NATIONAL BLACK FARMERS ASSOCIATION: Boyd Calls for Resignation of John Deere CEO John May & Deere Boycott
NATIONAL BLACK FARMERS ASSOCIATION: Boyd Calls for Resignation of John Deere CEO John May & Deere Boycott
BASKERVILLE, Va., July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- John Deere has not reversed or slow walked their plans to launch an autonomous tractor by 2030, completely eliminating the farmer from needing to operate the machine. Although Boyd agrees that farmers need access to new technology, he believes that John Deere continues to move in the wrong direction in regards to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
約翰迪爾沒有改變或放緩推出無人駕駛拖拉機的計劃，將在2030年全面取消農民操作這臺機器。雖然Boyd認爲農民需要接觸新技術，但他認爲約翰迪爾在多樣性、平等和包容方面繼續朝着錯誤的方向發展。
Boyd Calls for the Resignation of John Deere CEO John C. May Amid John Deere Boycott
Boyd呼籲約翰·迪爾公司CEO約翰·C·梅辭職，以對抗約翰迪爾公司的抵制。
So much for "Made in America" at John Deere. The company announced it would lay off 600 more workers in Illinois and Iowa in order to expand to Mexico. Deere announced in June 2022, its Waterloo, Iowa tractor cab plant will move to Mexico by 2024. Now Deere will move its skid steer loader and compact track loader production from Dubuque, Iowa to Mexico by 2026.
約翰迪爾公司不再是“美國製造”，因爲該公司宣佈將裁員600名伊利諾伊州和愛荷華州的員工以便擴大到墨西哥。 約翰迪爾公司於2022年6月宣佈，其愛荷華州滑軌汽車駕駛室工廠將於2024年遷往墨西哥。 現在，約翰迪爾公司將在2026年之前將其打樁機和履帶式小型裝載機的生產從愛荷華州的迪比克轉移到墨西哥。
On Tuesday, John Deere announced on social media platform X it would no longer support "social or cultural awareness" events in response to customer feedback. Deere's decision on DEI comes just one month after it agreed to pay $1.1 million in back wages and interest to 277 Black and Hispanic job applicants after the Department of Labor alleged that it found systemic hiring discrimination at the company.
週二，約翰迪爾公司在社交媒體平台X上宣佈，根據客戶反饋，公司將不再支持“社交或文化意識”活動。在美國勞工部指控該公司存在系統性的招聘歧視的情況下，約翰迪爾的多樣化、平等和包容（DEI）決定僅相隔一個月便同意向277名黑人和西班牙人工作申請者支付$110萬的拖欠工資和利息。
According to John C. May, Deere CEO, "A company is only as healthy as its reputation and only as good as its word. Ultimately, a company is judged by its actions. "
據迪爾公司CEO約翰·C·梅所說，“一個公司的聲譽只有其信譽好，言出必行，最終，一個公司將根據其行動而被評判。
Boyd and the NBFA are concerned more companies will downplay diversity goals and scale back DEI programs created to encourage the advancement of marginalized groups because little was done by CEO May to address decades of discrimination at Deere. John Deere is one of the largest debt holders for farmers, right beside the banks. Boyd has officially requested a meeting with CEO John C May to no avail to discuss concerns of NBFA Members for years.
Boyd和NBFA擔心，因爲CEO May沒有解決約翰迪爾公司幾十年來的歧視問題，更多的公司將淡化多元化目標並縮減旨在鼓勵邊緣群體進步的DEI計劃。 約翰迪爾公司是農民的最大債權人，與銀行業並列。 Boyd已正式要求與CEO John C May會面，但未得到回應，以討論NBFA成員多年來的擔憂。
Just as we have called for the resignation of Tractor Supply CEO, Hal Lawton, we also call for the resignation of Mr. May and boycott of John Deere.
與我們呼籲拖拉機供應公司CEO哈爾·勞頓辭職一樣，我們呼籲梅先生辭職，並抵制約翰迪爾公司。
"It is the farmer, not the machine that will take care of the crop and ensure it grows. I challenge John Deere to service all of America's farmers, including Black farmers" - John W. Boyd, Jr.
“是農民，而不是機器，來照顧作物並確保它生長。我挑戰約翰迪爾公司爲所有美國的農民提供服務，包括黑人農民” - 約翰·W·博伊德（John W. Boyd Jr.）
Contact John Boyd, President at [email protected] or 434-210-2286
聯繫約翰·博伊德（John Boyd），總裁，[email protected] 或434-210-2286
SOURCE National Black Farmers Association
來源：國家黑人農民協會(National Black Farmers Association)