Save Tulsa Jobs

The City of Tulsa Gov, Mayor GT Bynum and IC Bus announce that a new 20-year agreement has been reached to keep the IC Bus school bus manufacturing facility at Tulsa International Airport. The new agreement builds on the City’s efforts to grow and expand its economic base of manufacturing operations. Details at: www.savetulsajobs.com

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."

Tulsa World: "Foam Rubber Products, which employs 50-60, said its only customer is Navistar and would have to relocate if the bus maker did, President Norm Smith said." #savetulsajobs https://www.tulsaworld.com//article_f71bfd11-098d-5db6-bda

This Coalition is fighting to save jobs in Tulsa and across Okalahoma. The IC Bus plant buys from over 100 Oklahoma-based businesses annually. These employers are concerned about their ability to stay in the area because of the city's tactics and stance. #savetulsajobs

UAW International Union: "...The Mayor needs to understand UAW members’ jobs are not bargaining chips in lease negotiations. We urge Tulsa officials to honor their agreement with the working men and women of this community..." #savetulsajobs

Thank you to Talk Radio 1170 for having our plant manager, Rodney Tharp on the show today. "I'm a plant manager, not a politician and I'm fighting for the 1,600 jobs at our plant." Click to listen: https://post.futurimedia.com/kf/playlist//listen-1924.html

Fact Check: The City of Tulsa tried to terminate IC Bus' lease effective Feb. 14, 2020. The letter and threat of lost jobs is unambiguous. If you believe that 1,600 local manufacturing jobs are more important than new carpeting, a fresh coat of paint and installing LED light bulbs, show your support at: www.savetulsajobs.com!

Fact: IC Bus and the City Tulsa have a 40-year contract. Halfway through, Mayor Bynum, chief of economic development Kian Kamas and Mark Hogan, the City’s director of asset management, want to tear the agreement up and impose a $28 million rent increase and require $20 million in spending on beautification and other items. If you believe the City should honor its commitments and contracts show your support at: www.savetulsajobs.com!

At the direction of Mayor Bynum, the City of Tulsa is threatening to evict IC Bus from its school bus manufacturing facility, a move which would cost the city and the state of Oklahoma 1,600 jobs. Help us Save Tulsa Jobs and show your support for the hardworking men and women of the IC Bus plant at: www.savetulsajobs.com!

More than 1,600 men and women have careers manufacturing and assembling the world’s safest, and most technologically advanced school buses ever made. 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.

Manufacturing jobs provide economic opportunity and stable careers for Tulsa families. The average team member has worked at the Tulsa IC Bus plant 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.