Harley's York workers go on strike February 2, 2007 - BizTimes Daily More than 2,700 union machinists went on strike at Harley-Davidson Inc.'s manufacturing plant in York, Pa., this morning. The members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) voted Wednesday to authorize a strike after rejecting the company's contract offer, which would have reduced pay for new hires, required employees to pay part of their health insurance premiums and forced concessions in pensions. In anticipation of the strike, Milwaukee-based Harley shut down production at its York plant, which is the company's largest. York workers said the company's contract proposal was a "betrayal" to the workforce. "Harley-Davidson has no business behaving like they're on the brink of bankruptcy," said Tom Buffenbarger, international president of the IAM. "When Harley was flat on its back in the 1980's, it was union members who refused to let it die. Harley went on to become an international success story but they've obviously forgotten how they got this far
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