Goodyear layoffs proposed

The Topeka Capital-Journal, March 4, 2009

 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will lay off 225 workers at its Topeka plant and offer up to 100 buyouts under proposed contract changes to be voted upon by union members on Thursday, WIBW-TV Channel 13 reported late Tuesday.

Workers will meet today to receive information about the package, which was tentatively agreed upon by officials from United Steelworkers Local 307 and Goodyear. Employees will then be able to vote today or all day Thursday on whether to accept the modifications.

Union officials have made no comments about the proposal. Local 307 president Robert Tripp said earlier in the week that "any specific layoff numbers will have to come from Goodyear."