Photo Source: Ford Members of United Auto Workers union (UAW) ratified the tentative deals in late October 2023 with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis following six weeks of strikes against the Detroit “Big Three.” The new contracts will run through April 2028 and include a 25 percent increase in base wages and cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)…
Photo Source: Ford The shape of the automotive industry is changing as companies other than Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors capture market share and invest in new plants, away from traditional manufacturing locations. The adversarial character of business and industrial relationships in Detroit is characterized in the relationship between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and…
Photo Source: Ford Ford is an immensely popular American automaker, and the one segment in its lineup that has been consistently favored for decades is the truck segment. It is a very competitive class, though, and as far as heavy-duty trucks go, Ford’s offering, the 2023 F-250, has some potent competition from other pickups, such…
Photo Source: Ford When Ford first began developing the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, its volume ambitions were modest, reportedly as few as 25,000 per year. By the time Ford started construction on the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center assembly plant, that number had climbed to 40,000. Not long after the truck premiered in May 2021,…
Photo Source: Ford When the Michigan Central Station was constructed in 1913, passenger rail symbolized Detroit’s booming role in the industrial revolution. Historical records demonstrate that the structure was the tallest station of its time. Decades later, in the 1980s, as the city’s train travel slowed and car ownership became ubiquitous, the station’s consistent use…
Photo Source: Ford Building on Ford’s commitment to United States manufacturing, the brand declared in February 2023 that it is investing $3.5 billion to construct America’s first automaker-backed lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant, thus providing consumers with a second battery technology within Ford’s electronic vehicle lineup. The plant will be known as the BlueOval…
Photo Source: Ford On June 2nd, 2022 United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Company leaders announced their plans to add over 6,200 brand new U.S manufacturing jobs within the Midwest, provide all hourly employees with healthcare benefits on their first day of employment, and lastly they plan to convert the nearly 3,000 temporary UAW-Ford…
