Saturday, December 16, 2006

US Army might break Goodyear strike

From the The Financial Times ("The only paper that tells the truth"). It seems to be the only paper reporting this, but it also charges money for full access.

The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas in the face of a looming shortage of tyres for Humvee trucks and other military equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A strike involving 17,000 members of the United Steelworkers union has crippled 16 Goodyear plants in the US and Canada since October 5.



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