Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
"Małe liski" opowiadają o mieszkającej na amerykańskim Południu po Wojnie Secesyjnej Reginie Giddens (Bette Davis). Chciwa i ambitna kobieta całkowicie podporządkowała sobie córkę, a męża, Horacego, wysłała na długotrwałe leczenie. Wspólnie ze starszymi braćmi planuje jednak dużą inwestycję, która wymaga jego pieniędzy. Postanawia go sprowadzić, ale jej plany nie potoczą się tak jak zaplanowała.
A historical drama set in 1889, Chandler's Mill examines the plight of workers, and particularly child workers, in the New Brunswick wool industry. The story revolves around the efforts of one young teenage girl to better the lives of her friend and other workers, on the eve of a public hearing of the Canadian Royal Commission on Capital and Labour. Through the use of historical re-enactment, Chandler's Mill explores the issues of child labour, worker's rights and union organizing in 19th-century Canada.
Successful middle-aged manufacturer Frank Parry takes a business trip to New York, where he becomes infatuated with Eva Boutelle, manager of the Swansea Cotton Mills. For a time, their affair develops, but Eva remains true to her husband ...
Director Denys Arcand made an inquiry on textile industry in Quebec, meeting employers and workers of that industry.