La bataille de David contre Goliath
On June 20, 1978, workers start a strike against the Nacan for one year and half, it 's the manufacturer of the glue Lepage, a subsidiary company of the Lever Bros. multinational. Evidence of a strenuous fight, this video permits to measure the determination of a small group of workers and their families, they had to be constantly present and to do in parallel the publicity of their cause: badges, contacts with the other unions, public communications, demonstrations during the Montebello's economical summit in March 1979, against the law 45, intervention of the workers during the speech of the prime minister René Lévesque.
Credits
Direction
Norman Thibault
Camera
Charles Prevost
François Robidoux
Paul-Emile Nantais
Marc Gadoury
Photography
Pierre Gauvin
Jean-Claude Champagne
Editing
Marc Gadoury
Norman Thibault
Voice
Yves Racicot
Music
Les grévistes de Radio-Mutuel
Co-production
Vidéographe
CSN
Technical information
Color
Black and white
Image format
4:3
Sound
Mono
Shooting format
Betacam
Keywords
Activism, Strike, Work, Industry, Workers, Trade unions
Themes