Deere Announces Layoffs at Harvester Works
10 September 2009 - 10:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
MOLINE, Ill., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deere &
Company (NYSE: DE) 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.
DATASOURCE: Deere & Company CONTACT: Ken Golden, Director,
Strategic Public Relations of Deere & Company, +1-309-765-5678
Web Site: http://www.deere.com/
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