FILE - Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of a John Deere plant, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny, Iowa. The union is poised to vote on a third contract offer since the walkout from the Moline, Illinois-base agricultural machine giant offer on Wednesday. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)

       DES MOINES — Deere & Co. and union officials have reached a third preliminary contract agreement that workers who began striking four weeks ago will vote on Wednesday.

       The United Auto Workers said in a statement late last week that the proposed contract with the Moline, Illinois-based agricultural machinery giant “includes modest modifications” to the latest rejected proposal, which included immediate 10% raises. The union described the new proposal as the company’s “last, best and final offer” in its statement.

       The contract would cover more than 10,000 Deere workers at 12 facilities in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas, who make the company’s iconic John Deere green tractors and other equipment.

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