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Research into an industrial sector reflecting principles of the emergent network model of production indicates that organized labor can play a positive role in post-Fordist system of industrial governance. Within the dynamic motion picture industry of British Columbia (B.C.), organized labor was the key organizational factor in the birth and rapid expansion of the agglomeration of small, specialized film production firms. In this process, B.C. film unions have become the dominant actors in forging collaborative relations between local production companies, between the sector and the state, and between the district and other film centers, so critical to the success of the network model.