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Striking Goodyear workers OK new contract
Pact creates health care fund for retirees, but will close Texas plant
Updated: 2:49 a.m. ET Dec 29, 2006
AP
AKRON, Ohio - The union representing about 14,000 striking Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. workers approved a new contract that includes plans to close a Texas tire factory and creates a $1 billion health care fund for retirees, the United Steelworkers said early Friday.
USW union members from 12 plants in 10 states, including about 1,400 laid off and inactive workers, voted Thursday night on the three-year agreement reached last week.
The contract was approved by all locals and by the overall membership by a two-to-one margin, the union said. Exact totals were not released. The contract needed to be approved by a majority of the locals, plus a majority of the voters.
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The new contract covers tire and engineered product plants in Akron; St. Marys, Ohio; Marysville, Ohio; Gadsden, Ala.; Tonawanda, N.Y.; Lincoln, Neb.; Topeka, Kan.; Fayetteville, N.C.; Danville, Va.; Tyler, Texas; Sun Prairie, Wis., and Union City, Tenn.
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Pact creates health care fund for retirees, but will close Texas plant
Updated: 2:49 a.m. ET Dec 29, 2006
AP
AKRON, Ohio - The union representing about 14,000 striking Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. workers approved a new contract that includes plans to close a Texas tire factory and creates a $1 billion health care fund for retirees, the United Steelworkers said early Friday.
USW union members from 12 plants in 10 states, including about 1,400 laid off and inactive workers, voted Thursday night on the three-year agreement reached last week.
The contract was approved by all locals and by the overall membership by a two-to-one margin, the union said. Exact totals were not released. The contract needed to be approved by a majority of the locals, plus a majority of the voters.
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The new contract covers tire and engineered product plants in Akron; St. Marys, Ohio; Marysville, Ohio; Gadsden, Ala.; Tonawanda, N.Y.; Lincoln, Neb.; Topeka, Kan.; Fayetteville, N.C.; Danville, Va.; Tyler, Texas; Sun Prairie, Wis., and Union City, Tenn.
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Lots of people I know are going to be glad about this.
