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TRUCKMAKER DISPUTE * Canada - Can we build it? Yes we can, says CAW
The CAW is furious the contract went stateside at the same time Navistar and other truckmakers are laying off hundreds of plant workers in Canada
Chatham,Ont,CAN -Today's Trucking -5 Feb 2009: -- Contrary to some claims, Navistar's heavy truck assembly plant in Chatham, Ont., can easily ramp up to build Canadian military vehicles, says the CAW's assistant to the president Robert Chernecki... In a letter to the editor at the Chatham Daily News, Chernecki disputes comments made by Navistar spokesperson Roy Wiley that the plant was built to only assemble on-highway tractors, not the class 5 military truck the Canadian government recently hired Navistar to build in Texas... The CAW is furious the contract went stateside at the same time Navistar and other truckmakers are laying off hundreds of plant workers in Canada. Citing plummeting commercial truck demand in the face of recession, Navistar has cut about 800 jobs from the Chatham plant since last September... He adds: "it boggles the mind that in the middle of a manufacturing crisis in this province and country, the federal government still does not understand the importance of buying Canadian, even if it costs a little more"... Ironically, some U.S. manufacturers, unions, and protectionist politicians are thinking the exact same thing these days about products destined for the American market but made in Canada -- Ontario-made automobiles included...
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