John/Horace Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 https://jalopnik.com/this-day-in-history-ford-makes-standard-the-40-hour-wo-1846801912 I loved the Ford museum in Ann Arbor, lots of great mechanical equipment and history there. Ford was a polarizing man in so many ways. Dodge was launched by the money the brothers made working for Henry Ford making car parts. Capitalism working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavalLacrosse Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Nice short article. not really polarizing, it's just history from 100+ years ago. It was no secret that Ford providing a better quality of living for the employees and that he didn't like Union intervention. At the time, Unions were beginning to form in every industry, for better or worse. Most industries, it was needed- Although, I can see why Ford would have been so adamant against it- and kicked off the love-hate (mostly hate) relationship between Unions and the Big 3 even till this day. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn is great. I went on the Rouge River Assembly tour 2 years ago. Really neat to see the modern assembly line in full speed ( if you're into that sort of thing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John/Horace Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) I love assembly lines, I was through the truck and cars lines at GM Oshawa years ago, fascinating stuff. Cant use today’s standards to judge 100 yrs old issue really, cancel cultures favourite pass time. Your pbs does quite the hatchet job on Ford, I think he was a precursor to Elon, who also has his share of haters. Fascinating slightly flawed genuis s..who change things mainly for the good, but the good...always down played. https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwib9o6F0LDwAhVQcq0KHVTyAPsQFjABegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fwgbh%2Famericanexperience%2Ffeatures%2Fhenryford-antisemitism%2F&usg=AOvVaw0UhdU1kGgrvA9c5gFAZOdm Edited May 4, 2021 by John/Horace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavalLacrosse Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 wow that's a heck of a article. John/Horace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John/Horace Posted May 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Yeah he was wrong on so many levels, but still a reluctant patriot in the end. Maybe not a good cancel culture example. Stuff can be learned from history though, erasing not the right approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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