Deere Union Workers Reject Second Tentative Agreement, Strike Continues

Members of The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) have informed Deere & Company that the production and maintenance employees at 12 facilities in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas have rejected a second tentative agreement, extending a nearly three-week-long strike.

The agreements reached with the UAW would have provided an immediate 10% wage increase and 30% wage increases over the term of contract and a ratification bonus of $8,500. Other benefits were also included.

Employees at Deere parts facilities in Denver and Atlanta have voted in support of a separate agreement with identical economic terms.

Roughly 10,000 Deere employees went on strike on October 14 for the first time since 1986.