Bread and Roses (2000)
Directed by Ken Loach
In Los Angeles, undocumented Mexican immigrant Maya finds work as a janitor through her sister, Rosa. However, as both work non-union, conditions are grim. After enduring abuse from her superiors, Maya is open to the pro-union rhetoric offered by organiser Sam Shapiro. Rosa, meanwhile, is far less interested in clashing with management, given the needs of her family, and a rift forms between the sisters.
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In My Name Is Joe , a recovering alcoholic yearns for a new life in an impoverished neighborhood in Glasgow; in Carla's Song , a well-intentioned bus driver goes to extreme lengths to prove his love for a woman from war-torn Nicaragua; and in Bread and Roses , a Mexican woman working for a cleaning company in Los Angeles is empowered by a struggle for better wages and benefits.
He sometimes climbs a little too high on his soapbox and edges a bit too close to preachy Stanley Kramer territory, as in his previous film Bread and Roses.
His "Bread and Roses" (2000) starred the future Oscar winner Adrien Brody as a union activist in Los Angeles, working to organize a group of non-union office cleaners and service employees.