John Deere is prepping for more big layoffs in two states that will leave 610 staffers without their jobs on August 30.
The company made the announcement on Friday and said those affected will be 280 employees at a plant in East Moline, Illinois, and 230 employees at a factory in Davenport, Iowa, Fox Business reported Saturday.
In March, Breitbart News reported that about 150 workers at the John Deere Des Moines Works in Ankeny, Iowa, were moving closer to being laid off in the months of April and May.
Per the recent Fox report, “About 100 production employees at the company’s Dubuque, Iowa, plant will also be impacted.”
The move comes amid “rising operational costs and declining market demand,” a company statement said. The Fox article noted that employees will be offered Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB), profit-sharing options, and health…
