DEERE ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS AT HARVESTER WORKS
MOLINE, Illinois (September 10, 2009)— Deere & Company said today that 367 manufacturing employees of the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois will be placed on indefinite layoff later this month due to reduced market demand for the factory’s products.
Deere said the layoffs affect production workers with the least seniority. Employees were informed today of the layoff, which is effective on September 21st. Consistent with earlier projections, most of the remaining manufacturing employees at Harvester Works also will start four weeks of inventory adjustment shutdown and two weeks of vacation shutdown on September 21st.
The John Deere Harvester Works manufactures combines and front-end equipment for harvesting.
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