Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 10/15/21


The world’s largest farm equipment maker, Deere and Co., said managers and other salaried employees would keep its factories operating in the face of a strike by 10,000 union workers. “We’ll keep running,” the company said on Thursday. Although Deere and the United Auto Workers union disagree on the size of pay raises and the scope of healthcare coverage, both said they hope to agree quickly on a new contract. “Strikes are never easy on workers or their families, but John Deere workers believe they deserve a better share of the pie, a safer workplace, and adequate benefits,” said UAW official Mitchell Smith.

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