After Harley-Davidson's board of directors voted Thursday morning to approve a contract with its York union and abandon its efforts to relocate, several employees weighed in about the decision. Here are their responses:

---Bob Greiman, 51, West Manchester Township

"All along, I was voting yes."

"I have seniority, but I will probably take the retirement package. I have other things I can do."

And at 51, "there's other things I want to do, I want to travel. There's a lot of things I want to do."

---Sharon Carter, 44, Glen Rock

"I'm glad we voted yes. I hope it's a quick time frame so we could plan our lives. I just want to know."

She said she has been attending classes at Harrisburg Area Community College.

"I will be one of the first" to be cut, with seven years at the plant, but "I'm glad Harley made a decision now. It has been a weight on my shoulders since May. At least we know there is a light at the end of the tunnel."

---Cavin Scott, 48, Progress, Dauphin County

"I feel glad that the whole thing is over with. ... I feel I got a good chance" for keeping his job.

"I can retire at 55 or 30 years, so this will be last contract for me hopefully. I really feel for some of my co-workers with young kids or kids in college," however, "some have already applied for other jobs. Everybody is not down, they are rebounding. They're not having a pity party."

---Russell Fisher, 54, New Oxford

"I'm not happy with it at all. We are still losing 1,000 employees, and we don't know if it's going to stop. There was no negotiations -- 'take it or leave it or we are moving.'"

"A lot of people are still upset about it. I don't know if I will have my job.

"I'm not happy with the corporate structure in this country. It used to be you put your life in a company ... but all they care about is the bottom dollar. It's sad."

---Bill Lawton, 47, Lower Windsor Town ship

"I feel good. I feel like we did the right thing."

Lawton said he's been with the company for 15 years, but he's not concerned about finding another job if he is laid off.

"If a person is a worker, there is work to be found. I will go out and mow lawns if I have to."

---Linda Barley, 56, North York

"We took it, but not a good feeling. It was fortunate for me, because I am retiring, but I feel bad for my fellow workers. Like in anything else, with time, things will settle and it will be fine. ... All these years we had it so good and we were spoiled. Now it's like a reality set in. ... I am going to miss Harley for what it was."

---Paul Gorham, 62, Springettsbury Town ship

"I kind of expected all of this. The economy hasn't been good."

"My job is going to be outsourced. I think I am going to retire. It's time. ... We've been through hard times and survived. Things just aren't going to be what they used to be as far as high-paying manufacturing jobs."

---Joe Sinclair, 54, Springfield Township

"I think it's a good thing. I didn't like the contract, but at least we have a job. It wasn't a good thing but we did what we had to do."

"I think things will be considerably different. It's going to be kind of a little harder to work there, but at least I got a job. I'm 54, I can retire with this job. At least the place is still staying in York, and they've got jobs."