The United Auto Workers (UAW) is threatening a strike at the Ford truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky.
union Said About 9,000 UAW automakers at the plant plan to go on strike next Friday “if local contract issues are not resolved,” a Friday press release said.
After Ford failed to reach an agreement with the plant’s UAW Local 862 more than five months after the contract deadline, UAW Vice President Chuck Browning asked the UAW president for permission. [Shawn] “We cannot set a strike deadline of early next Friday morning,” the press release continued.
“A central issue in the Kentucky Truck Plant local negotiations is health and safety within the plant, including minimum staffing levels for on-site nurses, ergonomic issues, and efforts to erode the Kentucky Truck Plant’s skilled workforce.” “This is Ford’s continued effort to do so,” the release said. .
Ford Chief Financial Officer John Lawler said in a November press release that the threat came after the company lost $1.7 billion in profits following a six-week UAW strike last year. Stated.
Rohrer said the loss was due to “production disruptions in high-margin trucks and SUVs,” with sales about 100,000 units lower than Ford expected.
Former President Trump has recently had a feud with Fein, which reached a climax when the UAW decided to endorse President Biden in the upcoming presidential election. Mr. Fein has also verbally attacked the former president, with the union president at one point calling Mr. Trump a “scab.”
“Donald Trump is a billionaire and that’s what he represents,” Fein said. “If Donald Trump worked in an auto factory, he wouldn’t be a member of the UAW. He would be an office worker trying to oppress American workers. We stand against everything we stand for as a union.”
“The choice is clear,” he added. “Joe Biden bet on American workers, Donald Trump blamed American workers.”
President Trump then went after Fein, accusing him of selling out the auto industry “to the big, powerful hands of China.”
“Sean Fein doesn’t understand this and has no clue,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Stop these drugs and vote for DJT. I will bring the auto industry back to our country.”
“Negotiations continue and we look forward to reaching an agreement with Kentucky Truck Plant UAW Local 862,” Ford said in a statement to The Hill.
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