AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 9-4-2023

foreign foreign foreign [Music] pictures of strike paralyzed San Francisco in the grip of a general labor tie-up streets are deserted as surface cars cease running and citizens unable to travel remain indoors only a few automobiles can operate because most filling stations have exhausted their supplies and can obtain no more gasoline motor trucks stand idle where their drivers left them very little food is being moved into the City and with a threat of famine before them crowds Jam the markets but supplies dwindle rapidly and there is no meat to be had to the possibility of mob violence is added fear of pestilence while on every hand closed shops give mute testimony to the disastrous economic consequence of the strike mayor Rossi States the position of his administration I must insist First Step Law and Order shall prevail second that those Desiring to furnish the people of San Francisco were the necessities of life must be permitted to do so without hindrance start that the municipal government must continue to function the general public must and shall be served I again appeal to the interested parties to permit the president's application board to settle the controversy which besets US efforts of business interest to forcibly open the strike paralyzed Port of San Francisco failed open Warfare rages through the streets of the city is 3 000 Union pickets battle 700 police guns tear gas clubs and fists bring injuries to more than 80 persons and cause the death of two listen to the Striker's side of the story we are asking for a general strike to keep organized later on the Pacific coast we're not only asking for it but we're going to get it then with a general strike in additional violence threatened 2500 Guardsmen move in commanded by Colonel middle State the California National Guard sent the wax of service by our governor the purpose of maintaining Law and Order in San Francisco and protecting life and property this we propose to do at any cost these Idol ships and tiers have more than local significance they are symbols of wasted millions and represent a backward step in our recovery program everybody I'm skip Alzheimer welcome to the AV Geeks lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16 millimeter films and those probably were actually 35 millimeter those came from the prelinger collection uh and were some documentation for newsreels about different strikes uh uh some of it was San Francisco uh longshoremen strike and one was I believe it was a railroad workers um today is Labor Day and uh I am uh if you follow me and you know who I am I tend to be very liberal uh virgin on the Socialist uh but I'm very pro-labor uh for many reasons one um I believe that people should be paid a living wage uh and a wage that allows them to live um with their family in affordable housing uh and have food and health care those are things that I think are important and I think that uh we should be contributing towards um so there's my soapbox but today is all about Labor Day and Labor Day gets pretty much is now about the end of summer and about mattress sales but it really is about the work that labor union unions have done and laborers have done uh to make this country great and one of the things you can say is there's Labor Day so you get a three-day weekend one that's great two uh the work that was done for the 40-hour work week and for overtime uh for working uh all those things are things that uh people didn't have before and so labor unions helped do that I mean there's certainly not great things about labor unions especially nowadays but um supporting laborers and is important and supporting workers is important um let's get things going with a song that did not make it in the toe tapping tournament which is uh regrettable uh but this will get you excited about work this is the world of work um made by same people who Gene starbecker I believe who also did um some horrifyingly terrifying bus safety films uh and then it happened in death zones uh and then also the uh fun or dumb series and finally is a career in blah for you so sing along enjoy [Music] thank you [Music] Your Love work [Music] the year you leave school three million others your age will enter the world of work many directly others after they've completed specialized Education and Training getting one of the better jobs becomes tougher with each passing year if you haven't started thinking about what you want to do if you haven't begun learning about the different careers time you did [Music] in the beginning man had to work just to stay alive to get food clothing and shelter As Time passed and man's knowledge increased his means of acquiring these Necessities became more sophisticated today people work for many reasons many Beyond mere survival work satisfies other human needs the specific need varying with the individual most try to match work with their personal interests abilities temperament life goals it properly matched the work can be satisfied and fill the need to accomplish something purposeful and useful some of you will want an occupation that will let you work alone or in a group with people with data or with things depending upon your preference some of you will want an occupation that permits you to protect the environment to improve living standards or promote World Peace only you know where your interests are and what will be important to you with your parents teachers or school counselors help draw up a list of your special needs that work must satisfy finding out what is just right for you may not be easy with more than twenty thousand occupations to consider many of you have seen these occupations divided into groups called clusters whether you're familiar with 15 clusters 12 clusters or none at all you'll have no trouble with the groupings in the system the film will divide the world of work into 10 major groups and will show you selected occupations in each category one of which may be your passport to Independence money the recognition you want check them all out any one of these 10 categories could contain one or more career opportunities that is appropriate for you professional and related careers appeal to young people who want to