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American Dream (1990)
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?
Updated Aug 16 2015
Cast
Mike Kinney
Himself (uncredited)
Juan Munoz
Himself
Ray Rogers
Himself
Crew
Barbara Kopple
Director
Cathy Caplan
Director
Tom Haneke
Director
Lawrence Silk
Director
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