Layoffs

Sales downturn leads to more John Deere layoffs
On the heels of layoffs that hit its Quad Cities factories last month, John Deere confirmed today, Sept. 18, that 141 manufacturing employees at two of its other Iowa plants – Waterloo Operations and Des Moines Works – will be…
UPDATED: Deere to lay off about 120 at Moline facility
John Deere will lay off more than 120 production workers from its John Deere Seeding…

Reports: Lee Enterprises cuts jobs across nation after hedge fund fight
Davenport-based newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has cut numerous jobs at its newspapers across the country…