Class
Struggle, film from the Clyde
Cinema Action*, Scotland, 16mm
film/DVD 1977, English, 74 mins.
The
jobs of one in every two workers in the British shipyards are now in danger.
One million men,
women and children living in the most depressed areas of Britain depend for
their food they eat and the clothes they wear on the work provided by the ship
building industry.
Class
Struggle made with shipyard workers during occupation and
work-in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders from July 1971 to October 1972. The Yards
were occupied and managed by a joint shop stewards’ committee after the
government announced the decision to liquidate the company. The film includes
footage from the ‘inside’ of organising, work, discussions, high-level
negotiations, relations between the shop stewards and union officials and dealings
with the press. Music by 7:84 and The Laggan
*Cinema action was a London-based collective which
produced ‘socialist campaign films’ between 1968-1981.
Aah!
Ajay T.H .India, Hindu/English EST, 15 mins.
Campaign documentary. About the struggle by casual employees of ACC Cement
Plant in Jamul, Central India to obtain conditions similar to those of permanent
employees. An important story as there is a huge difference in pay and
conditions between regular and irregular workers in India and almost no trades
unions. It will represent irregular workers. The Chhattisgarh Mukti
The 1997 UPS Strike
Labour Film 9 minsIn 1997, UPS Teamsters won a stunning victory at Big Brown--the biggest victory for labour in the last twenty years. Find out how UPS Teamsters made UPS deliver 10,000 full-time jobs and record pension increases.
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