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Ford preparing white-collar workers to fill parts orders if UAW strikes - salaried Ford workers could soon run forklifts if union employees walk off job next month
Fox News ^ | 8-17-23 | Breck Dumas

Posted on 08/17/2023 7:36:57 PM PDT by dynachrome

Ford CEO Jim Farley joins "Barron's Roundtable" to discuss the debate on electric vs. gas cars, the auto company's growth and approach to the auto industry, and reacts to Warren Buffett's comments on investing in the industry.

Ford is readying plans for its white-collar salaried employees to step in and keep parts flowing in the instance that its blue-collar union workers walk off the job next month amid threats that the United Auto Workers are preparing to strike at Detroit's Big Three automakers.

The Detroit Free Press first reported that Ford is holding meetings with salaried workers like engineers to coordinate and prepare them for filling in at warehouses and operating forklifts to assure dealerships and customers that they are still able to obtain vehicle parts if operations shut down.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automotive; ford; strikes; unions; whitecollar
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To: 1Old Pro

$150/hour at the stealer to fix their crappy product.

You got off easy here in Los Angeles it’s coasts me $225.00 an hour at a GM stealer.

Soon cars will arrive with free tube of KY jelly in the glove box.


41 posted on 08/18/2023 8:57:46 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Tell It Right

I am sure you could too.


42 posted on 08/18/2023 11:16:00 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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