The standoff is fuelling worries about prolonged industrial action that could disrupt production and ripple through the supply chain and dent U.S. economic growth
on Wednesday joined GM and Ford in furloughing some employees at other factories because of the ripple effects of the strikes, including parts shortages, storage constraints and other issues.
The city is home to Ford’s Louisville assembly plant and its Kentucky truck plant. Ford CEO Jim Farley has previously said the Kentucky truck plant, which assembles F-Series trucks, is the company’s most profitable plant globally. Fain has said Detroit automakers have not shared their huge profits with workers while enriching executives and investors.
In the opinion piece published in the Detroit Free Press, Reuss also called UAW’s demands for a 40 per cent pay hike “untenable,” signalling the two sides remain far apart over the key issue.UAW workers also want to end a tiered wage structure that they say has created a large gap between newer and older employees, forcing some to work two jobs to make ends meet.
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