Tag: Caterpillar

As the debate continues around the fait accompli of the Milwaukee street car…it is interesting that Tucson AZ stole about 200 engineering jobs from Caterpillar’s South Milwaukee plant…and in order to convince engineers to accept a relocation to Tucson…what was one of the first things Caterpillar showed them? Caterpillar Inc….

Apparently the powers that be at Caterpillar didn’t get the memo from Gov. Scott Walker that Wisconsin is “Open for Business.” Caterpillar Inc. has laid off about 60 more employees at its South Milwaukee plant as the company struggles through a slow period in mining equipment sales and adds to…

This is a terrible blow for South Milwaukee… Caterpillar Inc. will lay off up to 300 employees at its Milwaukee-area factories before June and says it will reduce labor costs at its other U.S. plants as sales of mining and construction equipment have slowed. The local layoffs, described by the…