go on to higher education occupations in this area offer interesting and responsible work and often good salaries as well Engineers Physicians scientists and teachers fall into the group of professions which require specialized Knowledge and Skills sometimes years of education and advanced degrees some professions such as the Performing Arts employ actors actresses singers dancers and musicians and require special talents and often years of training professional sports on the other hand place a higher requirement on skill than academic preparation for reporters accountants advertising workers and the clergy are also professional occupations many supportive careers in education Library work Recreation social welfare requires some specialized training the success or failure of every company no matter how large or small the growth of every industry organization the efficient operation of every government agency local state or federal depends heavily on the way managers do their jobs 6 million salaried workers and 2 million owners guide the destiny of the nation's businesses at every level decisions must be made people must be supervised top level managers make the major decisions and have the final responsibility for an organization's success more and more women hold managerial jobs their prospects are best in retail trades but the Outlook is more promising in many other fields this is true in the armed services as well with the Joint Chiefs of Staff setting the policy and course for those below them in the chain of command [Music] missions are involved with the techniques of detail work ING with Engineers scientists Physicians and other professional Personnel the technician's responsibilities May often overlap with those of the professional most technicians require specialized education or training in some phase of technology or science such training may be obtained in technical institutes junior colleges or on-the-job training draftsman engineering AIDS x-ray laboratory and electronics technicians are some examples of technical jobs sales work can open up a whole new world for young people career opportunities abound both for those who like to travel and those who do not nearly 5 million people work in sales occupations some salespeople sell directly to the public many others to wholesalers who in turn sell to a retailer who then sells the products to the consumer [Music] the ability to communicate and the desire to serve the customer are essential for a successful sales career sales as manufacturers Representatives selling the Wares their company makes gunsell real estate homes buildings industrial facilities and hotels most sell tangible goods others such things as stocks bonds and mutual funds some sell insurance opportunities look good in most sales jobs in the future [Music] a high school diploma is an asset to a beginner seeking a sales career in some cases employers will offer on-the-job training [Music] the Outlook is look is it in the clerical occupations too at present more than 13 million people are employed in clerical jobs the majority work in business industry and government clerical workers keep records handle great volumes of paperwork associated with office work and business operations some jobs have specific duties such as handling Communications placing and taking the phone calls greeting visitors in smaller companies clerical workers may be asked to do a variety of things while many take dictation transcribe reports and perform strictly secretarial chores others invoice customers handle money maintain inventories file records reports and mail and see that products are shipped many more take the responsibility of keeping the books the vital accounting records of their company computers and office machines are used in a large number of jobs while courses in business subjects are helpful a high school education is the minimum requirement for clerical workers almost all beginning clerical workers receive on-the-job training campus occupations also offer a lot of opportunities to beginning workers jobs in this category provide services of every description to the American people everything from Child Care to policing streets from putting out fires to cleaning homes and buildings service occupations include those connected with the preparation of food and the serving of it Sailors soldiers and Airmen are included in the service occupations as are those who provide Health Care grooming and personal services others who work in the service occupations are related to the entertainment industry or leisure activities presently 10 million people work in the service occupations as income levels rise and more Leisure Time becomes available even more people will be needed to provide services that add to our personal Comfort pleasure and enjoyment [Music] this for those of you who might like working Outdoors if you'd like to have a special kind of relationship with living things and to the environment you live in consider doing what four million others do for a living while the number of employed Farm Workers is decreasing there are still numerous Farm related occupations to choose from in addition to those concerned with growing and harvesting crops and farm Commodities many work in some aspect of Agro business others as County agents agronomists and dairy production technicians livestock and poultry production Specialists if you like to fish or raise them there's a variety of marine fisheries occupations to consider the work is often rigorous and on the water if your interests lean more toward protecting forests and Wildlife than preserving Nature's wonders the forestry occupations offer many opportunities as Wildlife technicians range managers and soil conservationists most jobs in this category require specialized knowledge and training but how about exploring this group of occupations several million people work in a wide range of processing jobs such as refining everything from petroleum to sugar treating or working thousands of materials of products take your pick a knowledge of the specific process is used in a particular industry is essential that's Stills ovens furnaces mixing machines Grinders and related equipment or machines are usually involved in the processing occupations