UAW hits Ford with a surprise strike of 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant, Signaling Major Escalation in Labor Fight
UAW President Shawn Fain called for a surprise strike of an estimated 9,000 workers late Wednesday with no warning at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, the Detroit Free Press confirmed.
Ford said it "made an outstanding offer that would make a "meaningful positive difference in the quality of life for our 57,000 UAW-represented workers, who are already among the best compensated hourly manufacturing workers anywhere in the world
"In addition to affecting approximately 9,000 direct employees at the plant, this work stoppage will generate painful aftershocks – including putting at risk approximately a dozen additional Ford operations and many more supplier operations that together employ well over 100,000 people," Ford said.
Ford said it "made an outstanding offer that would make a "meaningful positive difference in the quality of life for our 57,000 UAW-represented workers, who are already among the best compensated hourly manufacturing workers anywhere in the world
"In addition to affecting approximately 9,000 direct employees at the plant, this work stoppage will generate painful aftershocks – including putting at risk approximately a dozen additional Ford operations and many more supplier operations that together employ well over 100,000 people," Ford said.
The UAW issued a news release that said: "In an unannounced move, 8,700 UAW members walked off the job today at 6:30 p.m. ET, shutting down Ford Motor Company’s iconic and extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. The strike was called after Ford refused to make further movement in bargaining.
In addition to its offer on pay and benefits, Ford said it "has been bargaining in good faith this week on joint venture battery plants, which are slated to begin production in the coming year.
"In addition to affecting approximately 9,000 direct employees at the plant, this work stoppage will generate painful aftershocks – including putting at risk approximately a dozen additional Ford operations and many more supplier operations that together employ well over 100,000 people," Ford said. "This decision by the UAW is all the more wrongheaded given that Ford is the only automaker to add UAW jobs since the Great Recession and assemble all of its full-size trucks in America."
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In addition to its offer on pay and benefits, Ford said it "has been bargaining in good faith this week on joint venture battery plants, which are slated to begin production in the coming year.
"In addition to affecting approximately 9,000 direct employees at the plant, this work stoppage will generate painful aftershocks – including putting at risk approximately a dozen additional Ford operations and many more supplier operations that together employ well over 100,000 people," Ford said. "This decision by the UAW is all the more wrongheaded given that Ford is the only automaker to add UAW jobs since the Great Recession and assemble all of its full-size trucks in America."
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