Harley Thinks About Leaving Pennsylvania
Harley-Davidson May Move Pennsylvania Production Plant.
The AP (5/14, Strumpf) reports, “Harley-Davidson Inc. is considering closing its main motorcycle assembly facility in Pennsylvania and moving production elsewhere as it aims to lower costs and cope with a sales downturn, a company spokesman said Wednesday.” Spokesman Bob Klein said the Milwaukee-based company is “working with its union, the Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, as it conducts a review on the facility. He declined to say what other locations might be under consideration for a move.” Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey “sent a letter on Tuesday to Harley Chief Executive Keith Wandell, saying the facility is important to the local economy and calling on the company to protect the factory’s jobs.” Last month, Harley “reported a 37-percent decline in its profit for the first three months of the year. … The company has also seen a wave of turnover among its top leadership in recent months.”
sure why not just have the whole bike built in japan