The threat of a strike nobody wants, but which everyone seems powerless to avert, lends suspense to this story of events leading to a deadlock in negotiations between the management and employees of a furniture factory. Staged against the background of a small one-industry town, this dramatisation shows the normal processes of collective bargaining common to Canadian industry today and how they affect a union, a company and a community.
(Award: Chicago.)
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
29021
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - United States - Chicago - Awards
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Collective labor agreements
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Negotiation
Documentary
Documentary → Docudrama
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Industrial relations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Industrial relations - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Negotiation
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Strikes and lockouts
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Negotiation
Short films
Short films → Short films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)