Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

 

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0h 59m 2004 HD

Traces the story of the 25-year struggle of Fieldcrest-Cannon textile workers to form a union in the face of modernization and globalization.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Alexandra Lescaze
  • Cast:
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