Norma Rae

 This film showed the importance and impact having a group of people come together and really believing in the same cause. Workers have been overworked and payed a lot less than they deserve for a really long time and all across the world. They are often given no breaks, no or little time off, and have to work in horrible conditions for long hours. This takes a large toll on their mental and physical health. To ensure the success of labor for both the organization and the employees, they need to be able to communicate effectively and be perceptive to what is going on around them. The film showed a complete lack of respect from the employer to the employees. The boss knew they had to work in order to put food on the table for their families and knew that it was pretty much the only place they could work in town. This allowed them to make the working conditions even worse and overwork them even to death as Norma Rae's father died while on the job. If everyone can rally together to make a statement and protest the conditions, then change will happen, but everyone needs to be together. We have seen this theme in other movies we've watched such as in Mr. Smith goes to Washington, when he wouldn't back down even though people were trying to lie about his character, Iron Jawed Angels, when they wouldn't back down no matter the obstacle, and Inherit the Wind, when even though the whole town was against evolution, they still spoke up. These films have shown the power one person has with their voice, let alone the power an entire community or union could have.