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Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mike Rowe takes on more of America's unsavory undertakings; from Animal Control Specialist, Worm Grunter, Chicken Buster, and Exotic Nanny, Mike does it all! There's a lot to learn as he introduces an elite assortment of men and women who make their living doing the most unthinkable and unimaginable jobs.
3) The wobblies
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Solidarity! All for One and One for All!b4s Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changed the course of American history. This compelling documentary of the IWW (or The Wobblies' as they were known) tells the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines, and on the docks as they organize and demand better wages, healthcare, overtime...
8) Dolores
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century.
9) Norma Rae
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Norma Rae, the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of a New York unionizer and with increasing courage and determination, Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story.
Publisher
DadLabs
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The guy's guide to the biggest birthday or your life. From the trip to the hospital to the trip home and everything in between, the Due Dads give you the inside scoop on labor and delivery. Tour a hospital. Peek inside at a labor and delivery room. Laugh along with a pair of veteran dads that have cut the cord and lived to tell the tale. 'Push' play and be ready to 'breathe' easier"--Container.
11) Which way is up?
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The story of an orange picker who accidentally becomes a union hero and leaves his wife and family at home while he seeks work in Los Angeles where he finds a new woman and starts a second family. Richard Pryor plays three roles.
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
This collection of documentaries produced by A & E presents a broad overview of organized crime in America, beginning with immigrants who formed gangs soon after arriving in the late 19th century. The focus is on Italian-American gangsters, though there are mentions of Irish and Jewish gangs, which at various times cooperated with or competed against the Mafia, and one program in the collection presents skeins of conjecture while seeking to document...
13) India
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This documentary follows the lives of 5 child laborers in India: Bala (11) and Rama (9), stone cutters; an 8 year old girl who makes insence sticks; a 7 year old girl who works 10 hours a day in the poppy fields and a 10 year old boy who was pulled out of school to tend cattle. Also tells of a political science professor's program that rescues children from their jobs and places them in a special school program.
14) Future of work
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This three-part series explores monumental changes in the workplace and the long-term impact on workers, employers, educators and communities. Employment is part of the American Dream. Will the future provide opportunities for jobs that sustain families and the nation?
15) Nomadland
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Along the way, she meets other nomads who become mentors in the vast landscape of the American West.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stanford Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The impact of demographic trends and generational differences is already causing trouble for employers. Fewer individuals are entering the workforce, and those that do tend to have lower qualifications while at the same time presuming higher expectations. Tamara Erickson explains how different generations of employees perceive the workplace, and describes how to attract and retain workers with their viewpoint in mind. Savvy employers will need to...
17) In the aisles
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Deutsch
Description
An affecting and bittersweet glimpse into the shared connections of a motley group of nightshift workers at a big box store, including the reclusive newbie Christian and the charming but mysterious Marion.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jim Fremont is an Illinois States Attorney fighting corrupt unions in Chicago. The union crooks in collaboration with a gambling syndicate try to pin a murder rap on an uncooperative union leader Blane. Fremont and his co-worker fiancee Laura, work to prove Blane's innocence and to punish the true villains.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools, and homes to pick the food we all eat. Zulema, Perla, and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive. Follow these three as they journey from the scorching heat of Texas' onion fields to the winter snows of the Michigan apple orchards and back south to the humidity of Florida's tomato fields...