Tag Archives: Ken Lewenza
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
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
Bottom line is Navistar employees want to go back to work
Navistar workers in Chatham are only asking for decency, respect and a job. And, they’re at a point in their battle where they need the power of the government to step up to the plate. “For the last 10 years, … Continue reading
Ford turns up nose at unprecedented offer to save St. Thomas Assembly Plant
In a last-ditch effort to save the St. Thomas assembly plant, the province and Canadian Auto Workers made offers of cash and unprecedented concessions — but Ford Motor Co. said no. The province offered as much as $150 million and … Continue reading
80% of CAW Local 1520 membership vote in favour of new deal
TORONTO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ – Thousands of CAW members working at Ford facilities in Oakville, Windsor, St. Thomas and Bramalea have voted in favour of a new agreement, ratifying the deal by 83 per cent during a series of meetings … Continue reading
Filed under Automotive Industry, City of St. Thomas
A done deal – Ford to close St. Thomas plant in 2011, shed 1,400 jobs
MONTREAL — US automaker Ford Motor Co. will shutter one of its manufacturing plants in Canada in 2011, a move that will cut 1,400 jobs, the Canadian Auto Workers said Friday. As part of a cost-reduction agreement between the company’s … Continue reading
St. Thomas Assembly Plant … “it is not looking good”
The future of the St. Thomas assembly plant was discussed yesterday and the automaker repeated there is no product for the local plant after 2011, Lewenza said. The Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car are produced at … Continue reading
