i just read on allaboutbikes.com that harley-davidson has narrowed their choice of plant locations to replace the york, pennsylvania facility to two mid-western cities. h-d claims the 230-acre facility is outdated and the workers "inflexible" (read: union). pennsylvania stands to loose 5,000 direct jobs and countless related indirect jobs: wow, like we need to add more unemployed people to the already swollen roll? but harley sales are down 30% and last quarter's profits were down 91%, so something has to be done by management...and i think the strike in 2007 really soured them on their york workforce. despite efforts from pennsylvania governor rendell and a "save our plant ride and rally" earlier this month,
harley is outta there!
sure will miss my annual trek to york's factory open house! sad.
harley is outta there!
sure will miss my annual trek to york's factory open house! sad.
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