Six months after Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers reached a national labor agreement, negotiations continue on a local supplemental contract that has implications for employees' work and vacation rules.
"Everybody in our membership thought this would be an easy deal, but it's proved harder," said Glenn Griffith, vice president of Local 307.
Griffith said the national deal, or "master agreement," sets the tone for such big-ticket items as wages and benefits, but it's up to local negotiators to work out the smaller points, like work rules and how overtime and vacation can be scheduled.
He said the union has been meeting with Goodyear since at least April.
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