Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. announced that the Danville manufacturing facility will return to a continuous, seven-day operation schedule.
“We’re going to get all the Goodyear employees back to work,” said Goodyear-Danville communications manager Jo Andrews. “That’s what we’re most excited about.”
About 400 workers lost their jobs through buyouts and layoffs last year when the Danville plant went to a three-shift, five-day schedule in March 2009.
Goodyear reached a tentative agreement with United Steelworkers Local 831 on July 21 after working out the details of a return plan with the labor union for the past several weeks.
The change back to the original schedule comes with a strengthening of the commercial truck and aviation tires market, Andrews said. Goodyear is Danville’s largest employer with more than 2,000 employees. The local plant manufactures aircraft and truck tires.
Goodyear started calling back employees late last year as the market showed improvement.
Timelines for the schedule change are being determined, Andrews said. The plant will start the transitioning back to a four-crew rotation in the coming months while ensuring it continues to meet training and safety requirements.
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