A proposed four-year labor contract between Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers looked set to be rejected after workers at a large Chicago plant voted against the deal late Wednesday night. At the Chicago Assembly Plant, 68 percent of more than 3,000 UAW members voting rejected the contract. Ford has enjoyed robust profits this year as sales of trucks and sport utility vehicles made in UAW factories have boomed. Scott Houldieson, vice president of Local 551 in Chicago, where workers voted Wednesday, said members who were rejecting the contract believed it did not make up for the pay and benefits that were sacrificed when Ford struggled to restructure during the last recession.
See "Ford-UAW Pact Seems Headed for Defeat as Voting Nears End", November 19, 2015