Ford Pays Dearly for Labor Peace With the UAW

President Biden praised what he referred to as the “historic tentative settlement” that the United Auto Staff and Ford struck late Wednesday as a testomony to collective bargaining. Maybe, however the true check will likely be whether or not Ford can keep aggressive, particularly amid the government-forced electric-vehicle transition.

UAW President Shawn Fain’s technique of staging strikes at choose crops operated by all three Detroit auto makers seems to be paying off. The union was threatening to name off staff at a manufacturing facility that builds Ford’s extremely worthwhile F-150 pickup when the auto maker agreed to a beneficiant deal that ends the almost six-week walkout.