The Fairfield experiment was an experiment in industrial relations carried out at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company , Glasgow , during the 1960s. 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. 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 .
2-663: The Bowler and the Bunnet was a film directed by Sean Connery and written by Cliff Hanley about the Fairfield Experiment. This Scottish history -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This labor -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Bowler and the Bunnet The Bowler and the Bunnet was a Scottish television documentary programme on STV , directed and presented by Sean Connery . It
4-654: Is the only film ever directed by Connery. The documentary, filmed in black and white, was a critical examination of the Fairfield Experiment , whereby the industrialist Sir Iain Maxwell Stewart and the trades union introduced new working practices at the shipyard of Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Glasgow . It was released onto DVD by the British Film Institute as part of their Tales from
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