TY - JOUR T1 - Labor Culture on Screen and Online: Union Films as Mobilization Strategies JF - Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History Y1 - 2014 A1 - Milner, Lisa KW - film KW - Internet KW - mobilization KW - public opinion KW - union films KW - unionization AB -

Strikes and industrial disputes have been a regular feature of Australian working life, as has the early uptake of new media technologies in and around these struggles. Despite substantial change in the power and membership of unions in recent decades, Australian filmmakers have contributed significantly to a broader labour culture via their depictions of strikes and other trade union activities, first on film, then television and now the Internet. Of particular interest to this article are unions that encourage filmmaker-members to document the range of activities now considered as standard union initiatives. In focusing on the output of two trade unions, the Maritime Union of Australia and the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association, this article explores how the production and reception of union films adds new dimensions to members’ lives, and how these cultural projects have the potential to bind members together in solidarity.

VL - 107 L2 - eng ER -