Under Cuban Skies: Workers and Their Rights
General Information
- Original Title
- Bajo el cielo cubano, El trabajador y sus derechos
- Author/Creator
- Montaner, Carlos, director.
- Language
- Spanish.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- United States, 2009.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (29 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00003358
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- The film is an account of the systematic violation of human and labor rights committed by Fidel and Raul Castro since they took power fifty years ago, supposedly on behalf of the Cuban worker. Their revolutionary government, as the film shows, is the only hiring entity and, as such, is guilty of discrimination in employment, of confiscating 97% of the salaries paid by foreign investors, and of prohibiting the worker’s right to organize representative unions, or to conduct collective bargaining. Interviews with hotel workers – the “privileged” class of the Cuban labor force – and with independent labor leaders and dissident journalists, were conducted in Cuba, while counterpart interviews were filmed in Spain, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Miami. The two sets of interviews make clear the stark contrast between the labor conditions in hotels operated by multinational corporations in Cuba and hotels run by those same corporations abroad.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- Under Cuban Skies: Workers and Their Rights
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 1738 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 1738 (HU_OSA_00003358.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |