Laid-Off Employees at Ford's Cleveland Engine Plant Return to Work
BROOK PARK, OH—The Ford Motor Co. has announced that all of its over 3,000 employees who were affected by layoffs related to the six-week-long United Auto Workers strike have been called back to work. That number includes the final 186 employees at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1.
On Nov. 18, the UAW announced it had ratified a new agreement with Ford and Stellantis that will be in effect until April 2028. A similar deal was approved with General Motors days earlier. The companies agreed to dramatically raise pay for top-scale assembly plant workers, with increases and cost-of-living adjustments that would translate into 33 percent wage gains. Top assembly plant workers are to receive immediate 11 percent raises and will earn roughly $42 an hour when the contracts expire.