Biff_Poindexter
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John Deere strike ends after workers OK pact with hefty raises in third vote
The monthlong strike by more than 10,000 employees at a dozen Deere plants was one of numerous walkouts nationwide as pandemic-spurred worker shortages continue.
www.cbsnews.com
"Deere & Co. workers approved a new contract Wednesday that will deliver 10% raises immediately and end a monthlong strike by more than 10,000 employees. Deere workers - and other unions - have been emboldened to ask for more this year because of the ongoing worker shortages and because workers didn't always feel appreciated while working long hours during the pandemic.
In addition to the initial raises, this week's offer kept the 5% raises -- $8,500 ratification bonus, preserve a pension option for new employees, make workers eligible for health insurance sooner and maintain their no-premium health insurance coverage. The workers had been holding out for more from Deere, which has predicted it will report record annual profits between $5.7 billion and $5.9 billion when it releases its earnings report later this month."
This is very troubling....too many workers are feeling entitled to wages and benefits they don't deserve and didn't earn.....$8500 bonus?? No healthcare premiums? WTF? These people are talking about they don't feel appreciated...You have a job, be thankful for that...because under Biden's economy, millions have lost their jobs...but these workers are becoming more and more of a problem-- or at least these unions are...
The company didn't even make more than 6 billion in profits last year; and these these workers have the audacity to ask for more? What needs to happen in this country is a swinging of the pendulum to put this labor force back in check....maybe the wealth-class, the major shareholders and investors, maybe they need to strike this time...this system has been rigged against them for far too long.......it's time that they impose the much needed austerity cuts on all of these entitled workers....this strike is nothing more but a communist-styled redistribution of wealth from the rightful owners to the undeserving lazy working class... I am not saying all workers; because some of these union members didn't even want more; they were happy for what their employers gave them...These unions are the problem and its time that they are outlawed..