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Article: USW leader speaks harshly of Goodyear executives: He calls plan to end health care `foolish'.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2006
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Byline: Jim Mackinnon
Dec. 5--The United Steelworkers chief contract negotiator told striking Akron union members Monday that Goodyear miscalculated and made a "foolish" business proposal to stop providing for health care.
Negotiator Tom Conway, Steelworkers International vice president in charge of Goodyear negotiations, met with more than 200 members of Local 2 for about two hours Monday afternoon at the union's Kelly Avenue hall. The local has about 470 members who make race tires in Goodyear's Akron factory.
Akron was the first stop in a series of meetings Conway and other high-ranking USW members will be having at all strike locations in ...