Until this week, Fain had announced all of the union's new strikes on Fridays, during what has become a weekly livestreamed update for union members.
"We continue to believe the escalation at [Ford] this week is a sign the talks may be coming to an end.
KY Truck is likely Ford's most profitable plant, and therefore the strike is the highest level of escalation, aside from a national strike," Wells Fargo analyst Colin Langan wrote in a Friday note.
But the UAW's leaders may be looking one more step ahead, to the process of selling a tentative deal with Ford to their members.
), and that UAW members have secured the last few ounces of wage, benefits, and job protection concessions that they can get," Lache wrote Thursday to investors.
Persons:
counterintuitively —, It's, Shawn Fain, Fain, Wells, Colin Langan, autoworkers, Wolfe, Rod Lache, Ford, Lache
Organizations:
DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Ford Motor's, Plant, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Street, UAW
Locations:
Kentucky