Harley to Start Union Talks to Save Largest Factory

[Omaha Steve]

BTW, Harley-Davidson accepted card check for it's workers. Pass EFCA NOW!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=adXj3epKy3nQ

By Alex Ortolani

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Harley-Davidson Inc., the biggest U.S. motorcycle maker, will start talks in coming weeks with union workers in York, Pennsylvania, to decide the fate of the company’s largest U.S. manufacturing facility.

Harley has a plan that may keep the plant open with the union local acceptance of work-rule changes, said Pat Sweeney, a spokeswoman. The Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker is still pursuing a second option to relocate production to Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee.

“We have said from the beginning that our clear preference is to remain in York but only if the company can achieve fundamental change there by changing the labor agreement,” Sweeney said.

The decision will be one of the first major actions taken by Chief Executive Officer Keith Wandell, who took over the post in April. The company is trying to cut costs after posting eight straight declines in quarterly earnings as motorcycle sales shrank in the recession.

FULL story at link.

[clear eye]

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So sad. Who can afford a Harley in these times?

Still waiting for insulated DC to wake up to see there's no recovery in sight and they'd better act!