A piece of the cake

Duration: 0:58:00

Genre: Documentary | Educational

Year Published: 1969

Creator: National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: This documentary focuses on Richard Ross, project director at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation plant in East Pittsburgh, PA. It relates his efforts to recruit, train, and counsel some 23 men each month, from the area’s hard core unemployed. The film relays a human account of the men, who must not only overcome the personal stigma of unemployment, but who must accept their status in the plant’s stratified, predominantly white, world. Reveals that 90% of those hired remain at Westinghouse beyond an initial six-month period, and compares this record to the 60% national average., Tells how the Westinghouse Electric Corporation plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hires 23 men each month from the ranks of the hard-core unemployed. Reveals that 90% of those hired remain at Westinghouse beyond an initial six-month period, and compares this record to the 60% national average. Follows the men from entry-level jobs to a time when they can be considered for promotion.

Complete Record: , Tells how the Westinghouse Electric Corporation plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hires 23 men each month from the ranks of the hard-core unemployed. Reveals that 90% of those hired remain at Westinghouse beyond an initial six-month period, and compares this record to the 60% national average. Follows the men from entry-level jobs to a time when they can be considered for promotion.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.