Harley-Davidson Inc. says Kansas City is one of the proposed cities where the motorcycle company might relocate some production.
Company spokesman Bob Klein said Friday a number of alternate sites remain on the table. He declined to say which other sites, or how many, are being considered.
Klein says he’s confirming Kansas City because a union leader revealed the site to members in a letter.
Harley-Davidson has been a Milwaukee institution since it was founded 107 years ago. But the company has threatened to move its Wisconsin production — and up to 1,630 jobs — to another state if local unions don’t agree to a number of cost-saving concessions.
The company says it expects to make its decision by mid-September.
corporate wickedness knows no bottom
Union wickedness knows no bottom
I knew I should have bought a goldwing. No more harley’s for me.
God willing they move! And God willing more and more companies will do the same until the communist spines of the unions are snapped in two like a very brittle twig.
Unions have killed the trade show business in Chicago and they are killing jobs in manufacturing companies throughout the Midwest and country. In the Obama economy, it is ludicrous that unions think that they can continue to get more and more each negotiation. There is a limit and the unions have hit it.
The town off fondulac gave mercury marine insentives to stay can’t the big city of milwaukee do the same for kenosha wisconsin
Unions realize the company ultimately pays the workers the wages the company needs to survive and be competitive. Harley employees are well paid and will blink since they have no other choice.
Taxpayers should never cough up cash to a private business, only lower taxes to do business for all in the area.
A clarification of which state would be nice: Kansas City, Missouri., or Kansas City, Kansas?
I’ll buy the first HD bike that comes off the new non-union assemblyline.
I like to use my RR Silvercloud around town here in Scottsdale, but a HD non-union cycle would be fun on our manny, manny sunny week-ends.
unions were the backbone of america why do you bush lovers wanting to bust them up….stand firm unions
It makes no mention of the yearly salary or hourly wages, so that is why the paper is read by fewer people.
They should move the company to tibet,then ship the parts to greenland to be melted down then reform the parts in the antarctica,then the bike bike parts can be made in an under water base then shipped to wisconsin covered in cheese then shipped to minnesota to be cleaned then sold at flea markets and local bars and secrete government locations.(PS)Then it can be called an american made motorcycle.