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 meet soon for “exploratory discussions.
“That’s all we can tell you right now,” he told reporters outside Chatham-Kent council chambers after hearing a brief report on what economic development has done over the last month to help with the situation.
He added the membership needs to be informed of the date before it’s made public.
Neaves said he is “very cautiously optimistic,” but stressed they’re only exploratory discussions.
The Richmond Street truck assembly plant has sat idle for more than a year as the company and union remain stalemated over the future of the plant.
