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The brothers said they organized the event to facilitate unity between locals.
After workers rejected Deere & Co.’s offer, the strike enters its fourth week amid concerns of an impasse.
Continuing strike could mean possible impasse
Workers would have received $8,500 bonus plus an immediate 10 percent bump in pay.
UAW workers will remain on strike through the ratification process.
WATERLOO – Union members from Linn and Johnson County on Friday delivered about 9,000 pounds of food, supplies and necessities to John Deere workers on strike in Waterloo.
As the strike of Deere & Co. enters its third week, one of the issues facing the company and the picketing UAW workers is safety in the workplace.
Picket duties at the Milan center were suspended Wednesday morning, after Richard Rich, a Local 79 member, was struck and killed walking to the picket line Wednesday morning at the intersection, which is near the John Deere Parts Distribution Center in Milan.
The 56-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle around 6 a.m. Wednesday while joining strikers on a picket line outside the John Deere Parts Distribution Center in Milan, Ill.
A Polk County judge refused to impose limits on picketing outside Ankeny plant, but restrictions remain in Davenport.
Striking UAW workers say a judge’s order that is limiting their picketing activities outside a Davenport plant was issued improperly.
The UAW strike of Deere & Co. has lasted through its second weekend. The strike began Oct. 14 when union workers at Deere facilities in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas rejected a contract offer.
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