HomeFarm News225 John Deere employees facing layoff at East Moline location225 John Deere employees facing layoff at East Moline locationThu, September 21, 2023 by Brownfield Ag NewsSHARE NOW brownfieldagnews.comMore than 200 production employees at John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois will be placed on indefinite layoff next month.In a statement to Brownfield, the company says the move is consistent with its strategy to balance the size of its production workforce with the needs of each individual factory to optimize the workforce at each facility. Factory leadership informed the employees this week that the layoff is effective October 16th.…225 John Deere employees facing layoff at East Moline location