{"id":2097251,"date":"2023-11-13T12:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-production-workers-at-kentucky-louisville-vote-against-new-labor-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T12:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:39:40","slug":"ford-production-workers-at-kentucky-louisville-vote-against-new-labor-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-production-workers-at-kentucky-louisville-vote-against-new-labor-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford production workers at Kentucky, Louisville vote against new labor deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fford-production-workers-at-kentucky-louisville-vote-against-new-labor-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2097251&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>11:14 AM UTC \u2062\u2013 November 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters)\u200c \u2013 Production workers at Ford\u2019s (F.N) Louisville assembly and Kentucky truck plants have voted against the tentative labor agreement, while skilled trades workers \u2063voted\u2063 in favor, the local chapter of the United Auto\u200d Workers (UAW) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The ratification of the contract was voted down by 55% of\u2062 the production workers whereas 69% of the skilled trades workers, which includes maintenance \u200dand construction employees backed it, the\u2063 UAW\u200b Local 862 said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>The union did not disclose \u200cthe overall percentage of the votes \u200bin favor \u2063or the total number of votes cast.<\/p>\n<p>The vote signals that\u2063 approval of the deal, which is set to significantly raise Ford\u2019s \u200bcosts, is not guaranteed. The union and the company did not respond to Reuters \u200drequests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The automaker had last month pulled its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-production-workers-at-kentucky-louisville-vote-against-new-labor-deal\/\" title=\"Ford production workers at Kentucky, Louisville vote against new labor deal\">full-year\u200c forecast due<\/a> to uncertainty over \u200dthe pending ratification of the deal with the UAW.<\/p>\n<p>Union workers are voting on contracts from\u2062 each of Chrysler-owner Stellantis (STLAM.MI), GM (GM.N) and Ford, after the first coordinated strike against Detroit\u2019s Big Three automakers.<\/p>\n<p>Of\u200b the total\u2064 votes cast at Ford\u2019s various facilities so far, \u206370.7% of workers have voted in favor of the deal, \u2062according to a \u2064UAW vote tracker.<\/p>\n<p>Workers\u2062 at some of the company\u2019s major \u200cplants including the Dearborn Truck plant in Michigan are yet to vote.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, union members at General Motors\u2019 (GM.N)\u200c Flint assembly plant in \u200cMichigan narrowly voted against\u2062 the proposed contract with the \u2064U.S. automaker.<\/p>\n<p><sub>Reporting by \u2064Gokul Pisharody \u200band Shivansh Tiwary in \u200bBengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil and Arun Koyyur<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Other News<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The FBI seizes \u200bNYC\u200c Mayor Adams\u2019 phone,\u2063 Judge Cannon denies a delay of Trump\u2019s documents trial and the Big 10 suspends Head Football Coach Jim Harbaugh<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Senator\u2064 Rand Paul\u200b believes Joe\u200b Biden will sign the House version of the \u201cAid \u200dTo Israel \u2063Package\u201d as it is. \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Member Representative Andy Biggs says that any future\u2062 reauthorization of the Section 702 Provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act\u2062 cannot allow warrantless surveillance of Americans\u2019 private\u2064 communications. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden\u2019s \u2062administration announced steps aimed at freeing up additional wireless spectrum for advanced technology\u200d needs and soaring wireless demand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Humane released a $699 device that aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-issues-subpoenas-to-hunter-james-biden\/\" title=\"House GOP Issues Subpoenas To Hunter, James Biden\">bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence<\/a> to a lapel near you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Regulators and \u200dtraders were trying to gauge the impact of a ransomware attack on the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>X \u200chas just \u200c2,294 content moderators to ensure users comply \u200dwith EU \u2064online content rules.