Summary
The Fairfield experiment was an experiment in industrial relations carried out at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow, during the 1960s.[further explanation needed] The experiment was initiated by Sir Iain Maxwell Stewart, industrialist, chairman of Thermotank Ltd, and signatory to the Marlow Declaration of the early 1960s, and supported by George Brown, the First Secretary in Harold Wilson's cabinet, in 1966.[1] The company was facing closure, and Brown agreed to provide £1 million (£13,135,456.90 in 2021 terms) to enable the Trade Unions, the management, and the shareholders to try out new ways of industrial management.[2]
The Bowler and the Bunnet edit
The Bowler and the Bunnet was a film directed by Sean Connery and written by Cliff Hanley about the Fairfield Experiment.[3]
References edit
- ^ Whatever Happened at Fairfields?, by Sydney Paulden and Bill Hawkins, published by Gower Press, 1969.
- ^ Dudgeon, Piers (2012). Our Glasgow: Memories of Life in Disappearing Britain. Headline. ISBN 9780755364466. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Scottish Studies Foundation, The Bowler and the Bunnet". www.scottishstudies.com. Scottish Studies Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.