The Kentucky Truck Plant produces F-Series Super Duty trucks, Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators, generating $25 billion a year in revenue, which amounts to around one-sixth of the automaker's global automotive revenue. The surprise move to add the Louisville-based facility as a strike tar...
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...
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers Wednesday when 8,700 workers walked off their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant. The surprise move about 6:30 p.m. took down the largest and most profitable Ford plant ...
If they can’t understand that after four weeks, the 8,700 workers shutting down this extremely profitable plant will help them understand it." ‘STRIKETOBER’ RETURNS WITH VENGEANCE Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant manufactures Ford Super Duty pickups, as well as the Ford Expedition,...
The United Auto Workers' union on Oct. 11 abruptly shut down Ford Motor Co.'s largest and most profitable assembly lines by expanding a nearly four-week-old strike against the Detroit 3 to include the Kentucky Truck Plant. To Continue Reading... You must be a subscriber to access this ...
Ford Motor shares slumped lower Thursday after the United Auto Workers union expanded its strike action to include its biggest production facility, a surprise escalation of its dispute with the Big 3 carmakers.
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