On October 4 at 4 P.M. the Brattleboro Labor Film Festival will bring two films about labor history to the Latchis Theatre, 50 Main St., Brattleboro. “The Flint Sit-Down Strike” is a short film about auto workers at GM’s Fisher Plant who, in 1936-37, locked themselves inside the plant to get the company to recognize their union and bargain a first contract. It will be paired with “The Wobblies,” a full-length documentary about the International Workers of the World (IWW), the first union to welcome workers who were were excluded from other unions that for reasons of race, gender, type of work, or migrant status.
The film will be followed by a panel moderated by local labor historian and musician Tom Juravich, who will also teach several labor songs. The panel will feature Terry Tapp, author of “A Serf’s Journal: The Story of the United States’ Longest Wildcat Strike,” and a representative of the Green Mountain Democratic Socialists of America.
The Brattleboro Labor Film Festival is sponsored by Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA) and the Vermont AFL-CIO. Admission is by donation.
