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’état, and a new contract materialize. The film asks, was it worth it, or was the strike a long-term disaster for organized labor?
File Name : American.Dream.CD1.avi
File Size : 694.36 MB
Resolution : 640×336
Duration : 00:47:10
File Name : American.Dream.CD2.avi
File Size : 620.12 MB
Resolution : 640×336
Duration : 00:47:18
Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
