In the move towards electrification, Ford and other US automakers are relying on the complicity of the UAW, which has shown it is willing to agree to substandard agreements in exchange for expanding its dues base.
The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved an incentive package worth more than $1 billion to support Ford s plan to build an EV battery plant near Marshall.
Ford Motor Co. fleshed out details on Monday of a battery plant it will build with a Chinese partner on farmland near Marshall. The plant, to employ 2,500, is scheduled to open in 2026.