Ford lays off more employees amid UAW strike, bringing total to nearly 1,800

Ford announced Friday it was laying off another 495 employees due to the United Auto Workers strike.
Most layoffs, 371, come from the Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio. Another 94 employees were laid off from the Lima Engine Plant in Ohio, and 25 employees were laid off from the Sterling Axle Plant beginning on Oct. 5 through Oct. 9. This brings the total number of employees laid off since the start of the strike last month to 1,794.
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“While we are doing what we can to avoid layoffs, we have no choice but to reduce production of parts that would be destined for a plant that is on strike,” Vice President of Manufacturing and Labor Affairs for Ford Blue Bryce Currie said in a statement. “Strike-related layoffs are an un …