Goodyear to explain US union contract

Next Tuesday, at 9am local time (2pm BST, 3pm CEST), Goodyear Tire & Rubber will hold a conference call to discuss details of its newly ratified master labour contract with the United Steelworkers union. Participating in the conference call will be chairman and chief executive officer Richard J. Kramer and Darren R. Wells, executive vice-president and chief financial officer.

Approximately 45 minutes prior to the call’s commencement, Goodyear will post financial and other information related to the contract on its investor relations Web site: http://investor.goodyear.com.

The master contract covers about 8,000 employees at Goodyear’s plants in Akron, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Danville, Virginia; Fayetteville, North Carolina; Gadsden, Alabama; and Topeka, Kansas.