Goodyear confirms 850 job losses at Danville, USA tyre factory
Following the news that it will “refocus” tyre production at the Danville, Virginia, USA factory, Goodyear confirmed that 850 jobs will be lost. In a stock market filing dated 30 January, Goodyear executives stated that they have “reached an agreement with the United Steelworkers [union]” to “reduce the company’s production capacity and production cost per tyre in Americas.”