A Right to refuse?

Canada, 1981

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Episode of Series “People at Work”.
Dramatization of an industrial conflict. Workers should realise that they have the right to refuse to do jobs under dangerous or unhealthy conditions.

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Credits

director

Clayton Bailey

co-producer

Caroline Leaf

Wolf Koenig

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:13:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1981

Appears in

People at Work

Group of items

People at Work

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015276

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employee rights

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial safety

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Safety education, Industrial

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

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

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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