Labor Beat: The People's Putt Putt

Using a creative mix of street theater, art, and political satire, the social justice group Stand Up Chicago! recently created a mini-golf-themed event to point out the misdeeds of corporations in this Great Recession. By engaging passersby in a game of mini-golf, or "putt-putt," they served up a humorous, creative, fun and educational approach to the greed of companies like Bank of America and Cigna. By pointing out, that there are different sets of rules (the "rules for the rich," and the "rules for the rest of us"), Stand Up Chicago! illustrated how hard working individuals and families in the Windy City are struggling to get by, while the rich hoard money for shareholders instead of job creation. The People's Putt-Putt was a creative and unconventional protest against corporate welfare and the greed of the rich. Length - 6:00 Produced by Andrew Friend for Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: mail@laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. For other Labor Beat videos, visit Google Video, YouTube, or blip.tv and search "Labor Beat". Labor Beat has regular cable slots in Chicago, Evanston, Rockford, Urbana, IL; St. Louis, MO; Philadelphia, PA; Princeton, NJ; and Rochester, NY. For more detailed information, send us a request at mail@laborbeat.org (Milo Wolf)