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Boston Indian Council

Description: Interview with Cliff Saunders of Boston Indian Council. 3500 to 4000 native Americans live in Boston area, 75% Micmacs from Nova Scotia. Council's goals are to enhance self-determination, improve education and employment, and foster cultural awareness and pride. Pair of ping pong players in recreation room. Small children's group in day care room. In elder affairs room, men play cribbage and women do handcrafts. Sign “American Indian spoken here.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/18/1977

Unemployment office

Description: People standing in claims line at unemployment office in Hurley building in government center. English/ Spanish bilingual signs. A man explains the issues with estimating unemployment rates and the importance of receiving a reliable common resolution. Answers the question "How do you measure unemployment?"
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1977

“Testimony: Justice vs. J.P. Stevens”

Description: Film transfer of “Testimony: Justice vs. J.P. Stevens” (©1977) from The National Citizens Committee for Justice for J.P. Stevens Workers. Pounding sound of mechanical looms. Stevens Tower in New York City. Interview with textile workers who voice complaints about employee treatment, poor conditions, lack of training, safety violations, low wages, climate of intimidation, hostility to the union. Mills in the Carolinas. Workers leave factory, seen through chain link fence. Workers vote to organize with Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1977