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MOLINE, Ill.—Deere & Co. and the United Auto Workers union have begun negotiations on a new contract covering about 9,500 employees—or roughly 17 percent of Deere’s work force—at 15 of the company’s facilities across the country.
The world’s largest maker of farm equipment and the UAW said in a joint statement they have agreed not to comment publicly on contract issues during the talks.
The current contract went into effect Oct. 1, 2003 and expires at midnight Sept. 30.
The agreement includes the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline; the seeding/cylinder division in Moline; the North American parts distribution center in Milan; nine facilities in Iowa, and one apiece in Atlanta, Denver, and Coffeyville, Kan.
