People at Work: A Right to Refuse?

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1981

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents a dramatic vignette in which a conflict arises between workers and senior management as to the safety hazards of a job. Dramatizes a situation in which the gauge on an overheating boiler is out, the repair crew says it is too dangerous to fix, and senior management wants the boiler on-steam fast. Concludes open-endedly to stimulate discussion., Presents a dramatic vignette in which a conflict arises between workers and senior management as to the safety hazards of a job. Dramatizes a situation in which the gauge on an overheating boiler is out, the repair crew says it is too dangerous to fix, and senior management wants the boiler on-steam fast. Concludes open-endedly to stimulate discussion.

Complete Record: Presents a dramatic vignette in which a conflict arises between workers and senior management as to the safety hazards of a job. Dramatizes a situation in which the gauge on an overheating boiler is out, the repair crew says it is too dangerous to fix, and senior management wants the boiler on-steam fast. Concludes open-endedly to stimulate discussion., The characters involved are on the job and presented with a dangerous (and possible life-threatening) task. What unfolds is an interplay of responses by the workers which they review in order to make an immediate decision. Acting is required (now) and the characters in this dramatic, realistic vignette must respond quickly. Presented without narration or commentary, this film promises to generate discussion. The straightforward presentation draws the audience into a review of this case study and leaves everyone with a strong sense of involvement., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.