Join Blackburn and District Trades Union Council in Blackburn Library on Thursday 19th November to watch the critically acclaimed 2024 documentary film “UNION” and discuss whether the issues it raises have relevance for growing Trade Union membership in Britain
Doors open 6.30pm. Film at 7pm.
UNION chronicles the historic grassroots campaign by warehouse workers to unionize Amazon’s JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. Captured in intimate cinéma vérité style, the documentary shows the day-to-day grit of organizing against a trillion-dollar tech giant, high workforce turnover, corporate pushback, and internal divisions among the workers.
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“…..with Amazon also playing heavily in the entertainment sector, does that fear-inducing corporate power explain why one of the most celebrated documentaries to come out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival couldn’t secure a mainstream release and is now being self-distributed? Most assuredly it does, the filmmakers of “Union” contend. Watching footage of Smalls and his fellow volunteer organizers strategize against the virulently anti-union Amazon — manning sign-up tents in freezing weather, crashing coercive union-busting meetings, even giving away free weed — carries an extra resonance. “Union” feels like a truly independent movie that was in the right place at the right time to witness one of the biggest labor victories in generations.” Robert Abele “Los Angeles Times”