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2064 rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Why did Ford withdraw \u2062its full-year forecast\u2062 prior to the ratification of the agreement with the UAW<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Latest News<\/p>\n<p>11:14 AM UTC \u2013 November 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Production workers at\u200d Ford&#8217;s Louisville assembly and Kentucky truck plants\u2063 have voted against the tentative\u200b labor \u2064agreement, while skilled trades workers voted\u2063 in favor, the local chapter of the\u200b United Auto\u2062 Workers (UAW) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The ratification of the contract was\u2062 voted\u200d down \u200dby 55% of\u200c the production workers, \u200bwhereas 69% of the \u2064skilled trades workers, which includes maintenance and construction \u200demployees, backed\u2063 it, the UAW Local 862 said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 union did not \u200ddisclose the \u2064overall percentage of the votes in favor or the \u200dtotal number of\u200b votes cast.<\/p>\n<p>The vote signals \u200bthat\u2064 the approval of \u200bthe deal, which is set to significantly raise Ford&#8217;s costs, is\u200b not guaranteed. The\u2062 union\u200c and the\u200d company did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The automaker had last month \u2064pulled \u2064its full-year\u200c forecast due to uncertainty\u2063 over the pending ratification of the deal with the UAW.<\/p>\n<p>Union workers are voting on\u2064 contracts from\u200b each of \u200dChrysler-owner Stellantis, GM, and Ford after \u200dthe\u2062 first coordinated strike against Detroit&#8217;s\u200c Big Three automakers.<\/p>\n<p>Of the total votes cast at Ford&#8217;s various\u2063 facilities so\u2062 far, \u206370.7%\u2064 of workers have voted in favor of the \u2062deal, according to\u2064 a UAW\u2062 vote \u200dtracker.<\/p>\n<p>Workers\u200b at some of the\u2062 company&#8217;s major plants, including the Dearborn Truck plant in Michigan, are yet to vote.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, \u200bunion members at General Motors&#8217; Flint assembly plant voted overwhelmingly in favor\u200c of their tentative labor agreement.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2062 article discusses the recent voting \u2064results from Ford&#8217;s\u200b Louisville assembly and \u200dKentucky truck plants regarding the tentative \u2064labor\u2062 agreement. According\u200b to\u200c the \u200dUnited \u2064Auto Workers \u2064(UAW), production workers voted against the contract, while skilled trades workers voted in favor. The UAW Local\u2064 862 revealed \u2064that \u200b55% of production workers rejected the agreement, while 69%\u2064 of skilled \u200btrades\u2064 workers supported it.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights that the \u200coverall percentage of votes in favor and the \u200dtotal number of \u2062votes cast were not disclosed by the union. However, \u200cit emphasizes that the results indicate\u200c that the approval of the deal is not guaranteed, considering the significant increase\u200c in Ford&#8217;s costs. The\u2063 union and the company \u200dhave not provided comments on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the article mentions \u200cthat Ford \u200bhad previously withdrawn its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-fedex-ground-to-lower-holiday-volume-forecasts-internal-memo\/\" title=\"Exclusive-FedEx Ground to lower holiday volume forecasts -internal memo\">full-year forecast due<\/a> to\u2063 the\u200b uncertainty\u200d surrounding the pending ratification\u200d of the \u200dagreement with the UAW. It also notes that union workers are \u2062currently voting on contracts from\u2062 Stellantis, GM, and Ford after a\u2064 coordinated strike against the Big \u200bThree automakers in \u2063Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes by stating that, according to a\u2062 UAW vote\u2062 tracker, \u206370.7% of\u200d workers across Ford&#8217;s facilities have \u200cvoted\u2063 in favor\u2063 of the deal so far. However, it mentions that workers \u200cat \u2064major plants, such\u200c as the\u2062 Dearborn Truck plant in Michigan, are \u200dyet to \u200ccast \u2064their votes. Additionally, it highlights the positive voting\u2063 outcome from union members\u2064 at General \u200bMotors&#8217; Flint assembly \u200bplant \u200dfor \u2064their tentative labor agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the article provides an informative overview of the voting results\u200b and highlights the implications for \u2063Ford and the UAW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11:14 AM UTC \u2013 November 13, 2023 (Reuters) \u2013 Production workers at Ford\u2019s (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. 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