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This animated film examines the organization of labour unions today. While the narrator in all seriousness outlines the structure of a union and the larger bodies to which it is affiliated, the animator ad libs his own views with gay abandon. Examples are given to illustrate the functioning of a union at its various levels, from union local to national body to labour congress.

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This animated film examines the organization of labour unions today. While the narrator in all seriousness outlines the structure of a union and the larger bodies to which it is affiliated, the animator ad libs his own views with gay abandon. Examples are given to illustrate the functioning of a union at its various levels, from union local to national body to labour congress.

director

Morten Parker
executive producer

Tom Daly
script

Wolf Koenig

Robert Verrall
drawings

Wolf Koenig

Robert Verrall
camera

Lyle Enright
sound

George Croll

Clarke Daprato
narrator

John Drainie
music

Eldon Rathburn