On Thursday, Deere came to a tentative agreement on a six-year contract for its 10,000 employees. This new proposal came just in time as the employees existing contract expired on Wednesday. Further delays in a tentative agreement could have resulted in strikes at the company's twelve factories. The contract was negotiated between John Deere and the employees representative, the United AutoWorkers.
See "Deere Has Tentative Labor Agreement With UAW Workers", October 2, 2015