Striking John Deere Workers Convince Truck Driver Not To Cross Picket Line - Jalopnik
Around 10,000 workers at Deere & Co., the company that owns the John Deere truck brand, are currently on strike, and they’ve found solidarity in some unlikely candidates: semi truck drivers making deliveries.
Deere workers, part of the United Auto Workers union, have successfully convinced at least one semi driver not to cross a picket line in Ottumwa, Iowa, which essentially means that trucker won’t be making his daily delivery.Anyone can choose not to cross a picket line — other employees of the company, business partners, consumers, or delivery drivers, like the fellow in question in this video!
They want better pay that’s more commensurate to the billions in profit that the company makes, and a tentative contract deal between the union and Deere fell through after employees failed to ratify the contract.