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USWA Names Bridgestone-Firestone as Negotiating Target

10 April 2000

USWA Names Bridgestone-Firestone as Negotiating Target

    PITTSBURGH, April 7 The following was issued today by the
United Steelworkers of America:

    The Rubber and Plastic Industry Conference (RPIC) of the United
Steelworkers of America (USWA) announced today that Bridgestone-Firestone was
selected as the target company in the year 2000 round of negotiations with the
tire industry.
   The decision was made by the RPIC Policy Committee at a meeting in
Cincinnati, Ohio, according to USWA executive vice president John Sellers.
    The union will make every effort to negotiate an agreement with
Bridgestone-Firestone that will establish a pattern with other tire and rubber
companies.  A pattern agreement establishes wages and benefits across an
industry that provides a decent standard of living for workers and their
families, eliminating cutthroat competition among workers in the industry.

    For further information, call 412-562-2442.