jobs range from tobacco cures to Coffee testers from electroplators to food processing technicians shade matchers coil makers experience in the processing field is most frequently acquired through on the job training the machine trades make up another group of occupations employing millions of workers in a wide spectrum of jobs involving forming shaping cutting and drilling all kinds of metals to make the models tools dyes in order to produce the equipment necessary to keep modern industry running effectively and then there are mechanics and repairmen who keep the wheels and gears turning in industry in the home on the ground and in the air every industry from the bakery to the drug industry employs Machinists every product manufactured which undergoes a number of assembly operations is put together by people in bench work occupations these workers put together small parts to make sub-assemblies or small complete units at more complex levels workers often read blueprints follow patterns and assume responsibility for meeting standards while some assemble others so grind carve mold paint repair or inspect bench workers are concerned with everything from jewelry to automobiles entry into this field is generally through training programs either on the job or in technical schools the largest skilled were Workforce in the United States build homes buildings highways and bridges for a living nearly 3 million people work in the structural work occupations as in some other occupations union membership may be required wages are comparatively high and usually on an hourly basis manual dexterity is a must the work fabricating erecting installing everything it takes to make an architect's plan become a reality many of these occupations require workers to start as apprentices [Music] Millions more have occupations in an assortment of fields not covered in other categories such as transportation bus drivers training Pilots travel agents ticket agents quarters skycaps Depot clerks and dispatchers thousands more are involved in packaging and warehousing every conceivable product manufactured or sold many more work for utilities Gas Electric telephone thousands more are employed in some aspect of the amusement business many more in recreational activities or in some aspect of the motion picture radio and television industry mining the logging Industries and graphic arts employ many more yes the world of work is Big complex and for those in jobs they like exciting if its vastness boggles your mind you're not alone some people know what they want to do and their choice appears to fit them well but many young people are uncertain and will need to explore several areas before they choose if that's the case with you here's a tip on how to go about it study careers as you would any important school subject the world of work May turn out to be the most important subject of all the future income way of life and friends are often determined by the planning you do now regardless of the career areas you explore learn all you can about the nature of the work the lifestyles of the workers where the jobs are the rewards the employment Outlook and the chances for advancement opportunities exist right now within your own high school to explore many of these occupations with your school counselors with your teachers your parents people employed in the type of work that interests you keep in mind there are many films and film strips covering the world of work make a point to see as many as you can look into the careers that especially interest you in Greater detail the school library is a good source don't overlook magazines and newspapers they contain information on what's happening every day the help wanted ads are a good barometer of jobs in demand and salaries being paid your local state employment office listed in your phone book under State listings is a good source of information [Music] government agencies offer assistance many actively recruit for new employees keep in mind that the military services offer Education and Training in a number of specialized jobs training that you can put to use later on in civilian life and they'll pay you while you study find out more about jobs that interest you by actually working at them part-time weigh the pros and cons of each career area in the world of work as it applies to you then consider the career that appears to best fit your needs after that work out a program with your school counselor to be sure you're getting the Education and Training you'll need to qualify for entry into the career area of your choice always keep in mind if you really want to you can specialize in some areas examine your own talents develop them to the highest degree positive set goals they can and will change but for the time being you'll be moving forward make your goals realistic determine the place in life where you eventually would like to be and take steps to find out whether you have what it takes watch bulletin boards some firms send representatives to schools to look for future employees Civil Service offices can also Supply you with job information your local post office lists agencies on their bulletin board along with notices of examinations remember the occupation you choose is your passport to do the things you really want to do in the years ahead [Music] there's something out there there's something out there [Music] choice [Music] your love works [Music] out and take it man I love that song so good um yeah so this would be been shown to high school students or people considering a trade uh in the military about to muster out um and it was basically an introduction to like all right here's all these different jobs that are out there uh you need a job to work um so here's what you need to do to get these jobs [Music] um and uh you know it's kind of the way it is uh uh doesn't seem it like it but it is kind of progressive it does kind of say like look uh soon you will have to work you have to make money to live and uh so try to figure it out try to think it through [Music] um all right this next film is long but it is awesome and I haven't shown it yet uh uh it's called this Union cause and it is an explanation of why unions exist and the struggle uh in the United States and um it is very