Working Together

This title is an acquisition.

This film shows how two Québec companies introduced Quality of Working Life Programs, with differing results. At Hunter Douglas, the project fell through despite a systematic approach and two years of effort involving management, union representatives, workers and foremen in round-table discussions. Workers feared that their union would lose power. At Steinberg, the 24 employees of the frozen-foods warehouse reorganized themselves into a semi-autonomous group working jobs on a rotating basis, with equal pay and equal status. Productivity increased; absenteeism decreased. A succinct, fact-filled documentary demonstrating how employee participation in the workplace can bring about enormous, and profitable, change.