Editing Harley-Davidson (section)

===2007 strike===
On February 2, 2007, upon the expiration of their union contract, about 2,700 employees at Harley-Davidson Inc.'s largest manufacturing plant in [[York, Pennsylvania]], went on strike after failing to agree on wages and health benefits.<ref>{{Cite news |title=2,700 union workers strike Harley-Davidson|agency=United Press International |date=February 2, 2007|url=http://www.newsdaily.com/Business/UPI-1-20070202-12373100-bc-us-harleydavidson.xml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927164833/http://www.newsdaily.com/Business/UPI-1-20070202-12373100-bc-us-harleydavidson.xml|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Strike shuts down Harley-Davidson plant, Company suspends production of motorcycles amid contract dispute|publisher=Associated Press via NBC News|date=February 2, 2007|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16941254|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923220703/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16941254|url-status=live}}</ref> During the pendency of the strike, the company refused to pay for any portion of the striking employees' health care.<ref>{{cite news |title=Striking Harley workers take hits in the pocketbook|newspaper=The York Dispatch |date=February 12, 2007|url=http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_5211461|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222082222/http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_5211461|archive-date=February 22, 2007}}</ref>

The day before the strike, after the union voted against the proposed contract and to authorize the strike, the company shut down all production at the plant. The York facility employs more than 3,200 workers, both union and non-union.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Harley closes big plant on strike threat|agency=United Press International |date=February 1, 2007|url=http://www.newsdaily.com/Business/UPI-1-20070201-18094300-bc-us-harley.xml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927164852/http://www.newsdaily.com/Business/UPI-1-20070201-18094300-bc-us-harley.xml|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>

Harley-Davidson announced on February 16, 2007, that it had reached a labor agreement with union workers at its largest manufacturing plant, a breakthrough in the two-week-old strike.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Deal ends Harley-Davidson strike|year=2007|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17192748|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923220748/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17192748|url-status=live}}</ref> The strike disrupted Harley-Davidson's national production and was felt in Wisconsin, where 440 employees were laid off, and many Harley suppliers also laid off workers because of the strike.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tentative deal in Harley-Davidson strike – 2,800 workers out since February 2; rank-and-file still must vote on deal|publisher=Associated Press via NBC News|date=February 16, 2007|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17192748|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923220748/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17192748|url-status=live}}</ref>