Harley Reaches Accord to Keep Plant Open, Cut Jobs
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Harley-Davidson Inc., the biggest U.S. motorcycle maker, reached a tentative labor agreement that would keep open a York, Pennsylvania, factory while reducing the number of union workers by almost half.
The seven-year accord calls for the plant, Harley’s biggest, to focus on assembly, metal fabrication and paint operations with an hourly workforce of as many as 1,100 employees, a drop from 1,950 now, said Bob Klein, a spokesman.
“The proposed agreement provides a competitive wage and benefits package that is among the best in the area while at the same time meeting the company’s need for significantly greater cost competitiveness, flexibility and efficiency,” the Milwaukee-based company said in an e-mailed statement.
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