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Re:Opening this article voids warranty by no_wizard on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @12:26PM (#29164515)
You always run the risk of John Deere just transitioning manufacturing to elsewhere, unless there are some sort of incentives at play here that prevent that, no?

Not saying I don't support the strike, or what the strike is trying to achieve, just trying to understand the nuance of whats going on here.

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Re:Opening this article voids warranty by curiousllama on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @01:42PM (#29165592)
Long term, sure, but this isn't a long term situation. Can't move overseas before the harvest.

Besides, what kind of company looks at the supply chain situation right now and says "yea, now is a good time to move all of our business-critical infrastructure overseas."

And all that sets aside operational & regulatory challenges moving heavy manufacturing overseas.

It's pretty safe to assume that, after 30+ years of offshoring, old companies who haven't yet offshored have good reason not to do so.

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Re:Opening this article voids warranty by michaelmrose on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @06:52PM (#29169169)
We could just tell them they can't sell their wares here and Europe can do the same and they can see if they can try their hand at making a living elsewhere.
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