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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (49359)	7/26/2013 12:15:26 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

>> On January 5, 1914, the Ford Motor Company took the radical step of doubling pay to $5 a day and cut shifts from nine hours to eight, moves that were not popular with rival companies, although seeing the increase in Ford's productivity, and a significant increase in profit margin (from $30 million to $60 million in two years), most soon followed suit. There can be no better example of the free enterprise system at work than Ford's actions, and other automakers following suit. There was not even a hint of union involvement, and in fact, Ford hated unions, and would never have come to term with the unions were it not for Edsel's going behind his back and cutting a deal with the unions. Ford paid more because he recognized it would increase productivity in HIS factory. (That does NOT mean it would increase productivity at Walmart -- that is a decision for Walmart).

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (49359)	7/26/2013 12:26:26 AM
From: clear	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Jorj X Mckie Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

So Ford didn't start the 40 hour work week in 1926? Ford wasn't unionized in 1941? Where is the nonsense in those facts? Yes, we know you love unions. All good communists love their unions. Unions have always been one of the major evils of mankind. Their net effect is always negative no matter what era you want to talk about. You're like the people that think poverty causes crime. It never occurs to them that rising crime brings poverty. Just like it never occurs to you that unions are evil entities by their nature. Unions use extortion. How can you possibly justify it? How can you just blindly OK it? Extortion is always evil, therefore unions are always evil.