UAW strikers outside Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant
UAW workers picket outside Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant at 3001 Chamberlain Lane in Louisville, Ky., in the early morning hours of Oct. 12, 2023. (WDRB)
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Workers began walking off the job at 6:30 p.m. in a significant escalation by the union.
Kentucky Truck Plant employees have spent nearly 24 hours on the picket line outside Ford's manufacturing hub in Louisville, a sudden escalation of a nationwide strike that will have far-reaching ripple effects in the industry.
A Ford deal would include cost-of-living pay increases that could lift the total pay raises above 30 percent.
