Laborfest: Film: Greening of Southie (Boston) and Japanese Videos

Greening of Southie (72 min.) 2008
By Ian Cheney & Curt Ellis
This film shows the role of skilled union labor in building an environmental friendly building in South Boston. Workers bring the building into being with the latest technologies and environmental friendly products. Contained in this construction process is making the most points for environmental standards required to get a top rating. For the workers and developers, the time and cost including ripping out new products that haven’t worked is a letdown. At the same time union building trades workers lament that with their income they themselves can’t afford to live in their own Boston neighborhood “Southie.” http://www.greeningofsouthie.com

3 Minutes Videos (30 min.) 2008 Japan
This collection of 3 minutes videos gives a spice of the lives of Japanese working people. The Japan LaborFesta has brought together films about the lives of workers and their families as they fight the increasing exploitation and downsizing.
http://www.labornetjp.org/
See also:
http://www.roxie.com/events/
http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm