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Todd Dunn, president of UAW Local 862 in Louisville, Kentucky, representing some 12,000 workers at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant and the Louisville Assembly Plant, said, "Ford helped pay to get us ...
The president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union shot back at Ford after the automaker announced they will temporarily lay off hundreds of workers, citing strike-related supply chain issues.
The UAW is seeking pay raises of more than 30% over four years, a restoration of defined-benefit pensions for all workers, and a 32-hour work week for 40 hours of pay.
The labor union United Auto Workers (UAW) represents approximately 145,000 automobile workers employed at Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. [14] To achieve its goals, UAW has engaged in strike action; from November 1945 to March 1946, UAW went on strike against General Motors.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees. [1]
Separately, the UAW confirmed it presented a new contract offer to GM on Monday. GM said it received the counterproposal "but significant gaps remain." GM, Ford furlough another 500 workers due to ...
As the deadline passed with no new contract proposal, the workers went on strike on October 14, 2021. [10] At the plant in Milan, Illinois, strikers almost immediately began picketing, [10] and UAW President Ray Curry voiced his support for the strike, saying, "The almost one million UAW retirees and active members stand in solidarity with the striking UAW members at John Deere."
The move comes less than a week after Ford and General Motors announced they were temporarily laying off about 2,600 workers.