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The UAW called an unplanned walkout at Ford’s sprawling Kentucky Truck Plant, a massive escalation because this plant builds Ford’sthe strike at Kentucky Truck was called after Ford “refused to make further movement in bargaining,” marking a new phase for the stand up strikes. “If they can’t understand that after four weeks, the 8,700 workers shutting down this extremely profitable plant will help them understand it,” Fain said.
Ford’s response came quickly on Wednesday night: The automaker called the UAW’s latest move “grossly irresponsible” but not surprising. The strike at Kentucky Truck “carries serious consequences for our workforce, suppliers,The UAW has 8,700 workers at Kentucky Truck. But Ford officials said the ripple effect from Kentucky Truck will impact dozens of other Ford operations and suppliers, which employ around 100,000 workers.
Fiorani, whose firm tracks auto production and plant productivity across the globe, says profits on vehicles at Kentucky Truck can easily top $10,000 per unit, making them among the most important in Ford's product portfolio.and Stellantis to step up their game or else their big and profitable models would be targeted next,” Fiorani said.
Case in point: Last week the UAW did not expand strikes against the Big Three, as Fain said a major concession was made by GM would have to agree to similar terms in the collective bargaining process as the entire industry transforms itself from gas-powered cars to electrified vehicles.plants in Tennessee, and other locations. Whether this changes Ford’s calculus on its battery plants remains to be seen.
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