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Peterbilt Madison Plant Closes 390 Jobs Lost


Posted on Sep 29, 2009

The Peterbilt truck plant in Madison will close permanently as of Dec. 1, 2009, taking with it 390 jobs of United Auto Workers union Local 1832.  

A spokesperson for Peterbilt Corp said it would consolidate production at its other plant in Denton, Texas.  Texas plant is nonunion.  The The Madison plant has been in operation 40 years.  Several of the workers losing their jobs have been there for those 40 years.   

The workers were locked out in June of 2008, when the United Auto Workers union Local 1832, which represents the hourly workers, declined to call a vote on a contract offer presented to the union.    Sales of big trucks have declined about 70 percent in the past year.  Peterbilt says it just makes financial sense to consolidate the plants.    

Peterbilt is a subsidiary of PACCAR Inc., which also makes Kenworth trucks.  

IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER HAVE HAD A PAST WORK RELATED INJURY IN WHICH WORKERS COMPENSATION WAS PAID, YOU MAY BE DUE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.  

Tennessee Workers Compensation Laws provide that, if an employee receives a Workers Compensation settlement or judgment and the employer has returned the employee to work, the amount of the settlement or judgment is limited.  Thereafter, if the employee loses their job for any reason including PLANT CLOSINGS, the employee may be entitled to have the previous award enlarged.  

Please call or click to discuss the "reconsideration" of your work related injury with a experienced Tennessee Worker's Compensation attorney at The Williams Law Group.  We can help!  

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