Reply #41: Actually I remember hearing that it WAS Ford

[Occulus]

from http://www.uaw892.org/news/november2000/presiden.htm :

"The five-dollar profit sharing plan was designed by the company to include only those who were "worthy" and who would "not debauch the additional money he receives." The rules governing eligibility were:

"Every male employee over 22 years of age who leads a clean, sober and industrious life, and who can prove he has thrifty habits, is eligible to share in profits.

"Every married man, no matter what age, who can qualify as to sobriety, industry and cleanliness can participate if he is living with his family.



"Every young man under 22 years of age who is the sole support of a widowed mother, or next of kin, and who leads a clean and sober and industrious life, can participate.

"All women employed by the company who are deserving and who have some relatives solely dependent upon them for support can receive benefits through profit sharing."

To insure only deserving workers received the money, Ford established the Sociological Department to administer the program and to investigate the home lives of workers. Investigators from the Sociological Department visited workers' homes and suggested ways to achieve the company's standards for "better morals," sanitary living conditions, and "habits of thrift and saving."

I guess it's true?

I'd like to add: those are some of the rules Dominionists would like us all to live by. By force, if necessary.

I found the above by doing a search on Google for Ford +employees +behavior +history.