![]() ![]() “These are skilled, tedious jobs that UAW members take pride in every day,” said Mitchell Smith, a regional director for the UAW, on the day the strike started. The company said the newly rejected deal included an immediate 10% wage increase and 30% wage increases over the term of contract, an $8,500 signing bonus and health care coverage with no out-of-pocket costs for members for premiums, deductibles and coinsurance, improved retirement benefits and new paid parental leave.īut that wasn’t enough for a majority of membership, especially since the union had accepted concessions after less lucrative deals in the past. Howze said the company will proceed with the “next phase of our customer service continuation plan.” “Through the agreements reached with the UAW, John Deere would have invested an additional $3.5 billion in our employees, and by extension, our communities, to significantly enhance wages and benefits that were already the best and most comprehensive in our industries,” said Marc Howze, Deere’s chief administrative officer, in a statement. “The strike against John Deere and company will continue as we discuss next steps with the company,” the UAW statement said.Ī separate agreement with the same economic terms that covered 100 UAW members at two John Deere parts facilities in Atlanta and Denver was approved by membership, so the strike will only continue at the 12 other Deere locations, including all of its US factories. The union had only a short comment on the newest rejection by its members. The new tentative deal was reached this past Saturday, but membership stayed on strike while the ratification vote was held. The strike against Deere at 14 facilities, mostly in the Midwest, began on October 14. Many of those voting against the two rejected deals apparently felt that despite pay increases and improved benefits being offered, that the company could afford even more at a time of record profits. ![]() An earlier tentative agreement reached on October 1 was rejected by 90% of membership in a ratification vote concluded on October 10. The vote was much closer this time, with 45% voting in favor of the proposed six-year deal and 55% opposed. More than 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will stay on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere after rank-and-file members voted down a second tentative labor deal with the company late Tuesday. ![]()
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