worker exploitation theme

The director of some facility treats their employees in a way that is considered unfair, which can happen if the employees for one reason or another are not free and able to quit and find employment elsewhere.

9 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds94x16 choice Quark exploited his workers and they made a union
movie: Eden Log (2007) major A revelation of the story is that a nefarious corporation was exploiting immigrants by forcing them to toil in mines with a false promise of eventually getting citizenship.
movie: Metropolis (1927) major The Metropolis inhabitants oppressed the working underclass.
movie: The Death Ray (1925) major workers were exploited in a factory; fascist factory owners ordered a bombing raid on worker settlement that would have killed them had they not used a death ray to stop the bombs
talesoftheunexpected4x11 major Wealthy commercial art gallery owner Madame La Grue paid struggling artists sous on the franc for their works of art.
bbf4x08 minor journalist claimed the poor on BB5 were exploited
futurama6x12 minor The mutants were exploited as cheap labor.
movie: Mighty Joe Young (1949) minor Max O'Hara fast talked Jill Young inti signing a bad contract to come to Hollywood and refused to let her out of it when she wanted to quit.
movie: The Lawless Land (1988) minor The Chairman had every intention of increasing worker productivity by 30% in 40 days even though inflation was out of control and the workers were on the brink of rebellion.