{"id":2465,"date":"2021-10-14T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2021-10-14T14:44:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T18:44:02","slug":"10000-deere-co-workers-go-on-strike-after-rejecting-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/2021\/10\/14\/10000-deere-co-workers-go-on-strike-after-rejecting-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"10,000 Deere &#038; Co. workers go on strike after rejecting contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UAW John Deere members struck at midnight October 14, after the company failed to present an agreement that met our members\u2019 demands and needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules,\u201d said Chuck Browning, Vice President and director of the UAW\u2019s Agricultural Implement Department. \u201cWe stay committed to bargaining until our members\u2019 goals are achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/file\/2021\/10\/strike-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/file\/2021\/10\/strike-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/file\/2021\/10\/strike-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/file\/2021\/10\/strike-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/file\/2021\/10\/strike-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/file\/2021\/10\/strike-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UAW President Ray Curry, said \u201cThe almost one million UAW retirees and active members stand in solidarity with the striking UAW members at John Deere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curry noted that, \u201cUAW John Deere members have worked through the pandemic after the company deemed them essential, to produce the equipment that feeds America, builds America and powers the American economy. These essential UAW workers are showing us all that through the power of a strong united union voice on the picket line they can make a difference for working families here and throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 10,000 members at John Deere locations set up pickets. \u201dPickets have been set up and our members are organized and ready to hold out and fight for a contract they believe meets their needs,\u201d said Ron McInroy, director of UAW Region 4. \u201cOur members and their families appreciate the community support they have already gotten. Strikes are not easy, but some things are worth fighting for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are skilled, tedious jobs that UAW members take pride in every day,\u201d said Mitchell Smith, UAW Region 8 director. \u201cStrikes are never easy on workers or their families but John Deere workers believe they deserve a better share of the pie, a safer workplace, and adequate benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAW John Deere members struck at midnight October 14, after the company failed to present an agreement that met our members\u2019 demands and needs. \u201cOur members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules,\u201d said Chuck Browning, Vice President and director of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[2603,2606,2602,2605,2604],"class_list":{"0":"post-2465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-deere","9":"tag-deere-strike","10":"tag-john-deere","11":"tag-john-deere-strike","12":"tag-strike"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicalbourbon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}