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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.

Final Offer
Directed by	Sturla Gunnarsson Robert Collison
Written by	Robert Collison
Produced by	John Kramer Sturla Gunnarsson Robert Collison
Narrated by	Henry Ramer
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

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 at the Banff Television Festival in 1986 and the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary in the same year.

A National Film Board of Canada production, Final Offer is directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and Robert Collison, produced by John Kramer and Sturla Gunnarsson, and written by Robert Collison.

The movie features Henry Ramer as the narrator, Buzz Hargrove, Roger Smith, chairman of General Motors, and Bob White.

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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