It is not the first time that the union is concerned that the manufacturers of plants are assigning new models to Mexican plants. In the 2019 finals, the UAW also announced to General Motor its “failure to compromise” to build new vehicles in its manufacturing plants and that, in turn, hooked on the Mexican plant of Ramos Arizpe the production of the Blazer model. An advertisement similar to the one now launched by the Oval Blue Company.
Ford has no immediate availability to comment on the UAW’s demands to affect its aircraft.
The new vehicle that Ford has assigned to Mexico will share an electrified platform similar to the Mustang Mach-E, which, according to the manufacturer, will be produced in the Cuautitlán plant “will burn manufacturing and engineering efficiencies”.
Although Ford has $ 11,000 million in variants of its North American plants, including Mexico and the United States, to produce its first electric models, the Syndicate has no plans to buy more than Ford has assigned to Mexico de elegir in Ohio.
During labor negotiations in 2019, Ford agreed to raise $ 900 million in the factory, to be conditional on a new model to be built in 2023.
“We hope that the company is cooperating with its contractual agreements with this member and, when it comes down to it, we will take care of it,” Kariem wrote in the Ford map that has been replicated in various media outlets.
Ford said in a statement that it had compromised the Ohio factory and removed the recent high-profile investments in the United States.
The Mach-E was the first electric vehicle from Ford to enter production. The initial plan was produced in the Flat Rock, Michigan plant, until the finals of 2017 the company announced its change of plans: send the production of its new SUV fully electric to battery in Mexico and its center in the production of the vehicle autonomous in the Flat Rock ensemble plant. “We are allowed to offer significant capital, capital and physical space,” Ford said.