Michigan Ford workers eager to return to work after 41-day strike
The picket line outside of the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne dissolved Wednesday as workers learned their strike was over after 41 days.
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The picket line outside of the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne dissolved Wednesday as workers learned their strike was over after 41 days.
Fain said with the agreement, the UAW National Ford Council will vote on whether to send it to the members.
On Wednesday, both companies announced that after extensive studies and analysis, they're ditching the $5 billion effort.
The last time the union struck one of the automakers, with its 2019 strike at GM, the strike lasted 40 days. Wednesday is the 41st day of the strike that started on Sep. 15.
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