Final Project — History 2100 — Fall 2014

1. Ford Motor Co
and
The Working Class
BY:
DANIEL SCULLION

2. Company Overview
Henry Ford
June 16th 1903
The Vision
The moving assembly line
(Hoffman, Bryce G 10-40)

3. 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)

4. Ford’s Struggles
Production 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. (Walsh, James 352-385)

8. Working class
Low wages
Long hours
Unsafe environments
Struggles at home
(Rosenzwig, Roy 186-189) (May, Martha 399-424)

9. Fordism
Other industries began to follow suit
The working class became stronger
Economic impact
(Walsh, James 352-385)

10. 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)

11. Bibliography
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Lewchuk, W. A. Men and monotony: Fraternalism as a managerial strategy at the Ford motor
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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-
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Hoffman, Bryce G. American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company (Kindle
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