Navistar union: don’t give up
Navistar workers have made a significant impact and should play a role in the future, said a labour delegation to Chatham- Kent council on Monday.
More than 150 people took part in a march from Canadian Auto Workers headquarters to the Civic Centre to raise awareness on the idled truck-making facility.
Aaron Neaves, CAW Local 127 president, said a grassroots effort is needed to lobby senior levels of government to get involved.
“The Navistar plant is important,” he said. “Too important to let slip away.”
He said the economy is on the upswing with a higher demand projected for heavy-duty trucks.
“We need to ensure our plant and our community take part in this recovery,” he said.
In the 1990s, the Richmond Street facility employed more than 2,000 workers. The plant was idled at the end of June last year when the last contract expired.
