Final Offer

Final Offer
Directed by	Sturla Gunnarsson
Written by	Robert Collison
Produced by	Sturla Gunnarsson Robert Collison
Narrated by
Edited by	Jeff Warren
Music by	Jack Lenz
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1985 (1985)
Running time	78 min 36 s
Country	Canada
Language	English

Final Offer is a Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) and GM. 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.

The movie depicts life in an era of massive industrial change in North America. The audience sees the emergence of automation and how it begins to affect the lives of the working class. Other themes depicted are labour relations, life on the picket line, and corporate restructuring.

The film won multiple awards including: Grand Prize (1986) Banff Television Festival and Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary (1986).

A National Film Board of Canada production, Final Offer is directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and and produced by , Sturla Gunnarsson and Robert Collison (writer).

The movie features: Henry Ramer (voice over narrator), Buzz Hargrove, Roger Smith Chairman of General Motors, and Bob White.

Film runtime: 79 minutes.

See also[]

• Roger & Me – 1989 documentary film, featuring Roger Smith and Michael Moore

External links[]

• Watch Final Offer at NFB.ca
• Final Offer at IMDb

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