About this campaign
Who Moves America - is premiering at True/False Film Fest next month. We’d love to tell you why we’re making this film, and invite you into what comes next.
Who Moves America follows UPS workers as they face one of the most consequential labor showdowns in recent U.S. history. In 2023, as the Teamsters’ contract covering 340,000 UPS workers was set to expire, workers voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike. A work stoppage of this scale would have sent shockwaves through the U.S. and global economy.
This was a defining moment for the labor movement, and we felt it was essential to document how workers organized to meet it.
From the beginning, we set out to do more than make a film. We wanted to carry the lessons of this struggle beyond the screen, demonstrating how workers organize across differences to fight inequality, protect democracy, and build a more just and inclusive economy.
The True/False premiere isn’t just a celebration. It’s the launch of a national impact and engagement campaign designed to put this story directly in the hands of workers, organizers, and communities across the country.
Over the coming year, alongside labor and movement partners, we’re preparing to:
- Host hundreds of free, facilitated public screenings
- Share resources to support labor organizing and dialogue across divides
- Amplify worker-led calls to action connected to ongoing campaigns
- Expand access to worker-driven stories via public media distribution
To make this possible, we’re launching a major fundraising push. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to fully launch the first phase of the impact campaign and ensure Who Moves America serves the people and movements it comes from.
This campaign is coming at a critical time. Right now, Minneapolis’s fight against the ICE occupation is showing what is possible when people understand that their struggles are interconnected and refuse to back down. The state’s January 23 general strike, which organizers say drew an estimated one million participants and led to the closure of roughly 1,000 businesses, was another sign of the revival of labor shutdowns. The last general strike in Minneapolis took place in 1934, beginning with a strike by teamsters and truckers that snowballed into a three month strike that transformed the city.
Right now, every dollar you give today will be immediately put to work and matched up to $10,000. I hope you’ll consider contributing today.
Thank you, always, for being part of this work and for supporting stories that show how everyday people can take on powerful forces in the world - and win.