From The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

The fate of hundreds of Mercury Marine Inc. manufacturing jobs will be decided in a union vote Sunday, and the outcome also may determine whether the 70-year-old company keeps its world headquarters in Fond du Lac. Mercury, one of the Fox Valley’s largest employers, said Thursday that it will probably move its outboard engine manufacturing to Stillwater, Okla., unless its Fond du Lac union votes to accept contract concessions. Those concessions include a seven-year wage freeze and about 30% lower pay for new hires and employees called back to work from layoff.

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Pulling out of Fond du Lac would cost Mercury, a division of Brunswick Corp., millions of dollars. Oklahoma state and local officials have offered to cover the costs in return for the jobs and taxes that the state would receive from the deal.Likewise, Wisconsin has offered to cover the costs of moving work from Mercury’s plant in Stillwater to Fond du Lac, possibly doubling the company’s manufacturing employment here over the next seven years.

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