UAW, Ford reach tentative pact, avert strike at Kentucky Truck Plant

A United Auto Workers (UAW) local has reached a tentative agreement with Ford, avoiding a strike at the automaker’s Kentucky Truck Plant (KTP).

UAW 862 employees at the Louisville, Ky., facility had threatened labor action “over local issues related to skilled trades, health and safety, and ergonomics,” the union said in a statement on Wednesday.

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