Nearly 9,000 Ford Kentucky Truck Plant Workers Walk Out in ‘New Phase’ of UAW Strike

A Ford plant in Kentucky has joined the UAW strike against the Big Three automakers, with more than 8,000 workers walking off the job to take part in the ongoin

Striking members of the United Auto Workers on the picket line outside GM's Willow Run Distribution Center in Belleville, Mich., on Sept. 26, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

A Ford plant in Kentucky has joined the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against the Big Three automakers, with more than 8,000 workers walking off the job to take part in the ongoing labor dispute, officials have announced.

Approximately 8,700 UAW members joined the strike on Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, shutting down Ford Motor Company’s “iconic and extremely profitable” Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, UAW said in a statement.