UAW leaders OK Ford deal with $8B in manufacturing investment

DETROIT — The UAW’s tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. calls for the automaker to invest more than $8 billion in manufacturing investments, including $1.2 billion in Louisville, Ky., for assembly of a new electric vehicle. The deal also puts an EV battery plant Ford is building in Marshall, Mich., and an EV campus under construction in Tennessee under the national contract.