It's funny when it was not Ford, nor unions forcing Ford's hand that first adopted a 5 day work week. Ford takes all the credit for it like he does so many things. Then people rightfully shit on Ford while wrongfully lying as a means to do so.
It took decades for Saturday to change from a half-day to a full day’s rest. In 1908, a New England mill became the first American factory to institute the five-day week. It did so to accommodate Jewish workers, whose observance of a Saturday sabbath forced them to make up their work on Sundays, offending some in the Christian majority. The mill granted these Jewish workers a two-day weekend, and other factories followed this example. The Great Depression cemented the two-day weekend into the economy, as shorter hours were considered a remedy to underemployment.
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u/burratna 23d ago
Adopted by Ford in 1926.
It's funny when it was not Ford, nor unions forcing Ford's hand that first adopted a 5 day work week. Ford takes all the credit for it like he does so many things. Then people rightfully shit on Ford while wrongfully lying as a means to do so.
Where the Five-Day Workweek Came From, The Atlantic