Goodyear, Striking Workers Reach Tentative Deal on New Contract
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and 15,000 union workers in the United States and Canada tentatively agreed Friday to a new contract that would end a two-month strike over health care for retirees and Goodyear's plan to close a tire factory in Texas, the union said.
Posted — UpdatedThe union said the deal would require Goodyear to drop plans to close the plant in Tyler, Texas, immediately in return for an offer of a retirement buyout. That plant employs 1,100 workers.
Mike Price, spokesman for Local 959 in Fayetteville, said the local members will go over details of the contract at 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium before scheduling a Thursday vote at the union headquarters near the Fayetteville plant.
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