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Deere and UAW Begin Talks

a Deere combine made in East Moline
John Deere
a Deere combine made in East Moline

Negotiations have started between John Deere and the UAW. The current six-year agreement covers about 10,000 employees and is scheduled to expire on October 1st.

Twelve Deere plants are affected. In Iowa, they are the Davenport Works, Des Moines Works, Dubuque Works, Ottumwa Works, and Waterloo Works. In Illinois, the facilities are the Harvester Works in East Moline, North American Parts Distribution Center in Milan, and the Seeding Group and Cylinder Division in Moline. In Kansas, there is one Deere facility, the Coffeyville Works.

A separate agreement also is being negotiated to cover nearly 100 production and maintenance employees at Deere parts facilities in Denver and Atlanta.

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.