Deere & Company United Auto Workers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2009

Ken Golden Sandra Davis

Deere & Company United Auto Workers
309-765-5678 313-926-5291

Deere and United Auto Workers Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

MOLINE, Illinois (September 30, 2009) — The United Auto Workers and Deere &
Company announced today that negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on terms of
a new six-year contract covering approximately 9,500 employees and 17,000 retirees. Terms
of the agreement were not released. The tentative agreement will now be presented for
ratification to members of the 15 UAW Locals at Deere facilities.
UAW Vice President Jimmy Settles thanked the UAW-Deere National Negotiating
Committee for its work on the proposed agreement. “We’ve worked hard to get a tentative
agreement that serves our members’ best interests and the interests of the communities
where we work and live,” Settles said. “We very much appreciate the support of our
members, who have been essential throughout the process.”
David Everitt, President, Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Division, Deere & Company,
said, “Both parties worked hard to develop an agreement that meets the needs of employees
while recognizing the nature of Deere’s competitive challenges around the world.”
Both the UAW and Deere said no further public comment would be made on the
tentative agreement pending ratification votes by members.
The locations represented by the UAW/Deere Master Factory Agreement include the
John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, IL; John Deere Seeding Group/Cylinder Division
in Moline, IL; John Deere North American Parts Distribution Center in Milan, IL; John Deere
Davenport (IA) Works; John Deere Des Moines (IA) Works; John Deere Dubuque (IA) Works;
John Deere Ottumwa (IA) Works; John Deere Waterloo (IA) Works; John Deere Engine Works
(Waterloo); John Deere Waterloo Tractor, Cab Assembly Operations; John Deere Product
Engineering Center (Waterloo); John Deere Foundry (Waterloo); John Deere Coffeyville
Works (Kansas) and parts depots in Atlanta and Denver.

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