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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    1 year ago

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

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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.

      Not due to the strike, apparently.

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