The Research Director

1954 | 18 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

The Research Director
  • Overview

    A description of the work of a research director of a United Steel Workers Union in Canada. The painstaking research and analyses of economic information, and the arrangement of arguments that lie beneath the negotiations of labour unions for better wages and working conditions are shown.

  • Release Date

    01 January 1954

  • DirectingRonald Weyman
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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