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John Deere faces backlash after laying off 2,100 US workers while shifting production to Mexico
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] John Deere is laying off even more workers - while moving manufacturing to Mexico.On Wednesday. the tractor maker told officials in Iowa and Illinois that nearly 300 workers are being laid off as demand slumps. About 200 production workers will be laid off in East Moline, Illinois. Additionally, 80 workers in Davenport, Iowa will also lose their jobs, along with seven in Moline, Illinois. It is the latest batch of layoffs this year, after 103 jobs were also cut in July, for the company founded 187 years ago. The total this year is now around 2,100. They layoffs are across several Iowa sites - Ankeny, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Urbandale, Waterloo - plus Davenport and East Moline in Illinois, as well as a research center in Urbandale. In many instances, production that these US workers were responsible for is being shifted to new locations in Mexico. But the company said Wednesday that the layoffs are unrelated to its production moving to Mexico. Instead, bosses attributed the job cuts to a decline in demand for tractors and other agricultural equipment, which has resulted from falling crop prices and farmers reducing their expenditures. Movement of production to Mexico has attracted the attention of politicians. Donald Trump said in September that he will slap a 200 percent tariff on John Deere's imports into the US if the company goes ahead with plans to move production to Mexico. Related: John Deere 08/28/2024 Harley-Davidson failed at 'Business 101' as 'elitist jerks' rule boardrooms, says former Levi's exec John Deere 08/23/2024 Jack Daniel's maker scraps DEI policies after threat of ‘anti-woke' boycott John Deere 08/20/2024 Harley-Davidson slams brakes on ‘woke' policies after sparking biker and social-media outrage Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-17 |
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