On January 5, 1914, the Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s labor.
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On January 5, 1914, the Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s labor.
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To get these benefits, workers at Ford had to allow considerable monitoring and involvement by the firm, outside of their time on-the-clock. Henry Ford believed in a cranky corporatist socialism.