Gangsteren Danny Ocean forbereder sin bande på endnu et kup. Denne gang er målet et højtprofileret kasino i Las Vegas ejet af Willie Banks. Ocean og hans kumpaner er ikke bare ude efter diamanter. De vil have hævn. Banks har nemlig snydt Reuben Tishkoff, som har været et trofast medlem af gangsterbanden fra første kup.
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.
Hvis du elskede humoren i den uimodståelige Calendar Girls, skal du glæde dig til instruktørens nyeste, Made in Dagenham, en rørende morsom komedie om kvindekamp i 60’ernes England. Vi følger den karismatiske bilsæde-syerske Rita O’Grady (Golden Globe- vinder, Sally Hawkins), der med ukuelig selvsikkerhed og charme får mobiliseret den kvindestrejke på Ford Motor Company, der bliver afgørende for ligestillingen i dag. Made in Dagenham er uden tvivl årets feel good-film, der vil få dig til at juble, grine og græde.
The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century and their beginnings of their fight for better working conditions. Professor Sinigaglia is sent by (presumably) the Socialists to help them organize their strike and give form to their struggle
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
En fabrik i Sydfrankrig skal lukke, til trods for at fabrikkens medarbejdere havde indgået en aftale om nedsat løn mod en forsikring om at kunne beholde deres jobs. Og værre bliver det, da det viser sig at baggrunden for lukningen ikke skyldes underskud og røde tal på bundlinjen men en vækstprocent, der faktisk er positiv, men blot lidt under, hvad firmaets aktionærer finder værd at beskæftige sig med. Der er oprørsstemning. Fabriksarbejderne forener sig og med Laurent i spidsen, tager de kampen op. Men med store konsekvenser for arbejderne – også på privatfronten.
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.
An enigmatic man (Sidney Poitier) returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.
Emma Freese is desperate when her husband Alfred falls ill at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. How is the family supposed to get by without their wages? The war has scarred this generation, but now things are supposed to be looking up. The workers want their fair share and are fighting for an income that also gives them room to live. In October 1956, 34,000 metalworkers in the shipyards and factories of Schleswig-Holstein walk off the job to fight for justice and their dignity. This strike is still regarded as the toughest and longest in Germany. Employers and politicians stand in the strikers' way.
I have been pretty satisfied with my life before I got on the bus. When I do in June 2011, my whole life turns upside down. I am just a regular passenger at first. Like other people I was sorry, and felt obliged to help and care for other passengers. Then I begin to film these common heroes with my camera. Those who speak about hope, who provide it and get on the bus, Ms. Kim Jin-suk, and other crane laborers who risk their safety while demonstrating for their rights on high. She, while stationed insecurely on high, begins interacting with the world through Twitter and makes friends. Then I realize I really love her. Will we have her back safely?
The film is about the workers unpaid for six years who decide to lay down the driveway in front of their factory. Oki is an unemployed factory worker and union leader. His son Gruja is a movie director unemployed for ten years, he shoots weddings and funerals in order to survive and save enough money to shoot his first feature film. White, unemployed opera singer and Gruja's girlfriend, is trying to make money by singing opera arias from house to house. The story is about ruined factories and workers without someone to lead them to a better life.
A white and a blue collar worker fall in love during the 1980 strike at FIAT that marked the end for labor movement in Italy.
In post-World War I Winnipeg, a Ukrainian immigrant and a Jewish woman get caught up in a labour strike.
There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. JU Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member of the team and they all go drinking together to welcome him.
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.