Michigan's WW1 Centennial News Report January 2014 - World War I Centennial site

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Michigan's WW1 Centennial News Report January 2014

January 2014

Ford Pays $5.00 a Day

On January 5,1914, The Ford Motor Company introduced a new compensation plan for its workers. Henry Ford launched the 8 hour day, doubled the pay of the assembly line worker and much more. Find out some of the changes that occurred in Michigan since this event. The Great European War started in August of the same year, what did this do to Michigan and the Ford Motor Company?