Big tire company hit by strike
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The United Steelworkers union announced a strike Thursday at 16 Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Co. plants after failing to come to an agreement on a labor contract for 15,000 workers.
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Hundreds of thousands of South African public sector workers went on strike on Thursday in the largest industrial action witnessed in the last decade.
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About 3,400 union workers at three BF Goodrich Tire Manufacturing plants in Indiana and Alabama have approved a new contract after working about 15 months without one.
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Some 15,000 members of the United Steelworkers went on strike at 16 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants in the United States and Canada on Thursday after the union rejected the company's latest contract proposal.
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The United Auto Workers union on Monday  called the first national strike against General Motors  Corp since 1970 after contract talks stalled, sending  more than 73,000 factory workers to picket lines.
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About 2,000 unionized Pennsylvania Turnpike employees, including 1,200 toll collectors, went on strike Wednesday for the first time in the route&#39;s 64-year history.
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Just days after it announced deep job cuts in Europe, the General Motors Corporation is battling a wildcat strike at one of its biggest German auto plants, and a threat of wider disruptions.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , the largest U.S. tire maker, reported a wider quarterly loss on Friday due to a nearly three-month strike by union workers in North America that cost the company $367 million.
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Toll collectors on the Pennsylvania Turnpike went on strike Wednesday, just as Americans were hitting the road for Thanksgiving.
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A strike halted production on  Wednesday at U.S. car maker Ford's  plant near St  Petersburg, one of the biggest in Russia owned by a foreign  auto maker, after a months-long dispute over pay and  conditions.
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With its key product line in deep trouble, the carmaker has been forced take some dramatic action to salvage its turnaround plan
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The United Autos Workers union said on  Tuesday that bankrupt parts maker Delphi Corp.'s   management will be forced to meet with the union to reach a  settlement.
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SHOREHAM, Vermont  - Vermont officials are going   to court and activists are threatening a boycott of the world's   largest forest products company as a battle intensifies over a   plan to burn old tires as fuel in New York state.
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The action by the United Automobile Workers union signaled a major snag in negotiations that had appeared to be heading toward a new contract.
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BFGoodrich Tires, owned by French-based  Michelin MICP.PA, on Thursday said it is recalling 46,000  passenger and light-truck tires in the United States for a  condition that could possibly result in steel belt separation.
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The first national strike against G.M. by the auto workers union since 1970 began today after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on a contract.
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United Auto Workers members at GM go on strike after contract talks fail to reach an agreement.