Tag Archives: CAW
End of the line for Navistar’s Chatham plant
The end has finally come. Nearly a decade after it was first announced Chatham’s Navistar plant would close, it has become a reality. The final death knell came Tuesday — more than two years after the Richmond Street truck assembly … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian economy, Canadian employment, Trucking industry
Future of Navistar’s Chatham plant remains precarious
Navistar International Corp. (NAV) said it could decide by summer whether it will need to restart an idled assembly plant in Canada. Chairman and Chief Executive Daniel Ustian said the company has sufficient truck-making capacity at the moment, but might … Continue reading
Filed under Trucking industry
Ottawa agrees with truck study request
The full article by Bob Boughner of the Chatham Daily News can be found here Dave Van Kesteren’s request for a comprehensive study of Canada’s medium and heavy-duty truck manufacturing sector has been granted by Ottawa. Industry Ministry Tony Clement … Continue reading
Filed under Federal politics, Trucking industry
Navistar Makes No Move to Re-Open Plant, Governments Must Step in, CAW says
TORONTO, Jan. 21 /CNW/ – Following months of uncertainty, the bargaining committees from CAW Local 35 and CAW Local 127 met with senior levels of management from Navistar Thursday in Windsor, Ontario. The meeting was requested by the union, as … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian employment, Trucking industry
CAW Calls for Government Intervention after Fruitless Meeting with Navistar
WINDSOR and TORONTO, Aug. 19 /CNW/ – The CAW is calling for the Ontario government to intervene in the more than year-long stand-off between the union and heavy truck manufacturer Navistar Corporation, after talks today failed to make any progress. … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian employment, Trucking industry
Union gets foot in door with Navistar officials
There is a glimmer of hope for the Navistar International Truck and Engine plant in Chatham. Aaron Neaves, president of CAW Local 127, said the union found out late Monday afternoon the company has finally responded to its request to … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian employment, Trucking industry
Does Navistar expect to take work out of Chatham and have Canadians continue to purchase its trucks?
Talk about a Mexican stand-off — The CAW wants the Navistar plant in Chatham back up and running, with its members back on the assembly line in numbers; the municipality wants the plant operational, even if it’s not pumping out … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian economy, Canadian employment, Trucking industry
After $62 million and one year, Chatham truck plant is still idle
The Navistar assembly plant in Chatham, which received about $62 million in taxpayers’ money to stay open, has hit the one-year mark without making a heavy truck. The plant reached the dubious anniversary for non-production today as more workers drift … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian economy, Canadian employment, Trucking industry
CAW study finds job gains aren’t as great as they seem
The economic recovery is leaving workers behind, while others are toiling in “survivor” jobs with low pay and little security, states a report released Monday by the Canadian Auto Workers union. The study, called the Workers Adjustment Tracking Project, followed … Continue reading
