Henry Ford’s Five-Day Week

Episode 1386  ·  May 01, 07:00 AM

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May 1, 1926. Henry Ford implements the five-day week at his car factory in Detroit, Michigan, kickstarting a workplace reform that’ll be adopted across the country. This episode originally aired in 2025.

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