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Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business::Ford is laying off about 700 workers who build the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.

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[–] psycho_driver 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could be the striking workers have disrupted component flow enough that these workers were running out of things to do.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business::Ford is laying off about 700 workers who build the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.

Not due to the strike, apparently.

[–] Hildegarde 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would a company ever admit to laying off workers because of a strike? Seems like a sure fire way to lose in court.

[–] sturmblast 1 points 1 year ago

I guess it all depends on the motive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They've already said they would fire around 1000 of those striking workers. So this does not seem to be a concern.