Ford Motor said Thursday it will add about 6,200 union jobs in the Midwest as it revamps three factories to make new electric and gas-powered models, including a new seventh-generation version of the Mustang coupe.
The factory investment, which is expected to cost $3.7 billion, will go toward retrofitting plants to manufacture a new commercial electric vehicle and all-new versions of the gas-powered Ford Mustang and Ford Ranger. Ford will also engage Ford workers to ramp up production of the Ford Transit commercial van and the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup.
The company did not provide any details about the new electric commercial vehicle, except that its production would begin “mid-decade” at an existing plant in Ohio.
In addition to the new jobs, about 3,000 temporary factory workers will be made full-time hourly workers ahead of schedule talks with United Auto Workers, Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford’s “Ford Blue” internal-combustion business, said in a media briefing. . Briefing.
Galhotra said that all those employees will get salary hike and health care benefits immediately.
As a result of talks with UAW, Ford said it would spend $1 billion over the next five years on workplace improvements at U.S. factories, including better lighting in parking lots and more dining options in cafeterias.
The victory for the union comes as many American companies are struggling to keep workers and inflation is increasing Americans’ uncertainty about their finances.
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