Monday, September 13, 2010

Harley Workers Approve Contract to Freeze Pay

Harley-Davidson workers in southeastern Wisconsin approved a contract Monday that included steep concessions after the company threatened to move hundreds of production jobs out of the state.
The proposed seven-year deal includes freezing employees' pay, slashing hundreds of jobs and assigning large volumes of work to part-time workers. Some 1,140 union members who work at the Menomonee Falls plant in suburban Milwaukee voted on the deal. It was approved by a 55 to 45 percent margin.