As layoffs mount at Moline based Deere & Company, local U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen is expressing concern and frustration. The company sits within Sorensen’s congressional district.
Layoffs have been announced at Deere facilities in Dubuque and Davenport, lowa, and also East Moline and Moline, Illinois, plants plus at the corporate headquarters in Moline. Sorensen says he was also upset to learn earlier this year that Deere is moving some manufacturing to Mexico.