Steelworkers Reach Agreement With Goodyear In US

The United Steelworkers of America reached a tentative national contract agreement with Goodyear on Saturday.

The agreement was reached three hours before the midnight deadline for the expiration of the old contract.

Wayne Ranick, at the union headquarters in Pittsburgh, said that the deal was for four years.

The talks covered about 10,300 Unites Steelworkers members at seven Goodyear plants in the U.S.

Ranick said, "They feel comfortable that in a difficult circumstance they were able to work with the company and get something that they feel comfortable enough to take home to the members and talk to them about it and let them vote on it."