The action finally got the attention of the press. All three major local news outlets were at the plant yesterday, many quoting Ford as saying they lost millions of dollars due to the plant shutdown. Two sets of workers left the plant Wednesday. The another 1000 who came for the afternoon shift were sent home shortly after they came in. We were not at the employer gates, we were strickly at the two loading docks.
Talks resume today between the unions and advertisers.
This time it was the advertisers who requested to get back to the table. Union activists are optimistic that a deal will be reached by the weekend. If an agreement is not reached, check out the Chicago actors on the south side again.