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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 pay and safer working conditions. In some respects, men and women, Black and white, skilled and unskilled workers joining a union and speaking their minds seems so long ago, but in other ways, the film mirrors today’s headlines, depicting a nation torn by corporate greed.
Original Release
03/18/1981
US Release
03/18/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eric Wald | Himself |
Charles Rydell | Narrator |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eric Wald | Himself |
Charles Rydell | Narrator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Stewart Bird | Producer |
Deborah Shaffer | Producer |