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UAW Statement on CNH Global Plans to Close Plants In Illinois and Wisconsin

19 July 2000

UAW Statement on CNH Global Plans to Close Plants In Illinois and Wisconsin

    DETROIT - UAW President Stephen P. Yokich and Vice President Richard 
Shoemaker, who directs the UAW Agricultural Implement Department, issued the 
following statement on today's announcement by CNH Global, the company created 
by the 1999 merger of Case Corporation and New Holland N.V., that it plans to 
close its combine plant in East Moline, Illinois and tractor plant in Racine, 
Wisconsin by 2004 and sell its Racine foundry by 2001.

    "CNH Global's 'industrial consolidation' plan is yet another example of a
multinational corporation with multi-billion-dollar revenues throwing highly
skilled, experienced and productive workers overboard in the wake of a merger.
With rare exceptions, such mergers cast aside the interests of workers, their
families and their communities in the rush to boost profits and appease Wall
Street's insatiable desire for cost-cutting.

    "UAW members at the Case combine plant in East Moline, Illinois and the
Case tractor plant and foundry in Racine, Wisconsin have contributed greatly
to this company's success through their commitment to quality and
productivity.  Moreover, the members of UAW Locals 1304, 1306 and 1356
(Clerical and Technical units) in East Moline and UAW Local 180 in Racine have
time and again demonstrated their willingness to work with management to help
the company through hard times in this cyclical industry.  Given their
dedication and sacrifices over the years, they obviously deserve better from
CNH Global -- as do the workers in North Dakota, Canada, and Europe affected
by CNH's consolidation plan.

    "The UAW will do everything we possibly can to protect the rights and
interests of our members in East Moline and Racine who are affected by CNH's
consolidation plan."