Listen at 90.3 FM and 98.3 FM in the Quad Cities, 95.9 FM in Dubuque, or on the WVIK app!

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

WVIK Top Stories

The Two Sides Are Talking Again

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published October 18, 2021 at 4:13 PM CDT

striking UAW members outside the Deere Cylinder Works in Moline, on Thursday 10/14/21

Few details are available, but negotiations resumed Monday between John Deere and the UAW.

Both sides confirmed they were talking, but nothing more, five days after the strike began affecting 10,000 hourly workers in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas.

The company did release a brief statement, "We are fully committed to the collective bargaining process and resolving the strike. We remain committed to providing our production and maintenance employees with the opportunities to earn the best wages and most comprehensive benefits in our industries."

WVIK Top Stories

Herb Trix

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.

See stories by Herb Trix