(Moline, IL) The three-week strike continues for nearly 10-thousand John Deere union workers after the rejection of a second tentative contract agreement Tuesday. United Auto Workers Local 281’s Facebook page says 55 percent of the union members who voted said no. Workers have been walking the picket lines at 12 locations – including the plant in Ankeny. The company says workers at parts facilities in Colorado and Georgia approved a separate agreement with the same economic terms. The deal rejected Tuesday included an immediate 10-percent raise, plus wage increases of five percent in the third and fifth years of the contract.
John Deere Union Members Rejected Second Tentative Contract Agreement
By Tom Robinson
Nov 3, 2021 | 11:10 AM

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