Ford tops GM in U.S. factory jobs

Workers assemble a 2015 Ford Transit van in Kansas City, Mo. In Ford's latest round of hiring, 900 of 1,550 jobs to be added by the end of the first quarter will be at Kansas City.

February 15, 2015 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- For the first time since at least the 1930s, Ford Motor Co. employs more U.S. factory workers than its larger rival, General Motors.

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