Yokohama Employees Aid in Disaster Recovery Efforts
Yokohama Rubber Corp. has launched a program to facilitate employees wishing to participate in earthquake/tsunami recovery efforts in Japan.
Titan Holds Job Fair for New Freeport Employees
Titan Tire is holding a three-day job fair in Freeport, Ill., this week as part of an effort to hire a significant number of new employees for its plant there, according to Greg Wood, human resource manager for Titan. The need for new employees is due to increased demand for Titan products. Earlier this year,
Nankang, Employees Raise Money to Help Japanese
Taiwan’s Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. reported that its management and employees voluntarily raised 2 million yen, which was presented to the Japan Red Cross for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. “After the earthquake hit, our eyes, hearts and browser windows have been trained on Japan,” Nankang said in a statement.
Tire Employees Charged in Alleged Customer Beating
According to local news reports, Police in Fayetteville, N.C., have charged two employees of a local tire store with ethnic intimidation and simple assault after a customer claimed they beat him up when he tried to return a defective tire. The customer told police that he bought a tire Monday from Skibo Tires and tried
Dealer Employees Accused of Stealing Information via E-mail
[Editor’s Note: This story is from Lancasteronline.com, part of Lancaster Newspapers Inc., and was written by associate editor Gil Smart.] The tire salesman in Cleona, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, felt a bit uneasy. He’d been given lists – of consignments, of wholesale tire prices, of customers. Problem was, none of the information had anything to do
Program Targets Employees Who Want to Open Their Own Shop
Art Blumenthal LLC has launched a new program targeting the aftermarket’s “best and brightest” to become owners of their own tire and auto service shops. The “Be Your Own Boss” marketing campaign incentivizes current shop managers and associates who desire to own their own business by offering up to $10,000 in “Bonu$Buck$” on qualifying deals
Bridgestone Employees Equip Soccer Teams in Liberia
Employees at three Bridgestone Americas companies teamed up to collect more than 500 pounds of soccer gear for children of Firestone workers in Liberia, where Firestone Liberia (FSLB), part of Firestone Natural Rubber Company, operates a rubber farm. The effort was started by Nashville-based Ken Dillard, Japanese SOX compliance manager for Bridgestone Americas, who was
Canadian Tire Shakes Things Up, Warns Employees
Top management of Canadian Tire is not at all happy, so its president and CEO has turned the company on its ear and has warned employees to shape up. Stephen Wetmore, head of the massive retailer for less than 24 months, has reshuffled the top exec deck and realigned the company’s divisions under one umbrella
Goodyear to Bring Back Danville Employees
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. said its Danville, Va., tire manufacturing facility will return to a continuous, seven-day operation schedule. As part of the ramping up process, the tiremaker will bring back about 400 workers who lost their jobs through buyouts and layoffs when the Danville plant went to a three-shift, five-day schedule in March
New Tax Benefits for Hiring New Employees
Two new tax benefits are now available to employers hiring workers who were previously unemployed or only working part-time. These provisions are part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act enacted into law by President Obama on Mar. 18. Employers who hire unemployed workers this year (after Feb. 3, 2010 and before Jan.