47,000 Hourly Ford Worker To Get $8,800 Bonus Checks

About 47,000 Ford Motor Co. U.S. hourly workers will receive bonus checks totaling more than $413 million in March based on the automaker’s performance in the North American market last year.

The per-worker payout of $8,800 tops last year’s record of $8,300.

Ford earned a pre-tax profit of $8.8 billion in North America in 2013, led by strong sales of its highly profitable F-Series pickups, its Fusion midsize sedan and its Escape compact crossover.

internationalmanofmystery - 1/28/2014 2:25:27 PM

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"Ford earned a pre-tax profit of $8.8 billion in North America in 2013, led by strong sales of its highly profitable F-Series pickups, its Fusion midsize sedan and its Escape compact crossover."


Ah, the lovely Escape...subject of a recent recall which could leave you toasted!


Job well done! (pun)

internationalmanofmystery - 1/28/2014 2:26:48 PM

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Where's James Joyce when you need him?? ...TS Elliot?

gkearns56 - 1/28/2014 5:36:58 PM

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I wouldn't buy a car built by any domestic car maker with a UAW union. Bunch of greedy, pot smoking, beer guzzling IDIOTS that should have paid every dime back they borrowed from the government for bailing their a@@ out. Hey UAW dinosaurs chew on this short video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVmKyJXHXRE

Runamukk - 1/28/2014 9:12:11 PM

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I could be wrong but isn't Ford the only one that did not take a bailout?

gkearns56 - 1/29/2014 9:24:42 AM

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GM definitely did take the money and run; don't know about Chrysler. I believe they did too. Ford did not but it doesn't change the facts about those IDIOT UAW dinosaurs.

LexSucks - 1/30/2014 12:34:20 AM

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How dare an hourly worker get a bonus check. Only CEO's, and corporate execs are allowed to get those.

gkearns56 - 1/30/2014 12:45:42 PM

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"How dare those auto companies take bailout money"; maybe they should pay back any loans FIRST, before taking bonuses for ANYONE. Instead they bilk the government, get out of paying their debt off by letting the tax payers get stuck with it. Maybe we should take their bonuses and split a few dollars with all of us since WE bailed them out.

LexSucks - 2/2/2014 2:53:12 PM

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Ford didn't take any bailout money. So your point in moot. If this were GM then you would have a point.