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At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Lears, Rachel (Screenwriter), Blotnick, Robin (Screenwriter), López, Mahoma (on-screen participant.), Blotnick, Ryan (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	Spanish English
Language Notes:	In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Published:	[New York, New York ] : Jubilee Films, [2014]
Subjects:	Food service employees > New York (State) > New York > Economic conditions. Delicatessens > New York (State) > New York > Employees > Economic conditions. Immigrants > Employment > New York (State) > New York. Foreign workers > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions. Delicatessens > Law and legislation > United States. Fast food restaurants > Law and legislation > United States. Illegal immigration > United States. Noncitizens > United States > Social conditions. Service industries workers > United States > Economic conditions. Labor unions > New York (State) > New York. Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Docuseek)

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Summary:	At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never been interested in politics, but in January 2012, he convinces a small group of his co-workers to fight back. Risking deportation and the loss of their livelihood, the workers team up with a diverse crew of innovative young organizers and take the unusual step of forming their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers will battle in back rooms, Occupy Wall Street protesters will take over the restaurant, and a picket line will divide the neighborhood. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent for low-wage workers across the country. But whatever happens, Mahoma and his coworkers will never be exploited again.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Includes transcript in English.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (83 min., 35 sec.)) : sound, color
Audience:	10 and up.
Production Credits:	Writer, director and producer, Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick ; director of photography, Rachel Lears ; editors, Robin Blotnick, David Meneses ; original score composed by Ryan Blotnick.