Ford production workers at Kentucky, Louisville vote against new labor deal

[Domingo the Avenger]

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Nov 13 (Reuters) - Production workers at Ford's (F.N) Louisville
assembly and Kentucky truck plants have voted against the tentative
labor agreement, while skilled trades workers voted in favor, the
local chapter of the United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Monday.

The ratification of the contract was voted down by 55% of the
production workers whereas 69% of the skilled trades workers, which
includes maintenance and construction employees backed it, the UAW
Local 862 said in a Facebook post.

The union did not disclose the overall percentage of the votes in
favor or the total number of votes cast.

The vote signals that approval of the deal, which is set to
significantly raise Ford's costs, is not guaranteed. The union and
the company did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.

The automaker had last month pulled its full-year forecast due to
uncertainty over the pending ratification of the deal with the UAW.

Union workers are voting on contracts from each of Chrysler-owner
Stellantis (STLAM.MI), GM (GM.N) and Ford, after the first
coordinated strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers.

Of the total votes cast at Ford's various facilities so far, 70.7%
of workers have voted in favor of the deal, according to a UAW vote
tracker.

Workers at some of the company's major plants including the Dearborn
Truck plant in Michigan are yet to vote.

On Friday, union members at General Motors' (GM.N) Flint assembly
plant in Michigan narrowly voted against the proposed contract with
the U.S. automaker.

Fuck them.

Outsource the manufacturing. Put these low-skilled socialist
parasites on the street.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/fords-
production-workers-kentucky-louisville-vote-against-new-labor-deal-
2023-11-13/