UAW Agricultural Implement Workers Demand Action from DC on Plant Closures in New Video

Washington, DC – In a new video, a delegation of UAW agricultural implement workers from John Deere and Case New Holland speak out in Washington, DC against plant closures, layoffs, and the attack on workers throughout this sector. 

The new video is available here. 

In the latest attack on southeast Iowa’s working class, multibillion-dollar transnational corporation Case New Holland (CNH) is threatening to devastate the blue-collar community of Burlington, Iowa, by closing a nearly century-old plant. CNH has made $6.6 billion in profits in the last three years alone and has spent over $3.1 billion of that on shareholder distributions and CEO pay. 

In response, UAW members and leaders are both organizing at the grassroots and taking their fight to the halls of Congress, demanding action from elected representatives of both parties, across the Midwest, and across the country. 

“I understand that you have to be a profitable company, but does profitable mean you have to take food off of my table too?” said Marcques Derby, plant chairman at UAW Local 807, CNH in Burlington, Iowa. “Reach across the aisle to condemn these actions and activities from CNH. It's a multinational and multibillion dollar company. Make your stance be known. It’s just a commitment that I’m asking for. Actually, I’m not even asking, I’m demanding it.” 

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