CNH Industrial plans to lay off over 200 employees at its Racine, Wisconsin facility and shift that work to Mexico. That鈥檚 according to a statement from Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin. CNH Industrial, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment, intends to reduce costs by $150 million as part of a company-wide reorganization.
鈥淎gricultural machinery has been made in Racine for over 175 years and made Case-New Holland into an international manufacturing powerhouse,鈥 Baldwin wrote in a letter to Scott Wine, CEO of CNH Industrial. 鈥淢oving production to Mexico is a slap in the face to the workers who have given so much, and it would destroy the institutional knowledge that your workforce has developed over decades.鈥
Over 1,000 United Auto Workers members ratified a new contract with CNH in January 2023 after a strike lasted over 260 days. Baldwin questioned if this round of layoffs was 鈥渞etribution鈥 following the UAW strike.
