Where there's a Will, there's a way

The Liberty Brew & View movie for the month of July is Bread and Roses. Its a drama about janitors in LA struggling to form a union, starring Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla, and George Lopez. Roger Ebert gave it a good review and 3 1/2 stars.

Bread and Roses
Tuesday, July 15
Movie starts at 7:00pm
Doors open at 6:30

City Nights Theater at Capital City Bar & Grill
3149 S. Dirksen Pkw, Springfield

I was working as an organizer for SEIU when the movie was released. I remember the top staff encouraging us to see it but they reminded us that the union does not encourage organizers to get romantically involved with the members they organize like the characters in the movie did.

I couldn't find a trailer online except for one in German. There's something funny about hearing Mexican immigrants speak dubbed German so here it is.

SEIU President Andrew Stern released a foreword for the film on its release.

Only the characters in Bread & Roses are fictional. The inspirational story is true and continues to play out in thousands of workplaces throughout the United States every day. Los Angeles janitors really did engage in this heroic struggle for dignity and economic justice. They won-and keep on winning-by joining forces under the banner of SEIU's Justice for Janitors campaign.