By Doug Cunningham

Harley-Davidson workers locked out by the company when they overwhelmingly rejected wage, health and pension concessions last week will meet with the company today. Thomas Boger, Business Rep for the International Association of Machinists District 98, says despite having made a billion dollars last year Harley is pressing for a range of concessions from workers.

[Boger 1] : "Health care, two-tier wages, two-tier medical for retirees, two-tier pensions for new employees coming in."

Boger says the union is willing to talk with the company about the problem of ever-rising health care costs, but won’t accept across the board concessions dictated by the company.

[Boger]: "Everybody knows there's a problem with health care in this country. And we're willing to sit down and talk about it with them. But they don't seem to be receptive to that."

Financial analysts at Lehman Brothers in New York estimate the lockout is costing harley $3 million a day.