Ford Motor Co. said today that it is adding third shifts at its Dearborn Truck Plant and at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to meet demand for Ford F-150 pickups and Escape crossovers.
In what seemed more like a political rally than a product launch, Ford Motor Co. on Thursday formally kicked off production of the all-new 2009 Ford F-150 at the Dearborn Truck Plant with rousing, emotional speeches from Ford executives, UAW officials and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville was operating normally despite a strike by UAW workers at supplier Navistar International Corp. About 4,000 UAW-represented workers at nine Navistar plants went on strike Tuesday evening to protest what they called unfair labor practices.
Ford laid off all pickup production workers at its plant near Kansas City, Mo., on Monday -- the same day that a third shift of production workers began making F-150 pickups at its Dearborn Truck Plant. Ford executives said Monday that the redesigned F-150 is generating enough sales to support additional shifts at both plants.
