Henry Ford was a great American and what he did for this country should be taught in school! The left claims the 8 hour day with weekends off as coming from unions but in fact they are fucking lying and it came about thanks to Henry Ford. They forced Ford to unionize among other atrocities committed against the great man.
Ford also raised his workers' pay because he thought they should be able to buy the automobiles they were building.
Which probably had the add-on effect of people actually giving a shit about the job.
"Hey, I make decent pay here, I'll do my best so as to not be fired should they need to lay people off."
The technical term is an efficiency wage.
UAW fucked that to hell and back
I made this argument Saturday evening when hanging out with friends. They had no idea. The funniest part of it was watching three of them whip out their phones to fact check me.
Ford also gave serious consideration to the 10 hr/4 day work week which is now supported by sociology degree recipients, but again he gets no credit.
He imported black people into Detroit.
Sources, or I'll just assume you're incorrect.
All true.
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