UAW Union Ratifies New 6-Year Agreement with John Deere

Members of the United Automobile Workers have ratified a new six-year master labor agreement with Deere & Co. Deere and the UAW reached a tentative agreement Oct. 1 that required a ratification vote by UAW members at Deere facilities.

Terms of the agreement have not been made public.

The UAW represents approximately 10,000 Deere manufacturing employees at 12 factories in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas. The agreement covers manufacturing employees at John Deere facilities in Ankeny, Davenport, Dubuque, Ottumwa and Waterloo, Iowa; East Moline, Moline and Milan, Ill.; and Coffeyville, Kan.