CHICAGO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Members of the union representing more than 10,000 workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co have ratified a four-year labor deal, Goodyear and the United Steelworkers union said on Saturday.
Neither the company nor the union offered details of the agreement. Goodyear said an investor conference call was set for Sept. 28 to discuss the contract.
Goodyear, the largest U.S. tire maker, has come under pressure from U.S. auto production declines since last year. Demand from the replacement market has also slumped. Goodyear employs nearly 70,000 people around the world.
The seven plants covered by the agreement are in Akron, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Danville, Virginia; Fayetteville, North Carolina; Gadsden, Alabama; Topeka, Kansas; and Union City, Tennessee.
(Reporting by Kyle Peterson; Editing by Peter Cooney) Keywords: GOODYEAR/ (kyle.peterson@thomsonreuters.com ; +1 312 408 8581; Reuters Messaging: kyle.peterson.reuters.com@reuters.net ) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Neither the company nor the union offered details of the agreement. Goodyear said an investor conference call was set for Sept. 28 to discuss the contract.
Goodyear, the largest U.S. tire maker, has come under pressure from U.S. auto production declines since last year. Demand from the replacement market has also slumped. Goodyear employs nearly 70,000 people around the world.
The seven plants covered by the agreement are in Akron, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Danville, Virginia; Fayetteville, North Carolina; Gadsden, Alabama; Topeka, Kansas; and Union City, Tennessee.
(Reporting by Kyle Peterson; Editing by Peter Cooney) Keywords: GOODYEAR/ (kyle.peterson@thomsonreuters.com ; +1 312 408 8581; Reuters Messaging: kyle.peterson.reuters.com@reuters.net ) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.