Kawasaki’s Yonkers Plant Among Facilities Cited for Low Wages and Safety Concerns - The Yonkers Ledger

Kawasaki’s Yonkers Plant Among Facilities Cited for Low Wages and Safety Concerns - The Yonkers Ledger

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels For nearly 40 years, Kawasaki Heavy Industries has manufactured subway cars in a former Otis Elevator building, located in the heart of Yonkers since 1986, providing jobs for roughly 500 workers in a non-union facility. However, a study released on Tuesday, September 30th, shows a different side of the Japanese conglomerate’s railcar facilities. Workers at the company’s plants in Yonkers and Lincoln, Nebraska,…

Off the Rails: Inequality, Insecurity, and Unsafe Conditions at Kawasaki’s Yonkers Plant

A newly released report from Jobs to Move America and Cornell University’s Climate Jobs Institute reveals troubling findings about working conditions at MTA contractor Kawasaki’s railcar manufacturing facilities in New York and Nebraska.  Citing low pay, hazardous conditions and widespread experience of discrimination reported by workers, a coalition of NY and Nebraska groups are calling […]