Ford has notified 308 UAW members who work in Michigan and Ohio they will be “immediately” changed from temporary to full-time status, the Free Press has learned.
Ahead of the schedule outlined by its negotiated labor contract, Ford will be promoting 79 workers at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock that builds the Ford Mustang and 229 at the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake that builds E-Series vans, medium duty trucks and Super Duty chassis cabs, said Kelli Felker, Ford global manufacturing and labor communications manager.