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Ford Motor Coand
The Working Class
BY:
DANIEL SCULLION
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Company Overview Henry Ford
June 16th 1903
The Vision
The moving assembly line
(Hoffman, Bryce G 10-40)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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(Walsh, James 352-385)
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Working classLow wages
Long hours
Unsafe environments
Struggles at home
(Rosenzwig, Roy 186-189) (May, Martha 399-424)
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Fordism
Other industries began to follow suit
The working class became stronger
Economic impact
(Walsh, James 352-385)
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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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Lewchuk, W. A. Men and monotony: Fraternalism as a managerial strategy at the Ford motor Company. Journal Of Economic History, (1993) 53(4), 824. (accessed November 23, 2014).
May, Martha“Feminist Studies. ”, Vol. 8, No. 2, Women and Work (Summer, 1982), pp. 399-424 (accessed November 22, 2014).
Rosenzwig, Roy et al. Who Built America?: Working People and the Nation’s History (Boston-New York: Bedford / St. Martin, 2008), 186–189.
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).
Hoffman, Bryce G. American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company (Kindle Locations 535-536). Crown Publishing Group (2012-03-13). . Kindle Edition.