Final Offer (1985)

Name: Final Offer
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1985-11-26
Duration: 1 h 19 min
Cast: Henry Ramer, Roger B. Smith

Documentary

Director: Sturla Gunnarsson

Cast: Henry Ramer, Roger B. Smith

Runtime79 min

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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.

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Final Offer (1985) is a critically acclaimed documentary film that provides an invaluable record of the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation. Directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, the film offers a unique perspective on the complexities of US-Canada relations as the Canadian labor leader Bob White successfully fights for greater independence from the American union.

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Final Offer is a Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) and General Motors. Ultimately, it provided a historical record of the birth of the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) as Bob White, the head of the Canadian sector of the UAW, led his membership out of the international union and created the CAW.