To: i-node who wrote (49599 ) 7/28/2013 11:32:46 PM From: Broken_Clock Read Replies (1) | Respond to Amazing what offering better pay will do to worker moral isn't it? Yet you and other constantly defend paying workers poverty level wages and expecting them to be "grateful".welfare capitalism ", designed to improve the lot of his workers and especially to reduce the heavy turnover that had many departments hiring 300 men per year to fill 100 slots. Efficiency meant hiring and keeping the best workers. [20] [21] A Cleveland, Ohio newspaper editorialized that the announcement "shot like a blinding rocket through the dark clouds of the present industrial depression." [22] The move proved extremely profitable; instead of constant turnover of employees, the best mechanics in Detroit flocked to Ford, bringing their human capital and expertise, raising productivity, and lowering training costs . [23] [24] Ford announced his $5-per-day program on January 5, 1914, raising the minimum daily pay from $2.34 to $5 for qualifying workers. It also set a new, reduced workweek, although the details vary in different accounts. Ford and Crowther in 1922 described it as six 8-hour days, giving a 48-hour week, [25] while in 1926 they described it as five 8-hour days, giving a 40-hour week. [26] (Apparently the program started with Saturdays as workdays and sometime later it was changed to a day off.)
