The Organizer

"You have to hold out and make them pay, so they know the next time it'll be even worse."

The Organizer (1963) provides a seriocomic treatment of labor disputes. Mario Monicelli takes a nuanced look at the inner workings of a strike, lacking the strident propaganda of similar films.
Textile workers in 19th Century Turin strike after a man's maimed in an accident. They come under the sway of Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni), a visiting firebrand with a shady past. Factory boss Luigi (Kenneth Kove) refuses to negotiate, leading to ...