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DEERE & CO., UAW REACH THIRD PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT, WILL VOTE THIS WEEK, STRIKE CONTINUES
Nov. 15, 2021
Waterloo (IA) Courier reports:
Temperatures didn't get above 40 degrees in Waterloo on Saturday. But it was the frosty reception from Deere and UAW leadership that chilled striking Local 838 workers to the bone.
Deere & Co. and union officials reached a third preliminary contract agreement, it was announced Friday night, and workers who began striking four weeks ago will vote on it soon.
But while striking workers hadn't yet seen the latest offer or gotten a "highlighter" sheet from UAW leadership, picketers said they heard it wasn't much more than the company's second offer. That was rejected by a wide margin in Waterloo - home to 3,100 of the 10,100 total striking workers.
"We just want higher wages," said one picketer. "They can get rid of that ratification bonus."
The United Auto Workers said in a statement Friday night that the proposed contract with the agricultural machinery giant "includes modest modifications" to the latest rejected proposal, which included immediate 10% raises. The union described the new proposal as the company's "last, best and final offer" in its statement.
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