Bobcat limiting work during June, July
BISMARCK, N.D. — Bobcat Co. said Wednesday its plants in Bismarck and Gwinner will be idle for part of June and July due to the sluggish worldwide economy.
The maker of skid-steer loaders and light construction equipment said its Bismarck plant will be closed next Wednesday through Friday and again July 6 through July 10. At the Gwinner plant, production workers will be off the job from June 10 through June 12, from June 24 through June 26, and June 29.
The announcement comes a little more than a month after Bobcat said it would cut nearly 250 jobs at the two North Dakota plants. It has said it expects the construction market to improve next year.
The company did not comment Wednesday on the latest slowdown. Employees got the word in the morning.
“It’s just due to sales being soft,” said Tom Ricker, the president of the United Steelworkers Local 560 in Gwinner. Workers are starting to get frustrated he said, but the job outlook is not very good anywhere else, either.
A shutdown the week of July 6 has been planned for the last year to move equipment, he said.
“June, July and August are generally our slower months,” he said.
Workers at the North Dakota plants returned to their jobs in February after an eight-week layoff. The plants also were shut down for part of March.
Ricker said workers would like to see trade agreements changed to give U.S. companies more of a chance to compete globally.
Bobcat is owned by Doosan Infracore International, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Doosan Infracore. The construction industry has been hit hard by the recent national and worldwide economic turmoil.
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