Deere union receives authority to strike

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Source: Quad City Times

United Auto Workers members working for Deere & Co. have voted overwhelmingly to authorize union negotiators to call a strike, if necessary, in their contract talks with the company.

UAW locals voted 98.1 percent in favor of strike authorization, a union spokesperson said, in votes taken by the various UAW locals over the weekend in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia. The vote included workers at several Quad-City Deere plants.

The UAW and Deere are renegotiating terms of a six-year agreement that expires Sept. 30. The strike authorization vote has historically been considered a formality in Deere-UAW talks as the contract deadline approaches.

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