Cequent Towing Products has been in Goshen for many years, that is, for now. We are the more than 350 union folks who have helped make Cequent a successful, strong business. A year ago it was successful to the tune of more than $350 million. Apparently that is not enough for Cequent. We have been informed that the plant may close and go to Mexico.
Six months ago a line we helped develop (two years ago) and negotiate a wage for, went to Mexico. Guess who trained the people who would be taking our jobs? We did. Cequent told us these jobs would stay here in Goshen, in the U.S. This was the promise they made to us and the city of Goshen. They made that promise to the city fathers and asked for an abatement and got it. Cequent said it would crate good jobs for the community and invest the savings back into the plant. Well, they did. They invested and then sent part of the work to Mexico. Now they want to take their toys and move it all out of the country that helped them be what they are today, a prosperous U.S. business with a productive union work force.
We feel that leaving is the wrong decision. Many of us have spent most of our working lives here and our families are here. Cequent may make more money elsewhere, but at what cost? Our friends, our families and the businesses in this town will all suffer from this decision. As Americans, we deserve better, as working families we should get support now that we are in trouble. As taxpayers who aren’t getting any relief, we want to know when our jobs are gone, will we get an abatement from the city, too?
— Brian Wilson, president
On behalf of United Steelworkers Local 9550
Goshen
Letters to the Editor
Cequent about to make a mistake
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Remember the amnesty law of ’86?
The “Gang of Eight” U.S. Senate members have drafted an immigration bill that’s worse then the amnesty bill signed into law by Ronald Reagan in 1986. S. 744 gives those here illegally instant Registered Provisional Immigrant status, which means they are free from being deported if they register for amnesty.
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Don’t ignore signs of someone contemplating suicide
Everyone has issues that they have to deal with in their lives. It’s when we become overwhelmed and our issues become so drastic that they are unbearable that the results can be catastrophic. Suicide is a desperate attempt to escape suffering that has become unbearable.
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Why do immigrants come to the U.S. illegally?
With the current increased interest in fixing our broken immigration system both political parties are putting forth legislation.
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Safety along C.R. 35 is a concern
This letter is meant to bring awareness and hopefully corrections in regard to C.R. 35 in Elkhart County. Something needs to be done immediately to enforce the laws pertaining to the use of C.R. 35.
- Emphasis on gun control makes you wonder
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Goshen should stick with ‘Redskins’
I must respond to the letter to the editor from Mr. Ron Chupp (The Goshen News, May 9). What’s in a name, Mr. Chupp? I too have a Native American heritage, and for some reason, I am not offended by the term Redskins, or brown skins or any other color of skins.
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More important issues than a nickname
I would like to, in the most respectful way possible, respond to Mr. Chupp’s letter (The Goshen News, May 9) regarding the ongoing debate over the term “Redskins” being used as the nickname and mascot for the Goshen school system.
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There is hope through God
May I share what happened to me after praying about the issue of whether to have guns carried by school authorities at Goshen High School. While calling out to God, my question was: Why have we as a nation come to trusting in government agencies, such as Homeland Security, rather than obeying the Constitution in what you have declared through our forefathers?
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Sheriff has this reader's support
This letter is in defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and in response to Shari Mellin’s letter (The Goshen News, May 8) about Sheriff Brad Rogers not obeying the laws related to anti-gun legislation
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‘Redskins’ nickname is offensive
The question posed (in the May 5 edition) was, “What’s in a Name?” In the case of the GHS (Redskins) mascot, it is insult, degradation, racism, and an ongoing slap-in-the face reminder of the disgusting manner in which my Native American ancestors were treated by Europeans.
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