The National United Auto Workers strike hadn't directly affected Louisville until last night in a surprise move.

Workers from the Kentucky Ford truck plant joined the strike.

About 8700 workers walked off the job.

UAW President John Fein hopes this move makes a statement to Ford and gets the company to finally meet worker demands on higher pay.

That's exactly what picketers told us.

So when back what we what was taken from us back in 2008 just to keep the company afloat at a rough time, we let go of a lot of our benefits and we're just trying to win it back, especially collar and our pension.

I think those are the biggest things that we really want to see back.

Members of the UAW said they will be in front of the plant 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Governor Andy Beshear put out a statement about Louisville workers joining the UAW strike.

The governor said, quote, The UAW represents thousands of our hardworking families and Ford is an important employer in Kentucky.

We need both a strong UAW and Ford.

My hope is that they can reach an agreement quickly, one that works for both sides and moves everyone forward.

Unquote.

Governor Bashir's opponent, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, put out this statement, quote, Not even the members of the United Auto Workers can withstand the effects of bad nomics.

I hope the UAW and Ford can reach a swift resolution.

But Biden nomics is responsible for driving up costs, which drives down household income in Kentucky.

Instead of ending Biden nomics, Andy Beshear pledged his support for four more years of it yesterday, unquote.

The United Auto Workers Union has endorsed Governor Beshear in the Kentucky governor's race.

A group of Democratic state lawmakers also commented on the Louisville workers joining the strike.

The Kentucky House Democratic Caucus says it supports Kentucky truck plant workers and says they deserve their share of Ford's economic growth.