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Santa Cruz County, California

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Reel Work: Bargaining Shorts


Opening: 7:00 PM
Main Event: 7:00 PM
End Time: 9:00 PM

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Reel Work Labor Film Festival presents:

Film: Motown South (Samuel George, 2025, 20 min)
What unions and workers are doing about EV companies' investments in the US South.

Film: Limerent Pittsburgh (Anne Ciecko, 2025, 3 min)
The rust belt city revisited in a video poem.

Film: Bargaining Forward (Colleen Butler, 2024, 22 min)
Public sector workers in New Brunswick, Canada, forced into a province-wide strike.

Film: COVID Sourdough (Mike Plewa, 2024, 16 min)
Workers at SF Bay Area bakery win an NLRB union vote weeks before pandemic shutdown.

Filmmakers will be in attendance.


Organizer: Reel Work Labor Film Festival

Event Location: SEIU Local 521 Union Hall
Location Address: 517 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Online Location:
Register to attend this hybrid event online at bit.ly/RW25May7 Link

Contact Information:
Sponsor Contact: Jeffrey Smedberg
Sponsor Phone: 831-612-2414
Sponsor Email: jeffrey@reelwork.org
More Info At: reelwork.org Link

Admission: Optional/Requested
Admission Charges: Admission by voluntary donation
Use of Funds Raised: Cover Event Costs

RSVP: N/A