Goodyear Workers Give Union Strike Authority

(Akron/Tire Review) Each of the 12 locals representing Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants have authorized the United Steelworkers to call a strike should master contract talks bog down. The USW’s contract with Goodyear expires 22 July, and there are no indications that the union is anxious to strike, though.

According to the USW, strike authorization was approved by an average of 97.5 per cent of union workers at all of the impacted plants. .