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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Tuesday that a new national contract with the United Steelworkers union will save the company $215 million over the four-year life of the agreement.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. workers approved a new contract that will prevent the potential closing of a half-dozen plants in the next four years, union leaders said Saturday.
A tentative contract between the United Steelworkers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. protects six of seven U.S. tire plants from closing for the next four years.
Plants covered by tentative Goodyear-Steelworkers agreement and what is manufactured at each:
Thousands of workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants in seven states will vote in the coming days on a tentative national contract agreement.
National contract talks between the United Steelworkers union and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. have reached an intense stage focused on protecting jobs, keeping plants open and addressing health care costs, the union said Friday.
China on Sunday called off the takeover of a state-owned steel plant after workers protested and trapped an official in the factory office for four days — the second time in a month that the country's steelworkers have rallied to successfully avoid privatization.
For the second time, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers of America have extended their national contract, this time until Aug. 29.
Some 30,000 Chinese steelworkers clashed with police in a protest over plans to merge their mill with another company and beat the company's general manager to death, a human rights monitor said Saturday.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers of America have extended their national contract four weeks until Aug. 15, both sides said Tuesday.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants covered by its master contract:
Steelmaking is on hold at the ArcelorMittal plant in Cleveland due to a drop in business.
The United Steelworkers and ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, agreed Saturday to a tentative four-year contract.
The United Steelworkers union endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Thursday, giving the Illinois senator a powerful advocate in attracting blue-collar voters.
The United Steelworkers union is turning to the popular video-sharing site YouTube to question the safety of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. tires being made while 12,000 union workers in the United States and Canada are on strike.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., with 12,000 union employees on strike at 16 plants in the U.S. and Canada, will turn to managers, inventory and tires from overseas to try to keep its business going.
Steelworkers plan worker-owned cooperatives in North AmericaThe United Steelworkers (USW) and MONDRAGON Internacional, S.A. have announced a framework agreement for collaboration in establishing worker-owned cooperatives in the manufacturing sector within the United States and Canada.
Tire retailers warn of job losses if China curbedWASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. tire distributors urged President Barack Obama on Friday not to force them into laying off workers by curbing tire imports from China and U.S. automakers asked to be shielded from any protection Obama might impose to try to save U.S.
Powerful United Steelworkers Union Endorse Obama for President; boosts Obama with blue-collar voters"We find ourselves once again in agreement with Senator Edwards, this time with his decision last evening to endorse Senator Barack Obama," the union said in a statement.
Steelworkers Convention Hosts Presidential Candidates -- Part Three: Dennis KucinichDennis started his speech to the steelworkers out with an inspirational story.
Sweet Victory: Uniting to Clean Up NOLAOut of Katrina's toxic sludge, activists are uniting to rebuild not only New Orleans, but the progressive movement.
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