Agreement Between UAW and Deere & Co. Being Voted On Today

Members of the United Auto Wokers union are voting today on a new agreement with Deere & Co. In Dubuque, members of UAW Local 94 are casting their votes, along with UAW members who work at other Deere locations across the country with the results expected to be released at some point Tuesday evening. Negotiations between representatives from Deere and the UAW yielded a new, tentative agreement over the weekend. The agreement, however, still needs to be ratified by members of the UAW, who rejected a previous tentative agreement prior to going on strike. Reports say union workers at Deere & Co. would get wage increases of 10% in the first year and 5% each in the third and fifth years under the agreement.