Looking for a right to work state?
To paraphrase David Crockett, Harley-Davidson should say to the unions: “You can go to Hell, we’re going to Texas.”
...next thing we’ll see is Mexican outsourcing and a new brand, Harlito’s.
I wonder what this will do to my Harley Davidson stock. I am two months away from my annual look at my portfolio.
I noticed a lot of harley stores have closed. I saw a sweet NOS Beull in the Rockford store for half price. They were a recipient of a lot of the “home refinance as ATM” money. Take that away and their customer base shrinks substantially. It also puts a lot of “used but like new” bikes on the market.
um... the wawatusa (I know I spelled it wrong) facility is not in millwaukee, and it is an power train plant, not a final assembly plant.
and what they churn out are not harley ‘choppers’. if they can’t get the simply stuff right, how can one trust the rest of the article.
So, you don’t think they’ll be relocating to California?
I was just at our County Fair and there was a booth devoted to a new American motorcycle that looked beautiful and cost way less than a Harley. I think it was called Liberty ??? I’m not a motorcycle lfan, but the machine looked well made on the surface. My husband (the engineer) remarked the same.
This will certainly be a blow to Milwaukee if this closure happens.
Harley!?!
107?
You didn’t look that old when we met for lunch!
Both Boeing and BMW found SC to be a friendly environment!
Close the union sh*thole down and move to SC or a conservative state. Is this why their engines have been so sh**ty for so long?> Young labor.
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Hmmmm.... This could increase the sales value of my loaded 2002 Road King Classic. Good, I’ve been thinking about selling it because of health issues.
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Iowa has “Right to Work,” but it hasn’t helped.
Agree if HOG should move anywhere, it should be to a right-to-work state. I’m not a Harley owner but I predict if they do move to Mexico, it will be the beginning of the end of the company.
HOG is earning 10%+ op profit already. Labor costs are above-the-line, which enables them to earn a 30% gross margin with union labor today. The shareholders need to think long and hard about a management team that puts this kind of very acceptable return and one of the worlds greatest brands at risk just to chisel a few points off labor cost while killing thousands of US jobs.
Move ‘em to South Carolina. Great business climate, and they’d love it down there—no helmet laws.
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Move to Oklahoma, just like Boeing’s California plant, a very business friendly state.
Taking no more calls, we have a winner!!!!!
By all means move it to Texas. We could always use 2,650 new jobs. Let us have the production and you keep the bad weather up north.
Better yet, move the whole operation, we don’t have a state income tax.
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from> http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/05/13/harley-davidson-considering-moving-york-factory/
Harley Davidson Considering Moving York Factory
by Paul Crowe - “The Kneeslider” on 5/13/2009
Harley Davidson considers York moveHarley Davidson is considering moving its operations in York, PA. The number of employee hours it takes to manufacture a Softail or touring bike, the models produced in York, is too high and, according to the company, the process must be restructured.
Closing the York facility is one of the options the company is currently considering in a study to be completed this year. There was no word on where the facility would be moved if it were closed. About 2,650 people are employed at two York plants
I’m not from South Dakota, but I hear they like business over there. Low taxes, and all that.