At least 1,300 employees at the plant walked out on Tuesday. The union said up to 5,000 workers will be going on strike.
with Ford that could be a breakthrough toward ending the nearly 6-week-old strikes against Detroit automakers.
Terms of the deal weren’t immediately available, but both sides have been discussing a four-year contract. It would have to be approved by 57,000 union members at Ford.The people said the union made a counter-offer to Ford that proposes a 25% general wage increase over the life of a new contract and said that negotiations on Tuesday extended well into Wednesday. Previously Ford, Stellantis and General Motors had all offered 23% pay increases.
The progress in the negotiations came after the union this week walked out at three factories that produce highly profitableadding them to the list of plants already on strike in a strategy to intensify pressure on the companies. Todd Dunn, president of the UAW local at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant, said he was told by people within the union's leadership that the company is nearing an agreement.
Neither the companies nor the union would comment on the talks Wednesday. The union’s counter-offer of a 25% wage increase over four years was reported earlier by Bloomberg News and the trade publication Automotive News.
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