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Last modified: Saturday, May 30, 2009 2:11 PM CDT
John Deere lays off 89 in Valley City until fall
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — John Deere Seeding Group has laid off 89 full-time employees in Valley City but says it plans to bring them back in the fall.
General Manager Keith Hovland said the company will continue to pay health, vision and dental benefits for the assemblers and welders until they return or their status changes.
He won’t name a specific month when they will return to work but said that based on business forecasts, “we anticipate having everyone back to work in the fall.”
He said some workers are being reassigned and some will take cuts in pay.
Hovland said John Deere Seeding Group, Valley City’s second-largest employer, has about 255 workers. The company makes air seeders and other equipment.
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