Union Slams Ford for Idling Michigan Battery Plant Project

Ford Motor Co. was blasted by its largest labor union for halting construction on a $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan amid scrutiny of its ties to a Chinese battery maker by Republican lawmakers.

The proposed plant near Marshall, Michigan, is expected to employ 2,500 workers and produce enough batteries to power 400,000 electric vehicles a year. But Ford’s decision earlier Monday puts the facility — and its jobs — in limbo.

“This is a shameful, barely-veiled threat by Ford to cut jobs,” United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said in a post Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter ...