“Norma Rae” is a film based on a true story set in Southern mill-town. The main character and mill workers start a branch of the Textile Workers Union of America through use of leadership. Norma Rae and Rueben Warshofsky reunite their talent to empower and lead the people of the mill from oppressed workers to motivated union members. When Rueben first comes to the town‚ he finds out that the manager in the farm are very despotic; people have no rights; they work long hours and make small wages. He
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Norma Rae is inspired by Rueben Warshowsky who speaks about how they are earning much less than they should be. Norma Rae holds up a sign that says “UNION”‚ and the workers band together and hold an election unionize the factory. In the end‚ they win the election and successfully create a union in order for them to have fair pay and better working conditions. This shows how despite the less than ideal circumstances‚ Norma Rae and the employees preserved their dignity
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Film Media and Drama 10/7/13 Norma Rae review Crystal lee Sutton worked for a company by the name j.p. Stevens in Roanoke rapids‚ north Carolina during the 1970’s. She was fired from her job for trying to unionize her coworkers. Her story inspired the movie Norma Rae. A story about a women working for a textile company and realizing how unfairly treated she and her coworkers are joins up with the union. Only problem is that nobody else in the town is in favor for the union. But the film is not
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The film about Norma Rae was very interesting and inspirational. The film took place during the summer of 1978. Norma Rae was one of the many people who were victimized of unfair wages and poor health conditions‚ from working in a textile mill. Norma soon became conscience of all the negative actions‚ and joined a laborer union. The union provided a better life for the workers‚ and she did everything in her power to prove that statement. Her determination and stubborn personality lead to others
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shows strength and determination. Norma Rae (Martin Ritt) is about a young single mother who lives in a small town in North Carolina. Norma Rae works at a local textile factory with her family. Norma Rae and all the other workers have long hours‚ lousy working condition‚ and rotten pay. This all changes when Norma Rae meets Reuben Warshowsky‚ who is a New York union organizer. Norma Rae decides to join Reuben to start a union at her textile factory. Together Norma Rae and Reuben unionize the factory
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Norma Rae a Labor Analysis This film is based on the real life story of Crystal Lee Sutton and her involvement with Ruben Warshovsky and the organization of the textile workers at the J.P. Stevens Company in Roanoke Rapids‚ North Carolina (Labor Films). Sally Field plays the lead role of Norma Rae (Crystal Lee Sutton) fighting poor working conditions at O. P. Henley Company in 1978. This company is a southern textile mill‚ working with a union organizer to overcome pressure from management
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The movie Norma Rae is about a southern mill worker who helps revolutionize and unionize a small town. The conditions at the southern cotton textile factory were intolerable and management was abusive. In the summer of 1978‚ a union organizer from New York came to this small town and approached the employees at the cotton factory to start a union. The union organizer‚ the mill workers and the management of the factory had very different perspectives as to the ramifications of starting a union.
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NORMA RAE “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies‚ we are determined to foment a rebellion‚ and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” Abigail Adams (www.wisdomquotes.com) The above stated lines very truly represent the spirit of Norma Rae and the power of women. The quotation highlights the two main points shown in the film; the strength and determination of women and the idea of equal representation for all. The film portrays
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Norma Rae Feedback Zhang Mengru 2010201223 Norma Rae depicts a story of Union formation‚ in which Norma Rae was a spinster in a plant and then become a main organizer of the Union. This movie involves some topics related to labor relations‚ which‚ as Vicki Fairbanks Taylor and Michael J. Provitera summarized (2011)‚ are Labor Organizing‚ Union Avoidance Strategies and Unfair Labor Practices and Reasons Why Workers Join Unions. As reflected by the movie‚ Reuben and Norma Rae hand out handbills to
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Leadership in "Norma Rae" "Norma Rae" is a film based on a true story set in a Southern mill-town. The title character and fellow mill workers start a branch of the Textile Workers Union of America through the use of leadership. The two characters of Norma Rae and Reuben Warshofsky combine their talents to empower and lead the people of the mill from downtrodden workers to proactive union members. When Rueben first comes upon the town‚ he finds the managers of the mill oppressive to their workers
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