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John Deere strike imminent?
Cipp is part of your pay that each employee has already earned so I’m pretty sure it will get payout and it has nothing to do with a November deadline. Cipp is easily manipulated by management so it is usually less then a paycheck after all the deductions. It’s not going to be a strikebreaker... -
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John Deere strike imminent?
That’s not true. There is no such thing as a quarterly bonus. The only bonus is profit sharing given out at the end of year. Deere has a thing called Continous improvement pay plan (cipp). This is part of your wage and gets paid out 4 times a year. It’s never massive. -
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John Deere strike imminent?
UAW international does the negotiation along with local committee men. They brought the contract that deere offer for a vote as a good faith gesture. Most of the committee men knew it was going to get voted down from what I gathered. That’s all the agreement was, to bring Deere’s offer for a... -
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John Deere strike imminent?
What massive bonus are you referring to? -
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John Deere strike imminent?
And they should but doesn’t mean the Union has to bend over for them especially when they have a strong hand to play with. Most of the rank and file union members know this and is willing to make sacrifices to fight for a bigger slice of the pie. My opinion is Deere will blink. -
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John Deere strike imminent?
Deere absolutely is looking out for #1. -
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John Deere strike imminent?
I see what you’re saying. I agree that it’s a complex situation. I guess I get annoyed when people just throw out the old “if you don’t like it go find a new job“ argument. It’s not that simple for a lot of people. -
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John Deere strike imminent?
John Deere is a union shop and the company has no problem advertising themselves as a proud union shop to attract new employees. In a union shop there has to be a contract for union members to work. When that contract is about to expires, it is literally the only chance for union workers to ask... -
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John Deere strike imminent?
Like someone else mentioned,UPS won’t cross the line. Baker Electric does a lot of work for JD Des Moines work. They also said they won’t cross the line. There are others but those 2 for sure. Not sure if anybody has mentioned it but Vilsack is suppose to come and publicly support the Union on... -
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John Deere strike imminent?
Yup. It’s a piece of cake. Anybody can do it. -
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John Deere strike imminent?
Yup. The only real automation is the self guided platform that the frame sits on for the main line. The tank and boom side are literally pushed down the line by workers from one station to the next. Also the gut of the equipment are the hydraulics and plumbings. I don’t think those things can be... -
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John Deere strike imminent?
This is not the case at the Ankeny plant. The assembly line is very low tech. It looks nothing like what you would see at gm or Ford. It’s straight manual labor. Parts are still hoisted by workers, torques are done by humans, bolts and nuts are done manually. parts are scanned by assemblers and... -
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John Deere strike imminent?
This is not true at all. There are robotics in the welding department but a lot of it is manual. For example the frame is not tack welding. It is done both manually and robotics depending on how deep the weld needs to be and location of the welds. You don’t just let chimps tack weld frames. The... -
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John Deere strike imminent?
There are parts just not enough to do 22/day. So if you are able to do 12 machines. You only drop 10 machines that day which is better than dropping 22 machines. -
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John Deere strike imminent?
Wonder how much John Deere contributes to his campaign