The Hole Story

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The film The Hole Story is a true depiction of the labor market. It uses a combination of satire, comedy cringe, and faux-documentary to develop its main theme – a condemnation of the mining practices in Canada. The introduction of the film provides a vivid picture of the Canada’s rich resources base. It partly encourages the masses to engage in the exploitation of the mineral despots for financial gain. It expresses reservations about people with laidback mindsets while it also carries an intense historical depiction of Canada and how foreign exploitation changed the fortunes of the Canadian people. Inherently, it was potent to demonstrate the extent of suffering that the natives were subjected to when foreign entities displaced settlements to create room for mineral exploitation. Despite carrying a historical theme of injustices to the native inhabitants of mineral-rich regions of Canada, the film portrays the dynamics of the labor market involving workers, employers, and the State.

The film's story about workers in the Canadian mines illustrates deplorable conditions and oppression of the highest order. The workers drawn from different ethnic groups, mainly from Europe, according to the movie's commentary, worked in extremely evasive conditions besides the fact that they were denied to form workers' unions. Workers were primarily expected to accomplish their assignments regardless of the conditions in order to go home with pay. The magnitude of perseverance and endurance that the workers had to face is demonstrated by long working hours underground only with candle lights without ventilation. Accidents were common in the mines, and sickness reduced the life expectancies of the workers to 46-years. In essence, the film's depiction of workers aims to affirm the level of suffering and inhumane conditions that people in the labor market would go through without unions and labor regulations that advance their rights.

The unfolding of events in the film further demonstrates the extent to which employers targeted to amass wealth at the expense of workers. In the modern employment market in Canada or elsewhere in the world, labor regulations demand the protection of workers from harm or work-related accidents. Employers are expected to champion for workers' rights through humble employment terms with reasonable remuneration. The conditions in which employers in the film subjected workers indicates an extreme level of labor rules contravention besides adherence to values that promote the dignity of humanity and respect for human lives. The employers adamantly established frameworks that exclusively benefitted them at the expense of workers. For instance, worker pay cuts were frequent, and employers ensured that the reductions were effected through suppression of activism and formation of labor unions.

Besides the employers, the depiction of the State in the film further portrays how the plight of the workers remained ignored. The State's roles entail protection of the fundamental rights of workers. Such roles include championing for better working conditions, better pay, and protection from injuries and accidents. It is also the role of the State to ensure that all mining and labor activities promote the protection of the environment, which did not happen according to the film. Employers of mines held the state captive, and it was powerless to engage mine owners to provide better working conditions and remuneration to workers.

The film The Holy Story is a reflection of the need for workers, the employers and State to take part in ensuring the labor market promotes the interests of all stakeholders. It is imperative that current labor market practices ensure that the rights of workers from better remuneration, safety against harm and accidents and better working are established. The film`s bottom line underscores the necessity of improving the practices in the labor market, an element that needs to be promoted by workers through labor unions, the State and employers.