We’ve watched the movies. We’ve tallied the votes. We’ve handed out the awards. And now, we are ready to announce the winners of #LaborOscars2024 to our entire audience.
As a fun way to lift up labor movies, we posted a list of 55 films that feature worker power, unions, and workers’ collective action on the Power At Work Blog on February 4th. It quickly became one of the most viewed posts on the blog, so we knew our audience wanted more.
On February 18th, we invited you to vote for your favorite (and least favorite) labor movies in five categories. You could vote on social media or respond to a survey sent to our subscribers and other friends of the blog. On February 25th, because we were enjoying the race to win The Worker, we extended voting for a few more days.
With the results in hand, we held our first-ever Labor Oscars awards ceremony and published it on the Power At Work Blog on March 7th. This very special blogcast welcomed Andrea Lyman, actor and New England Local President of SAG-AFTRA; Harold Phillips, actor, host of "Labor Week," co-coordinator of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, and SAG-AFTRA member; and Jennifer Merin, journalist, film critic, and co-founder and President of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Watch the blogcast below to enjoy our experts' commentary on our nominees, their discussion about the importance of positive representations of labor in media, and the eagerly awaited “reveal” of the winner of this year’s "The Worker!"
And now, without further ado, The Worker goes to…
The Power At Work Blog team warmly thanks all of you for participating in #LaborOscars2024! To make absolutely certain you are included included in future surveys about labor cultural milestones and other issues, including #LaborOscars2025, click here to subscribe right now to the Power At Work Blog.
Is there more? You bet there is. Learn more about the winners and the #LaborOscars2024 contest by listening to our Power At Work blogcast producer and Northeastern University student Joseph Brant on the Labor History Today podcast hosted by Chris Garlock.
