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The plant wa of a union ag sions to sa Macungie, Pa. ment between and its workers Oakville plant. The closure spite efforts by union 0o from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, representing 160 employees at the plant, to present a counterâ€"proposal to keep the Oakville Plant open. When the plant closure was first announced in April it sparked a woâ€"hundred and twentyâ€"five Temployees of Mack Canada Inc. were thrown onto the unemployment line when the United Statesâ€"based company closed the Oakville truck plant in August. s ment system 1 3.23%, the img than under In 1992, regional council voted to implement regionâ€"wide MVA based on 1988 property values. However, a report from Halton‘s akville property taxpayers received a bit of good news in November when Halton Reglonal Council approved a comâ€" promise for i the controâ€" versial (MVA). Altho ment system 1 3.23%, the i ould be far less than under an approved by Good news for local taxpayers Closure of Mack plant marked end of era (See ‘Tax‘ page 12) ed as a result in the United Mack workers nefit concesâ€" 0 jobs on of the agreeâ€" .S. company ed closing the labor rally outside the North Service Road plant. About 30 placâ€" ardâ€"carrying office workers were joined by representatives from the Canadian Auto Workers Union‘s head office in Toronto. In November, Oakville‘s Polywheels Manufacturing Ltd. announced it had purchased the vacant Mack Truck plant and would move its production to the North Service Road plant from its existing Third Line facility. In August, the plant finally closed without fan‘:re. A Peel Board of Education T:«iler, funded through Canada Employment and Immigration under its Job Strategies Program, was set up in the plant‘s parking lot to help workâ€" ers plan their job hunting strategies. The bitter employees comâ€" plained they were the victims of Canada‘s free trade agreement with the U.S. HOW‘D YOU MEET YOUR MATE VALENTINE CONTEST WATERFRONT FESTIVAL CASTING CALL ‘94 MARCH 1 KID‘S WEEK ACTIVITIES Closure of Mack Canada plant on North Service Road was top story of 1993 APRIL 13â€"16 GARDEN FLOWER SHOW Located at 3rd Line and Rebecca in Oakville â€" Telephone 827â€"0229 MAY 4â€"8 HOME SHOW â€" MOTHER‘S DAY PROMOTION MAY 18â€"21 FITNESS, SPORT LEISURE SHOW JUNE 27â€"30 SUMMERTIME CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS there‘s always something happening at AVER : Royal visit was something special Th Easte attended 3 service at St. Jude‘s Anglican Church. Oakville was the scene of a Royal visit in 1993 with the Prince prince akville National Theatre. The pr dent o 1131 Nottinghill Gate, Ste. 205 EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS FOR THOSE IN NEED! Chlromctic Clinic OCTOBER 6â€"8 OCTOBERFEST DECEMBER CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS SPECIAL EVENTS SEPTEMBER 6â€"11 THE CANADIAN OPEN EVENTS Nottinghill