If a consumer of John Deere’s new products doesn’t like it, I believe they can buy somewhere else. Unless this is suddenly communist Russia!
I am sure there are plenty of old 4020’s on Machinery Pete than these championships of capitalism can fix
John Deere strike imminent?
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If a consumer of John Deere’s new products doesn’t like it, I believe they can buy somewhere else. Unless this is suddenly communist Russia!
I am sure there are plenty of old 4020’s on Machinery Pete than these championships of capitalism can fix
Don’t worry, you make it up 1000 times over in government subsidies.
You not wanting to support local businesses, does not really match the bootstrap rhetoric you guys like to spout
Or removing hard paying, American jobs from JD. These farmers wanna put those technicians out of a job who have spent years learning their craft of diagnostic analysis and repair
As a 20-something, it's amazing to me to hear about the old days where someone could go work at a factory right after high school graduation, stay in the same company for 47 years, with a spouse who stays home and two kids, and still be able to afford a house and a car and expenses for the kids - all with a pension at retirement at 65. And they'd work a solid 40 hours a week on the floor and no more.
The world has changed so much, in worker-unfriendly ways.
Do you remember the houses they lived in and the cars they drove? Gives a little perspective there.
John Deere Workers Sure Look Like They’re About to Go On Strike
The ubiquitous tractor company has until Wednesday night to work out an acceptable deal.gizmodo.com
Would be first strike in 30 years at Deere and the largest in the country since 2019.
Is this true? One of my classmates in high school works for Deere in Waterloo and I swear he was on strike a while back. My bad, some of them were laid off. I remember him making more while laid off than when he was actually working.
Not really the point. Yes standards of living have increased, but by every measure, factory worker and so-called "unskilled" labor pay has gone down dramatically in the U.S. This is probably Cave-bound but unions being chipped away combined with sending factories to countries that accept far less pay basically eroded any shot at strong middle class livelihoods for American factory workers. You can see the aftermath in hundreds of small towns across the country.
I went to high school with at least 3 people that have worked with Deere for 25+ years. All 3 seem to be doing pretty well financially, especially with no college education. Scratch that, 4 people. One hasn't been able to work for the last 5+ years because he weighs 500+lbs.
Most people that run with that line of thinking spend more than they make, and wonder why they can't retire comfortably.
Oh, so you know this person? You know that he had a side job? Exactly.
It's my understanding that it's pretty common practice for these people to have "off the books" jobs combined with their other benefits.
This can still be done.
Also - expenses today are WAY more than they used to be. That’s one of the main issues.
People who say that you can't retire comfortably from job "x"
Also, that employee that worked at John Deere probably had more skills than a 20 something has today.
