Deere Union Rep Hints at Reclaiming Outsourced Jobs

The Cedar Valley Business Journal reported recently that at least a handful of workers will return to plants in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and that the union will continue to fight for more.

With demand weak for farm equipment, Deere laid off more than 1,000 workers in October and April. About a dozen workers will return to the plants in positions made available primarily through attrition.

Tim Niedert, shop chairman with UAW Local 838, sent word to union members in a note and said this: “We wish it was everyone, but we are committed to get outsourced work back.” S