Bruce Roche has owned this 1988 Ford LTL-9000 since around 1990. Powered by a 400-hp Cummins BCIV with a 15-speed, the rig was used on the highway before being semi-retired to Roche's farm operation.

The UAW strike against the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant is a signal that hourly workers are willing to inflict — and sustain — increasingly serious financial pain to achieve their goals during labor ...