labor skewed and so people might say like wait a minute but um it makes a pretty good case again I'm super liberal uh but here it is this Union cause enjoy [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you thank you [Music] the year is 1739. in colonial America there were free people indentured servants and slaves [Music] six to nine British pounds bought a man or a woman without skills for a four-year period skill workers on the Block brought in 10 pounds perhaps if the bidding was Lively the year is 1806. the place Philadelphia the defendants a small group of shoemakers cord winners they were called their crime combining in an attempt to raise their wages improved their conditions of work guilty said the court of violating the law unions of working men are illegal guilty as charged this was a time when men were imprisoned for debts when to be unable to pay your debts was a crime and under this harsh penalty it was not the well to do who suffered in the new factories that came with the Industrial Revolution women and children were the workers Public Schools almost non-existent some voices the poet Shelley was one did speak out against this cruel plight it Israeli referred to the Two Worlds the world of the rich the world of the poor America's Walt Whitman chanted a song of democracy Bryant upheld the right of men to join unions and in Parliament in England opposing the death sentence for workers who dared to protest their lot Byron declared you call these men a mob it is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses that man your Navy and recruit your army never have I seen such squalid wretchedness and what is your remedy death is there not enough blood under your penal code thank you now the year is 1830 the place New York and wage earners were beginning to find their voices too unions even though illegal were organized in most cities and working men's political parties were making demands for social justice a 10-hour day an end to child labor in New York Francis Wright the woman reformer together with George Henry Evans Robert Dale Owen Thomas Skidmore LED The Campaign which established the public schools broadened the right to vote close the debtors prisons finally but slaves continued on the Block I tremble for my country Thomas Jefferson said when I reflect that God is just and cannot sleep forever [Music] some help them Escape through the Underground Railroad to Canada others fighting slavery gave their lives John Brown had I so interfered on behalf of the rich it would have been all right to have interfered on behalf of his despised poor I did no wrong now if it be deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life I say let it be done the date January 1st 1863 Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation all persons held as slaves are and henceforth shall be free [Music] distant dreams of the youthful American labor movement beginning to come true land-grant colleges established for farmers and wage earners homestead law enacted giving Freeland to settlers now for the first time the railroads built by Chinese and Irish laborers reached from the Atlantic to the Pacific a new metalworking industry came into existence and unions local combinations of workers until now were growing International bodies William silvas Labor's First National figure Labor's Champion I love this Union cause I hold it more dear than my family or my life I'm willing to devote to it all that I am have or hope for in this world and this Union cause thrived the National Labor Union was formed a national labor party met then after the Civil War Boom the crash the hunger and violence of the great upheaval strikes by desperate men and state troopers called out to break them [Music] in Pennsylvania Irish immigrant miners denied the right to belong openly to Legal unions had organized a secret society the Molly Maguires to protect their claims to justice as workers foreign the evidence on which ten malis were convicted was found to be false 75 years after they had gone to the Gallows and were hanged Frank Farrow introduces Terence V powderly to the annual meeting of the Knights of Labor their Creed Universal Brotherhood and in 15 years 700 000 members had rallied to that idea the night's launch a nationwide campaign for an eight-hour day then at Chicago May 4th 1886. four men killed by armed strike Breakers at the McCormick Works plan in the evening without warning police attack a workers protest meeting their shooting Obama's throne and before the Clash is halted ten lie dead a hundred injured six years later the innocence of the Haymarket anarchists was revealed but again too late for the executed and for the nights of Labor destroyed with them the first Labor Day and to lead the march of Labor with the first plan for successful Union Organization three men appeared Samuel Gompers earning his way as a youth reading books aloud to Cigar makers while they listened and worked the other two Peter McGuire of the Carpenters Union Otto Strasser of the cigar makers [Music] said Strasser we have no ultimate ends we fight only for immediate objects 1881 they helped to create a Federation of organized trades and labor unions 1886 it becomes with conference as president the American Federation of Labor but the road for workers was a hard one still and in more than one trial defeat now they're pitted against the Pullman company makers of railroad cars on trial is Eugene Debs his prosecutor the Attorney General of the United States for the defense the famous Clarence Darrow the issue before the court can a law intended to regulate business be used to authorize labor injunctions the answer yes Debs went to jail the strike was lost the union destroyed the turn of the century and Great Waves of immigrants coming to America Italians Greeks Irish Czechs poles Romanians Russians Jews a million a year seeking Freedom they found slums seeking wealth they found the sweatshops but if Justice did not walk their streets Jewish immigrants found they could work for it through the Garment unions they organized enriching practical Union goals with a new sense of industrial and social democracy [Music] the turn of the century Pope Leo 13 emphasizing the right of workers to join Trade union president