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DESCRIPTION:On October 5 of this year, in response to unacceptable contract offers from 
 the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 15,000 members of the USW were forced 
 to strike for job security and the guarantee of healthcare in their 
 retirement.  The Steelworkers are entering the tenth week of their strike 
 and these 15,000 union members are fighting for their working 
 lives.\n\nGoodyear has already announced the shutdown of the Tyler, Texas 
 facility- eliminating 1,200 union jobs- and is threatening to close another 
 US facility in the near future.  Meanwhile, the company plans on increasing 
 imports from China while lobbying against improved labor standards in the 
 developing country.  Currently Goodyear production employees in China are 
 earning as little as 42 cents an hour!\n\nGoodyear is also working hard to 
 get out of its obligation to retirees.  The company is trying to push its 
 retiree healthcare obligations off its books by setting up an under funded 
 independent account to administer retiree healthcare.  The fund could run 
 dry as soon as 2013, leaving retirees- some with as many as 30 years of 
 service- with no health insurance.\n\nOn December 16, with the help of the 
 AFL-CIO the United Steelworkers are planning solidarity actions at Goodyear 
 stores in over 100 cities across the United States and Canada.  Come out on 
 December 16 to join the United Steelworkers in their struggle for union 
 jobs and healthcare and to help spread information about the 
 strike!\n\nAntioch	CA 63 East 18th St. 11 a.m.\nConcord	CA 625 Contra Costa 
 Blvd. 11 a.m.\nFontana	CA 17067 Foothill Blvd. 11 a.m.\nRiverside CA 5760 
 Mission Blvd. 11 a.m.\nFresno CA 4119 W. Shaw Ave. 11 a.m.\nMontebello CA 
 617 Whittier Blvd. 11 a.m.\nMerced CA 1635 T St. 11 a.m.\nLong Beach CA 
 3800 Cherry Ave. 10 a.m.\nUpland   CA 913 Foothill Blvd. 11 a.m.\nSan 
 Leandro CA	15498 E. 14th St. 11 a.m.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/08/18335943.php
SUMMARY:Solidarity with Striking Goodyear Workers
LOCATION:Antioch	CA 63 East 18th St. 11 a.m.\nConcord	CA 625 Contra Costa Blvd. 11 
 a.m.\nFontana	CA 17067 Foothill Blvd. 11 a.m.\nRiverside CA 5760 Mission 
 Blvd. 11 a.m.\nFresno CA 4119 W. Shaw Ave. 11 a.m.\nMontebello CA 617 
 Whittier Blvd. 11 a.m.\nMerced CA 1635 T St. 11 a.m.\nLong Beach CA 3800 
 Cherry Ave. 10 a.m.\nUpland   CA 913 Foothill Blvd. 11 a.m.\nSan Leandro 
 CA	15498 E. 14th St. 11 a.m.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/08/18335943.php
DTSTART:20061216T190000Z
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