Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local poster

Basic Info

Release: January 01, 1980

Runtime: 33 min

Status: Released

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Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local (1980) | All Those in Favor of a Strike (YouTube)

Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local

1980 33 min

Overview

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.