“The following year he offered a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay, doubling wages to $5 per day to enable his workers to enjoy an adequate standard of living and be able to purchase the cars they produced.”
No unions involved, btw. He also introduced the 5 day work week and the 8 hour work day. Again, no union involved.
L
he also increased the speed of the assembly lines by 15%.
No such thing as a lunch break or a coffee break in Ford plants. Eight hours on the assembly line was expected.
To go to the bathroom, your immediate supervisor had to take your spot on the line. Ford put company police in the bathrooms to make sure, as soon as you were done, your butt was back on the assembly line, Again, no union involved.
exactly i would argue it is more American to buy a nissan of toyota from a southern right to work state than a unionized state.
Yup, and in the industry I work part time in, many still insist on 12 hour work days.
I tell the young idiots that they are losing production per employee over 10.
They are stupid to understand.