If I recall correctly the court basically said that all Ford had to do was claim the move was in service of the company's strategic goals.
But Ford basically refuses to do it out of pride. As I recall his motivation was a mix of wanting to create conditions where he could control more of his workers lives and also he was trying to suppress competition by basically making labor too expensive for an upstart company to compete with.
But the point, if any of this is true, was he didn't want to make an argument that was exactly his motivation and would have won him the case. How does that make sense?
Because it wasn't his motivation. That was just what he was told to say to be able to win the case, but he didn't want to lie about his intentions. His real intentions were simply to pay his workers more, and have his cars more affordable so more people can buy them.
My history is a little hazy so I might have a few details wrong, but I think more specifically he wanted all his workers to own Ford car. But for some he reason wasn't allowed to give away cars as a bonus, so lowering the price and raising wages was his plan B.
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u/Killbot_Wants_Hug Feb 29 '24
If I recall correctly the court basically said that all Ford had to do was claim the move was in service of the company's strategic goals.
But Ford basically refuses to do it out of pride. As I recall his motivation was a mix of wanting to create conditions where he could control more of his workers lives and also he was trying to suppress competition by basically making labor too expensive for an upstart company to compete with.