Press release
Source: CAW/TCA
WINDSOR, ON, May 8 /CNW/ - CAW President Ken Lewenza and CUPW President Denis Lemelin, along with CAW Local 444 President Rick Laporte and CUPW Windsor Local President John Vigneaux, made a joint call to Canada Post Corporation to ensure the expected 4500-5500 new light vehicles purchased in the coming years as part of the crown corporation's motorized fleet renewal and expansion program are made in Canada, by union workers.
Both union leaders said all publicly-funded government agencies and crown corporations should have a clearly defined Buy Canadian policy for the purchases they make, in an effort to maximize the economic benefit to Canadians citizens. The pair said it's time the federal government stepped up to preserve and create jobs that are supported through strong social programs instead of destroying jobs through ever-freer international trade agreements.
Lewenza and Lemelin issued the joint statement at a press conference held earlier today at the CAW Local 200/444 union hall in Windsor, Ontario, a community devastated by tens of thousands of manufacturing job losses in recent years, in large part due to the struggling domestic auto assembly and auto parts sectors.
The joint statement between the two unions comes two months before the Chrysler Minivan Plant in Windsor is scheduled to eliminate its third shift of production, a move that will result in thousands of job cuts for workers at the plant directly and in supplier facilities throughout the region.
Source: CAW/TCA
WINDSOR, ON, May 8 /CNW/ - CAW President Ken Lewenza and CUPW President Denis Lemelin, along with CAW Local 444 President Rick Laporte and CUPW Windsor Local President John Vigneaux, made a joint call to Canada Post Corporation to ensure the expected 4500-5500 new light vehicles purchased in the coming years as part of the crown corporation's motorized fleet renewal and expansion program are made in Canada, by union workers.
Both union leaders said all publicly-funded government agencies and crown corporations should have a clearly defined Buy Canadian policy for the purchases they make, in an effort to maximize the economic benefit to Canadians citizens. The pair said it's time the federal government stepped up to preserve and create jobs that are supported through strong social programs instead of destroying jobs through ever-freer international trade agreements.
Lewenza and Lemelin issued the joint statement at a press conference held earlier today at the CAW Local 200/444 union hall in Windsor, Ontario, a community devastated by tens of thousands of manufacturing job losses in recent years, in large part due to the struggling domestic auto assembly and auto parts sectors.
The joint statement between the two unions comes two months before the Chrysler Minivan Plant in Windsor is scheduled to eliminate its third shift of production, a move that will result in thousands of job cuts for workers at the plant directly and in supplier facilities throughout the region.