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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: mystery-ak on May 15, 2018, 02:50:04 pm
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by John Binder 14 May 2018Washington, D.C.
Harley-Davidson, the iconic American motorcycle company, is set to lay off hundreds of American workers at its Kansas City, Missouri factory while creating jobs in Thailand.
After laying off nearly 200 American manufacturing workers last year, as Breitbart News reported, Harley-Davidson is expected to fully close its Kansas City manufacturing facility, leaving 800 workers out of work.
Harley-Davidson executives say about 400 jobs will be sent to the corporation’s York, Pennsylvania manufacturing plant, but union workers allege their jobs are being sent overseas to Thailand.
In remarks to USA Today, a manufacturing worker who’s been at Harley-Davidson for more than 20 years will lose his job at the Kansas City Harley-Davidson facility. He says his job is going to Bangkok, Thailand, where the corporation is expanding jobs.
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/14/report-harley-davidson-laying-off-hundreds-of-american-workers-sending-jobs-to-thailand/ (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/14/report-harley-davidson-laying-off-hundreds-of-american-workers-sending-jobs-to-thailand/)
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Harley-Davidson bars media from annual meeting, but can’t hide poor performance
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/harley-davidson-bars-media-from-annual-meeting-but-cant-hide-poor-performance-2018-05-14 (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/harley-davidson-bars-media-from-annual-meeting-but-cant-hide-poor-performance-2018-05-14)
President Donald Trump greets Harley-Davidson executives and union representatives
Harley-Davidson Inc. decided at the last minute to bar media from its annual meeting last Thursday, says its local Milwaukee, WI paper, but the conflict avoidance strategy may backfire, governance experts say.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that the company told the paper on Wednesday it was not allowing any news media, including the local paper, to attend the meeting, which was held at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee.
That was a big change from previous years when it was jamboree-type event, held on Saturdays and attended by hundreds of people, including the media....
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Not a big surprise.
It's been in the wind for a while.
Sad to see it happen.
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Not a big surprise.
It's been in the wind for a while.
Sad to see it happen.
Yep.
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OMG! Ronald Reagan imposed tariffs!