John Edwards on Strike for USW

strikeWorkers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants across the country have been on strike for almost a month now, protesting the company's plan to shut down American plants. The 12,000 American and 3,000 Canadian union workers have joined together in an effort to protect each other's jobs.

Three years ago, Goodyear was in financial trouble. Everyone joined together in an effort to save the company. Workers took reduced wages, pensions, and health care coverages, and Goodyear closed a plant. Efficiency and productivity increased at every facility to help the company survive.

Tuesday, Goodyear announced plans to close a plant in Tyler, Texas, which will eliminate 1,100 jobs. The city of Tyler offered Goodyear a $12 million incentive package to keep the plant open. Goodyear declined. The Pittsburgh-based United Steel Workers union criticized Goodyear's decision, saying "the company foolishly 'believes it can shrink a company to prosperity'."

Currently, there are no talks planned between the USW and Goodyear. The decision to close the plant may make negotiations more tense. Goodyear is edwardsplanning to hire temporary workers to replace the 15,000 union employees.

John Edwards has joined the strike!
Join John Edwards at USW Local 2 in Akron at 2pm on Nov. 4th.

8 Comments:

Blogger Kyle said...

John Edwards is awesome. I'd take him in our town any day of the week. I'm going to see if I can make it to this event.

Tuesday, 31 October, 2006  
Blogger Chuck said...

Edwards really is great.

Wednesday, 01 November, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trial lawyer garbage.

Wednesday, 01 November, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

john edwards is on strike for northeast ohio usw votes.

Wednesday, 01 November, 2006  
Blogger G. A. Hakos said...

John Edwards is hot.

Wednesday, 01 November, 2006  
Anonymous fred said...

tell John to use plenty of hair spray it is supposed to be windy. I wouldnt want him to not be at his best for the photo ops

Wednesday, 01 November, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

he's better looking then Bush and can talk

Wednesday, 01 November, 2006  
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