John Deere faces farmer boycott after laying off 2,100 US workers while moving work to Mexico

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Cheap labor equates with poorly made. But bye good riddens.

You having a stroke or forgot English?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

John Deere workers sign an excellent contract after a brief strike, and sure enough, it was all done to buy time so they could move to Mexico after they had their most profitable years in their almost two century history.

Owners Aren't Earners

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

These companies are moving to other countries for tax breaks and lower wage workers.

Hang Tight

Treason runs wild
What's the reason?
Treason wins only when
None dare call it treason

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Greed ruining great American corporations is the most visible symbol of what is wrong with this country, but you don't see all the corporations who have set up shop in China and have turned an uneducated, peasant nation of over a billion people into a first world superpower and the greatest geopolitical threat America faces.

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How about incompetence? Sucking their thumbs in college classrooms turned their minds into drool.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Not to mention there are plenty o Mexicans here to hire if n ya wanted to go cheap on labor

The Successpool Betrayed Us Coming and Going

 

[the watcher]

Deere like a lot of other manufacturers have used the proprietary and intellectual rights laws to prevent farmers and owners from diagnosing and maintaining and repairing their own equipment they have purchased. Car dealers are doing this too, and this is effectively creating a monopoly on service, and farmers don't have the profit margin to play that game for long, the rise in price will be added to your grocery bill. You won't find a more loyal customer base than farmers, but you can make a butterfly bite you if you fuck with it enough. How the government has in the past protected farmers and dairy from exploitation by corporations has been price controls and subsidy, again, cost shifting to your tax base. Farmers don't write laws, corporate lawyers write them and Congress signs them.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

I saw the contract that they signed, it was the best union contract I ever saw. I had a lot of respect for Deere after seeing what the workers actually got, and now I see it was all part of their plan to end the strike and fast track getting out of the country.

Half of the U.S. will blame John Deere, and half of this country will blame the union.

Like All Other Rights, Property Rights Have a Limit

The employees should seize the company for this economic treason. They certainly can run it better than the absentee stockholders.

 

[Concerned American]

Kubota....love them

I don't have one, but I've heard that Majindra is the #1 seller in the world. I have had good luck with my Branson.

 

[Concerned American]

Er...
Engines are not made in the US. Further,

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,

Neither are John Deere's. They are made by Yanmar, a Japanese company.

 

[justoffal]

Er...
Engines are not made in the US. Further,

Where Are Kubota Tractors Made? - Exploring Origins

Kubota is a renowned brand placing its products worldwide. But where are Kubota tractors made? Find out more about the company’s locations.

www.wickhamtractor.com

Ahhh.... Thanks for that.... I honestly didn't know. I do know you can't kill one.... Because God knows I've tried.

 

[para bellum]

Neither are John Deere's. They are made by Yanmar, a Japanese company.

The smaller tractors use Yanmars.

I believe the large industrial engines are still made in Waterloo, Iowa.

 

[initforme]

It's probably cheaper to have them made here.