Strike at Deere plants in the US, more supply chain shortage to come

[riptides]

Unions are pushing businesses that way as quick as they can

LOL. Hardly.

It's simple economics. A human being is a lot of drama and wants. A machine, not so much. Yet....

 

[sea2summit]

LOL. Hardly.

It's simple economics. A human being is a lot of drama and wants. A machine, not so much. Yet....

So the union strike doesn’t encourage Deere to move to more automation?

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

That being said, technically I am a union employee now, but Texas calls them Teacher Associations. The union and the union mentality is bad for kids and bad for teachers. I left ATPE for ITT because of similar issues above about politics not aligning...the union does not hold a vote to decide who or what they advocate...they just tell the rank and file how they are spending their dues and how the rank and file should think.

The teachers union in my state has been nothing but a source of corruption and a drain on state resources for years. The education is terrible which probably explains why my state is world class in stupidity.

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

So the union strike doesn’t encourage Deere to move to more automation?

My same question.

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

If we were in the market for a compact tractor, I'd be looking at Deere.

Then you would find out how terrible the dealers are and the customer service and then reconsider.

 

[ruffdog]

From this article, it sure sounds like it wasn't the union that was "greedy", instead, it was the company asking for concessions.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/11/deer-o11.html

 

[Bobctat2035]

You would make a dandy boss I bet You seem the type to pay employees $6.00 bucks an hour with no benefits and you would be making millions off of there labor.People like you are the reason unions were created.

All of my employees love me actually. It's a small company (12-15) when we're properly staffed and everyone I currently employee has worked here at least a year and most 3-4+. Do I pay as well as John Deere unions? No. Do I pay a good wage for the job being performed and treat my guys well if they do their jobs? Yes. And no, I didn't need some union assclown to make me do it either.
I've got guys who live in bigger towns 20-30 minutes away that drive all the way here to work when they can easily find jobs 5 minutes from them. Why? Because they like working here and for me. I had one avidly pro-union 60 year old working for me for about a two years. Could have made 3x what I paid him at another union electrician job but he liked working for me because it was laid back and enjoyed the work. He retired last December and he still stops by regularly to shoot the ****. Like someone said earlier, a good boss makes all the difference and that is the kind of boss I am.

Oh, and I don't make millions either and actually live in my warehouse in a room next to my office that is 12' x 12'. You might find this shocking, but just because an owner of a company doesn't feel like he lives to serve his employees before himself and his own family, doesn't make him an evil selfish capitalist *******.

 

[mo1]

Then you would find out how terrible the dealers are and the customer service and then reconsider.

Like I mentioned in another thread where this was brought up, it varies highly from dealer to dealer. The current group that owns the Deere dealers in my region does a good job. The smaller group they bought out a few years prior was not very good. The single-location Deere dealer that was around previous to the smaller group was fine to deal with. Perhaps it is because I am in an area where the main agricultural activity is cattle. The bulk of new equipment sold is between about $30,000 and $100,000 rather than well into the six figures and up as in row crop areas. Perhaps the dealers have to deal with the "little guys" as everybody is a "little guy," or go out of business.

 

[Bobctat2035]

From this article, it sure sounds like it wasn't the union that was "greedy", instead, it was the company asking for concessions.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/11/deer-o11.html

"Throughout the day, workers told the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter that there was intense opposition......"

Lol. That is all you need to know.

 

[plowhog]

From this article, it sure sounds like it wasn't the union that was "greedy"

Do you realize that the publication you cited is from:

"World Socialist Web Site"

Next, you are surprised the piece was in favor of the employees over their evil bosses and owners? I stopped reading after this:

"workers rightly took the contract proposal as an insult."