Όταν ο αδίστακτος μεγαλοξενοδόχος Γουίλι Μπανκ εξαπατάει τον Ρούμπεν Τίσκοφ, μέλος της συμμορίας του Όσεαν, ο τελευταίος ετοιμάζει την εκδίκησή του. Όλη η συμμορία καταστρώνει ένα απίστευτο σχέδιο για την παρεμπόδιση της επικείμενης βράβευσης του νέου ξενοδοχείου του Μπανκ με το περίφημο κολιέ πέντε διαμαντιών.
Μεατφορά στην οθόνη της απεργίας του 1968 στο εργοστάσιο αυτοκινήτων Ford Dagenham, όπου οι εργάτριες αποχώρησαν σε ένδειξη διαμαρτυρίας ενάντια στις σεξουαλικές διακρίσεις.
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
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.
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.
Παρά τα αξιοσημείωτα κέρδη της εταιρίας Perrin, η διοίκηση αποφασίζει να κλείσει ένα από τα εργοστάσια της. Οι 1100 υπάλληλοι αποφασίζουν να πολεμήσουν για να σώσουν τη δουλειά τους.
Δεκαετία του 1930, καταμεσής της οικονομικής ύφεσης. Σε μια κοιλάδα της Καλιφόρνιας, ξεσπάει διαμάχη ανάμεσα σε μετανάστες που εργάζονται στη συλλογή μήλων και την ένωση των αγροτών της περιοχής. Σε αυτήν εμπλέκεται και ο νεαρός Τζιμ Νόλαν, που ωριμάζει μέσα από τη σύγκρουση και μαθαίνει τι θα πει οργανωμένη εργασία στις καλλιέργειες. Θα γίνει ακτιβιστής και θα οργανώσει μια μεγάλη απεργία που θα αλλάξει τα δεδομένα.
Antoine a Union representative works in a financially troubled factory. He's not the sharpest tool in the box but he has a big heart and when he and his wife win the jackpot of the national lottery. Antoine will invest his gain to try and safe the factory.
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers help ruin the lives of marginal Americans.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
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.
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.
Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.
A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.
Directed by Martin Berger.