USW Now Considering If Michelin Deal Will Be ‘Pattern’
(Akron/Tire Review) While specific terms of the quickly reached tentative master contract agreement between the United Steelworkers and Michelin North America have yet to be announced, the USW Bargaining Committee is now considering whether it should advance that agreement as the pattern contract with Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone.
Firestone Plantation to Help Move Aid to Liberia
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone Americas Holding’s Firestone Natural Rubber Co. announced that it will assist in transporting humanitarian aid materials from charitable organizations to Liberia.
Conti, BFNAT Announce Price Increases
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America and Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire have both announced price increases.
UPDATE: USW Picks Michelin Contract
(Akron/Tire Review) This afternoon, the so-called “Nine Man Committee,” representatives of the three United Steelworker bargaining groups negotiating with the Big 3 tiremakers, announced that it has decided that it will make the tentative agreement between the union and Michelin North America the pattern settlement.
MNA, Union Reach Tentative Agreement
(Akron/Tire Review) While the details have not been released, the United Steelworkers has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year master contract with Michelin North America.
Lawyer at it Again: Sues BFNAT
(Akron/Tire Review) Pasadena lawyer Joseph Lisoni has filed two new lawsuits against Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT), continuing his nearly four-year-old battle against the tiremaker.
Michelin, Union Agree to Extensions; No Progress Elsewhere
(Akron/Tire Review) The United Steelworkers’ (USW) master contracts with Michelin North America, Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone expired Sunday at midnight without incident and without a walkout by union workers.
Michelin Strike Possible; No Contract Extension for BFNAT
(Akron/Tire Review) Unless significant headway is made, say news reports, union workers at three Michelin North America plants may well go on strike when their current contract with the tiremaker expires at midnight July 23.
BFNAT Begins Secondary ATX, Wilderness Recall
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) has again undertaken a recall of certain Firestone Radial ATX, Radial ATX II and Wilderness AT tires in size P235/75R15 and Wilderness AT tires in sizes P255/70R16.
BFNAT Pitches in For First Hybridfest
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) will be a premier sponsor and the sole tire supplier for the inaugural Hybridfest, a national event dedicated to hybrid-electric vehicles.