Oakland Livable Wage Assembly: Dinner & a Movie: "Salt of the Earth."

 We have a duty to fight. We have a duty to win. 

Salt of the Earth (1954) provides one of the best examples of blacklisted filmmaking in the 1950s. Few films were so affected, from every possible direction, by the House Un-American Activities Committees proceedings. For one thing, the movie focused on a highly controversial topic - labor relations - in its story of Chicano workers in a New Mexico zinc mine. When Anglo workers are given higher wages and safer conditions, the Chicanos go on strike to receive the same treatment. The film follows not just their strike but how the workers' wives become involved as well.

Join us for discussion and food after the viewing.

The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds community and power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers.