Ford said it would add 1,550 new jobs across its Kansas City assembly, Dearborn stamping, Dearborn diversified and Sterling axle factories in the first quarter of 2015 due to demand for the redesigned F-150 truck. It will also move some workers off the lower of two wage tiers agreed with the UAW union in the last bargaining round.
The new jobs take the automaker to the limit of the entry level allowance outlined in the 2011 UAW Ford collective bargaining agreement so 300 to 500 workers – the first group of ‘new traditional’ employees – will move from entry level pay of US$19.28 an hour to $28.50. Most of these employees are at the Kansas City, Chicago and Louisville assembly plants.
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Of the 1,550 new jobs, 900 are allocated for Kansas and 500 will be added in Dearborn with the remaining 150 at the axle plant.
Joe Hinrichs, Ford president, The Americas, said in a statement stronger than expected demand for the revamped F-series had prompted the new hires.
