The Square Deal
100 years ago, George F. Johnson ran the biggest shoe factory in the world: the Endicott-Johnson Corporation. But Johnson wasn't only known for his shoes - he had an unusual idea about how a boss should treat his workers.
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100 years ago, George F. Johnson ran the biggest shoe factory in the world. The Endicott-Johnson Corporation in upstate New York produced 52 million pairs of shoes a year. But Johnson wasn’t only known for his shoes. He had a unusual idea of how workers should be treated. Some people called it “Welfare Capitalism.” Johnson called it “The Square Deal.”
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