Kentucky Edition | UAW Strike And Louisville's Ford Plant | Season 2 | Episode 87

The United Auto Workers strike is expanding again, as expected, but it appears the four plants in Louisville are still open for business.

The UAW strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis began about two weeks ago over pay and benefits.

Only some workers walked off the job, but the number has been growing.

The UAW says talks with Ford have been more productive than talks with the other two automakers.

That's why fewer Ford workers have joined the strike until today.

Today, the UAW added 7000 more workers to the list.

They're from a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan.

UAW President Sean Fain called this a fight for a better future and a war against corporate greed.

Today, our union is building a different arsenal, a democracy.

But this war isn't against some foreign country.

The front lines are right here at home.

It's the war of the working class versus corporate greed.

We are the new arsenal of democracy.

The workers are the liberators.

And our strike is the vehicle for liberation.

Ford has about 12,000 workers at two plants in Louisville who are not impacted by today's expansion.

The Chamber of Commerce says Ford is Louisville's fourth largest employer.

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