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Ford pauses construction of Michigan battery plant amid contract talks with UAW union
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The move comes as the company is in the midst of national contract talks with the United Auto Workers union, which wants to represent workers at battery factories and win them top wages.
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Ford is pausing work on a new, $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, even as the transition to electric vehicles has become a major sticking point in a United Auto Workers strike against automakers Ford, GM and Stellantis.
Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it's pausing construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan until it is confident it can run the factory competitively. The plant had been considered for a site in Virginia.
Ford says it’s pausing construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan until it is confident it can run the factory competitively. The move announced Monday comes
The move comes as the company is in the midst of national contract talks with the United Auto Workers union, which wants to represent workers at battery factories and win them top wages.
Amid heightened political scrutiny and a strike by the United Auto Workers union, Ford said it will put on hold its $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan.
Ford Motor said on Monday it has paused work on a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan backed by a Chinese company, citing concerns about its ability to competitively operate the plant at a time when it remains locked in broader contract negotiations.
A Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck - Copyright AFP/File Olivier DOULIERYFord is halting work on a major battery plant in the northern US state of Michigan, the automaker said Monday, just seven months after launching the project with a Chinese partner.
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it’s pausing construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan until it is confident it can run the factory competitively. The move comes as the company is in the midst of national contract talks with the United Auto Workers unio…
Ford said the decision was based on a "number of considerations" but wouldn't say if those included UAW's ongoing strike or the backlash against partner CATL.
Ford Motor said on Monday it has paused work on a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, citing concerns about its ability to competitively operate the plant at
Ford announced that it’s suspending construction on its $3.5 billion EV battery factory in Michigan. Union leaders have accused the automaker of using the closure as a job-cutting threat during the current auto strike.
Ford has announced it will halt construction works at a planned EV battery factory in Michigan until it is confident the plant can be run competitively.
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it’s pausing construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan until it is confident it can run the factory competitively.
