Hiawatha workers trying to form a union: Iowa worker news for Nov. 5, 2026
Days before Deere announced two plant closures, the company said it would be hiring back 275 of the roughly 1,000 workers it had laid off in the past two years from Waterloo, Dubuque, the Quad Cities, and Ottumwa. (What whiplash for Ottumwa workers this week.)

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