Bikemaker had threatened to leave town without steep concessions
(AP) - A Harley-Davidson union narrowly voted today to take a pay freeze, hundreds of job cuts, and delegate substantial work to part-timers, but the motorcycle icon will stay in Milwaukee—at least for now, reports the AP. The seven-year contract passed 55%-45%, and largely because it included a one-time payment of $12,000 to all active and laid-off workers eligible for a callback. "I was laid off, I had no chance of being called back, so yeah, I wanted the $12,000," says one. More»
