Fain said he entered bargaining with some preconceived ideas that turned out to be false.
“I really thought going into this that Stellantis was going to be the worst to deal with ... they really ended up being the best. They were serious; they wanted to get things done. There’s not one time in this process that they misled us or they lied to us," Fain said. "I can’t say that for Jim Farley. Jim Farley led us to believe one thing for five weeks and then did a complete 180 and denied he even said certain things or committed to certain things."
Fain didn’t provide additional details to support his criticism, and he declined to elaborate Saturday, but he said he "went ahead and talked to Bill Ford," Ford's executive chair, near the end of negotiations rather than Farley. "I do believe Bill — obviously his name is on that company — he cares about Ford.”
Nobody should believe anything Farley says.