Labor X

*Labor at the Crossroads* Labor at the Crossroads, better known as LABOR X, began in 1988 as a collaboration between ASHP/CML and the CUNY Association for Worker Education. Over its fifteen years, succeeding LABOR X producers Liz Sheehan, Tami Gold, Kelly Anderson, Simin Farkhondeh and executive producer Steve Brier produced more than seventy programs on topics such as immigrant and gay and lesbian worker rights, racism on the job, NAFTA and GATT, various union organizing drives, prison labor, sweatshops and more. Although we are no longer producing the series, LABOR X programs remain available for sale and distribution. To order a tape please contact us or call 212-817-1966. Some Popular Labor X Titles for Purchase # 50. 9/11: A Crisis for Workers? A look at how 9/11 impacted, airline, hotel and restaurant workers, Middle Eastern-American and undocumented immigrant workers in the New York area. With "Joshua DeVries," US Air (AFA), Emira Habiby Browne, Director Arab American Family Support Center; Teresa Garcia of Asociacion Tepeyac and others. # 50a. Salt Peanuts a five-minute piece on the impact of 9/11 on the airline workers. Can be watched on the Web at http://911digitalarchive.org/video/ #48 "Labor Organizing at NYU": Graduate students, adjuncts, faculty and UAW organizer speak about the impact that organizing at NYU has had on their lives and on campus activism. With Professor Andrew Ross, American Studies; Julie Kushner, UAW organizer, Kimberly Johnson, NYU Graduate student and Kathy Hull, NYU adjunct and member of NYU ACT. #45. "It's About Time" examines how the City University of New York's (CUNY) Professional Staff Congress planed to re-envision education by dismantling the corporate policies currently in place at CUNY, and returning to the original mission of the university: providing quality higher education to all. Includes Professor Stanley Aronowitz, Barbara Bowen President (PSC), Frank Deale university-wide officer and Ingrid Hughes community college officer. #44. "'Modern Art, Ancient Wages: M.o.M.A. on Strike" examines the strike at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Through footage of picketing workers and MoMA supporters, one-on-one street interviews with strikers, as well as roundtable discussion, Labor X explores the workplace climate which lead to the decision of the 250 member bargaining unit of professional staff employees to walk out on strike on April 28th, 2000. The strike was settled in September 2000. #43. Sweatshop Lessons: New York high school students learn about the plight of sweatshop workers and do something about it. This program is great for high school teachers. Includes segments from HEAVEN WILL PROTECT THE WORKING GIRL by the American Social History Project and ZONED FOR SLAVERY of the National Labor Committee. #39 WORKFARE: REFORM OR INDENTURED SERVITUDE? In New York City, the workers from the Work Experience Program, an initiative designed under the pretense of giving welfare recipients salable experiences, have voted to organize themselves. In this follow up tape to Welfare, Workfare, Nightmare, we speak to Maureen Lane and Lizette Colon Pena of the Hunter College Welfare Rights Initiative as well as Sheila Duncan of ACORN about the unionizing of WEP workers through ACORN. We also speak with Mike Power, President of the Civil Service Affaires of DC of Carpenters and Reichard Dwyer DC of Carpenters organizer, about the training of WEP workers. #37 LABOR IN THE CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago a Case Study: Economic globalization is the new trend workers around the world must confront. This show takes a look at the struggle of Trinidad's Oil Field Workers for fair wages in light of economic pressures and privatization of once national industries. With David Abdullah, and Donna Koons Kingsley of OFWTU. 1997 #31 CONTINUUM OR WATERSHED? THE NEW AFL-CIO: A look at the past, present and future of the AFL-CIO, w/AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, New York Central Labor Council President Brian McLaughlin, Historians Priscilla Murolo and Josh Freeman, host Janine Jackson (FAIR), and footage from the AFL-CIO convention. 1995 # 32 PAYING MORE AND GETTING LESS: What effects do budget cuts have on higher education? Watch this show and you'll know! A look at the past, present and future of the CUNY. 1995 #25 NO SILVER LINING No Silver Lining is the story of workers' struggle against the union busting tactics of the management of the Silver Palace Chinese Restaurant in New York City. #22 MUSIC: THE SOUL OF STRUGGLE: How can music be a tool for social change? Musicians at the People's Music Network conference in Brooklyn discuss and demonstrate the ways music affects our lives and influences political movements. 1993 #18 UNIONS USING VIDEO: Can video be used as a tool to implement change? ILGWU organizing and education workers discuss the use of video in galvanizing political campaigns, winning union elections, and lots more! 1993 #19 MAKING SENSE OF FREE TRADE: Negotiating the complex issues of the North American Free Trade Agreement. With Edgar De Jesus, UNITE. 1993 #24HEALTH CARE DEBATE: THE CLINTON PLAN VS. SINGLE PAYER: Steve Brier introduces the video "We Gotta Have It" after which he is joined by Marilyn Clement, Executive Producer of the video and Susan Cowell, Vice President of ILGWU to further analyze the national health care crisis. 1993 # 17 STRIKES, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LABOR IN THE MEDIA: How does the mainstream media represent, misrepresents, ignore and otherwise treat organized labor and working people? Janine Jaackson from FAIR tells you how they do it and what you can do about it. 1992 #12 MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN LABOR HISTORY: Looking for a fun and powerful survey of Hollywood films which have addressed union issues and presented workers' stories? This 30 minute tape does just that! 1992 #7 WORKERS WITHOUT A VOICE: NEW IMMIGRANTS : Labor X cameras follow State Labor Department officials as they raid illegal sweatshops. Are undocumented workers really a threat to American jobs? 1991

Labor at the Crossroads

Labor at the Crossroads, better known as LABOR X, began in 1988 as a collaboration between ASHP/CML and the CUNY Association for Worker Education. Over its fifteen years, succeeding LABOR X producers Liz Sheehan, Tami Gold, Kelly Anderson, Simin Farkhondeh and executive producer Steve Brier produced more than seventy programs on topics such as immigrant and gay and lesbian worker rights, racism on the job, NAFTA and GATT, various union organizing drives, prison labor, sweatshops and more.

