DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. has withdrawn from a contract promise to invest $ 900 million in an assembly plant outside of Cleveland for an unnamed product line that will instead be manufactured in Mexico, United Auto Workers officials said.
“We 100% reject the company’s decision to put corporate greed and more potential profits over US jobs and the future of our members,” UAW vice president and president Gerald Kariem said in a letter late last week. was sent to union members.
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The promised investment in the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake was made during contract negotiations in 2019. The plant currently has approximately 1,700 employees per hour producing Ford E-Series vans and Super Duty pickups.
Kariem said the UAW has asked Ford officials to explain the decision, but has received limited information so far.
Plant manager Jason Moore sent a letter to the workers saying the circumstances surrounding the promised expansion have changed. Ford is investing in the Avon Lake plant and will increase production of Super Duty trucks there, Moore said.
Ford spokesman Kelli Felker declined to say which vehicle the company plans to produce in Mexico.