<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.0.1458.49"> </HEAD> <BODY> You can also buy "Final Offer" from the National Film Board of Canada. They have an office in New York, follow this link for further ordering information (<A HREF="http://www.nfb.ca/E/4/comm.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.nfb.ca/E/4/comm.html</A>). A more recent documentary dealing with the CAW -- "The Negotiator" -- provides a fascinating insight into contract negotiations between a CAW local and De Havilland in Toronto. The latter documentary features the current CAW President, Buzz Hargrove. I don't know who produced this latter piece. If I recall correctly, women had considerably more of a role in the later round of negotiations than those featured in "Final Offer." One memorable scene from "Final Offer" had a group of top CAW men sitting around in a room as the phone rang incessentantly. Rather than reach out to pick it up, they kept yelling "phone, phone" until a female assistant came in to answer it for them. Nevertheless, I think the CAW, like other Canadian unions, has changed quite dramatically over the last decade and a half. In solidarity, Jordan Berger <UL>-----Original Message----- From:   Doug Henwood [SMTP:dhenwood@panix.com] Sent:   Monday, June 29, 1998 10:49 PM To:     lbo-talk@lists.panix.com Subject:        UAW & women Mike Yates wrote: >"Final Offer" is available from California Newsreel, 149 9th St., #420, San >Francisco, CA 94103.  I do not remember the rental or purchase price, but it >probably is not too high.  One interesting thing about the film is the >absolute domination of men in the UAW.  Not a woman on the bargaining team. Too bad. One of the great little labor triumphs of recent years was of the workers at Barnard College, almost all women, led by women, who developed an intense solidarity and beat the thugs of Columbia. Not that UAW central had much to do with this, of course. Doug </UL> </BODY> </HTML>