Auto workers rally to save Kenosha plant
Kenosha — Hundreds of auto workers rallied Monday evening to urge the Obama administration and executives at Fiat and Chrysler to reverse a decision to close the Kenosha engine plant.
The closing was signaled last week by Chrysler in court documents filed as part of the automaker’s bankruptcy proceeding.
In response, local leaders vowed a long fight to keep the factory open.
"We have a fight, and it’s an uphill grade," Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser told more than 300 people gathered at the United Auto Workers union hall. "I’m here to tell you we are down but we are not out."
The rally sought to build on outrage voiced Friday by political leaders after they learned of the decision by Chrysler to end engine production in Kenosha. Chrysler has decided to build the new line of engines at factories in Trenton, Mich., and Saltillo, Mexico.
Until Friday, Chrysler had never closed the door officially on building the new engines in Kenosha, union workers at the plant said.
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