Norma Rae

Norma Rae (1979)

1979-03-02 · 110 min · Rating 7.21/10 (196 votes)

The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.

Drama

Keywords

alabama based on novel or book based on true story cotton mill factory labor labor organizer labor union single mother textile worker union worker's rights workers union

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