--Workers at a Ford Motor Co. (F) plant in Wales have threatened to strike in the face of a company decision to close the factory in 2020, the BBC reports Friday.

--A vote among members of the Unite union at Ford's Bridgend engine plant showed heavy support for a strike if the company doesn't reverse its decision to close the site, the report said.

--Ford said "changing customer demand and cost" were the reasons behind its decision to close the plant, the report said.

Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48642008?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business&link_location=live-reporting-story

--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 14, 2019 16:10 ET (20:10 GMT)

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