Ford workers walk off Kentucky Truck Plant, as UAW strike expands

Hourly workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant (KTP) in Louisville are now on the picket lines, joining a United Auto Workers strike that began almost a month ago. The president of the city’s UAW chapter says workers at the company’s Louisville Assembly Plant could be off the job soon.
The international union called KTP workers to strike Wednesday evening, putting about 8,700 employees on the picket line.

Ford is one of Louisville’s biggest employers. UAW Local 862 represents around 12,000 workers at KTP and the Louisville Assembly Plant, and Ford employs an additional 700 non-hourly workers at the plants, according to the company’s website.

KTP produces Ford Super Duty, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. In May, Ford CEO Jim Farley called it the company’s most profitable global plant.

Local 862 President Todd Dunn said Thursday morning that he expects the Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP) to have to shut down within the next day and a half because KTP provides valuable stamping services for parts LAP uses.

It’s unclear how that would affect worker compensation at LAP.