1929 : Ford Motor Company Raises Pay to $7/Day Calendar Add to Calendar Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML When: December 3, 2018 all-day Repeats 2018-12-03T00:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 Despite the collapse of the U.S. stock market, the Ford Motor Company raised the pay of its employees from $5 to $7 a day on this day. Source : Detroit Historical Society.