Henry Ford

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Henry Ford

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Henry Ford believed that paying workers $5.00 per day would increase productivity by reducing turnover and attracting a more skilled workforce. This belief was based on the idea that if workers were paid enough to afford the products they were making, they would take pride in their work and produce better quality products. The $5.00 per day wage was not forced on him by a union or used to replace striking workers. While Ford may have been seen as a humanitarian for paying his workers more than the prevailing wage at the time, this was not his primary motivation.