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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by robbiep on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:27PM (#18125859)
The history of the ford plant and the $5 a day wage was a seminal moment in the growth of the Industrial Age and the middle class, in general, worldwide (or at least in the western world). There are hundreds of sources, you should be able to find some good ones without too much trouble
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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by iguy on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @03:00PM (#18133619)
Here's a good commentary:

http://archive.is/QX6kB == https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/04/the-stor...

Ford was paying above-par wages to have a more-stable workforce, because his production line was more sensitive to bad/absent workers than the typical factory of his time.

It also came with a fair dose of patronage, like inspections of workers houses to make sure they weren't drinking, and were teaching their kids english.

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