MOLINE, ILL. -- Deere & Company announced Tuesday that 40 employees of the John Deere Ottumwa Works will be placed on indefinite layoff in April due to reduced market conditions for the factory's products. The layoff affects production workers with the least seniority.
The company said employees at the factory were informed Tuesday of the layoffs, which are effective April 20th. The John Deere Ottumwa Works manufactures balers, mower conditioners, windrowers and pull-type forage harvesters used by hay and livestock producers. They employ over 900 workers.
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