Goodyear offering buyouts at Union City plant

The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 30, 2009

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is offering buyouts at its Union City plant to deal with the economic downturn.

According to the Union City Daily Messenger, the first phase of the buyouts has been offered to 600 workers ages 53 to 55 who would get $3,000 for each year of service with no cap.

The plant announced earlier this year that it would reduce its production schedule to an eight-hour, five-day-a-week operation. Currently, the facility operates a 12-hour continuous production schedule.

A United Steelworkers union spokesman said members would meet to discuss the proposal.