Ford was innovative because he used the scientific method to find out how long the work-week should be from a factory-owners perspective.
And then he set it to that.
If you’re a cog in a wheel in a factory that is still the ideal work-week from your owners perspective, sorry.
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Wasn’t it seen as progressive and liberating at the time since it helped cement the existence of the weekend?
Yeah, this was unheard of before.
Also, it’s been 100 years. Can we shorten it again?
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Ford was innovative because he used the scientific method to find out how long the work-week should be from a factory-owners perspective.
And then he set it to that.
If you’re a cog in a wheel in a factory that is still the ideal work-week from your owners perspective, sorry.
Maybe working class people should have their welfare prioritized over the profits of capitalists. Just a thought.
i think 4 days work week is being tested on many places. would be cool if it becomes a norm.
Right? We are literally in the 21st century, but still cling to the ideals and customs of the industrial revolution.
Unions are the real reason we have anything as workers, we just give Ford the credit for propaganda purposes.
Unions and threats. The haymarket affair was for this too and it’s anniversary is Labor Day in most of the world