DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. relied on a contract pledge to invest $ 900 million at an assembly plant outside Cleveland for an unnamed product line produced in Mexico, United Auto Workers officials said.
“We 100% reject the company’s decision to place corporate greed and more potential profits on U.S. positions and the future of our members,” UAW Vice President and Director Gerald Kariem said in a letter released late last week. was sent to union members.
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promised investment at the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake was made during 2019 contract negotiations. The factory currently has about 1,700 hourly workers manufacturing Ford E-Series pickups and Super Duty pickups.
Kariem said the UAW asked Ford officials to explain the decision, but so far received limited information.
The plant manager, Jason Moore, sent a letter to workers saying the circumstances surrounding the promised expansion had changed. Ford is investing in the Avon Lake plant and will increase production of Super Duty trucks there, Moore said.
Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker declined to say which vehicle the company plans to manufacture in Mexico.