The Resource Standing tall : women unionize the catfish industry, produced, written, and directed by Donald Blank, (electronic resource)
Standing tall : women unionize the catfish industry, produced, written, and directed by Donald Blank, (electronic resource)
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The item Standing tall : women unionize the catfish industry, produced, written, and directed by Donald Blank, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- The boom in Mississippi catfish farming, in the 1980s, required processing plants and hundreds of workers. The mostly black female workforce had to work, in noisy and wet factories for minimum wage, without any benefits, bathroom breaks or recourse if a worker was mistreated. The Mississippi Delta, at the time, was notoriously poor, neglected, and resistant to change. This historical documentary chronicles the risky and difficult effort of a few women working at Delta Pride Catfish to organize a United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local 1529 at their plant. The 1986 union election victory surprised many locals, especially management at Delta Pride. In 1990, the workers at Delta Pride struck for two months and won better wages and working conditions. The strike established local 1529 as an important player in the catfish industry, with a membership today of 3,000 workers. Rose Turner, Mary Young and Sarah White, who initiated and led local 1529, tell the story with passion and humor
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (50 min.).
- Note
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- Originally released as DVD
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011)
- Label
- Standing tall : women unionize the catfish industry
- Title
- Standing tall
- Title remainder
- women unionize the catfish industry
- Statement of responsibility
- produced, written, and directed by Donald Blank
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The boom in Mississippi catfish farming, in the 1980s, required processing plants and hundreds of workers. The mostly black female workforce had to work, in noisy and wet factories for minimum wage, without any benefits, bathroom breaks or recourse if a worker was mistreated. The Mississippi Delta, at the time, was notoriously poor, neglected, and resistant to change. This historical documentary chronicles the risky and difficult effort of a few women working at Delta Pride Catfish to organize a United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local 1529 at their plant. The 1986 union election victory surprised many locals, especially management at Delta Pride. In 1990, the workers at Delta Pride struck for two months and won better wages and working conditions. The strike established local 1529 as an important player in the catfish industry, with a membership today of 3,000 workers. Rose Turner, Mary Young and Sarah White, who initiated and led local 1529, tell the story with passion and humor
- Awards note
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- Indie Memphis Film Festival, 2000
- What's Happening series, MoMA, 2000
- Cataloging source
- VaAlASP
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blank, Donald
- Intended audience
- For College; Adult audiences
- Language note
- This edition in English
- Runtime
- 49
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
- African American labor union members
- Labor unions
- Labor unions
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Standing tall : women unionize the catfish industry, produced, written, and directed by Donald Blank, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- Originally released as DVD
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011)
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Control code
- ASP1652597/flon
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (50 min.).
- Form of item
- electronic
- Medium for sound
- other
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
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- remote
- other
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) a209754
- (OCoLC)747799028
- Video recording format
- other
- Label
- Standing tall : women unionize the catfish industry, produced, written, and directed by Donald Blank, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- Originally released as DVD
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011)
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Control code
- ASP1652597/flon
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (50 min.).
- Form of item
- electronic
- Medium for sound
- other
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- remote
- other
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) a209754
- (OCoLC)747799028
- Video recording format
- other
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