Goodyear, USWA Agree To Day-To-Day Contract Extension

CINCINNATI, April 16 -- Goodyear and the United Steelworkers of America have agreed to extend their contract on a day-to-day basis. The contract covering USWA members at 11 plants was due to expire at midnight on Saturday. Contracts at three Kelly-Springfield plants expire in July.

Either side can end the day-to-day agreement with 72-hour notification.

Jim Allen, Goodyear's director of global labor relations, and Andrew Palm, USWA vice president of administration, said the extension gives negotiators an opportunity to further consider and discuss proposals in this particularly challenging set of talks.

Goodyear and union negotiators have been meeting in Cincinnati since March 13. The USWA selected Goodyear as the target for rubber industry bargaining on April 7.