1985 ABC Sunday Night Movie - Norma Rae
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#Television #Movies #ABC #NormaRae #SallyField

[Source: #EntertainmentWeekly ]

Sally Field (79), twice an Oscar-winning actress, says she ‘couldn't get in a room to audition’ after TV’s “The Flying Nun” (1967-1970).

Jack Nicholson (89) stepped in and helped Field escape comedic typecasting after #TheFlyingNun as she launched a successful dramatic acting career that led to two Oscar wins (1980, 1985).

TAGS: #SallyField #EW #Hollywood #Oscar #AcademyAward #NormaRae #TheFlyingNun #JackNicholson

URL: https://ew.com/sally-field-says-jack-nicholson-saved-career-when-she-could-not-get-auditions-after-the-flying-nun-11971036

October 19, 1980 - J.P. Stevens & Co. was forced to sign its first contract with a union after a 17-year struggle in North Carolina and other southern states. The workers, organized by the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, were supported by a widespread boycott of Stevens products by labor, progressive and religious organizations.
#CrystalLeeSutton #JPStevens #NormaRae

Ever *screwed by employers?
Like Yrump/Doge is fking federal workers NOW?
I don’t mean like the felon and rocket man actually does: girls and wives

Watch #NormaRae She tried to warn us!
I’ve been a victim.
Don’t you be one

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YvqpyDWvDyE&si=L9Wv8kAwKVEs-kLG

norma rae union scene

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Nel panorama cinematografico del 1979, #MartinRitt ci regala con #NormaRae una delle più potenti rappresentazioni della lotta operaia mai portate sul grande schermo. Al centro di questa storia di emancipazione e giustizia sociale troviamo una straordinaria #SallyField che con la sua interpretazione viscerale e autentica...#unofilm #unocinema #film #cinema #filmastodon #recensioni

https://www.valeriotagliaferri.it/norma-rae-di-martin-ritt/

ascolta gratis la #recensione sul #podcast #lafogliadacanto

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/valeriotagliaferri8/episodes/Recensione-del-film-Norma-Rae-di-Martin-Ritt-1979-e3112fc

“Norma Rae” di Martin Ritt | Valerio Tagliaferri

@LindaCollins11
I was an hourly paid worker. Our work week was 37.5 hours. Two paid 15 minute breaks, unpaid lunch. Thank you #CWA. After 37.5, we were paid OT. No questions asked. It was built in. Management was salaried. #Union 👏👏#NormaRae 1979 👏👏👏

The great thing about concentrated media ownership is that some movies are just not freely available in australia for some reason… a cynical person might think there’s a hint of censorship about it 🤔

the other smart thing about concentrated media ownership is australia’s truly shit broadband network… which means i once again dug out a dvd i have not watched in quite some time, cos there is nothing else to watch when Mal’s intern0t shits itself

in #NormaRae 1979 (based on a true story) a textile worker in NC with little formal education helps unionise the cotton mill where she works.

it’s a good yarn, about a person with gumption.
the historical class or race issues are “almost” background noise, which is probably fair - i’m guessing what people of a certain time or place accepted as “normal”.

i love the way “Communists, agitators, crooks or Jews” rolls off the tongue in this early scene.

https://youtu.be/XV55kI5ZAVo?

Norma Rae Door Scene

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Bethenny Frankel Wants to Unionize Reality TV Stars: 'We're Getting Screwed Too!'

I "have never made a single residual,” the former Real Housewife, and soon-to-be Norma Rae of reality TV talent, said in the midst of SAG-AFTRA strike.

Jezebel
Ever since I was little, I've been fiercely pro #union. Im not positive why (both parents are artist) but I'm pretty certain it was the impact of seeing #NormaRae as a tot. Later I learned my Grandfathers were in unions + other relatives. It's time we made those #films again.