InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Ford reaches tentative labor deal with United Auto Workers union By financialnews_rlv83x - October 31, 2019 0 118 Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union on Wednesday announced a tentative agreement for a new labor deal, allowing the No. 2 U.S. automaker to avoid a strike like the one that cost its larger rival General Motors Co about US$3 billion.