I’ve been covering the auto industry since 1989, first as CNN Detroit Bureau Chief, then as the National Auto Writer for the Associated Press, General Motors beat writer at the Detroit News and video reporter at Automotive News.
... On a chilly Friday as the sixth week of their walkout began, striking workers on the 6 a.m. to noon shift on the picket line at Ford Motor Company's Michigan Assembly Plant huddled around burning barrels to keep warm. But the real heat came from their contempt for statements made in the past two weeks by top company management.
Four-year assembly line worker Jennifer Devers was equally angered by Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford Blue and newly appointed chief operating officer, who said last week the company was “at the limit” of what it could offer economically. Truck driver and parts picker Sarah Niebauer said she's conditionally optimistic, feeling the union was “screwed” in the contract negotiated four years ago.... “We're standing our ground for once, but it's scary. I'm kind of scared,” said Niebauer, who's worked at the facility since 2016. “We're finally standing up for what we deserve, and I think we're going to get a pretty fair deal. It looks good to me. I think a little bit more could be done with retirement.
In three Detroit-area picket lines, morale appears to remain strong, despite workers having to live on $500 a week strike pay for the past four or five weeks.
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