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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Final Offer
  name:
    name part: Collison, Robert
    role:
      role term: film director.
  name:
    name part: Gunnarsson, Sturla
    name part: 1951-
    role:
      role term: film director.
  name:
    name part: Kanopy (Firm)
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Internet videos.
  genre: Nonfiction films.
  genre: Documentary films.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
  abstract: Final Offer is the most comprehensive and candid look at collective bargaining on film. It takes viewers on an eye-opening journey behind the closed doors and into the smoke-filled rooms where labor and management negotiate. The filmmakers follow Bob White, president of the Canadian UAW, through the landmark auto strike at General Motors. We look on as White strategizes with his advisors, fields the angry demands of his members, and makes offers, threats and counter-offers during marathon bargaining sessions. We share the caffeine-frayed nerves, the mind-numbing exhaustion and the salty language which are the stuff of collective bargaining. The filmmakers also gained unrestricted access to GM's plants. They vividly capture the daily shopfloor skirmishes and tensions which comprise the subtext of labor negotiations. Remarkably, the filmmakers are even present when White and the chief GM negotiator strike a deal while riding the elevator. Final Offer gives those on both sides of the table an intimate understanding of the hidden pressures which shape any labor negotiation. "The best collective bargaining film ever made. Extremely informative and thorough. A captivating movie that points out the issues of the day." - Henry Katz, Cornell University. "Strap on your seatbelts. This backstage look at the GM contract talks has more intrigue, back-stabbing and double- crossing than Dallas or Dynasty. Don't miss it." - The Toronto Sun. "Vividly portrays the tension between company and union, and even within the union. Recommended for college and business management collections." - Choice. "Might as well have been titled A Star is Born. White's a working-class hero who combines Robert Redford's appeal with impeccable union credentials." - Business Week.
  note: Title from title frames.
  note: Originally produced by California Newsreel in 1985.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-fr---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: White, Bob
      name part: 1935-
  subject:
    name:
      name part: International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
    geographic: Canada
  subject:
    topic: Automobile industry
    topic: Strikes and lockouts
    topic: Collective bargaining
    geographic: Canada
  identifier: 1126891 Kanopy
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: UtOrBLW
    record creation date: 150408
    record change date: 20260324182038.4
    record identifier: in00003586326
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng