Strikers against Goodyear are trying to use their union's international ties to raise awareness of their two-month strike. The Pittsburgh-based United Steelworkers on Tuesday brought a friendly seven-member labor delegation from Sweden to visit strikers in Akron, where Goodyear is based and where it has a small manufacturing plant. In all, about 12,000 Goodyear workers are on strike in North America. The workers went on strike Oct. 5 after talks broke down on a new contract. Neither side has said when it will return to talks, which broke off again Nov. 17 after a four-day resumption.
See "Goodyear Workers Seek Global Support", Associated Press, The New York Times, December 10, 2006