Deere to hire 300 workers a year to replace retirees
[27 January 2004 - Miami Herald - from Davenport, Iowa, USA] Deere & Co. will hire about 300 workers a year over the next five years to replace hundreds of employees who will retire at its four Quad-Cities manufacturing plants, company officials said Monday. A team of management, United Auto Workers Union representatives and plant employees will be responsible for an extensive recruiting effort. "Some of this is being driven by production, but primarily it is the large number of people becoming eligible for retirement," said Andre Harrison, a John Deere manager of industrial relations. ...