Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Across the United States, working families face rising inequality, stagnant wages, housing insecurity and an increasingly fragile middle class. From single parents struggling to stay housed to workers demanding better conditions, their experiences reveal the pressures shaping everyday life in America.
Former Amazon supervisor Chris Smalls becomes a central figure in a renewed push for organized labor. After being fired following a walkout, he supports union efforts in Bessemer, Alabama, before helping organize Amazon workers at the JFK8 facility in Staten Island.
Economists, activists and workers trace these struggles through decades of declining union power, changing economic policies and growing concentrations of wealth and political influence.
Against this backdrop, communities organize around wages, workers' rights and affordable housing, raising fundamental questions about inequality and the future of the American middle class.
Documentary: Americonned
Directed by: Sean Claffey
Production: Shine the Light Films Production (2023)
#documentary #freedocumentary #middleclass #americaneconomy #economicinequality #workingclass #americanDream #workersrights #unions #housingcrisis #livingwage #amazonworkers #chrissmalls
Across the United States, working families face rising inequality, stagnant wages, housing insecurity and an increasingly fragile middle class. From single parents struggling to stay housed to workers demanding better conditions, their experiences reveal the pressures shaping everyday life in America.
Former Amazon supervisor Chris Smalls becomes a central figure in a renewed push for organized labor. After being fired following a walkout, he supports union efforts in Bessemer, Alabama, before helping organize Amazon workers at the JFK8 facility in Staten Island.
Economists, activists and workers trace these struggles through decades of declining union power, changing economic policies and growing concentrations of wealth and political influence.
Against this backdrop, communities organize around wages, workers' rights and affordable housing, raising fundamental questions about inequality and the future of the American middle class.
Documentary: Americonned
Directed by: Sean Claffey
Production: Shine the Light Films Production (2023)
#documentary #freedocumentary #middleclass #americaneconomy #economicinequality #workingclass #americanDream #workersrights #unions #housingcrisis #livingwage #amazonworkers #chrissmalls
