⛑ Ford effectively assumes operational control of Webasto's Plymouth plant to help resolve Bronco top supply issue

[mtrombet]

Wabasto plant less than a mile away from my home, drove by there this morning UAW had people out there with signs encouraging union organization

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[RobPS]

Does it seem like Ford is making things better at the plant? Any progress that can be shared?

 

[North7]

Wabasto plant less than a mile away from my home, drove by there this morning UAW had people out there with signs encouraging union organization

Yeah, that's it, let's have a strike, shut the plant down, hardtops, who needs them.





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[Eric L]

Does it seem like Ford is making things better at the plant? Any progress that can be shared?

yeah, has anybody heard of a new daily production number for MICs? I'm curious if there is improvement...

 

[rmc523]

Not sure if you guys knew this but the deep freeze that happened in Texas a little while ago resulted in a massive hit to the petrochemical industry including precursors to producing plastics like polypropylene. Could be an RM supply issue.

impossible. No outside factors matter. Ford should’ve had contingencies for all of them. Ford is just a bunch of complete morons that have no idea what they’re doing!!!









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[Wanted33]

Not sure what you mean by not doing due diligence. Webasto is a mega-global company renowned for what they do. One of many examples, a press release from 5/30/18:

FCA US Awarded Webasto with Innovation Supplier of the Year Award

And that's just one example. They make a ton of stuff for a ton of auto makers. They aren't some tiny start up that Ford didn't research well enough.

@RBF 1401 And that's the thing I can't understand Tricia. Webasto makes the Jeep hard tops, and the convertible tops for the C8 Corvette (and those aren't simple tops either). There seems to be no problems with FCA, and GM getting their tops. Where did it go wrong with the Bronco hard top? Just makes me wonder.

 

[Hopeless Diamond]

They had to stand up a brand new facility just as the pandemic started. They've been making Jeep tops for a long time and have the factory and management team sorted out, the Corvette didn't have the volume issues I assume.

 

[Bronco2021RV]

Wabasto plant less than a mile away from my home, drove by there this morning UAW had people out there with signs encouraging union organization

Great something else to f things up more. Some people just want and need a job.

 

[Sundancer]

Wabasto plant less than a mile away from my home, drove by there this morning UAW had people out there with signs encouraging union organization

just what they don't need, the UAW. They are so corrupt and many of the big bosses are in jail. One strike and the hard tops would be done for the summer.

 

[Wookiee]

Yeah, that's it, let's have a strike, shut the plant down, hardtops, who needs them.


Ummm, don’t think they can strike if they aren’t in the union


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[Wookiee]

just what they don't need, the UAW. They are so corrupt and many of the big bosses are in jail. One strike and the hard tops would be done for the summer.

Guess who’s making YOUR Bronco….a UAW union member, if you’re so anti union move along to an import

 

[Carolina Jim]

I feel this is absolutely the most important thread on the forum right now. I check it everyday to see if there is any actual new news about the hard top production.

I was kibbitzing with my dealer management today; relaying some of the positives PremierDrum has posted. They're the largest Ford dealer in a big Ford state; he gets a weekly briefing from Dearborn, and had just gotten off the phone with them.

My guy was not encouraged in the least about tops. Something to the effect MIC (does that now stand for Maybe-I'm-Coming) would be in as short supply as imaginable.

The drama continues.

 

[Bison]

Guess who’s making YOUR Bronco….a UAW union member, if you’re so anti union move along to an import

Talked with a union carpenter working at one of my schools I take care of and asked how the union was doing, if they had a lot of work. He said yeah but moral was real low. The head of there union was stealing money and got caught. Basically didn’t get in any trouble but was kicked out. The man who took over was his brother and was in the finance department. They aren’t to happy about that.
Both my parents belonged to a union and it was good. I was going to join but there was 6,000 sitting the bench when I started my apprenticeship. Unions are only as good as the people running them just like everything else.

 

[Wookiee]

Talked with a union carpenter working at one of my schools I take care of and asked how the union was doing, if they had a lot of work. He said yeah but moral was real low. The head of there union was stealing money and got caught. Basically didn’t get in any trouble but was kicked out. The man who took over was his brother and was in the finance department. They aren’t to happy about that.
Both my parents belonged to a union and it was good. I was going to join but there was 6,000 sitting the bench when I started my apprenticeship. Unions are only as good as the people running them just like everything else.

I agree 100% with your statement, I myself am a union member(non auto related) . I’ve seen first hand the downright criminal things that have happened as a result of them, thankfully A LOT of things have changed. I just didn’t want this to go off the rails and turn into a union bashing thread when unionized workers only account for about 12% of the total workforce.

 

[Bison]

I agree 100% with your statement, I myself am a union member(non auto related) . I’ve seen first hand the downright criminal things that have happened as a result of them, thankfully A LOT of things have changed. I just didn’t want this to go off the rails and turn into a union bashing thread when unionized workers only account for about 12% of the total workforce.

I get it.

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