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Albert (Eddie) ProductionsWorking Together: A Case History in Labor-Management Cooperation (1951)

Union and management cooperate in a Hoboken, N.J. pencil factory.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Albert (Eddie) Productions
Sponsor: Twentieth Century Fund
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: Labor: Negotiations

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Spuzz - - November 13, 2004
Subject: I'm all right Jack!
Interesting oddity about a labor unrest story puportedly using real plant workers instead of actors. By doing this, the film instantly makes itself more real feeling.
There's trouble at the lead pencil(!!) factory where people are mighty antsy about working conditions, job security and wages. In an instant (or so it seems) they form a union, and meet with management to discuss their differences. It's quite interesting how this is filmed. The workers are shown grubby with plain shoes smoking cigarettes, while management are shown of course, with ties, sparkling shoes and chewing cigars. Quite fascinating to see what kind of problems go on in a pencil factory (no mention of lead poisoning) and the acting here is surprisingly good. Bonus point for the boss figure who looked like my boss I had a few years ago.. except he had an australian accent.

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A CASE HISTORY IN LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION, BASED ON 1949 STUDY "PARTNERSHIP IN PRODUCTION". FILM TRACES ACTUAL HISTORY OF LABOR RELATIONS AT AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL CO. OF HOBOKEN, N.J. IN 1937 UNIONIZATION WAS INTRODUCED IN ATMOSPHERE OF BITTERNESS & HOSTILITY ON BOTH SIDES, BUT TODAY GIVE-&-TAKE RELATIONSHIP EXISTS TO BENEFIT OF BOTH SIDES.


LABOR MANAGEMENT UNIONS STRIKES HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY AMERICAN LEAD PENCIL COMPANY UNIONIZATION INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING BARGAINING SETTLEMENTS HOSTILITY CONFLICTS WORKERS Labor unions Workers (pencil factory) Workers (textile) Hoboken, N.J. (history and culture) LABOR UNIONS, TEXTILE/PENCILS, HOBOKEN, NJ