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Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan wasn’t surprised when members of the United Auto Workers at Ford’s sprawling Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville joined their union’s strike against the Big Three automakers.
“The most profitable plant in the Ford system is the Kentucky Truck Plant,” he said. “I think that’s sending a very strong message to Ford that the workers are fed up and want to get a fair contract.”
Members of UAW Local 862 walked off the job on Wednesday. UAW President Shawn Fain and Vice President Chuck Browning called for the strike “after Ford refused to make further movement in bargaining,” according to an online UAW news story.
“We have been crystal clear, and we have waited long enough, but Ford has not gotten the message,” the story quoted Fain. “It’s time for a fair contract at Ford and the rest of the Big Three. If they can’t understand that after four weeks, the 8,700 workers shutting down this extremely profitable plant will help them understand it.”
The strike at the Ford plant was unannounced. “The surprise move marks a new phase in the UAW’s Stand Up Strike,”said the UAW story. “Previous expansions of the strike occurred at a deadline set in advance by the union. The move comes one day before the four-week...
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