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Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

1988 · 48 min

A sober, talk-heavy case study that walks you through a corporate collapse with the patience of a lecture.

Directed by
Alex Gibney
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Peter Coyote
Overview
This film traces the dramatic rise and fall of workplace cooperation at Eastern Airlines. In so doing, the film uncovers the deep-seated assumptions which underlie our culture of industrial relations and prevent us from breaking out of our industrial impasse.

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Directed by
Alex Gibney
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Peter Coyote
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    • work
    • power
    • class
    • betrayal
    • corruption
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    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension4
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    Complexity6
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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Alex Gibney
    Written by
    Alex Gibney
    Starring
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    Music
    David Schwartz
    Runtime
    48 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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