The latest news and live updates on the contract negotiations between Ford, General Motors, Stellantis and the United Auto Workers ahead of tomorrow’s potential strike.
In picking the first three sites to strike, the union didn’t go after the companies’ big cash cows, which are full-size pickups and big SUVs, and went more for plants that make vehicles with lower profit margins, said Marick Masters, a business professor at Wayne State University in Detroit.
In Toledo, Ohio, about 5,800 members at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex, will walk off. They make the Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator. This marks the first time the union members have gone on strike since its now-expired contract was ratified in 2019.Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has autos top of mind.But she said her office has been in touch with the UAW and the Big Three automakers for the last month and a half about labor negotiations.
Whitmer said she has been in contact with President Joe Biden and federal officials regularly about the possible strike and contract negotiations.Jamie Knodel"Ford has bargained in good faith in an effort to avoid a strike, which could have wide-ranging consequences for our business and the economy. It also impacts the very 57,000 UAW-Ford workers we are trying to reward with this contract," it said in a statement late tonight.
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Ford, uniquely exposed to a strike, makes a last ditch effort.CEO Jim Farley and executive chairman Bill Ford both showed up to the negotiating table with UAW earlier this week in an effort to avert a strike, the company said in a statement. (UAW President Shawn Fain was a no-show, Ford says.) Ford wants to be seen as pulling out all the stops. But it’s also true that Ford employs the most UAW members of all the “Big Three” automakers, leaving the company uniquely exposed to the economic fallout from a strike. The deadline to reach a deal is tonight at 11:59PM. Tick tick tick.
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Ford CEO rebuffs UAW leader's criticisms as strike deadline on Thursday approachesFord CEO Jim Farley rebuffed comments by United Auto Workers President Shawn that the company is not taking bargaining seriously.
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