New York City is the city where anything is possible – including being just one pay cheque away from bankruptcy. This is the reality for workers at Amazon, UPS and various delivery apps. Every day, they deliver millions of parcels and orders across the city, even as they often remain invisible as the actual people behind this work. Following her Oscar-winning films “Harlan County, USA” and “American Dream”, “Union Town” completes Barbara Kopple’s trilogy on workers’ rights. Over the course of three years, she follows the workers in their struggle against some of the world’s most powerful corporations. While UPS drivers and Amazon employees rely on strikes and organising trade unions, the predominantly migrant cycle couriers working for delivery apps are also trying to unite. They are all fighting for fairer wages, safe working conditions and recognition of their work. To the corporations, they are expendable, but united as a union, they are fighting back. Amid fears for their livelihoods, family worries and the courage to go on strike, we see what solidarity and community can achieve.

Seggen Mikael