CHATHAM, Ontario, July 14 — Navistar International said today that it had reached a settlement with the Canadian Auto Workers, ending a strike at an Ontario truck factory that began on June 1.þþTerms of the two-year agreement were not disclosed, pending a vote by the union. The 645 striking workers of C.A.W. Local 127 will vote on Monday, Navistar said today. Navistar is the world's fourth-largest truckmaker.þþThe company resumed talks with the union on Saturday after a meeting between executives and union officials in Detroit on Friday that set negotiation guidelines. The strike began after Navistar and the union failed to agree on $14 million in wage concessions and other cost cuts at the heavy-duty truck plant in Chatham, Ontario.þþThe two sides last held talks on June 18 aimed at ending the strike, but failed to reach an agreement. The next day, Navistar said that it planned to use temporary employees to resume production at Chatham.þþNavistar was building about 39 trucks a day on one shift at Chatham before the strike began. It built 40 trucks last week using managers for production work. The company said last week that the strike was having little effect on its production since it was on track to increase production at a lower-cost factory in Escobedo, Mexico, to about 58 trucks a day by the end of the month from 31 before the strike.þþThe company, based in Warrenville, Ill., won a court order July 8 prohibiting the strikers from blocking temporary employees from entering the Chatham plant.þ
Source: NY Times
