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FordFord-UAW pact won't reverse trend toward outsourcingFord-UAW pact won't reverse trend toward outsourcing
Don't look for a massive shift of parts work from independent suppliers back to the Big 3 automakers just because Ford Motor Co. agreed to maintain its UAW employment at no less than 99,750, or 95% of the current 105,000 workers in the U.S.There are incentives meant to encourage Ford to consider making parts it now buys from the outside. For example, if Ford bought a plant that makes instrument panels