ford motor co

Ford Motor Coand

The Working Class

BY:

DANIEL SCULLION

Company Overview Henry Ford

June 16th 1903

The Vision

The moving assembly line

(Hoffman, Bryce G 10-40)

The Moving Assembly Line

Not the first Person to use mass production

First implemented in 1913

The first year was rough

(Daniel M. G. Raff 387-399) (Rosenzwig, Roy 186-189)

Ford’s StrugglesProduction slowed

Turn over rates were

through the roof

Workers were angry

Union’s began to form

(Daniel M. G. Raff 387-399) (Lewchuk 53-54)

Ford’s Plan• Ford’s three principles to his mass production plan:

• Standardize the product

• Specialized tools

• living wage and less hours

• Fordism

(Rosenzwig, Roy 186-189)

Five Dollar a Day Wage The living wage

The strategic plan

Ford was taking a risk

Fords plan paid off

(Daniel M. G. Raff 387-399)

(Walsh, James 352-385)

Working classLow wages

Long hours

Unsafe environments

Struggles at home

(Rosenzwig, Roy 186-189) (May, Martha 399-424)

Fordism

Other industries began to follow suit

The working class became stronger

Economic impact

(Walsh, James 352-385)

Conclusion

The working class in America was struggling

Ford created a strategic plan

Ford was not a working class hero

Fordism changed the working class

(Walsh, James 352-385) (Rosenzwig, Roy 186-189) (Daniel M. G. Raff 387-399)

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Walsh, James. 2012. "Mass Migration and the Mass Society: Fordism, Immigration Policy and the Post-war Long Boom in Canada and Australia, 1947-1970." Journal Of Historical Sociology 25, no. 3: 352-385. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost (accessed November 20, 2014).

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