Harley workers in Kansas City have approved a contract that will see raises and no monthly payments by workers toward healthcare. Jesse Russell reports:

By Jesse Russell

More than 800 workers at the Kansas City Harley Davidson will be seeing a wage increase of at least 3.5 percent annually for the next five years. Represented by the International Association of Machinists and the United Steelworkers, workers will also not have to pay a monthly health-care premium. The workers were able to avoid paying a premium by allowing the company to raise the policy’s deductible. Last February a three week strike at a Harley plant in York, Pennsylvania resulted in a contract that included a two-tier wage system – such a system was not implemented in Kansas City.