John Deere announces mass layoffs in Midwest amid production shift to Mexico Fox Business
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News Summary
- Around 610 production staff at plants in Illinois and Iowa will be out of a job by the end of the summer
- The company is slashing around 280 workers from a plant in East Moline, Illinois, while another 230 employees are being let go at a factory in Davenport, Iowa
- About 100 production employees at the company's Dubuque, Iowa, plant will also be impacted
- All layoffs are said to be effective from Aug
- 30
John Deere, the worlds largest seller oftractors and crop harvesters, has announced another wave of layoffs Friday, telling around 610 production staff at plants in Illinois and Iowa that they will [+4357 chars]