Historic strike escalates as negotiations keep failing.
Last night, on Wednesday, October 11th, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union expanded its strike in a last-minute move. Leaders of the union ordered nearly 9,000 workers at Ford’s largest plant to walk off the job. Ford called the walk-out at its Kentucky Truck Plant “grossly irresponsible. but UAW President Shawn Fain insists that they have been “crystal clear” and they have waited “long enough” for Ford to hear their message, to no avail. “If Ford can’t get that after four weeks on strike, these 8,700 workers shutting down their biggest plant will help them understand it,” Fain announced late Wednesday night in a video post on Twitter/X.
Thousands of workers, who were scheduled to start their shifts at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night, shut down the truck plant in Louisville after union officials informed them it was time to walk out over what they called “a lack of progress”.
