Hop Film Event: Union - with director Brett Story in person
A 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.
A 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.
Discussion follows with director Brett Story and Professor Max Fraser
