
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, October 18, 1994                   TAG: 9410180144
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: EAST MOLINE, ILL.                                LENGTH: Short

AUTO WORKERS REJECT DEERE PACT

United Auto Workers reported to work on schedule Monday, a day after they overwhelmingly rejected a contract proposal from Deere & Co. that sharply reduced pay and benefits for new employees.

Production lines were running normally at Deere's East Moline plant, and a spokesman said the same was true companywide.

Union leaders said they were ready to resume talks, and the company said it would ``if such discussions would be productive.''

The UAW said Deere's proposal was rejected Sunday by more than 90 percent of its workers. UAW spokesman Karl Mantyla would not give specific numbers.

- Associated Press

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