Re:The story of Henry Ford's $5 a day wages: not what you th...
by tonyedgecombe on Sunday March 15, 2020 @01:53PM
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In his book Shop Class as Soulcraft Matthew Crawford makes the point that Ford's employees found the work alienating. Many had been crafts people with a great deal of autonomy and they naturally found the production line unbearable. It took a lot of effort to change peoples attitude to factory work.
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Re:The story of Henry Ford's $5 a day wages: not what you th...
by burntoutfire on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:34PM
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Did it ever change? I know that around here, when the weather is nice, after a shift a lot of the workers go straight onto the meadow behind the factory and drink heavily there. I don't suppose they drink because they're happy...