Ford Will Hire More UAW Jobs Than Contract Required
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Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, plans to add 27 percent more UAW positions at its U.S. plants than originally planned, citing flexible labor contracts that reduced the cost of employing union members.
Ford has agreed to add 1,975 jobs, 416 more than originally agreed to, by 2012 to do work traditionally done by suppliers. The automaker has added 1,340 of those jobs since 2008. The jobs at nine U.S. plants will be filled by a mix of idled current Ford workers and new hires, Jennifer Flake, a spokeswoman, said in an interview.