UAW President Sees ‘Ugly’ Labor Strife Ahead at Ford Battery Plants
- Ford CEO has resisted bringing JV operations under union pact
- Fain also looking to organize Big Three competitors like Tesla
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The United Auto Workers’ president says there could be a nasty fight ahead to organize workers at Ford Motor Co.’s jointly owned electric battery plants, after the company declined to join its competitors in agreeing to ease the unionization process.
“Stellantis and GM agreeing to these terms, in effect buys them labor peace as we move forward,” UAW head Shawn Fain said in an interview with Bloomberg News Thursday. At Ford, in contrast, he said, “that could get ugly.”