Union Town

Following Harlan County U.S.A. and American Dream, Union Town completes Barbara Kopple’s trilogy on labour rights. Union Town chronicles essential workers in New York City’s lastmile delivery industry amid an explosive resurgence of organised labour in the nation’s largest metropolis. Interweaving struggles within UPS, Amazon, and the app-based bike delivery workforce, the film uncovers the face of modern labour and organising. Filmed over the course of three years, Union Town asks what solidarity means in a world divided between those who have power, and those who must fight for it.