The good news is that the labor agreement reached this week at Harley-Davidson will keep hundreds of motorcycle manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin.The bad news is that there will be fewer jobs, and many of those left will be lesser-paid, seasonal work which don’t offer fringe benefits.
Marquette University economist Abdur Chowdhury talked to WPR’s Terry Bell, to try and measure the future impact of the Harley contract on Wisconsin’s economy.
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