Set in California apple country in the 1930s, nine hundred migratory workers rise up and join forces to protest unfair wages and working conditions. As the labor strike wears on and conflict grows between the apple pickers and the local growers' association, what begins as a fight for their rights turns into an all-out battle for survival.

When the bees in his yard go on strike, everything goes wrong for Benedict, until he finds a way to bring them back.

In 1905 fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.

Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.

Men in black (1934): Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard. These three nitwits take medical malpractice to a whole new level. Story and screenplay by Felix Adler; directed by Raymond McCarey; director of photography, Benjamin Kline; editor, James Sweeney. The sitter downers (1937): A sit-down strike wins three imbeciles the girls of their dreams. Written by Ewart Adamson; directed by Del Lord; director of photography, George Meehan; editor, Charles...

Examines events that led to the Delano Grape Strike from 1965 through 1970, discussing low wages, dangerous working conditions, the leadership of Cesar Chavez, the United States Farmworkers Union, and other related topics.

Framed for murder and left for dead, a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family, in this traditional Western about one man who stands against injustice.

An in-depth exploration of five different marches, protests, and boycotts of the Civil Rights Era--actions that made it impossible for the people in power to ignore the social injustices rampant in the United States. Part of a new series on the civil rights era for ages 12 to 15 from Nomad Press. Thousands of protests, marches, and demonstrations of the Civil Rights Era gave a strong voice to people and groups who were traditionally ignored. These...

Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.