Local 1196 - A Steelworkers Strike (Documentary)

In March, 2021, the steelworkers of Local 1196 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania declared a strike. This is their story. A @BertelsmannFdn film by @SamuelGeorge76

[Local 1196 - A Steelworkers Strike (Documentary) @Local1196_Film]

"When enough of us sit back and say, enough. That's enough! Then the machines will stop."

From the heart of Pennsylvania's steel country comes "Local 1196 - A Steelworkers Strike" - a new film from @BertelsmannFdn

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

3 great opportunities to catch "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike" this week!

Oct 17, 6pm University of Pittsburgh, Frick Auditorium w/ @PittFMSP

Oct 19, 7:30pm, Penn State University, Happy Valley with @PennStateLER

Oct 21, 5:00pm, New Haven, CT, at @NHdocs Film Festival

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"These are thousands and thousands of family sustaining union jobs."

- @JohnFetterman speaks on Pennsylvania's steel industry in "Local 1196"

"Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike" will screen on Labor Day at the 116th National Convention of Rural Letter Carriers in Orlando!

[Local 1196 - A Steelworkers Strike (Documentary) @Local1196_Film]

Join us for this on-line screening of "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike" next Monday!

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

Join us online for "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike"!

On July 25 at 6pm we will screen this critical film on American labor at the crossroads

In collaboration with the @oberlinalumni Club of Washington, DC & DC LaborFest of @AFLCIO

Join us! - https://t.co/etUGe2xu9j

[Samuel George @SamuelGeorge76]

"They don't care"

[Local 1196 - A Steelworkers Strike (Documentary) @Local1196_Film]

Unions Matter. Jobs Matter. A great chance to watch "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike"

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

"You feel like you've been lied to."

Talking political disillusionment on the picket lines.

A scene from "Local 1196" - join us on 7/25 for an online screening of this film at the nexus of labor, economics and American political disengagement

https://t.co/etUGe2xu9j

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

"You feel like you've been lied to."

Talking political disillusionment on the picket lines.

A scene from "Local 1196" - join us on 7/25 for an online screening of this film at the nexus of labor, economics and American political disengagement

https://t.co/etUGe2xu9j

[Local 1196 - A Steelworkers Strike (Documentary) @Local1196_Film]

🚨 July 25 🚨 An excellent chance to catch "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike" online!

RSVP for this free showing here - https://t.co/2i9Snn5gd1

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

Join us online for "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike"!

On July 25 at 6pm we will screen this critical film on American labor at the crossroads

In collaboration with the @oberlinalumni Club of Washington, DC & DC LaborFest of @AFLCIO

Join us! - https://t.co/etUGe2xu9j

[Samuel George @SamuelGeorge76]

@cc_waitlist @BertelsmannFdn @Local1196_Film hey! thanks for the note! nothing in person in DC on the calendar at the moment, but we have an online screening coming up July 25 - https://t.co/dNhCVIYuGc hope you can join!

[Samuel George @SamuelGeorge76]

"That stuff happened here, before we had unions..."

Check out this online screening July 25!

[Local 1196 - A Steelworkers Strike (Documentary) @Local1196_Film]

Great chance to check out "Local 1196" online on July 25

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

Join us online for "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike"!

On July 25 at 6pm we will screen this critical film on American labor at the crossroads

In collaboration with the @oberlinalumni Club of Washington, DC & DC LaborFest of @AFLCIO

Join us! - https://t.co/etUGe2xu9j

[Samuel George @SamuelGeorge76]

"We still need to make sh*t in this country"
-John Fetterman

@FettermanLt @JohnFetterman

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

Sharing upcoming screenings of "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike"!

Southside Film Festival, Bethlehem PA
-June 15, 7:20pm
-June 18, 1:20pm

Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival
-June 19, 5:30pm

Check out this film on the intersection of US economic and political frustration

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

Thrilled that "Local 1196" is an Official Selection of the SouthSide Film Festival - can't wait to share our documentary filmed from the frontlines and behind the scenes of a 106-day steelworkers strike in Pennsylvania. @SouthSideFilm

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

"We need a labor party - something that speaks in the name of working people"

Walmart workers from DC visit striking @steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania to show solidarity.

A scene from Local 1196, screening this week at the Reel Work Film Festival

#labor #union #Walmart

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We're heading back to Western PA!

"Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike" will make it's Pittsburgh premiere at the Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival June 17 - 19!

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"There's jobs out there...but those aren't careers"

Join us April 11 for an online screening of "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike", a trip to the frontlines of organized labor in exurban America
RSVP-https://t.co/trJUdhdMmz…

With @docsinprogress & @DCLabor
cc @laborradionet

[Samuel George @SamuelGeorge76]

Unions matter. Organized labor matters. In areas that vote Red. In areas that go Blue. So why do workers feel left behind? Join us April 11 for an online screening of Local 1196 -a documentary on the frontline of a Steelworkers Strike w/ a post-film discussion with John Fetterman

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"Our party needs to get with the times"

Join us online April 11 for a screening of Local 1196 and a talk on the importance of Organized Labor with Pa Lt. Gov John Fetterman #UnionStrong #Pennsylvania

https://t.co/trJUdhvnL9

[Samuel George @SamuelGeorge76]

Very much looking forward to this April 11 online screening with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman! Joins us! https://t.co/OUjipUkMyJ

@JohnFetterman

[Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films @BFNA_docs]

"We still need to make [stuff] in this country!"

Join us online April 11 for a conversation with PA Lt. Gov. John Fetterman & a screening of "Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike"
https://t.co/trJUdhvnL9

@JohnFetterman @steelworkers