Goodyear execs, union talking in Danville

Danville Register & Bee, February 10, 2009

Goodyear executives and union leaders are meeting this week to discuss the future of the company’s Danville plant.

Company executives arrived Monday and are expected to be in Danville through Wednesday.

The meeting follows last week’s session where United Steelworkers Local 831 officials were told recent furloughs have not done enough to reduce huge inventories. Danville plant workers just returned from a second weeklong furlough, with another scheduled for later this month.

Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear says restructuring plans will be announced Feb. 18 when yearly and fourth-quarter results are released.

With at least 2,000 workers, the Goodyear plant is Danville’s largest employer.