North Country Page #5

- Jesus, I'm just trying here, you know.

It was something we could do together.

- You love hockey...

- I quit the team.

You quit?

When?

Who cares?

I care.

You love that team.

Why didn't you talk to me about it?

Because I don't want to talk to you.

Don't you get it?

I'll get her to call you.

I'm not leaving till I see her.

She doesn't have the flu, Josey.

God.

Guess he told you, huh?

- How you feeling?

- Great.

I never heard of...

I mean, I've heard of Lou Gehrig.

- I just never knew about the disease.

- I know.

It's...

It's kind of like piece by piece,

your body quits listening to you.

Like a bullheaded teenager.

So how's Sammy doing?

Hates me.

I'd like to say time heals all, but...

Sure you should be drinking that?

Well, sooner or later, my liver's gonna

crash and burn on me, so until then...

...l'm still in the driver's seat.

You never could keep a secret.

Me? The whole town knows

I only have one ball because of you.

- You only got one what?

- Now the whole town knows.

Jeez.

- Does it...? I mean, can you...?

- Works great.

You only need one. A big one.

Oh, God.

Watch out.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

- Hey, you mind if I use your bathroom?

- No, go ahead.

But come back smiling, or I'll describe

to you what's gonna happen to my a**hole.

- God, what's that smell?

- Toilets overflowed again.

I suggest you ladies

get some sponges and buckets...

...and get that room cleaned

before somebody gets sick.

- What's going on?

- Go in.

Look for yourself.

Oh, my God.

They can't do this to us.

Sure, they can.

They're gonna keep on doing it worse,

as long as you keep opening your mouth.

- Sherry, what they did to you...

- You didn't help any.

That's for sure.

Don't look at me.

This is our lives you're screwing with.

Your mess, start cleaning.

Hey, Josey, how you like

your new scratch-and-sniff wallpaper?

Was it him? Was it?

I give a piece of my check

to that union, like everyone else.

You f***ed up.

What do you want me to say?

Hey, lovebirds, wanna get to work?

Or should I dim the lights for you?

Josey, get your ass down here.

I got a job for you in the Powder Room.

You're one crazy b*tch, you know that?

- You said you had a job for me.

- Yeah.

You like that, don't you?

You like that.

To grab your p*ssy like that, don't you?

Forgot you like it a little rough.

You're gonna learn the goddamn rules

if I have to beat them into you myself.

Damn you, Josey.

He attacked me.

- Who attacked you?

- Bobby, in the Powder Room, just now.

- Bobby, you lay a hand on her?

- Sure you wanna ask that, Rick?

The answer's no.

I wasn't in the Powder Room all day.

He was working the concentrator

with me all afternoon.

See? You gonna call me and Earl

liars now? Come on.

Ricky.

Can somebody drive me home, please?

- Where's your dad?

- He's on nights.

- Just take my keys from my locker.

- Betty.

Don't.

Where do you think you're going?

I quit.

The rules are clear. Go around the union,

you broke your oath.

Period, the end.

Glory.

- What you doing here?

- What's it look like?

I'm here for the meeting.

Well, you're not an employee anymore.

You're not required to be here.

Yeah, well. Thought maybe

I could help you out.

Kind of out of control up there, isn't it?

I'm not saying Josey should've

gone to management or anything...

We were all sorry to hear you're sick.

- Glory...

- Don't. Don't help me.

I mean, if you help me, I'll cry.

Please don't.

Need an autographed hockey puck?

- Got a hundred of them out here.

- I need a lawyer.

I wanna sue the mine.

The company. All of them.

Well, good luck with that.

I'm saying I wanna hire you.

Sorry, don't do that anymore.

That sucks, because you're

the only lawyer I ever met.

Well, the good news is,

all roads lead to lawyers.

Tell you what.

I will buy you a beer, though.

I don't need a beer.

I need a lawyer.

Look, Josey, the illusion is that

all your problems are solved in a courtroom.

The reality is that even

when you win, you don't win.

I know, but I'm right.

I'm sure you are, but right

has nothing to do with the real world.

Look at Anita Hill. Because she's you.

You think you're outgunned at the mine,

wait till you get to a courtroom.

It's called the "nuts and sluts defense."

You're either nuts and you imagined it,

or a slut and you asked for it.

Either way, it's not pleasant.

Take my advice. Find another job.

Start over.

I don't have any start-over left.

- Look, you're a beautiful girl...

- Yeah, I'm a beautiful girl.

I could find a guy to take care of me.

I'm done looking to be taken care of.

I wanna take care of myself.

Take care of my kids.

You know it's happening to all of us.

Every woman up there.

But you don't give a sh*t, do you?

If somebody like her came to see me

back in New York with this dogshit case...

...you know what I'd do?

I'd take it.

Settle quick, pocket the contingency...

...make more money than her,

never see a courtroom.

Pearson would never settle.

- Sure he would.

- No.

It would be her word

against everybody else.

All the guys up there can't be bad,

which makes some of them witnesses.

That mine is bread and butter

for people around here.

Nobody wants to sh*t where they eat.

What is this place?

Like a pet cemetery or something?

Why, you got a lot of pet elk at home?

So they never picked on Glory, why?

Would you wanna

pick a fight with Glory?

No, Glory became a union rep early on.

She did some good things.

Got their respect.

Plus, she doesn't wanna

run with the herd.

- Keeps her head above the fray.

- Safety in numbers.

Herds. They stay together,

they have a chance.

They separate, they're easy prey.

Can you get the other women?

You know what a class action is?

It's when a bunch of plaintiffs

have the same issue.

File a claim on behalf

of the whole group, the class.

It's tough for the company

to argue that you're all lying.

You're all crazy.

It's why you have to get the others.

Why'd you change your mind?

It's never been done before.

Sexual harassment class action.

So you'd be doing this

just because it's never been done.

Yeah.

Can you live with that?

Sue them?

- Are you kidding?

- You know what's going on up there.

Life is too short, trust me.

Not too short

to do something good with it.

How do you know? You're still alive.

- So are you, you know.

- You call this alive?

Get out of here.

- I didn't...

- Get the hell...

...out of here.

It's not just one or two bad guys.

It takes a village

to do what's being done here.

I'm not saying all of them.

But enough of them.

In the plant, out in the pit,

and even up in the offices...

...all with the foot on the throat

of every woman in that mine.

It's not just my client who needs relief

from this court, Your Honor.

We are asking for an injunction

to protect all the women.

Further, we ask the court

to certify a class.

A class made up of every woman

working at Pearson...

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