Barnacle Bill wrote:
> In article m>, Michael Legel wrote:
>
> "You probably believe the eight hour work day, overtime, child labor laws,
> sweat shop laws, etc. were all "given" to workers out of the intrinsic
> goodness of employers?"
>
> The 'eight hour day' was an invention of Henry Ford. He instituted it,
> along with unprecedented high wages, because he needed to eliminate the
> rampant absenteeism and turnover in his plants. A stable, happy workforce
> was absolutely key in the success of Ford. Unions had zero to do with it,
> desire for profits everything.
He instituted the eight hour workday only after labor
activists had been fighting for it for decades.
--
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