A Personal matter

Australia, 1976

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Episode of Series “Union Representative”.
A migrant worker in a factory needs time off to take his sick wife to hospital, but the union representative does not see this as a sufficiently important matter for him to deal with. Raises the question of prejudices and principles of justice and fair play in relation to the union’s responsibility to the individual worker.

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Credits

director

Keith Gow

producer

Don Murray

production company

Australian Council for Union Training

Film Australia

Duration

00:08:40:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1976

Appears in

Union Representative

Group of items

Union Representative

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011345

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employee rights

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Migrant labor

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Employee rights

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Industrial relations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Justice

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Migrant labor

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prejudices

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social problems

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - Officials and employees

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Trade-unions - Officials - Training

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Prejudices

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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