UAW and Deere are set to clash amid AI sales boom

AxiosAugust 24, 2026en

The UAW and Deere are barreling toward a contract clash as Big Labor seeks to capture some of the immense wealth being created by the AI boom . Why it matters: Old-school equipment makers like Deere and Caterpillar suddenly find themselves swept up in a sales-and-stock boom tied to AI, as data center developers gobble up bulldozers, excavators and other construction machines. The big picture: Union leaders have already been agitating against the AI giants, calling for labor protections and bashing billionaires for seeking to replace workers. "You're either with workers or you're with millionaires," AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler told Axios in June. "There's just been a dearth of leadership in

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