The Shop Steward

Parker, Morten, (film director.). Glover, Guy, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary: A dramatized presentation of the role of the shop steward in the effective day-to-day functioning of free trade unionism, the film begins with the election of machinist Johnny Walachuk as shop steward for the men in his section of a large industrial plant. Continuing, it shows the part the shop steward plays in carrying out the grievance procedures set up by company and union. How Johnny fulfills his responsibility to protect the men who elected him from infractions of the agreement is told in his own words and typifies the function of union shop stewards generally in Canada. Number one of the series.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (21 min., 57 sec.) : sound, black and white
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2022.
Copyright: ♭1953

Content descriptions

General Note:	Versions:.Presented with discussion in <I>Window on Canada No. 31</I>, title code: 106B 0154 158. Agency:.Produced by the National Film Boad of Canada in cooperation with the Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour, the Canadian Congress of Labour, the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Department of Labour.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Morten Parker ; script, Morten Parker ; executive producer, Guy Glover ; photography, Hector Lemieux ; sound, Clifford Griffin ; editing, David Mayerovitch ; sound editing, Kenneth Heeley-Ray.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1953.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).