Istinita priča o toj dvojci braće boksača koji će zajedno trenirati za povijesni naslov i ujediniti razlomljene obitelji, iskupiti grijehe iz prošlosti i napokon njihovom gradu vratiti ponos. Dicky Ecklund je kao boksačka legenda slovio za ponos grada Lowella, ali nakon izgubljenog meča protiv svjetskog šampiona i za Dickya i za grad su došla teška vremena. Boksačke dane je ostavio iza sebe, potratio svoj talent i zaglibio u problemima s drogom. Njegov mlađi brat Micky u međuvremenu je postao boksač, ali ne s izglednim šansama za osvajanje naslova prvaka. Unatoč svom trudu, Micky gubi borbu za borbom. Kad mu se ukaže prilika za nastup na svjetskom prvenstvu, cijela obitelj će se morati ujediniti kako bi vratili ponos i slavu.
Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.
A cinema verite study of the world of the blue-collar worker and the economic and psychological bind in which he is caught.
A janitor for the world's largest Murder Room company gets an unexpected surprise when he begins to suspect his wife is cheating on him with their boss.
Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that's ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the problem, filmmaker Justin Hunt reveals the damage being done by this rural drug of choice, as well as the steps being taken by communities across the nation to wipe out the scourge. From Wyoming to New Mexico, Montana and Oregon, American Meth paints a picture of both devastation and hope.
A white and a blue collar worker fall in love during the 1980 strike at FIAT that marked the end for labor movement in Italy.
Few of us have stopped to consider the lives of the workers who manufacture the objects that make up our daily lives. We use these objects without knowing anything about the Foxconn plants in which they are made, or even where these factories are located, let alone who works in them. One such worker was the young Chinese poet Xu Lizhi, who, at the age of 24, jumped out of a building not far from where he worked at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen.