“We will give the green light at the end of the day if our local union leadership feels comfortable with that. I’m going to have another call [Friday] with the heads of all of our locals at the auto plants to make sure things are still moving properly. But as of now, we haven’t heard this big outcry saying, ‘Don’t do it; it’s too early.’ We haven’t heard any of that.
“The impact that [Canada has] had has been significant, but we haven’t had the types of deaths and realities that they’ve had to deal with, especially in Michigan. …
“As of now, we’re proceeding [with the proposed timelines]. But that could change at any minute.”
The next day, Unifor Local 444 President David Cassidy added that plants aren’t yet ready:
“We’ll listen to the health experts, not the company. This is about health and safety, not capital or sales.”
