Collective Bargaining by Riot looks at what it meant to be a Luddite in the 1800s and what it means to be a Neo-Luddite now through interviews with Neo-Luddites, historians and an immersive soundscape. Discover a chapter of British history often misunderstood as a revolt against technology. The film looks closer to establish a movement that only opposed technology that was hurtful to commonality. An uprising empowered by knitters and croppers who were struggling for work in a faltering economy. Historians map out events that led to the government sending troops to counter the Luddites and prevent a working class revolution. Listen to the observations of Neo-Luddites as they look critically at a society obsessed, and perhaps oppressed, by technological development and corporate greed.