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TRUCKS' MAKERS * USA
* Navistar meets war-truck production goal. Plans made to counter strike
Chicago,Ill.USA -The Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg News -November 3, 2007: -- Navistar International Corp. increased output of blast-resistant trucks and met its October production targets even with a strike at the plant that makes engines for the vehicles... About 4,000 Navistar employees represented by the United Auto Workers went on strike Oct. 23 over what the union called unfair labor practices... A Garland, Texas, plant where the MaxxPro chassis is built and a West Point, Miss., plant where the trucks are assembled are not unionized and were unaffected by the strike, he said... Navistar has received orders for 2,971 MaxxPro trucks, more than any other supplier, as the Defense Department speeds delivery to Iraq to protect troops from roadside bombs. Navistar, which began production in August, still hasn't caught up to the delivery pace of Force Protection Inc., which has been shipping its Cougar trucks for combat since 2003...
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