Henry Ford Quotes
The labor union is a great scheme to interrupt work. It speeds up loafing
Ford was a virulent hater of labor unions. He even hired goons to beat up union members.
Henry Ford, 1863-1947, Industrialist & Philanthropist, Interview with Charles W Wood
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With the large number of jobs that are going overseas, and the increasing productivity, the economics of the late 20th century and early 21st century made job security an anachronism. Therefore the unions were weakened.
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This was praise indeed as Wellman was generally very conservative.
Henry Ford was an American industrialist, business magnate, anti-Semite, and founder of the Ford Motor Company and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford, he converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into an accessible conveyance that profoundly impacted the landscape of the 20th century.