, healthcare that covers the ailments that arise from mine work and safer working conditions. While all of these were issues raised by the striking workers; they were also striking for respect as human beings, an upgrade to the only way

provoke a reaction from the subject or may voice an opinion…” (428). This influence comes in various ways ranging from selection of shots and editing as will be discussed later. For instance, in one scene of the classic cinema vérité documentary Harlan County USA, the crew is physically attacked by the foreman’s men as they film the strike by coal miners. This attack seems a subjective because the attack was because of creating an audio-visual evidence of the incidences rather than the objective reality

6) What does made in Dagenham tell us about aspects of ‘the women question?” for instance what are women like? What do they want? What is their proper sphere? You may wish to comment upon how the film works as a film for instance framing images, music, and characterization. Etc. Made in Dagenham The film “Made in Dagenham” directed by Nigel Cole is based on a true story but is not completely accurate with politically history. East London, Essex, on June 8 1968, 187 women machinist’s workers when

For the past handful of years America has had its fair share of problems- terrorist attacks, global warming, horrendous mass shootings, twerking, and so on. Most recently, however, angry strikes from frustrated, underpaid citizens have been in the headlines. Surprisingly, it was found that most of these demonstrators were teachers: angry with the government and the economical approach that was taken to “improve” fiscal issues. Within the United States, this approach was called the Deficit Reduction

Introduction/ Scenario Background A business venture that relies heavily on importation of its products is greatly affected by worker’s strike. This condition becomes pronounced when dock workers strike because shipped commodities cannot be offloaded from ships nor any product cleared for transportation irrespective of its perishable nature. Nevertheless, a business venture must position its operations with such scenarios taken into account to ensure business continuity. When the business cannot

Emmett Slaughter was walking through the old Pullman Company building. It was cold, all he could hear was the screeching of the old metal that was about to collapse. The building was condemned but Emmet used to work there so he wanted to see it one last time, so he snuck inside to take one good last look. Upon looking through the building he started to remember the Pullman company strike that happened on May 11, 1894. That was the time he learned to fight for what he believes in without violence

Georgis, Donnell, Mike, Moose For the second time in almost 4 years, over 350,000 Chicago Public School Students may not be able to go to school because of the CTU Strike that is currently in progress today (The Washington Post). The issue between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools has not been solved yet due to disagreements about the income received. The Chicago Teachers Union has made offers to school administrations; however, the responses were not in their favor. The union

The creators of Salt of the Earth “had a consciousness of radical activism” (Aptheker 2015). Paul Jarrico, Michael Wilson, and Herbert J. Biberman made connections between the Cold War anti-union sentiment and what was happening in the lives of the community at Hanover, New Mexico (Balthasar 353). "Salt fuses the antiracist, anti imperialist sensibility...with the central popular front icon and narrative form- the strike tale. In this sense Salt is not simply an expansion of a 1930s political aesthetic;

Fight for Your Right! Should public-service workers have the right to strike? After all, they are humans that work jobs and deserve a fair amount for their services. But, what would happen if there were no police around nor firefighters to do their job? Things would obviously be a mess. You have to weigh these options and figure out which one is more important. Should we make public-service workers do their jobs even if they are working under a poor conditions or hardly getting paid to feed

Have you ever been in a situation where you didn’t feel safe in an environment due to its working conditions? I have. Many times people in jobs feel the need to stay quiet and not defend their opinions because they are afraid of possibly losing their jobs if they speak their mind. However, what many people don’t know is that as a human being, we have rights and with those rights you are allowed to be a part of a union in search of better opportunities. A union is when a group of employees gather