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labor union for the workers met with nancy pelosi to raise concerns about harley announcing the opening of an assembly plant in thailand. to talk more, i m joined by rick pence, a machinist at the kansas city plant and director of urban policy at new school. let me start with you, rick. when were you told that the factory you work at will be closing. on the morning of january 30th, we weren t even allowed in the front door. they had a bunch of folding chairs set up at the main hall. weren t allowed in to sit down, a few minutes later go, home. they said we re closing this plant. go home for the rest of the day and show up tomorrow and ready to work. so the announcement happened, the plant is going to stay open for a little while. a month after the big tax cut bill? about five weeks. did you think that that, the passage that have bill would generally be good for your company? we thought it would.
the company announced the purchase of up to 15 million shares of stock putting nearly $700 million back in the hands of their shareholders. then just a couple weeks ago, labor union for the workers met with nancy pelosi to raise concerns about harley announcing the opening of an assembly plant in thailand. to talk more, i m joined by rick pence, a machinist at the kansas city plant and director of urban policy at new school. let me start with you, rick. when were you told that the factory you work at will be closing. on the morning of january 30th, we weren t even allowed in the front door. they had a bunch of folding chairs set up at the main hall. weren t allowed in to sit down, a few minutes later go, home. they said we re closing this plant. go home for the rest of the day and show up tomorrow and ready to work. so the announcement happened, the plant is going to stay open for a little while.