The hand that feeds /
At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Oley, PA :
Bullfrog Films,
[2014]
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| Summary: | At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never been interested in politics, but in January 2012, he convinces a small group of his co-workers to fight back. Risking deportation and the loss of their livelihood, the workers team up with a diverse crew of innovative young organizers and take the unusual step of forming their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers will battle in back rooms, Occupy Wall Street protesters will take over the restaurant, and a picket line will divide the neighborhood. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent for low-wage workers across the country. But whatever happens, Mahoma and his coworkers will never be exploited again. |
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| Item Description: | This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment. Originally produced as a documentary film in 2014. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (84, 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Rachel Lears ; editors, Robin Blotnick, David Meneses ; original score composed by Ryan Blotnick. |
| ISBN: | 194154536X 9781941545362 |