{"id":162168,"date":"2024-10-21T08:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T12:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=162168"},"modified":"2024-10-19T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T15:05:32","slug":"john-deere-faces-boycott-calls-after-laying-off-workers-while-also-moving-operations-to-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=162168","title":{"rendered":"John Deere faces boycott calls after laying off workers while also moving operations to Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Deere recently announced a round of layoffs; almost 300 individuals across two states. This year, John Deere has laid off approximately 2,100 workers. This company is also planning on moving its operations to Mexico. Farmers criticized the company’s move to lay individuals off while also looking to Mexico. John Deere responded that these layoffs were necessary because of reduced demand.<\/p>\n

From Daly Mail:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The 2,100 layoffs are across several Iowa sites – Ankeny, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Urbandale, Waterloo – plus Davenport and East Moline in Illinois, as well as a research center in Urbandale.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s layoffs affect about 200 production workers at the harvester factory in East Moline, Illinois. Additionally, 80 workers in Davenport, Iowa will also lose their jobs, along with seven in Moline, Illinois.<\/p>\n

They were the latest batch of layoffs this year, after 103 jobs were also cut in July, for the company founded 187 years ago.<\/p>\n

In many instances, production that these US workers were responsible for is being shifted to new locations in Mexico.<\/p>\n

But the company insisted Wednesday that the layoffs are unrelated to its production moving to Mexico.<\/p>\n

Instead, bosses attributed the job cuts to a decline in demand for tractors and other agricultural equipment, which has resulted from falling crop prices and farmers reducing their expenditures.<\/p>\n

Movement of production to Mexico has attracted the attention of politicians.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump said in September that he will slap a 200 percent tariff on John Deere’s imports into the US if the company goes ahead with plans to move production to Mexico.<\/p>\n

At the start of the year, John Deere employed about 22,600 salaried and production workers across the two states.<\/p>\n

The company has pointed to a 20 percent fall in sales from 2023 to 2024.<\/p>\n

More layoffs are expected – despite John Deere raking in over $10 billion in profit in 2023 while also paying CEO John May $26.7 million in total compensation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jones, D. (2024, October 18). John Deere faces farmer boycott after laying off 2,100 US workers while moving work to Mexico. Daily Mail<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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