Steelworkers Vote Down Harley-Davidson’s Contract Offer
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI—The union that represents most of Harley-Davidson’s manufacturing plant employees in Wisconsin says the company is out of touch with the workers by making the current contract talks more about an hourly wage than workforce issues.
According to an April 8 report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, United Steelworkers Local 2-209, which represents about 730 employees at Harley’s factory in Menomonee Falls, turned down a five-year contract offer that included a 14 percent wage increase over five years and significant pension enhancements for current employees.