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"Our members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules," says director of United Automobile Workers
John Deere workers, including those at the company's southeast Kansas plant in Coffeyville, walked off the job after the United Auto Workers union failed to negotiate a six-year contract with the tractor maker.
However, a vast majority of the union members, about 90%, rejected a tentative agreement reached by the union and John Deere earlier this week even though it would have delivered 5% raises to some workers and 6% raises to others.
UAW John Deere members are now on strike as of midnight Thursday, Oct. 14.
The latest industrial action taken by thousands of John Deere workers marks the first major strike against the company in 35 years.