Teddy Roosevelt warning of the growing hold of monopolies urging their regulation [Music] JP Morgan Banker putting together U.S steel International Harvester the great corporate trusts William Hayward head of the iww the industrial workers of the world the wobblies organizing the unskilled Henry Ford engineering the modern assembly line applying the principle of mass production John Mitchell helping to establish the United Mine Workers Union these were among the dominant figures the 20th century opens labor force 29 million the work week 57 hours average weekly wage 13. [Music] out of the locomotive repair pits came The Machinist Union and the Murray Hill agreement one of the first national contracts establishing the nine hour day another step towards the eight-hour day that the Knights of Labor a generation earlier had sought in vain the winds were foul the work was hard from Liverpool docks to Brooklyn yard leaver Johnny lever but Johnny couldn't leave her under the law in 1895 Congress had reduced the penalty for desertion made it illegal for officers to beat Sema guaranteed Sailors the right to demand safe ships the right to collect their pay but the Supreme Court said the law was unconstitutional just as it said a law-for-bidding child labor was unconstitutional [Music] after 20 years pleading Andrew ferrousseff head of the Siemens Union won a hearing before Congress and the LaFollette Act of 1915 ended slavery aboard the nation's ships 1912 but Clayton anti-monoply Act the labor of a human being is not a commodity 1916 The Adamson Act a great goal of Labor comes into view an eight-hour day for the nation's railroads the new freedoms advocated by President Woodrow Wilson a war labor board gives workers the right to organize [Music] 1918 the first world war ends but in 1919 no peace in the steel towns living in hovels pitifully underpaid exhausted from an endless 12-hour day sometimes seven days a week once again the men sought Deliverance through a union 24 craft unions banded into a single committee responding to appeals in 29 languages one hundred thousand workers flocked to join within a year but the companies refused to negotiate said the New York world the Pennsylvania state constabulary the dreaded culinary police has been concentrated at commanding points in the end violence the strike lost 20 dead 18 of them union members said a Protestant Church commission U.S steel is too big to be beaten by 300 000 workers 1920 the labor force 42 million the work week 50 hours average weekly wage 35 dollars 1924 the AFL a difficult period corporations attacking with harsh injunctions paternalistic welfare plans employer-dominated company unions William green succeeding Samuel Gompers becomes president of the American Federation of Labor Senator Robert La Follette Wisconsin's great Progressive leader runs for president of the United States with AFL support Senator George Norris of Nebraska architect of the Tennessee Valley Authority leads a lonely struggle for public use of National Resources here New York Congressman fiorella LaGuardia draft the Norris LaGuardia anti-injunction law ending the use of federal courts to deny workers their rights October 29th the stock market crashed and by 1930 the Great Depression had set in Herbert Hoover in the White House of a labor force of 49 million 16 million unemployed average weekly wage for those with jobs 23.25 for the others the bread lines factories stood empty while hungry men searched for work and on farms the food surplus is rotted communities of shanties Hoovervilles that were called sprang up on the outskirts of cities and here in the most degrading squalor families lived by 1932 the depression found Millions facing foreclosure demanding jobs and relief hunger Marchers needy War veterans converged on Washington a grim Administration reacted it ordered federal troops to drive them out with the bayonets and tear gas then at the edge of disaster with a banking system in collapse a new deal we have nothing to fear but fear itself President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed that his inaugural and the rebound of spirit a million and a half workers joined the labor movement within the first six months [Music] came industrial unions organization by industry not only by Craft led by John L Lewis the CIO was born the Congress of industrial organizations the miners the Garment workers the printers the Oil Workers and the newspaper men led by Haywood Broome his writings articulated the hopes of working people surveying the ferment among industrial workers John L Lewis declared he is a Madman or a fool who believes that this River of human sentiment can be damned December 1936 telegram to Governor Frank Murphy Lansing Michigan we the workers have carried on a stay in strike over a month to make General Motors obey the law and engage in collective bargaining stop the introduction of the militia sheriffs or police with murderous weapons will mean a bloodbath of unarmed workers stop we have decided to stay in the plant stop Corporation spokesman demanded the governor Murphy orders State troops into Flint to drive the men out with bayonets [Music] instead he used them to maintain order while Union and Company negotiated [Music] finally in mid-February Murphy's lincoln-like patients prevailed an agreement was reached between a new Union the uawcio the Auto Workers and General Motors America's largest Industrial Corporation [Music] when the wave of sit-down strikes had subsided industrial unions were firmly seated at the bargaining tables almost [Music] here in Chicago on a sun-led Memorial Day morning a peaceful parade had formed to demand that little steel recognized the right of its employees to belong to a union the huge steel companies call little steel had continued to defy the law refusing to negotiate through a union the Defiance erupted in bloodshed in Chicago on Memorial Day 1937 ten men were killed all union members dressed in their Sunday clothes all shot in the back the Grim tooth of the massacre would never have been known but for the efforts of a senate committee presided over by Young Bob LaFollette investigating corporate violations of civil rights from such disclosures came the New Deal reforms the Social Security Law pensions