(CBS DETROIT) - The United Auto Workers union announced Wednesday that 8,700 members at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant have been called to join the strike against Detroit's three big automakers. The union says in a social media post that the walkout was called after "Ford refuses to make ...
In a surprise move Wednesday night, 8,700 members left their jobs at Ford's Kentucky truck plant in Louisville. Union President Shawn Fain said in a video on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the automaker "isn't taking us serious" and blaming Ford for failing to resolve the impasse. ...
In an unannounced move, thousands ofUnited Auto Workers(UAW) union members walked off the job Wednesday, shutting down Ford Motor Company’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, and ramping up the continued strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers — Ford, General Motors and Ste...
On Friday, Ford noted that an additional 550 employees have been asked not to report to work beginning Oct. 16, bringing the total impact of the strike layoffs to approximately 2,480 employees due to the automaker's Kentucky, Chicago, and Michigan assembly plants all being shut down. The in...
UAW local 862 members strike outside of Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky. on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit’s Three automakers, shutting down Ford’s largest factory and threatening Jeep maker Stellantis....
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Around 36% of US auto production for the Big Three automakers-Ford, GeneralMotors (GM), and Stellantis-is currently off line after United Auto Workers (UAW) union members went onstrike Wednesday night at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant. The plant makes Ford's popular F-Series...
Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world, the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. Ford said the strike at the Kentucky plant is harming tens of thousands of Americans who work for parts suppliers and Ford dealers. The strike also ...
FILE PHOTO: A banner depicting Ford Super Duty pickup truck is pictured outside Ford's Kentucky truck plant as a United Auto Workers (UAW) union members pickets after going on strike in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Luke Sharrett/File...
But last year, Ford's highly profitable factory in Louisville, Kentucky, was the first truck plant that the UAW shut down with a strike. Farley said as the company looks at the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles, "we have to think carefully about our (manufacturing) foot...
The layoffs are due to the ongoing UAW strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis because the Sterling Axle Plant produces parts that get sent to the Chicago Assembly Plant and Kentucky Truck Plant. On Monday morning, Bill Ford, the automaker's executive chairman, called on the...