Deere Holds Firm as UAW Local 838 Pushes Back on Proposed Contract Extension

Deere, UAW at odds over contract extension offer

OTTUMWA — John Deere and the United Auto Workers, which represents workers at John Deere Ottumwa Works, are at odds over the company's proposal to extend their collective bargaining agreement two years beyond its fall 2027 expiration.

John Deere's contract extension offer not enough for UAW workers

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A contract extension offer by John Deere appears not to have been enough for UAW workers. The current collective bargaining agreement is set to expire in 2027, and in response to lowered agricultural equipment demand and an unknown future for the industry, John Deere offered UAW workers an extension. A company [...]

UAW makes counteroffer to Deere over contract extension

Union workers countered a contract extension offer by Dubuque County’s largest employer.

Deere gives update on UAW contract, rejects union counteroffer

Deere claimed the UAW made a counteroffer that exceeded the company's by roughly "half a billion dollars."

Deere holds firm as UAW Local 838 pushes back on proposed contract extension

United Auto Workers Amalgamated Local 838 announced it sent a counter proposal to Deere & Company after the company offered a two-year contract extension.