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  Where’s I.W. Abel?

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the video documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

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  [Labor History Workshop: Fred Thompson #2]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  An organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest. This tape features Fred Thompson, labor organizer and IWW leader, addressing a group of (mostly) United Steel Workers union members about the future of unions and how to create positive change.

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  [Film clips about work for Illinois Humanities Council]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  A compilation of clips from films about work assembled by Kartemquin Films, made to be shown at the Illinois State Fair as part of the Illinois Humanities Council booth.

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  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #6: right to strike steering committee]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

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  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #3: outside U.S. Steel]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

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  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #1: strikers at Hilton]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics

  Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

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  It’s a Living: Paper Wagon

  Chicago

  Part of the It’s a Living series created by Videopolis based on Studs Terkel’s book Working, which focuses on workers in Chicago. This tape unfolds practically in real-time in the bowels of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Station. It features discussion and interaction with the workers on newspaper delivery trucks and railway workers wheeling wagons to commuter trains.

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  It’s a Living: When I Was A Worker Like LaVerne

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  A documentary about a day in the life of a Sears mail order catalog facility in Chicago, where the disconnect between workers and management is striking. The management seems to be entirely white and male, while the workers are black and female. The tape was produced as part of the “It’s a Living” series of videos on working in America.