Biden Administration Silent After Ford Ditches Ohio For Mexico

Ford announced it is moving a nearly $1 billion project from Ohio to Mexico, prompting criticism from a major labor union and silence from the Biden administration, which has pledged to invest in domestic union projects.

President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he will be the most pro-union president in history by investing significant amounts of money in domestic infrastructure spending. The previous administration spoke out loudly against outsourcing in the automotive industry. In 2017, Ford canceled a multibillion-dollar investment project in Mexico and invested $1.2 billion in three Michigan factories instead. Former president Donald Trump touted the change for creating hundreds of jobs.

Shortly before the 2020 election, Biden held a rally in Toledo, Ohio, where he addressed a group of United Auto Workers members and promised to "invest" in autoworker jobs as he criticized Trump's trade policy.