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As the United Auto Workers strike enters its fourth week, Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant is set to take center stage in the ongoing labor dispute against the Big Three automakers. UAW President Shawn Fain is planning to bring the fight and focus to Chicago at a rally Saturday to support 4,600 striking workers who walked off the job last week at the Ford plant, which makes the Ford Explorer, .
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In response to the ongoing strike, Ford laid off 243 employees at its stamping facility in Chicago Heights because they make parts for the assembly plant and production must be reduced.