The United Steelworkers union and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. on Thursday indicated they are ready to get back to the bargaining table and try to resolve a 4-week old strike by more than 12,000 workers. In announcing a $48 million third-quarter loss, Goodyear said it was sending its negotiating team back to Cincinnati, where negotiations broke off ahead of the Oct. 5 strike in the United States and Canada. Goodyear said it was hopeful the Steelworkers would do likewise.
See "Striking Union, Goodyear Ready to Talk", M.R. Kropko, San Francisco Chronicle, November 8, 2006