The Fiat-Chrysler Windsor Assembly Plant is on track for a May 19 re-opening.
Unifor Local 444 President Dave Cassidy spoke to CTV Windsor and says measures have been put in place to keep workers safe from COVID-19.
"I can tell you they have done a tremendous job both inside and outside in a short time," he says.
The union leader says FCA has always focused on the health and safety of its workers, but they've increased that focus with the pandemic in place.
"When the main chain goes down in that assembly plant, people are running and now they have a different approach to make sure that people's safety is first and foremost prior to that main chain running," says Cassidy.
Cassidy tells CTV Windsor the union is still figuring out how many people will be heading back to work.
"We don't know what that looks like, if it's one shift. We're still having discussions around what the actual shift recall will look like," he says.
Most U.S. operations will begin the week of May 18 as well, but the Victoria Day holiday in Canada will see Canadian operations begin a day later.
Production was halted at all Big 3 plants on March 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
— with files from CTV Windsor