Save Tulsa Jobs

A community coalition to help Save Tulsa Jobs and keep 1,600 manufacturing jobs in the community.

06/24/2020

The Oklahoma News Report recently profiled the Tulsa IC Bus Plant to show OETA viewers across the state how 1,600 hardworking team members manufacture and assemble the world’s safest, and most technologically advanced school buses ever made.

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05/28/2020

“We’d like to thank Mayor GT Bynum for his personal involvement in resolving these negotiations,” said Phil Christman, president of Operations for Navistar International Corporation, the parent company of IC Bus. “Thanks to his leadership, we have a decades-long framework to stay, invest and grow the IC Bus plant and our supply chain in Tulsa and the state of Oklahoma. Tulsa is a great community with a talented workforce. We’re very pleased to be remaining in Tulsa, and look forward to keeping it what it is today – the school bus capital of the world.”

05/14/2020

IMMI is building a 45,000-square-foot greenfield manufacturing plant in Tulsa to support the IC Bus Plant. Julie Cooley, VP for IMMI: “Please be our partner as we try to provide jobs at a time when there is more unemployment in our lifetime than there ever has been."

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In January 2020, the City of Tulsa, at the direction of Mayor G.T. Bynum, told IC Bus it was going to terminate their lease effective Feb. 14, 2020. This would have resulted in the immediate loss of 1,600 jobs. Join the campaign to help Save Tulsa Jobs!

IC Bus’ 20-Year History In Tulsa: In 1999, IC Bus and the City of Tulsa entered into a landmark agreement to repurpose an abandoned bomber plant and transform it into a modern manufacturing facility. After being offered a 40-year lease, IC Bus heavily invested in the nearly mile-long, 1-million-square-foot campus and today, the Tulsa plant is the world’s leading producer of school buses. During peak manufacturing season, up to 75 buses are built each day.

The Agreement To Bring Jobs For Decades To Come: Manufacturing jobs are the lifeblood of the middle class and support the local economy. In 1999, the City of Tulsa offered IC Bus a 40-year lease, to encourage the new investment at the abandoned plant and create new manufacturing jobs in Tulsa.

IC Bus Kept Its Promises: For 20 years, IC Bus and Tulsa have had a productive partnership. IC Bus has invested over $140 million to create a modern manufacturing facility in Tulsa. Job creation at the plant has exceeded expectations by 33%! IC Bus wants to stay at its facility in Tulsa, but officials at City Hall have made unreasonable demands, want to break the lease and threatened to evict IC Bus from this facility!

The Economic Impact of IC Bus in Tulsa:

More than 1,600 men and women have careers manufacturing and assembling the world’s safest, and most technologically advanced school buses ever made. The average team member has worked at Tulsa for over 6.5 years.

The starting hourly wage at the plant is ~$19 per hour and experienced members make up to ~$32 per hour. In total, the Tulsa IC bus plant provides over $60 million in direct income to local workers annually, in addition to health care and retirement benefits.

Manufacturing jobs provide economic opportunity and stable careers for Tulsa families. Approximately 20% of plant workers are women and more than 66% of the plant’s workforce come from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

The IC Bus plant spends over $750 million with suppliers annually, including contracting with over 100 Oklahoma-based vendors and suppliers. IC Bus supplier IMMI is building a 45,000-square-foot greenfield manufacturing plant, specializing in the manufacturing of seating systems, in Tulsa to support the assembly of school buses at the IC Bus Plant.

Over the last 5 years alone, IC Bus has invested over $48 million in Tulsa to upgrade, improve, and modernize the Tulsa plant, equipment and facility.

The City of Tulsa’s Threats: In January 2020, the City of Tulsa, at the direction of Mayor G.T. Bynum, told IC Bus it was going to terminate their lease effective Feb. 14, 2020. This would have resulted in the immediate loss of 1,600 jobs. IC Bus requested additional time to continue discussions to prevent the loss of jobs and disruption to Tulsa’s economy. The City of Tulsa agreed to additional time, but this agreement to continue discussions expires May 29, 2020.

Fighting For IC Bus Employees: IC Bus will do everything in their power to protect the jobs and livelihood of their dedicated team members and prevent any immediate disruptions at the plant. The company wants to continue to reinvest, grow and build buses at their plant in Tulsa. Plant officials have committed to spending tens of millions of dollars more to improve the plant and their manufacturing processes in Tulsa.

Tell Tulsa Officials To Keep Their Promises: Mayor Bynum and the City of Tulsa to promote Tulsa jobs and honor their lease with IC Bus, not evict IC Bus. It is up to Mayor Bynum to honor the City’s lease to allow IC Bus to keep its plant in Tulsa under the framework established in 1999.

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