The United Auto Workers (UAW) has threatened to go on strike at Ford’s main truck plant in Kentucky after local negotiations have failed to reach an agreement nearly five months after the contract was due to expire.
in press release The UAW on Friday threatened to send the plant’s roughly 9,000 workers on strike next week, saying Ford has not reached a local agreement with UAW Local 862 in the Louisville Assembly more than five months after the contract expired. As a result, the union has set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. Friday, February 23, if Local 862’s contract issues are not resolved.
The plant, often referred to as the Kentucky Truck Plant, produces Ford F-250 to F-550 Super Duty trucks, Ford Expeditions and the luxury Lincoln Navigator, according to Ford. Website. The plant is also known as Ford’s most profitable plant, generating approximately $25 billion in annual revenue, and played a key role in last fall’s UAW strike against Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis facilities. fulfilled.
The local contract is part of a tentative national agreement Ford reached with the UAW in October, but Local 862 members were among the few members of the “Big Three” to initially vote against the proposed contract. . Ford said its Kentucky truck plant employed 9,251 workers in August, including 8,700 hourly workers.
As of this writing, Ford has not responded. Teslati’s Request for comments.
After reaching agreements with Ford, GM and Stellantis in November, the UAW has set its sights on other non-union automakers in the U.S., including Tesla, Toyota, Hyundai and several others. There is. Earlier this month, it was reported that a majority of workers at the non-union Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, which produces the ID.4 electric car, had signed union cards.
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