More on Titan RICO Suit - Tire Review Magazine

More on Titan RICO Suit

(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Titan International reached an agreement with the United Steelworkers in a civil RICO case that began in September 2000.

The case was dismissed on Feb. 1 in Springfield, Illinois, and Titan Chairman and CEO Morry Taylor offered his thoughts.

“This disagreement started with the strike on May 1, 1998, and it has been a real fight,” said Taylor. “There’s no question that both parties were putting a lot of passion and money into this lawsuit. Titan believed it would have been successful, just as we were successful in the shareholder derivative suit brought against Titan by law firm Milberg Weiss, Bershad, Hynes, and LeRach.

“But during negotiations with Goodyear on their North American farm tyre business, which took over 22 months, it became clear that Titan and the USW have a common goal – American jobs that pay fair wages and benefits. Titan agrees with that, but Titan believes it runs the factories, and if you pay for eight hours of work, you should get eight hours of work,” said Taylor.

“The parties also agreed that a lot of foreign tyres and wheels coming into America are subsidised by foreign governments, and that working together hopefully we’ll bring this to an end. As President Bush stated in his State of the Union address: fair trade.

“The future looks bright and working with the Steelworkers, we will be a force to reckon with. I can appreciate the Steelworkers are not used to a CEO like me, but our passions for the American worker bring us together. I believe everyone will be happy that we together put the swords down and are moving on,” Taylor concluded.

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