CLEVELAND (AP) - Thousands of workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants in seven states - including Tennessee - will vote in the coming days on a tentative national contract agreement.
The United Steelworkers of America and the company reached the deal Saturday night about three hours before a midnight deadline for the expiration of the old 3-year contract, which had been extended twice.
The union says rank & file members will be briefed on the new contract and ratification votes will be scheduled at all plants.
A spokesman with the union headquarters in Pittsburgh, Wayne Ranick, says he couldn't provide any details on whether the 4-year agreement preserved union jobs or kept open the seven plants covered by the deal.
The Steelworkers had made job security their top priority in talks covering workers in Union City, Tenn.; Akron, Ohio; Buffalo, N.Y.; Danville, Va.; Fayetteville, N.C.; Gadsden, Ala.; and Topeka, Kan.
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