Global Labor Film Festival Returns in May
Friday, April 18, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The May
5 DC
Labor FilmFest screening ofSalt of the
Earth is
part of the second annual Global Labor Film
Festival which
showcases the growing worldwide
scope of nearly three dozen film
festivals focused on
films about work and the issues workers face.
The festival was first conceived
at the second annual International Conference
of Labor Film Festival Organizers
at the 2012 DC Labor FilmFest, both of which
are organized by the Metro Washington
Council, AFL-CIO. In addition to DC, Global
Labor Film Festival participants
this year include Turkey, London, Vermont, New
York, Philadelphia, Santa Fe,
Rochester, N.Y., Monterey and San Jose,
Calif. Click here for the
complete report on
the AFL-CIO Now blog.