Our Union at Work - 1951 Part 3

Description

A re-edited version of the 1949 film of the same title, this program was sponsored by the Textile Workers' Union of America, CIO. A first-person account created specifically to clarify the “what,” “how,” and “why” of the varied activities of one of the largest CIO unions, the film presents labor history, organizing, collective bargaining, strikes, and union education of the work of the textile union. The film also features other benefits of belonging to the union, such as health screening and insurance, cooperative shopping arrangements, and solidarity. A Marshall Plan film, produced for the Labor Information Division of MSA/SRE by Atlantic Productions, New York.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities