Domsey on Strike (1991)

Overview

Domsey on Strike chronicles the historic labor struggle waged by predominantly Haitian immigrant workers at Domsey International, a massive textile sorting factory in Brooklyn. Filmed on-site by Matthew Noyes, Gillane Seaborne, and Stan Joseph during the height of the labor dispute, the documentary captures workers organizing against wage theft, racism, psychological abuse, sexual harassment, restrictions on bathroom breaks, and other exploitative working conditions.

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