Two Union Films at Pickford Film Center, Bellingham

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Union, and The Day Iceland Stood Still.

Union is about organizing at Amazon warehouses and the malicious response of the company we all love to hate. It will be shown at the Pickford on Friday October 25 at 5:35. Whatcom-Skagit IWW will have a literature table in the lobby prior to the film, so come see us. The new student’s union on campus, Western Academy Workers Union (WAWU) will give a presentation after the film.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 30: Members of the Amazon Labor Union and others protest outside of the New York Times DealBook Summit as Amazon’s CEO, Andy Jassy, will be appearing on November 30, 2022 in New York City. Labor activist Chris Smalls joined the morning rally and protest at Manhattan’s Columbus Circle. The independent ALU won a union election at a warehouse in Staten Island last April, but has been unable to win other union elections elsewhere in the country.

Another great film to see during Doctober is The Day Iceland Stood Still, the joyous and inspiring story of the nation-wide, highly effective women’s strike of 1975. Women stayed away from work, refused to work at home, and dropped the kids off at dad’s job. It was intended to show that women’s work, of all kinds, was indispensable to the countries economy. It is showing Thursday Oct 24th and Saturday the 26th.

Iceland’s women, including the prime minister, struck again just a year ago, maybe we can learn more about that, too.

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