Union Maids (1976)

Directed by

Miles Mogulescu, Jim Klein, Julia Reichert

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

51 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three women remember their time as labor organizers in 1930s Chicago. They talk about their experiences and the struggles of the union movement.

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What happens

Union Maids is a 1976 American documentary film directed by Jim Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu. The film was based on the three women from Chicago in the labor history book Rank and File by Staughton Lynd and Alice Lynd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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