unemployment insurance a ban on child labor the eight-hour day and the five-day week and at last the Wagner Act guaranteeing workers the right to belong to unions to choose in government supervised elections the union to represent them by 1941 Ford and little steel were finally brought under the law the labor force had grown to 53 million and Union membership 14 million men and women working under signed Collective agreements Philip Murray successor to John L Lewis as president of the CIO director of the organization of Steel negotiated the first Ford contract under Murray of the CIO and William green heading the affl the two labor bodies learned to work with one another as all America closed ranks during the national mobilization of the second world war against Hitler's Germany and the militarists in Asia foreign union members turned their energies to the National Emergency [Music] in the shops and factories of America production soared through their unions wage earners ordinary men free men purchase defense bonds donated to blood banks helped organize industry councils participated in rationing boards and economic councils helped mobilize the economy 1949 and a new Union the communications workers of America of its four hundred thousand members 65 percent were women marking the entry into the ranks of organized labor of a new kind of wager the first big Union after the newspaper Guild to cross the line from Blue Collar to White now a new word to bedevil a worker automation devices to replace human hands and judgment starting and stopping themselves able to manufacture calculate detect flaws better and faster than human hand or brain the answer of the unions planned for full production retrained workers losing jobs through automation provide dismissal allowances relocation payments and earlier retirement shorter hours longer vacations in effect to guarantee a new security to the wage earners in America this was part of the vision of Philip Murray who once had expressed it in its simplest terms Carpets on the floors of workers homes pictures on their walls and music in their lives [Music] Unity December 1955. AFL and CIO become AFL-CIO in its 127th year organized labor 16 million strong Under The Joint chairmanship of AFL President George Meaney and CIO president Walter Ruther a unified labor movement meets in its first convention now the 16 million become a part of 60 million workers throughout the world members of the international Confederation of free trade unions seeking a modern version of the Justice a small band of cord waners sought in colonial Philadelphia a century and a half ago remembering the inch by inch advances a hard one betterment of their lives and the sacrifices ordinary people made and the men who died for these beliefs remembering the rights and freedoms won out of a past that was cool and unhumane when there was not even kindness aware of the Bright Futures and remembering still the long apprenticeship the debt to all those nameless men Who Loved this Union cause [Music] and not a lick of stock footage in there anywhere um we could flesh that out I mean I could take that narration and spend a week and find images and moving images and make it work but I got too many other things to work on including the fact that uh 20 boxes of films showed up on Saturday uh which I am I took I gave my all my workers a paid vacation today um that is how I try to support my workers uh even my interns I pay my interns because they are learning and they are helping me and it just makes sense to pay them um because they help the greater AV Geeks cause but so tomorrow when they show up it'll be like hey guess what we have 20 boxes that we have to go through uh from different sources um but I wanted to since I'm management I wanted to present a management side of this uh of Labor Day and this is a film made by AC Delco uh which I think ultimately is GM and this is made to be shown to their workers and their union workers about what they're doing wrong um into build morale and now just to shame them here is what it's all about enjoy what's it all about every day we hear the words words like quality productivity excellence competition words don't seem to get the whole message across but we can tell you what it's all about it's about work and jobs and what's happening at Delco products some of you know right now what's happening thank you there have been layoffs closed doors empty rooms silent machines they're moving out the equipment that was once used to build Appliance Motors and this equipment is only two years old it's expensive machinery designed to help us do better work make better Motors but it didn't work out that way these machines were bought so Delco products could be more competitive now they're moving them out selling them to the competition why because the machines didn't work uh not really we just couldn't compete in the marketplace somehow we didn't put it all together sometimes some of us didn't think it was necessary to come to work every day the cost of quality in Dayton couldn't meet the competition elsewhere now the doors are closed 1300 people were laid off some did come back to work in other areas but a lot of jobs were lost many can relate the shutdown to work in the hermetically sealed Appliance motor area for them that's where it happened what's it all about it's about competition in the whole world people are working making the motors that once was our job somebody down south somebody out west even somebody in Japan is doing that work the need is still there but the competition is getting the job done now you know you say there's really nothing to worry about we have new products coming up yes and no we can't take two steps backward while we take one step forward we need the new products and the old business too that's the only way we can stay healthy we can learn a lot from what happened in other Industries most of us know that nine out of ten home radios are made in Japan that industry has gone from the USA did you know that two out of every five pair of shoes are made overseas Little League or Big League nine out of ten baseball mitts sold in the U.S are made somewhere else sweater you wear to the bowling alley where was it made seven out of ten sweaters come