HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Siemens Energy officials say they plan to end furloughs that had been implemented because of a dockworkers labor dispute on the West Coast.
The company said the plant in Hutchinson is expected to be back in full operation by Monday.
The Hutchinson News reports Siemens furloughed about 60 employees last Wednesday because parts needed to build wind turbine nacelles were held up by the dockworkers strike in California. A tentative agreement in that labor dispute was announced on Friday.
Nacelles hold the wind turbine’s generating components, such as the generator, gearbox, drive train and brake assembly.
The Siemens plant employs about 360 full-time workers and contract workers.