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Laborfest: Films: Divided We Fall & The Great Sitdown
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Date:
Monday, July 10, 2017
Time:
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
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Laborfest
Location Details:
ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo’s Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows:
T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 block South on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
47 bus which starts at North Point at Fisherman’s Wharf, travels on Van Ness, 11th St, Bryant and ends at Cal Train Station at 4th and Townsend, then walk on Townsend 2 blocks to 2d Street, then walk 2 block South on 2d to King St, cross King Street to stadium side, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
10 bus which runs from 24th and Potrero, on Rhode Island to 26th St, on Cesar Chavez St to Dakota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, DeHaro, Rhode Island at 16th St, on Townsend to Second Street AND from Van Ness on Pacific to Battery, on Battery to Second St to Third and Townsend, so get off at 2d Street and Townsend, then 1 block South on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side. 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium.
T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 block South on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
47 bus which starts at North Point at Fisherman’s Wharf, travels on Van Ness, 11th St, Bryant and ends at Cal Train Station at 4th and Townsend, then walk on Townsend 2 blocks to 2d Street, then walk 2 block South on 2d to King St, cross King Street to stadium side, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
10 bus which runs from 24th and Potrero, on Rhode Island to 26th St, on Cesar Chavez St to Dakota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, DeHaro, Rhode Island at 16th St, on Townsend to Second Street AND from Van Ness on Pacific to Battery, on Battery to Second St to Third and Townsend, so get off at 2d Street and Townsend, then 1 block South on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side. 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium.
Divided We Fall (90 min.) (2016) Directed by: Katherine Acosta
In one of the largest mobilizations of labor during the last decade, hundreds of thousands of workers from throughout the country joined together to oppose the union-busting attack by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. This film by Katherine Acosta looks at the important mobilization, including the Wisconsin University Graduate Student Assistants and workers throughout the state who mobilized to stop the attacks on labor and democratic rights.
Wisconsin was one of the strongest unionized states in the country and the result of the failure of labor to stop his attack has left unions like AFSCME and AFT decimated with a loss of over 50% of the membership. Katherine Acosta provides lessons from how labor and the community fought back.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8817727/?ref_=tt_ov_dr (Divided We Fall)
The Great Sitdown (52 min.) (1976) BBC Documentary
This year we also commemorate the 80th anniversary of the autoworker sit-down of GM Fisher Number 1 in 1937. This sit-down and occupation was a critical turning point in the fight to unionize General Motors, which was the largest industrial corporation in the United States. Auto worker organizers and a Women’s Brigade planned the sit-down at critical plants that if occupied would shutdown the entire company. Women in this struggle also played a critical role by preventing the police from entering the plants and thereby allowing time for mobilization of strike supporters.
This historic struggle shows that despite the massive power of the largest corporations in the world, workers can win their fight for unionization.
See also: http://www.laborfest.net/2017/2017schedule.htm
http://www.laborfest.net/2017/2017Films.htm
https://www.loc.gov/rr/business/businesshistory/February/flint.html (lots of good links)
Kraus, Henry. The Many and the Few : A Chronicle of the Dynamic Auto Workers. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985.
LC Call Number: HD5325.A82 1937 .F5 1985
LC Catalog Record: 85001193
http://www.workers.org/2007/us/flint-0308/ (10 part Labor History Series, links at beginning & end of article)
https://libcom.org/history/flint-sit-down-strike-1936-1937-jeremy-brecher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike
BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY TO THESE MOVIES BECAUSE THIS IS THE HERITAGE WE DEFEND. Children need a frame of reference and the labor struggles of the 1930s are our rock solid foundation.
In one of the largest mobilizations of labor during the last decade, hundreds of thousands of workers from throughout the country joined together to oppose the union-busting attack by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. This film by Katherine Acosta looks at the important mobilization, including the Wisconsin University Graduate Student Assistants and workers throughout the state who mobilized to stop the attacks on labor and democratic rights.
Wisconsin was one of the strongest unionized states in the country and the result of the failure of labor to stop his attack has left unions like AFSCME and AFT decimated with a loss of over 50% of the membership. Katherine Acosta provides lessons from how labor and the community fought back.
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8817727/?ref_=tt_ov_dr (Divided We Fall)
The Great Sitdown (52 min.) (1976) BBC Documentary
This year we also commemorate the 80th anniversary of the autoworker sit-down of GM Fisher Number 1 in 1937. This sit-down and occupation was a critical turning point in the fight to unionize General Motors, which was the largest industrial corporation in the United States. Auto worker organizers and a Women’s Brigade planned the sit-down at critical plants that if occupied would shutdown the entire company. Women in this struggle also played a critical role by preventing the police from entering the plants and thereby allowing time for mobilization of strike supporters.
This historic struggle shows that despite the massive power of the largest corporations in the world, workers can win their fight for unionization.
See also: http://www.laborfest.net/2017/2017schedule.htm
http://www.laborfest.net/2017/2017Films.htm
https://www.loc.gov/rr/business/businesshistory/February/flint.html (lots of good links)
Kraus, Henry. The Many and the Few : A Chronicle of the Dynamic Auto Workers. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985.
LC Call Number: HD5325.A82 1937 .F5 1985
LC Catalog Record: 85001193
http://www.workers.org/2007/us/flint-0308/ (10 part Labor History Series, links at beginning & end of article)
https://libcom.org/history/flint-sit-down-strike-1936-1937-jeremy-brecher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike
BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY TO THESE MOVIES BECAUSE THIS IS THE HERITAGE WE DEFEND. Children need a frame of reference and the labor struggles of the 1930s are our rock solid foundation.
For more information:
http://www.laborfest.net/2017/2017schedule...
Added to the calendar on Wed, Jun 14, 2017 1:16AM
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