from another land and motorcycles American motorcycles have just about disappeared 19 out of 20. are foreign made you get the picture we're losing to the competition it's time we recognize that working means a full day every working day we mean everybody the others are gaining because we have forgotten how we made our business strong we are only strong when everybody comes to work on time all the time we are strong when each person does his job and does it right the first time how many times have you heard someone say and don't work too hard work is what made us strong we are only strong when we are willing to compete with the whole world there's no real way the government can save us tariffs and surtaxes only help for a little while in the World Market foreign governments would soon put taxes on all goods made here that means people in many U.S Industries lose the Competitive Edge if they don't have jobs they don't buy cars or appliances that need motors then it comes right back to us we should know The Facts of Life and here they are as for appliance and air moving Motors we're out of business closed up shut down we didn't cut the mustard in hermetic Motors we are operating at 50 percent of our capacity that's one half of what we can do industrial Motors we're working at 75 percent of capacity a little better but we should be running at 100 percent we're 25 percent down on the good side we do have the energy absorbers to build we are ahead of competitors in this one area but how long can we stay that way you can bet on this we can't research and develop new ideas and then lose the business we had most of us grew up knowing about competition if you score a field goal and the other guy scores a touchdown he's ahead that's what it's all about now let's talk about what we can do about it the equipment we work with is designed to be productive at a normal consistent pace it's the best Machinery we could design and buy but it must be run from the very moment you start your shift if you're doing your job you know it but if you're not you know that too you see we're paying the highest rates we should set the highest goals for ourselves the machines are there all the time but they can't be used to Advantage when people stay home from work when we come to the plant we come here with the idea that we'll do a full job for our pay a full measure that's what it's all about we are the people who can really make the difference in competition that's us um us everybody has his own job what matters is How We Do It we can't blame the other guy it's our pride and our sense of value if we don't do the job somebody else will and he or she may not live in Dayton or Rochester the competition is out there wherever people are willing to work at the job and give a hundred percent effort no amount of good management modern machinery or product research can substitute for our pride in our work this runs pretty deep in all of us we can only walk the world with dignity when we know we're giving our very best and you know when you are dignity isn't the color of your shirt or the cut of your jacket dignity is what's in your heart and hands pride is knowing that you help to build a product that can and will compete with anything and anybody in the whole world and it's something more than that too it's knowing we have a place to work and there's a job there for us a place to work is where we find dignity believe me it's how we go about it that counts what's happened has happened we can't replay the game and get back the jobs we lost and we can make sure that it doesn't happen again and again well we can that's more like it we is a big word it's a personal word it means a big effort from all of us with a little pride and honest concern we could put Delco products right back where we belong on top when we do it we're buying something for ourselves you see this is our place we work here and that that is what it's all about [Music] pretty thick in that one um when I first saw this film I saw it at uh Craig Baldwin's uh other Cinema in San Francisco and immediately was like I gotta find this film and it took years but I eventually found it and uh this is why I collect films because it does capture this time in this place in this very specific audience and I mean it's it's over the top I mean yes I guarantee you that there are I know that there are workers who are lazy who take advantage but if you have so many workers who are coming in late and calling in sick and just doing poor performance whose fault is that really it's not the worker's fault it's Management's fault management is either making unrealistic demands or they're making a crappy crappy uh work environment uh they're they're you know there's so many reasons that that this is like oh you know it's it's like that uh that same uh floggings will continue until morale uh increases or something like that it's it's so over the top outrageous anyways we're going to end on a uh I think it was Mitch put in this request I can't always fulfill requests because I can't always find the film but I I happen to find this one this one is another film since it is Labor day and it is gives us an opportunity to think about work and like work makes pays bills and work and you know what can we do uh to help workers if we support the lowest tier of worker then we're actually I think boosting um our society if we help to make sure that they can actually pay their bills and live in housing that is decent and get proper health care then we're elevating the entire economy um so there's my little soapbox yet another one but anyways here is when you grow up la [Music] most of us have work to do work that helps us live more comfortably and happily together [Music] we do work that needs doing [Music] foreign [Music] but most of the world's work is done by grown-ups [Music] most of the time when you see grown-ups they are working working is part of being grown up [Music] you will grow up someday [Music] you will get a job [Music] you will be working what do you want to be when you grow up [Music] love [Music] foreign [Music] why do people work [Music] why does everybody have a career doing some kind of work for work because they enjoy doing things that are useful and people work to be able to buy