Chennai: The decision of US auto major Ford Motor Company’s to shut down its Indian operations, including its Chennai facility, has cost a young worker dearly–wedding engagement called off.
After the girl’s family came to know about Ford’s decision to shut down its operations in Sanand by the last quarter of the current fiscal and the Chennai plant from the second quarter of 2022, the young worker’s wedding ceremony was called off.
An office-bearer of Chennai Ford Employees Union (CFEU) said that the worker was naturally upset over the decision of the girl’s family to call off the wedding engagement.
Stating that this is the first impact on workers due to the closure decision, the office-bearer said an uncertain future stares at several employees who would be affected as they have availed housing and vehicle loans and the dues
have to be paid every month.
The Ford management held two rounds of talks with its workers and Chief Minister M K Stalin held discussions with the Ford company officials at the State Secretariat in the presence of Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu.