Strike in Town

Duration: 38

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1956

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Dramatizes the development of a strike threat in a furniture factory, the problems of labor and management, and the role of a mediator in working to prevent the strike. Depicts the planning and bargaining sessions of union and management, the strategic considerations that are made by both in negotiations, and the impact of the negotiations and the strike threat upon the community., Dramatizes the events leading to a deadlock in negotiations between the management and employees of a furniture factory in a small town. Illustrates the processes of collective bargaining common in Canadian industry today and how they affect a union, a company and a community.

Complete Record: Dramatizes the development of a strike threat in a furniture factory, the problems of labor and management, and the role of a mediator in working to prevent the strike. Depicts the planning and bargaining sessions of union and management, the strategic considerations that are made by both in negotiations, and the impact of the negotiations and the strike threat upon the community., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.