Should you watch American Factory?
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American Factory
Documentary · 2019
In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
The sides of American Factory
- A Chinese glass company in an old GM plant in Ohio
- American and Chinese workers on the same line
- A vote on whether to join a union
American Factory is good for you if…
- you want to see real workers in an Ohio plant bought by Fuyao.
- you like watching who holds the power when a union vote looms.
- you like hearing American and Chinese workers tell their own lives on the same line.
American Factory is bad for you if…
- you need things to happen fast.
About: work · culture clash · automation
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