福特公司的每周40小时工作制度

Ford Factory Workers Get the 40-Hour Week

亨利·福特的总部设在底特律的汽车公司之前就已经在其劳工政策上推陈出新。1914年初，在普遍失业和劳动力动荡加剧的背景下，福特宣布将向其男性工厂工人支付的最低工资从原先的每天九小时工时2．34美元涨到每天八小时工时5美元（在1916对女工也采用了这项政策）。

On May 1,1926,Ford Motor Company became one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers in its automotive factories. The policy would be extended to Ford＇s office workers the following August.