John Deere strike imminent?
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Problem for Deere (at least in Ankeny) is these machines are build to order. So every machines have been paid for
You can fix your own stuff if you can figure out what's wrong. The mechanical side of farming isn't at all what it was even 20 years ago, though.
As a retired Branch Local Union President. I’ve stated this a million times. A union is a necessary evil. If corporations treated ALL their employees well. You wouldn’t need unions.
When they hire these people they are trained to do the jobs and then certified by the trainers and engineers. Every single trainers are on the picket line. And the reason deere has had to advertise and do job fairs are because they are no longer competitive with their compensation. They have drastically lowered their standards.
I shouldn't talk. I took the scenic route in college. Changed my major after 3 years but finished the second one up relatively quickly.
That's why I'm just Sigma and she's Dr. Sigma.
They don't pay for them until they take possession of the unit. The orders originate from the dealerships, the customers pay the dealers, not the factory.
You’re probably right but either way the machines have a deadline for delivery. I know the goal this run was 22 sprayers a day. Record amount.
Correct, but at this point the customer hasn't even signed a contract. All orders from factories come from dealerships. Dealers don't pay the factories until they take possession either. Right now it's just a holding pattern basically for the entire business.
I see what you’re saying. I guess the point I was trying to make was that the strike is not only going to hurt the UAW workers, it’s going to cost Deere too. These machines are preordered (Even if it’s not paid for yet)
Oh for sure. Considering this is probably the best year ever for Deere I'm guessing it changes the tenor moving in to year end and the outlook for 2022 pretty soundly too. It hurts everybody which is why as soon as they can come to an agreement it would be a good thing.
I've been in enough State buildings and offices to see that OSHA doesn't matter.
Nothing against unions but the afscme that runs ISU is a joke.
My nephew is a member in afscme in Des Moines and has stated similar views. I told him to run for office and make the changes needed. The state of Iowa has to take some of the blame when they attempted to gut collective bargaining rights. Luckily, I belonged to a Federal Union.
The state didn't just attempt to gut CB, they did gut collective bargaining without giving us back the right to strike. Gov. Ray would be spinning in his grave if we saw what his own party is doing to the state of Iowa.
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The way Deere does business today is that a machine will not be scheduled for production without the order and financing already in place. Cotton harvesters are $1 million or more and Sprayers are probably $300,000 to $500,000 plus. You don’t build that price of machine on speculation hoping someone will buy it like was done in the 1980’s.
This is what I also thought cause the machines are built to a customer’s specifications. I just wasn’t 100 % positive on the financing of it. I’m sure there is at least a huge deposit of some kind.
