It’s an unfortunate story that doesn’t seem to have an ending, at least not yet: John Deere is laying off 134 workers from its Seeding and Cylinder Operations in Moline, Ill.
The reported layoffs are in addition to the 319 layoffs that took place last week in Moline.
WQAD-8 ABC was first to report the new cuts and John Deere leadership has confirmed the bad news. The local ABC affiliate also reported 170 layoffs took place across John Deere’s Iowa operations last week.
Estimates of the total number of layoffs globally are well north of 1,000 at this point, though John Deere has never confirmed the exact number let go.
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