Ford_News
10-19-2011, 10:42 AM
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The United Auto Workers (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/united auto workers) have ratified a new four-year labor agreement with Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford) by a two-to-one margin. The deal will see the automaker add 12,000 hourly jobs over the course of the term by bringing some production back into the U.S. from overseas. The agreement will also see Ford invest $16 billion in domestic product development and manufacturing during that time, as well. The automaker says that it will increase production by adding another shift at its Auto Alliance International, Michigan Assembly, Chicago Assembly and Louisville Assembly facilities to prepare for projected increased demand for fuel-efficient vehicles.
Ford has also indicated that the company will move production of the F-650 and F-750 medium-duty commercial trucks from Mexico to its Avon Lake, Ohio facility once that plant stops making the current E-Series. The move will put an end to Ford's 10-year partnership with Navistar International. The two companies currently produces the medium-duty F-Series trucks in Escobedo, Mexico under the Blue Diamond LLC joint venture.
The ratification comes after a few worrisome days when it appeared that Ford could have faced its first strike in decades (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/14/uaw-seems-headed-for-a-catastrophic-confrontation/). Though the company's Chicago Assembly plant rejected the new labor agreement, the UAW Local 600 endorsed the deal (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/18/ford-uaw-deal-nears-approval-despite-early-dissent/) earlier this week. Hit the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2011/10/19/uaw-finally-ratifies-new-ford-contract-more-details-revealed/#continued) for the full press release.Continue reading UAW finally ratifies new Ford contract, more details revealed (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/19/uaw-finally-ratifies-new-ford-contract-more-details-revealed/)
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The United Auto Workers (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/united auto workers) have ratified a new four-year labor agreement with Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford) by a two-to-one margin. The deal will see the automaker add 12,000 hourly jobs over the course of the term by bringing some production back into the U.S. from overseas. The agreement will also see Ford invest $16 billion in domestic product development and manufacturing during that time, as well. The automaker says that it will increase production by adding another shift at its Auto Alliance International, Michigan Assembly, Chicago Assembly and Louisville Assembly facilities to prepare for projected increased demand for fuel-efficient vehicles.
Ford has also indicated that the company will move production of the F-650 and F-750 medium-duty commercial trucks from Mexico to its Avon Lake, Ohio facility once that plant stops making the current E-Series. The move will put an end to Ford's 10-year partnership with Navistar International. The two companies currently produces the medium-duty F-Series trucks in Escobedo, Mexico under the Blue Diamond LLC joint venture.
The ratification comes after a few worrisome days when it appeared that Ford could have faced its first strike in decades (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/14/uaw-seems-headed-for-a-catastrophic-confrontation/). Though the company's Chicago Assembly plant rejected the new labor agreement, the UAW Local 600 endorsed the deal (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/18/ford-uaw-deal-nears-approval-despite-early-dissent/) earlier this week. Hit the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2011/10/19/uaw-finally-ratifies-new-ford-contract-more-details-revealed/#continued) for the full press release.Continue reading UAW finally ratifies new Ford contract, more details revealed (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/19/uaw-finally-ratifies-new-ford-contract-more-details-revealed/)
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