the things they need for themselves and their families in every single career people earn money by working to produce goods or services that the other people need or want everyone needs food we all need clothing [Music] we need housing and we need health care [Music] and there are hundreds of other goods and services we want to make our lives easier and more enjoyable foreign [Music] because people need and want so many different goods and services there are many different kinds of work to do there are many different careers to choose from people work in different places [Music] people work in different clothes [Music] some people work at night [Music] people work with different machines [Music] foreign people work with different skills almost every career requires special skills skills which must be learned by study or practice or both but people find it very satisfying to learn about work that they like [Music] do you think you would like to learn to work with your hands and with machines you might like a construction career like this one everyone must learn some things from books and teachers but no book can give you the skill to make a cabinet as fine as this one or to know when an engine is running exactly right maybe you have heard the expression experience is the best teacher everyone learns from experience but experience is not the only way to learn some careers require a person to know a great deal of information before he can begin to work he must learn the information before he can really begin to develop his skill it means more school after high school but if you like to solve problems you might like this career [Music] some people who like to be their own boss open businesses of Their Own thank you do you like to meet people there are lots of careers in which you can meet members of your community every day [Music] some people like to do work that is especially helpful to other people nothing is more important to people than good health [Music] these jobs is a different career they are all needed to help take care of our health it requires a whole group of different jobs to take care of each main kind of work that the community needs [Music] the people of all communities need Transportation driving a truck is an important career but we can see that it takes many other jobs in order for the truck driver to help us it takes mechanics to keep trucks running well a dispatcher tells the driver where to deliver his load [Music] secretaries and other office workers are needed to help run a trucking business [Music] is just a small part of the transportation we need we need the work of everyone who has a job with the railroads we need the work of transporting things by ship [Music] there are many different careers that provide us with air transportation [Music] has so many different careers we can call each main type of work a Career Cluster construction is a main kind of work Engineers draftsmen surveyors carpenters and many others have careers in construction because it takes many different jobs to build the new houses factories and businesses we need construction is a Career Cluster [Music] manufacturing is another main kind of work to manufacture the things we need it takes hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of jobs so manufacturing is another Career Cluster here are some other career clusters [Music] main kinds of work which include the thousands and thousands of different jobs it takes to produce the goods and services needed by the people of a big country like ours foreign it is good that there are many different types of careers because different people like different types of work [Music] but no matter what kind of work they do most people are proud to do a good job because he learns new things as he works person can get more and more satisfaction as he works at his career he may lead others and earn more money too it is important to earn the money to take care of families and even if they could get along without them it is very satisfying for people to earn enough for extra things they want [Music] with so many careers to choose from how will you choose your career you have a long time to think about it you have quite a while left to decide what to be when you grow up you can't choose yet but you can look around while you are growing up you can think about it [Music] what do you want to be when you grow up [Music] awesome that was a great way to end it um thanks for tuning in today uh on Labor Day and we showed films about working we showed films about unions we showed a film where GM was mad at their workers uh it was a great time thank you Nate for uh contributing to the AV Geeks cause he did that by using the super thanks button no he didn't he used ko-fi.com AV Geeks which is right which is right there uh you can also go to patreon.com avgeeks and that will help both of those things will help pay for coffee but it will also help us pay for all the shipping boxes that we were buying uh we're getting about 1200 films shipped to us from different places so we've been sending them boxes and we we're just paying for the shipping we're not paying for the films but let me tell you the shipping ain't cheap uh a box uh one box sent me via Media Mail which is pretty much the cheapest way to ship um if you're not doing a palette is uh you know like a box is like 20 pounds and it's 30 bucks so uh the money that you donate is going to help that uh also we just uh got another storage unit off site to help accommodate these films uh so we have right now we have four storage units off site uh on top of uh the AV Geeks archive and we're doing this so that we can Shuffle stuff around at the archive and maybe I'll have more news about what that means but regardless very much appreciate you guys watching uh even on like a vacation day um excuse me my goodness um we'll be back again tomorrow everybody have a great rest of your day give yourself a Break um you know do something a little bit different uh you know take advantage of the of the day um it's hot here but I'll figure out a way to maybe ride my bike or do something that I don't normally do uh Everybody Take Care again thank you so much for uh your kind support and comments and we will see you tomorrow bye everybody