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Where's Joe, revised introduction
Title
Where's Joe, revised introduction
Date(s)
1972
Contributor(s)
United Steelworkers of America (Sponsor), Coordinating Committee Steel Companies (Producer), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description
A revised introduction to Where’s Joe?, a movie designed to convince labor that strikes – even talks of strikes – are harmful. The movie is credited with helping put in place the first "no-strike" negotiation in the history of the U.S. steel industry. The movie premiered at a joint U.S. union and management Steel Productivity Conference held at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on December 14, 1972. The 2 minute introduction highlights speeches from Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of the...
Show moreA revised introduction to Where’s Joe?, a movie designed to convince labor that strikes – even talks of strikes – are harmful. The movie is credited with helping put in place the first "no-strike" negotiation in the history of the U.S. steel industry. The movie premiered at a joint U.S. union and management Steel Productivity Conference held at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on December 14, 1972. The 2 minute introduction highlights speeches from Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of the President's National Commission on Productivity; I.W. Abel, President of the United Steelworkers of America; Edwin H. Gott, Chairman of the Board of the United States Steel Corporation; Rev. William T. Hogan, S.J., Director of the Industrial Economics Research Institute at Fordham University; R. Heath Larry, Chairman of the Companies' Negotiating Team; and James P. Griffin, Assistant to the President of the United Steelworkers of America.
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Collection ID
Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID
FILM_2019227_FC149
Collection
Cinecraft Productions Films
Where's Joe?
Title
Where's Joe?
Date(s)
1972
Contributor(s)
United Steelworkers of America (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Coordinating Committee Steel Companies (Producer)
Description
The first ninety seconds of this film shows footage from the U.S. union and management joint steel productivity conference at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on December 14, 1972. The "Joe" in the film title refers to the "Joes" who no longer have jobs in U.S. steel mills because of increased imported steel. The film's narrator claims, "Joe has been replaced by Jose, Hans, or Toshika, all productive steelworkers, but not in the U.S." The film contends that because steel is a critical...
Show moreThe first ninety seconds of this film shows footage from the U.S. union and management joint steel productivity conference at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on December 14, 1972. The "Joe" in the film title refers to the "Joes" who no longer have jobs in U.S. steel mills because of increased imported steel. The film's narrator claims, "Joe has been replaced by Jose, Hans, or Toshika, all productive steelworkers, but not in the U.S." The film contends that because steel is a critical component for many American made products, the slightest possibility that bargaining might result in a strike sets up "hedge buying" to accumulate inventories just in case shipments are shut off. The film was designed to convince labor that strikes – even talks of strikes - were harmful. The film targeted people who work in the U.S. steel industry. The film includes appearances by Edwin H. Gott, U.S. Steel Chairman, and I.W. Abel, President of the United Steel Workers of America. Cinecraft's Bob Haviland directed the film.
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Hagley ID
FILM_2019227_FC001
Collection
Cinecraft Productions Films