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Oshkosh evaluates job needs after $1B contract

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 10:50 a.m.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. says it's too early to know how many jobs its new billion-dollar military contract will create, but the number is "significant."

The contract awarded Tuesday to the Oshkosh-based company calls for more than 2,200 bomb-resistant all-terrain trucks. The Defense Department says it urgently needs strong protective trucks that are also light and can maneuver Afghanistan's rocky terrain.

Robert Bohn is Oshkosh's chairman and chief executive. He says the company is evaluating its production and employee needs this week.

The truck's cabs will be built at JLG, an Oshkosh subsidiary in McConnellsburg, Pa. Bohn says an unknown number of laid-off workers there will be brought back.

SarahB1
Jul 1, 2009 at 11:34 p.m.
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Wonder what hourly pay is at this place.

bennetonf1
Jul 1, 2009 at 4:59 p.m.
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...and the war machine churns on and on...

janesvillemom
Jul 1, 2009 at 2:21 p.m.
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