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一 | DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future.In a rare speech during contract talks in the company's hometown of Dearborn, Michigan, Ford said high labor costs could limit spending to develop new vehicles and invest in factories. “It’s the absolute lifeblood of our company. And if we lose it, we will lose to the competition. America loses. Many jobs will be lost,” said the great grandson of company founder Henry Ford.The company, he said, builds more vehicles in America and has more United Auto Workers employees than any company, which has increased its costs in a highly competitive industry.Ford has 57,000 UAW workers compared with 46,000 at GM and 43,000 at Stellantis. “Many of our competitors moved jobs to Mexico as we added jobs here in the U.S.,” Ford said.The company is near an impasse with the United Auto Workers union, which walked out in targeted strikes at all three Detroit automakers on Sept. 15, Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world, the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. Ford said the strike at the Kentucky plant is harming tens of thousands of Americans who work for parts suppliers and Ford dealers. The strike also could cause a fragile parts supply base to collapse, he said. “If it continues, it will have a major impact on the American economy and devastate local communities,” he said.There was no immediate response from the UAW early Monday. Ford, only the fourth family member to lead the 120-year-old company, said he has watched other companies lose their auto industries, then all of their manufacturing base. He said strong American manufacturing is essential for national security. “We need to come together to bring an end to this acrimonious round of talks,” Ford said. “I still believe in a bright future – one that we can build together. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. We will continue to be there when America needs us most.”Last week, after the Kentucky strike began, a top Ford executive said on a conference call with reporters that Ford had reached the limit in how much it was willing to spend to end the strike. The speech from Ford arrives with the entire auto industry making a historic and expensive shift from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.UAW President Shawn Fain has said Ford and crosstown rivals General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis are making billions in profits, and that workers should get a share. He says the workers should be repaid for sacrificing general pay raises, cost of living adjustments and agreeing to lower wage tiers to keep the companies afloat during the Great Recession.The union began striking at targeted factories after its contracts with the companies expired. It started picketing one assembly plant from each company, but that has since spread to 38 parts warehouses at GM and Jeep maker Stellantis. The UAW later added another assembly plant at both GM and Ford.Last Wednesday Fain made the surprise announcement that the union would walk out at the Kentucky plant, which makes Super Duty pickups and large Ford and Lincoln SUVs.About 34,000 of the union's 146,000 employees at all three automakers are now on strike.Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford Blue, the company’s internal combustion engine business, told reporters Thursday that Ford stretched to get to the offer it now has on the table.The apparently widening labor rift suggests Ford and the union may be in for a lengthy strike that could cost the company and workers billions of dollars.Fain said on Wednesday that Ford told UAW bargainers for nearly two weeks that it would make another counteroffer on economic issues. But at a meeting called by the union, the company didn’t increase its previous offer, Fain said. “Ford hasn’t gotten the message” to bargain for a fair contract, Fain said in announcing the walkout by 8,700 workers at the company’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville.“We’ve been very patient working with the company on this,” he said in a video. “They have not met expectations, they’re not even coming to the table on it.”Galhotra called Ford’s offer “incredibly positive” and said Ford never indicated to the union that it would be increased.“We have been very clear we are at the limit,” he said on a conference call with reporters. “We risk the ability to invest in the business and profitably grow. And profitable growth is in the best interest of everybody at Ford.”The company has a set amount of money, but is willing to move dollars around in a way that might fit the union’s needs, he said, adding that he still thinks it’s possible to reach a deal.The union has said Ford’s general wage offer is up to 23% over four years and that it has reinstated cost of living raises. GM and Stellantis were at 20%. But Fain said none was high enough.。 入厂39年来，他始终扎根生产第一线，勤学苦练钻研技术，从一名车床学徒，一路成长为抚顺市技术状元、辽宁省功勋高级人才、国家级技能大师工作室领创人、全国劳动模范，完成了由“蓝领工人”到“大国工匠”的圆梦历程。他就是抚顺特殊钢股份有限公司机修厂车工张辉。 抚顺特钢机修厂承担着抚顺特钢机械配件生产和高温合金、高强钢等各种钢锭、钢坯、钢材的表面加工任务。作为一名车工，自打参加工作以来，张辉就立志做好本职工作，在技术上争创一流。 为了提高技艺，他虚心向师傅请教，认真研读专业书籍，在工作中潜心研究，注重找寻着操作的诀窍，这使他拥有了“一身绝活儿”。通过多年的积累与钻研，张辉对抚顺特钢生产研制的高温合金、高强钢100多个牌号的各个钢种锭、坯、材等的加工工艺、加工效率和加工质量进行优化创新。通过工艺改进，在完成正常配件生产的同时，共为公司内部炼钢、轧钢、锻钢等单位完成钢锭、各种高强钢、高温合金、钛合金钢材的成品、半成品材表面加工任务上千批次、近万吨。 多年来，张辉还承担多个公司级项目，改进技术工艺，为公司创造可观的经济效益。他开展的《提高加工材车削效率》项目，获得冶金行业项目一等奖。《改变新工艺加工GH4413小棒圆高温合金》项目获得抚顺市职工技术创新成果奖、辽宁省劳模和职工创新工作室优秀创新成果奖。 抚顺特殊钢股份有限公司机修厂车工张辉说：“企业的发展需要大量的高技能人才，我要把更多的生产实践经验传授给这些年轻的技术工人，让更多的高技能人才涌现出来，为企业发展作出贡献。
二 | ” 2014年，张辉劳模创新工作室和技能大师工作站相继成立。他带领团队立足企业需要，开展多项技术攻关，解决钢种研制生产和机械零件制作领域涉及机械加工的重点、难点问题。搭建技术交流平台，培养高素质、高技能人才，把高超的技能和精湛的技艺传授给更多的人。张辉发挥“传、帮、带”作用，将自己的技术，毫无保留地传授给公司员工。近几年，通过培训共为抚顺特钢培养出来国家认可的高级技师7人，技师2人，高级技工13人。 责任编辑：李丹。
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