KC's Harley Davidson plant to close

[redfan]

Gonna lose about 800 jobs. Damn

http://www.kansascity.com/news/busin...197340544.html

[Fish]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Its going to be different thats for sure. Its been less than 100 years when 90% of the people in the USA's dream was to be a farmer. They couldn't imagine our society. We are evolving pretty damn quickly. When we dont have to work doing mundane tasks to provide food, this evolution curve is going to escalate even more.

[Randallflagg]

Originally Posted by Fish

That pic (from the movie) is worth 10,000 words (literally). I have no doubt whatsoever that we won't end up like that in the future and I thank God each day that I am an old man and won't live to see it.

Bad enough to see my Grandson sitting on his ass playing video games...

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by seaofred

Was the KC plant, Union?

2 of them. International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers and United Steelworkers District 11.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by seaofred

Was the KC plant, Union?

Production workers at York, KC, and Milwaukee are all union workers. The managerial, administrative and such positions at those plants are not union.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Otter

Production workers at York, KC, and Milwaukee are all union workers. The managerial, administrative and such positions at those plants are not union.

+1

I guess facility workers, not management could be in a union but office jobs should be the new frontier.

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[redfan]

Harley-Davidson took its tax cut, closed a factory, and rewarded shareholders

Well damn. Ain't that a biznatch, KC?

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by redhed

Harley-Davidson took its tax cut, closed a factory, and rewarded shareholders

Well damn. Ain't that a biznatch, KC?

From your link




In September 2017, House Speaker Paul Ryan traveled to a Harley-Davidson plant in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, to tout the Republican tax bill, which President Trump would sign later that year. “Tax reform can put American manufacturers and American companies like Harley-Davidson on a much better footing to compete in the global economy and keep jobs here in America,” Ryan told workers and company leaders.



Four months later and 500 miles away in Kansas City, Missouri, 800 workers at a Harley-Davidson factory were told they would lose their jobs when the plant closed its doors and shifted operations to a facility in York, Pennsylvania — a net loss of 350 jobs. Workers and union representatives say they didn’t see it coming.



Just days later, the company announced a dividend increase and a stock buyback plan to repurchase 15 million of its shares, valued at about $696 million.


It’s a pattern that’s played out over and over since the tax cuts passed — companies profit, shareholders reap the benefits, and workers get left out.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by redhed

Harley-Davidson took its tax cut, closed a factory, and rewarded shareholders

Well damn. Ain't that a biznatch, KC?

Literally nobody is surprised. I mean, that was the expectation for many companies.

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Vox

Hahaha.

[MahiMike]

I was recently in the need of a source of transportation and seriously considered a bike. I went to talk to a guy at work who has ridden forever and he showed me his scars.

There's just too many horrible drivers out there. I've avoided a dozen accidents by being alert and maneuvering around the situation. Forget bikes man.