Exactly two weeks to the day since Ford Motor Co. workers walked off the job at Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, they remain there at a standstill. United Auto Workers union members are camped.
President Biden walks the picket line with striking autoworkers and backs a 40 percent pay hike proposal as Michigan approves additional incentives for Marshall megasite despite Ford’s announcement to “pause” work on a planned EV battery factory.
DETROIT Edward Fife has not received a raise in his 10 years at Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant. Some of his coworkers are 28-year veterans who can only recall…
"To see the support we’re getting from the community riding by (feels good)," said Melissa Wallace. "I am a proud member of Local 600, Dearborn Truck Plant. I came out here to support my brothers and sisters over here at Local 900 and it means everything."
Educators are angered by the lack of discussion and the snap contract vote imposed by the union leadership, which demonstrate once again the contempt of the Detroit Federation of Teachers bureaucracy for the rank and file.