Why did henry ford establish a department in his plants to educate immigrant workers?

Ford Motor Company was the leading manufacturer of automobiles in the world thanks to the assembly line system. Ford drew thousands of immigrants to his fabric by offering higher wages and employment opportunity.

The department to educate immigrant workers established a system of rules and codes of behavior for Ford employees that they had to meet, in order to qualify for the $5 day pay rate alike other workers. Also, it was a tool for cultural integration ensuring that there would be no conflict between workers in the factory.

Furthermore, the Ford English School was created to address the problem of communicating with non-English speaking workers who didn’t share a common language, and the potential threats to safety that this posed.

All in all, the education of workers in Ford's plants was a successful strategy to increase productivity.