Deere Workers Set to Return

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By Daren Sukhram

Story Created: Oct 28, 2009 at 5:29 PM CST

Story Updated: Oct 28, 2009 at 5:29 PM CST

OTTUMWA - Hundreds of people who were laid off from John Deere's Ottumwa works will return to work.

In June, Deere started laying off nearly 500 workers as part of a normal summer shutdown at the Ottumwa plant.

Now the company's recalling all but 78 of those workers, starting at the end of November.

Before the layoffs, nearly a thousand people worked at Deere's Ottumwa plant.

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