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Update on KTP
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Update on KTP
From CNBC:
Read it here:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/coro...miss-work.html
In Kentucky, where Ford operates two large assembly plants, including a large truck plant, the automaker has hired more than 1,000 temporary workers to fill in for absences at its plants, according to Todd Dunn, president of the local United Auto Workers chapter representing the area’s employees.
“We’re working on remaining safe inside the plants,” he said Monday. “The Covid cases are going up.”
Kentucky reported 977 new cases — its highest daily total — on Sunday. It’s seven-day average of new cases also hit a new high at 548 on Tuesday, up from 170 a month earlier.
Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said the company has hired above its normal level of temporary workers for this time of year but declined to release a total number.
Dunn called the workers who continue to work “true patriots,” specifically citing the company’s truck plant in Kentucky being critical to Ford’s profitability. He said more than a dozen workers have tested positive at the plants.
“It’s not all sugar and spice,” Dunn said. “It creates issues, problems and situations that you have to be overcome. Not all of them are easy.”
“We’re working on remaining safe inside the plants,” he said Monday. “The Covid cases are going up.”
Kentucky reported 977 new cases — its highest daily total — on Sunday. It’s seven-day average of new cases also hit a new high at 548 on Tuesday, up from 170 a month earlier.
Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said the company has hired above its normal level of temporary workers for this time of year but declined to release a total number.
Dunn called the workers who continue to work “true patriots,” specifically citing the company’s truck plant in Kentucky being critical to Ford’s profitability. He said more than a dozen workers have tested positive at the plants.
“It’s not all sugar and spice,” Dunn said. “It creates issues, problems and situations that you have to be overcome. Not all of them are easy.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/coro...miss-work.html
Laughing Gas
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From what I have read, they are not new, they just don't have full time status. So, they are experienced at the job, but have not worked full time in the past.
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I don't think this is any different than companies hiring on college students during the summer. The company I work for does this every summer, and has for years. For about 1 week during the summer when the college kids start showing up, our percentage of quality findings on the assembly lines goes up about 2-3%, and then goes back to normal and sometimes even lower after that. Most places know better than to put a temporary worker in a high skill, high risk position. As much flak as kids get these days for their work ethic, they make up for it in their attention to quality, in my experience.
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Are there no workers from the Kentucky Plant on this site to give us the scoop? I have not been on this site for too long, but doesn't Ford or a Ford representative chime in once in a while to quell rumors etc.?
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Quality control has sometimes been an issue even during normal times, if that helps. I tend to believe that Ford wouldn't throw someone who is completely green, never picked up a tool or operated a machine before, right out into the line. I wonder if they have to be union, not that it makes much difference.
From that article....
"Automakers regularly use temporary workers to fill in for vacations or to support a production ramp-up or new product launch."
From that article....
"Automakers regularly use temporary workers to fill in for vacations or to support a production ramp-up or new product launch."
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Laughing Gas
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Here is the link to the temporary worker job posting that I posted earlier:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/...ls=465480_5492
https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/...ls=465480_5492
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I'm sure workers are thoroughly instructed to zip it. Speaking for FoMoCo without authorization is how to fast track yourself to the unemployment line. Ford did at one time have an authorized representative who was a regular on the board and they often responded to minor customer service and product issues. But those things never end well and they did eventually pull the plug. There is absolutely nothing to gain since there are too many quirks in personalities to not fall into a trap.
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