Final offer / National Film Board of Canada presents ; directed by Sturla Gunnarsson ; written and co-directed by Robert Collison ; producers, Sturla Gunnarsson, Robert Collison.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Collison, Robert, director, producer.

Gunnarsson, Sturla, director, producer.

Ramer, Henry, 1923- narrator.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

National Film Board of Canada, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White, Bob, 1935-2017.

White, Bob.

CAW-Canada.

General Motors Corporation.

Automobile industry workers--Labor unions--Canada.

Automobile industry workers.

Collective bargaining--Automobile industry--Canada.

Collective bargaining.

Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry--Canada.

Strikes and lockouts.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, ON : National Film Board of Canada, 1985.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The filmmakers were given remarkable freedom to record the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation. Bob White, labour leader of the Canadian branch of the UAW, must also confront his American counterpart from Detroit and succeeds in arriving at a contract that is significantly Canadian. His members had already given him a mandate to fight for independence from the American union. This is an invaluable document for anyone interested in the complexities of United States-Canada relations. It's an extraordinary film about revolutionary events.

Participant:

Narrator, Henry Ramer.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 29, 2018).

OCLC:

820115608