Although we are no longer producing the series, LABOR X programs remain available for sale and distribution.

To order a tape please contact us or call 212-817-1966.

Some Popular Labor X Titles for Purchase

# 50. 9/11: A Crisis for Workers? A look at how 9/11 impacted, airline, hotel and restaurant workers, Middle Eastern-American and undocumented immigrant workers in the New York area. With "Joshua DeVries," US Air (AFA), Emira Habiby Browne, Director Arab American Family Support Center; Teresa Garcia of Asociacion Tepeyac and others.

# 50a. Salt Peanuts a five-minute piece on the impact of 9/11 on the airline workers. Can be watched on the Web at http://911digitalarchive.org/video/

#48 "Labor Organizing at NYU": Graduate students, adjuncts, faculty and UAW organizer speak about the impact that organizing at NYU has had on their lives and on campus activism. With Professor Andrew Ross, American Studies; Julie Kushner, UAW organizer, Kimberly Johnson, NYU Graduate student and Kathy Hull, NYU adjunct and member of NYU ACT.

#45. "It's About Time" examines how the City University of New York's (CUNY) Professional Staff Congress planed to re-envision education by dismantling the corporate policies currently in place at CUNY, and returning to the original mission of the university: providing quality higher education to all. Includes Professor Stanley Aronowitz, Barbara Bowen President (PSC), Frank Deale university-wide officer and Ingrid Hughes community college officer.

#44. "'Modern Art, Ancient Wages: M.o.M.A. on Strike" examines the strike at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Through footage of picketing workers and MoMA supporters, one-on-one street interviews with strikers, as well as roundtable discussion, Labor X explores the workplace climate which lead to the decision of the 250 member bargaining unit of professional staff employees to walk out on strike on April 28th, 2000. The strike was settled in September 2000.

#43. Sweatshop Lessons: New York high school students learn about the plight of sweatshop workers and do something about it. This program is great for high school teachers. Includes segments from HEAVEN WILL PROTECT THE WORKING GIRL by the American Social History Project and ZONED FOR SLAVERY of the National Labor Committee.

#39 WORKFARE: REFORM OR INDENTURED SERVITUDE? In New York City, the workers from the Work Experience Program, an initiative designed under the pretense of giving welfare recipients salable experiences, have voted to organize themselves. In this follow up tape to Welfare, Workfare, Nightmare, we speak to Maureen Lane and Lizette Colon Pena of the Hunter College Welfare Rights Initiative as well as Sheila Duncan of ACORN about the unionizing of WEP workers through ACORN. We also speak with Mike Power, President of the Civil Service Affaires of DC of Carpenters and Reichard Dwyer DC of Carpenters organizer, about the training of WEP workers.

#37 LABOR IN THE CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago a Case Study: Economic globalization is the new trend workers around the world must confront. This show takes a look at the struggle of Trinidad's Oil Field Workers for fair wages in light of economic pressures and privatization of once national industries. With David Abdullah, and Donna Koons Kingsley of OFWTU. 1997

#31 CONTINUUM OR WATERSHED? THE NEW AFL-CIO: A look at the past, present and future of the AFL-CIO, w/AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, New York Central Labor Council President Brian McLaughlin, Historians Priscilla Murolo and Josh Freeman, host Janine Jackson (FAIR), and footage from the AFL-CIO convention. 1995

# 32 PAYING MORE AND GETTING LESS: What effects do budget cuts have on higher education? Watch this show and you'll know! A look at the past, present and future of the CUNY. 1995

#25 NO SILVER LINING No Silver Lining is the story of workers' struggle against the union busting tactics of the management of the Silver Palace Chinese Restaurant in New York City.

#22 MUSIC: THE SOUL OF STRUGGLE: How can music be a tool for social change? Musicians at the People's Music Network conference in Brooklyn discuss and demonstrate the ways music affects our lives and influences political movements. 1993

#18 UNIONS USING VIDEO: Can video be used as a tool to implement change? ILGWU organizing and education workers discuss the use of video in galvanizing political campaigns, winning union elections, and lots more! 1993

#19 MAKING SENSE OF FREE TRADE: Negotiating the complex issues of the North American Free Trade Agreement. With Edgar De Jesus, UNITE. 1993

#24HEALTH CARE DEBATE: THE CLINTON PLAN VS. SINGLE PAYER: Steve Brier introduces the video "We Gotta Have It" after which he is joined by Marilyn Clement, Executive Producer of the video and Susan Cowell, Vice President of ILGWU to further analyze the national health care crisis. 1993

# 17 STRIKES, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LABOR IN THE MEDIA: How does the mainstream media represent, misrepresents, ignore and otherwise treat organized labor and working people? Janine Jaackson from FAIR tells you how they do it and what you can do about it. 1992

#12 MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN LABOR HISTORY: Looking for a fun and powerful survey of Hollywood films which have addressed union issues and presented workers' stories? This 30 minute tape does just that! 1992

#7 WORKERS WITHOUT A VOICE: NEW IMMIGRANTS : Labor X cameras follow State Labor Department officials as they raid illegal sweatshops. Are undocumented workers really a threat to American jobs? 1991