DETROIT, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – With Ford still recovering from the loss of another 8,700 United Auto Worker employees earlier this week, the auto union president announced there would be no additional strikes today, but no promises about the near future.

“When I tell all of you members to be ready to stand up, I mean it,” Fain said. “We’re not waiting until Fridays anymore. We’re not sticking to one pattern or one system of giving these companies an extra hour or an extra day. They know what needs to happen, and they know how to get it done.”

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The UAW President clarified that the month-long ‘Stand Up’ Strike has been working, but that workers would need additional support as the strike continues.

“So tomorrow I’m calling on all of our UAW members, and our allies to head to a picket line and celebrate these members who are leading the way,” said Fain. “And not just our Big Three members, not just for the UAW, but for the entire working class. Our stand up strikers embody the best of our union.”

Fain referenced the targeted strike of Ford’s Kentucky plant on Wednesday evening, explaining its effect.

“Taking out Kentucky Truck sent a very clear message not only to Ford but to GM and Stellantis as well – don’t you dare slow walk us, or low ball us,” warned Fain, “We will take out whatever plants they force us to.”

Ford previously responded to the Kentucky strike by calling its offer “outstanding” and that it would make a “meaningful positive difference” for the lives of its 57,000 UAW represented workers.

“Kentucky Truck is Ford’s largest plant and one of the largest auto factories in America and the world,” the Dearborn based company memo said. “The vehicles produced at the Louisville-based factory – the F-Series Super Duty, the Ford Expedition and the Lincoln Navigator – generate $25 billion a year in revenue. In addition to affecting approximately 9,000 direct employees at the plant, this work stoppage will generate painful aftershocks – including putting at risk approximately a dozen additional Ford operations and many more supplier operations that together employ well over 100,000 people.”

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UAW President Fain later criticized the Big Three for their ‘Made in America’ claims.

“Well ‘Made in America’ doesn’t mean anything if it comes with falling wages, declining living standards and an uncertain future,” he said. “That’s what our fight’s about, we’re here to save the American Dream, somebody has to stand up and say enough is enough.”

Fain highlighted that the strategy of waiting until Fridays was over, and that targeted strikes could come at any time.