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Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local

Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1980

Runtime

0h 33m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local

Production Companies

Kartemquin Films

Director

Gordon Quinn

Description

Taylor Chain I tells the gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory during 1973-74. Volatile union meetings and tension-filled interactions on the picket line provide an inside view of the tensions and conflicts inherent to labor negotiations. Due to a lack of funds and a fire at Kartemquin which necessitated a re-edit of the film, the film was not released until 1980. Filming then began a year later on Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining.