Thread by @JonahFurman

From a salary worker @ Deere:

"The Deere "strikebreakers" are currently ~650 salary employees pulled from engineering & mgmt positions across Deere. Note: I say "Strikebreakers" because I can guarantee that with our lack of skill and numbers, we will not be breaking the strike."

"To my knowledge, most of us will be allocated to the Milan Parts center. Deere's spent an enormous amount of time, money, & effort trying to get us all trained, but not many of us are really ready for this. We'll be working 12 hour shifts, 6 days/week, with day & night shifts."

"In my position, I am not looking forward to this. I think the wage employees deserve a lot more than what they were offered, and I absolutely support them striking."

"I feel like I am betraying some of my values by crossing the picket line, but it has been all but said that not crossing the picket line means getting fired if you are salary."

"If, God forbid, this strike goes on long enough for the next build cycle of combines to start (November 1 or 15, can't remember) it will be a horror show. All of the skilled welder, machinists, and assemblers who normally make these half-million dollar machines will be gone..."

"...and managers who have never held a wrench in their lives will be trying to weld assemblies. I'll be trying to find out which serial number ranges are built in that time, so I can tell farmers I know which machines to avoid."