Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ford Star Jubilee (Sat. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Judy Garland in her TV debut...
GUARANTEED ANNUAL WAGE got past a big obstacle. By ruling that Ford Motor Co.'s 5? hourly contributions to layoff plans are not wages, the U.S. Labor Department freed Ford (and other automakers) from including layoff payments in computing overtime-a key condition Ford had set in agreeing to G.A.W...
...contrast to this negative approach, more and more corporations are changing the editorial content of their magazines in an effort to keep, the employees up to date on all aspects of the company. For example, some 30 monthly tabloids published by the Ford Company for its U.S. plants give detailed reports on union negotiations. On-the-job grievances, once the exclusive domain of the labor press, are now thoroughly aired by companies such as Milwaukee's Line Material Co.,. which devotes an inside cover each issue to employees' complaints and answers. General Electric runs columns of answers...
...Ford Motor Co. kicked off its major 1956 sales pitch last week with a car safety forum in Detroit, announced that no-spring door latches, "deep-dish" steering wheels (many drivers have been impaled on the steering column) and padded rearview mirrors would be standard equipment on all models. Dashboard and visor cushion pads and front-seat belts will be optional but sold at cost ($25). Benson Ford invited the automobile industry to go along with Ford on a safety sales campaign. But not all the automakers were willing to emphasize the chances a car buyer takes when he ventures...
Buyers seemed unconcerned that prices were about 20% above previous models, the new machines often gave many times 20% more production. For example a ten-ton machine built by Lapointe Ma-:hine Tool Co. of Hudson, Mass, can turn out Ford connecting rods at a 1,200-an-hour clip, more than twice the speed of earlier machines. An automatic screwdriver made by Pneuma-Serve, Inc., Cleveland, which shoots screws into position and then drives them home, stepped up production 800% in one operation at the New York Progressive Wood Heel Co. of Brooklyn...