Ford will add 1,200 new jobs to fill a second shift at its Kansas City, MO, assembly plant, where the Transit fullsize commercial van is built.
The new hires are in addition to the 2,800 jobs added at the plant in 2012 and 2013 in support of the Transit launch and an increase in F-150 output there.
Since the 2011 UAW-Ford contract negotiations, the automaker has added 14,000 new jobs at its U.S. facilities, exceeding the commitment it made to the union.
“The job growth we have created in U.S. manufacturing is a testament to our strong partnership with the UAW, the union’s competitiveness and the growing demand for Ford’s portfolio of cars, utilities and trucks,” Joe Hinrichs, president-The Americas, says in a statement.
The Kansas City plant will employ more than 6,000 hourly workers by the end of the year, on a 2-shift pattern for Transit and a 3-crew schedule for F-150 production.
