Carbuilder to union: Adapt or face shutdown

摘要

Chicago-based FreightCar America, Inc., has asked the union at its Johnstown, Pa., plant to discuss "possible labor cost reductions" in order to keep the plant open. The carbuilder said it previously informed the union that costs at Johnstown were uncompetitive and "because of a recent turndown in the railcar industry, it now had to consider the possibility of closing the facility if labor costs could not be reduced to competitive levels."