Ford Lays Off 600 Workers at Michigan Assembly Plant
WAYNE, MI—Source: Ford Lays Off 600 Workers at Michigan Assembly Plant by Brett Foote
Last week – following weeks of failed negotiations – the United Auto Workers (UAW) union began a targeted strike at one facility owned and operated by each of the Detroit Big Three automakers. For the Blue Oval, that location is the Michigan Assembly plant, which builds the Ford Bronco and Ford Ranger and employs around 3,300 people. The two sides remain far apart in negotiations, with FoMoCo claiming that the UAW’s most recent offer is “unsustainable” and could even – according to CEO Jim Farley – bankrupt the company, though President Joe Biden intervened and suggested that automakers need to share profits with their workers. Now, with no middle ground seemingly in sight, Ford has decided to lay off 600 workers at the Michigan Assembly plant, according to Automotive News.