Back to the Floor : Wedgwood (2002)
Directed by Joanna Ball
Run Time - 30 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
A look at Wedgwood (conclusion). Brian Patterson, the CEO of the renowned British potterymaker, spends a week in a factory where workers are being replaced by robots. Those who remain think Patterson's a bull in a china shop. What's more, the machines that are replacing the workers don't work well at all, causing further resentment, as does a "point system" that determines who's fired ("You can't get sick," one worker tells him). "There's a great nervousness about this place," is how Patterson sums up the situation.