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HYBRID EVENT: SEIU Union Hall, 517 Mission St, Santa Cruz or Register for Zoom at bit.ly/RW25May2
NOTE: This progra
m includes three films.
Local One
(Steven Maing & Brett Story, 2024, 11 min, USA)
The Amazon Labor Union made history in 2022 by becoming the first group to successfully unionize an Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Two and a half years later, the company has refused to recognize the union and bargain a contract. To pressure the company to start negotiating, ALU, now affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, launches a nationwide strike during peak holiday shopping season.
Adidas Owns the Reality
(Keil Orion Troisi & Igor Vamos, 2024, 21 min, Cambodia & Germany)
Prankster activists perform an elaborate hoax to improve conditions for garment workers in the Adidas supply chain. Staging a shocking runway show at Berlin Fashion Week, they use humor and mischief to make the world pay attention to labor and environmental abuses that the massive sportswear brand is trying to hide.
Watch the trailer for Adidas Owns the Reality on YouTube.
Raise the Roof: Building Tenant Power in Syracuse
(Gretchen Purser, 2024, 51 min, USA)
A view inside the movement for housing justice in a city with one of the highest rates of poverty in the nation, historic rent increases, and widespread housing neglect and disrepair, documenting the workings of the tenant union and the processes whereby tenant power is forged.
Speakers: producer Samantha Curley and filmmakers Keil Orion & Grechen Purser will be in attendance to present their films.