Steelworkers also will meet with Goodyear, Michelin

June 6, 2006

Initial labor contract talks between Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Michelin North America Inc. and the United Steelworkers will begin this month, says a union spokesman.

Negotiations between the union and Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC (BFNT) are scheduled to start on June 14.

BFNT-union talks will take place in St. Louis, Mo., while negotiations with Goodyear will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Michelin talks will be held in Knoxville, Tenn.