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Contains 249 Results:

Life and Times Tonight Town Meeting: Shrinking Middle Class, 1998

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 108
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Solutions to save our endangered middle class, speakers and studio audience questions, personal story of one man's struggle to support himself and his family, and the role of organized labor. PBS special, October 22, 1998.

Dates: Other: 1998

Livelyhood Episode 5: Chipping off the Old Block, 1999

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 109
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Host Will Durst takes us on a journey towards unwrapping the American work ethic, from different working people's perspectives. A lively, informative video that asks different Americans about their work ethics, motivations and meaning.

Dates: Other: 1999

Livelyhood Episode 6: Carpool to Nirvana, 1999

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 110
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Explores different modes of transportation in the quest for the ideal workplace Along the way we meet an interesting array of people from a veteran LA bus driver to Harley-Davidson workers who show us how to build a better workplace.

Dates: Other: 1999

Livelyhood: Our Towns Show #104, 1999

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 111
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Towns and their histories are destroyed to make room for urban redevelopment. The video stresses the importance of collaboration between big businesses and community to make change for the benefit of all.

Dates: Other: 1999

Living Wage Videos, bulk: 2, 1998

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 112
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Discusses the Living Wage Ordinance passed by the City Council in April 1, 1996. People protest outside of City Hall while a hearing was taking place.

Dates: Other: 1998

Lost and Found, 2007

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 114
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Produced by Visual Communications, Tam Tran's documentary about being an undocumented student

Dates: Other: 2007

Made in L.A., 2007

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 115
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This documentary follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from retailer Forever 21.

Dates: Other: 2007

Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos, 2000

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 116
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Contrasts the lives of rural Mexican peasants and factory workers. Shows scenes of controntations between peasants and the military, rapes and murders of maquila workers in Juarez, and factory workers working. The video contains interviews from workers, peasants, victims, factory managers, and the army. Director: Saul Landau

Dates: Other: 2000

Marty Levitt: A Dirty Business, bulk: 2, 1990

 Item — Case: 1, Object: 117
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Former union bustergives speech with four parts: 1) personal transformation from buster to organizer 2) how he trained supervisors to see unions as destructive 3) the tactics used by union busters 4) tactics to fight union busters. A series of four programs in the Minnesota AFL-CIO's series Minnesota at Work -- Produced by Ken Gagala with the Minneapolis Television Network; director and editor, John See; technical editor, Tony Geer

Dates: Other: 1990