© Reuters. United Auto Staff (UAW) union members picket outdoors Ford’s Kentucky truck plant after occurring strike in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Luke Sharrett
(Reuters) -The United Auto Staff mentioned on Saturday they needed to escalate motion towards Ford (NYSE:) as they anticipated a revised supply from the automaker however got the identical supply as two weeks in the past.
“Sadly, we needed to escalate our motion. We got here right here as we speak to get one other supply from Ford, and so they gave us the identical precise supply as two weeks in the past,” the union mentioned in a publish on X.
The escalation motion from the UAW occurred on Wednesday when 8,700 union members at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant went on strike after the union mentioned the No. 2 U.S. automaker refused to maneuver additional in contract bargaining.
UAW shut down Ford’s largest plant globally, halting manufacturing of profitable pickup vehicles with little warning, in a pointy escalation of the union’s four-week focused strike towards the Detroit Three automakers.
Ford yesterday mentioned it’s briefly shedding one other 550 workers after the UAW walkouts at its Kentucky Truck Plant and Chicago Meeting Plant.
