Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining

1983 | 28 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining
  • Overview

    In 1981-2, the Kartemquin filmmakers returned to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds, trying to save the plant from becoming the latest victim of anti-union legislation and the globalization of cheap, exploitable labor. A sequel to Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local.

  • Release Date

    01 January 1983

  • DirectingJerry Blumenthal
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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