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Final Offer

Final Offer

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 26, 1985

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Final Offer

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Robert Collison

Budget

$410,661

Description

The filmmakers were given remarkable freedom to record the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation. Bob White, labour leader of the Canadian branch of the UAW, must also confront his American counterpart from Detroit and succeeds in arriving at a contract that is significantly Canadian. His members had already given him a mandate to fight for independence from the American union. This is an invaluable document for anyone interested in the complexities of United States-Canada relations. It's an extraordinary film about revolutionary events.