Those were employee "demands"...Ford told them to eff off and get back to work.
Years ago, I ran an enthusiast site for the Explorer Sport Trac. Scores of us would drive from all over the country to the Louisville assembly plant every year for a meet. The Explorer brand management people from Detroit were always generous with support; they'd attend, donate raffle prizes, treat us to a group lunch at a venue like the Slugger museum, host an owner/product feedback session, etc.
The first year we had the meet, we asked the factory people if they'd like to play us in softball at a nearby state park and come to our cookout (we'd feed them). The response? "We don't work on Saturdays."
We never asked them again.