This short documentary introduces one of the world’s top Universities’ dirty little secret. Employees at the University of Toronto speak out about work and shine a light on things that need to change. Produced to support the United Steelworkers Local 1998 Casual Unit bargaining campaign.

Precarity U

Employees at the University of Toronto speak out about work and shine a light on things that need to change.

Willy Street Grocery Co-op workers began organizing in 2019 after management implemented a new attendance policy that was harsher than that of Whole Foods (a corporate competitor in the natural-foods market). In addition, despite a 2017 promise that the Co-op would move towards paying a “livable wage” within two to three years, in 2019 the starting wage rate was cut from $12.40 to $12.10 per hour.

How to Form A Union

Willy Street Grocery Co-op workers organize for a union.

When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was doing more than just shining a light on the fate of American working women. Parton was singing the true story of a movement that started with 9to5, a group of Boston secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simple—better pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassment—but their unconventional approach attracted the press and shamed their bosses into change. Featuring interviews with 9to5’s founders, as well as actor and activist Jane Fonda, 9to5: The Story of a Movement is the previously untold story of the fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.

9to5: The Story of A Movement

Before the hit song or film, 9to5 was an inspiring movement for equality that encapsulated the spirit of both the women’s and labor movements of the 1970s.

On the anniversary of General Motors' 100th year of manufacturing vehicles in Oshawa, Canada, the union is forced into a life-and-death fight to save their members' jobs when the company announces it will be shuttering the plant at the end of the next year.

Company Town

Unionized workers at General Motors fight to save their jobs when the company announces it will soon shut down the plant in Oshawa, Canada.

Filmed below the radar in China and sparking a global campaign with the release of its first trailer, Complicit tells the story of Chinese migrant worker Yi Yeting and his effort to eliminate life-threatening benzene from workplaces producing smartphones. While struggling with occupational leukemia, he discovers many others have also been poisoned at tech factories in the Pearl River Delta. Seeking justice, Yi travels from his hospital room where he helps other workers to Silicon Valley and the international stage. Against huge odds, he directly confronts corporate and government interests, while empowering and inspiring the people around him. With unparalleled access and intimate portraits of the workers behind our devices, Complicit is about family, the challenges faced by everyday Chinese citizens, and the young workers sacrificing everything to make the devices we cannot live without. <a href="http://www.complicitfilm.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.complicitfilm.org/</a>

Complicit

Yi Yeting, a migrant worker with occupational leukemia, decides to help others poisoned by benzene and n-hexane making smartphones.

The hospitality industry is the artistic heartbeat of New York. Nowhere is that more prevalent than in Queens. Thousands of artists, musicians and actors flock to the city’s most diverse borough to work in the service industry to supplement their dreams. In March of 2020, these dreamers put their lives on hold, self-isolating and sacrificing their income as Queens became the global epicenter of COVID-19. As the weeks go by, we follow two local bars fighting off the virus, financial ruin, and the deaths of loved ones, while the frontline workers battle to slow down the death toll engulfing the borough. Under strict and safe filming guidelines, we witnessed how both industries needed each other in order to bend the curve. It’s a tale of two sacrifices that saved not only the lives of thousands but the future of New York. <a href="https://lastcalldocumentary.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lastcalldocumentary.com/</a>

Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars

'Last Call' explores the impact of COVID-19 on the NYC hospitality industry, including healthcare workers and bars in Astoria, Queens.

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