The agreement will be taken to a union vote today.
Vice mayor of the city T. Wayne Oakes said, “Any loss of jobs is serious. But what I think is important is that Goodyear is dedicated to remaining operational in Danville. They’re cutting back to survive, but they’re going to stay.”
Goodyear contract coordinator and a staff representative with the Steelworkers in Gadsden, Alaska, Kevin Johnsen, said the Danville plant will vote on schedule changes in the part of the plant where truck tyres are made. “We always have concerns about companies laying off members and we’ll do everything that we can to protect our members,” Johnsen said. “Other than Danville, Goodyear has not come to us and said they are looking at this plant or that plant.”
The plant, which makes aircraft and truck tyres, currently employs 2,400 and is Danville’s largest employer. (Tyres & Accessories/Staffordshire, U.K.)