Ford production line shuts down: Workers won't leave empty-handed

By Benjamin Preiss, Josh Gordon
Updated October 7 2016 - 9:08am, first published October 6 2016 - 5:17pm
Workers leaving the Ford plant at Broadmeadows. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Workers leaving the Ford plant at Broadmeadows. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Ford Australia's Broadmeadows plant. Photo: Supplied
Ford Australia's Broadmeadows plant. Photo: Supplied
Archive photo: The Ford factory at Campbellfield.
Archive photo: The Ford factory at Campbellfield.
Archive photo: Workers in the Ford factory at Geelong in 1951.   Photo: Wolfgang Sievers collection, State Library of Victoria
Archive photo: Workers in the Ford factory at Geelong in 1951. Photo: Wolfgang Sievers collection, State Library of Victoria

The painful day when cars stop rolling off the Ford production line has arrived but the factory workers who assembled the vehicles will not leave empty-handed.

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