A Detroit area Ford dealership owned by auto retail giant Lithia Motors Inc. "let go" an employee who posted an inflammatory comment about the UAW on social media — around the time thousands of Ford workers went on strike last week.
Suburban Ford of Ferndale on Sunday posted an apology on its Facebook page for "hateful" comments it said were made by "a former parts department employee." The dealership's post has since been taken down.
The employee had made several comments on a Facebook page geared for UAW members to talk about contract negotiations with the Detroit 3.
It was not immediately clear when the worker made the comments or what post they were responding to. But in screenshots shared over the weekend, the employee said in one comment: "Umm how about they want to work 32 hours but get paid for 40 hours.....?" In another, they wrote, "I work for a Ford dealership so depending on how bad this gets it could affect me." In a third comment, they wro…