American Dream
Chronicles the six-month strike at Hormel in Austin, Minnesota, in 1985-86. The local union, P-9 of the Food and Commercial Workers, overwhelmingly rejects a contract offer with a $2/hour wage cut. They strike and hire a New York consultant to manage a national media campaign against Hormel. Despite support from P-9's rank and file, FCWU's international disagrees with the strategy. In addition to union-company tension, there's union-union in-fighting. Hormel holds firm; scabs, replacement workers, brothers on opposite sides, a union coup d'ètat, and a new contract materialize. The film asks, was it worth it, or was the strike a long-term disaster for organized labor?
PG-13
HD
Documentary
1990
98 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : American Dream
- Duration : 98 min
- Languages : English
- Directors : Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, Lawrence Silk min
- Imdb : 7.9 (589 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.7 (1208 votes)
- Actors : Jesse Jackson, Juan Munoz, Ray Rogers, Nina Xining Zuo
Movie Storyline
Chronicles the six-month strike at Hormel in Austin, Minnesota, in 1985-86. The local union, P-9 of the Food and Commercial Workers, overwhelmingly rejects a contract offer with a $2/hour wage cut. They strike and hire a New York consultant to manage a national media campaign against Hormel. Despite support from P-9's rank and file, FCWU's international disagrees with the strategy. In addition to union-company tension, there's union-union in-fighting. Hormel holds firm; scabs, replacement workers, brothers on opposite sides, a union coup d'ètat, and a new contract materialize. The film asks, was it worth it, or was the strike a long-term disaster for organized labor?