Union
with director Brett Story in personA group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City's Staten Island challenges one of the world's largest companies in a unionization battle.
On April 1, 2022 a group of ordinary workers made history when they did what everyone thought was impossible: they successfully won their election to become the very first unionized Amazon workplace in America. This highly immersive and cinematic documentary captures the ALU's historic grassroots campaign to unionize thousands of their co-workers from day one of organizing.
Up against a corporate superpower and with legal protections at a drastic low for workers, all odds are against the ALU. Yet this rag-tag ensemble remains unswayed in their beliefs in collective action and the dignity and power of the working class. This acclaimed documentary, which is still yet to land a distribution deal, does not shy away from the gritty, unglamorous and often frustrating sides of organizing. This clear-eyed, verité approach makes its testament to the power of protest—not just for labor organizing, but for all social justice work—all the more inspiring.
D: Stephen Maing, Brett Story, US, 2024, 1h40m
Discussion follows with director Brett Story and Professor Max Fraser
Co-sponsored by the Department of History, in conjunction with #LaborSpring 2025, as well as the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Center for Social Impact.
Please join us for a related event on Fri, May 2 at 5pm in Moore Filene Auditorium, the #LaborSpring 2025 Panel: "New Horizons, Present Challenges." Brett Story and the other panelists will address the history of campus-based labor activism and the current challenges to organizing on campus and beyond.
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