UNION CITY, Tenn. – United Steelworkers Local 878 members have rejected a local proposal with the Goodyear Union City plant that would have allowed 21 jobs to be outsourced.
The package allowed up to 10 employees with those jobs to be offered a buyout at $3,000 per year of service at the plant with no cap.
Union officials said they were disappointed with the results and the next step is to resume bargaining. A plant spokesman confirmed that negotiating would start over.
According to the Union City Daily Messenger, exact vote totals were not released by the union except for word that the proposal was turned down.
The 40-year-old plant employed some 2,700 before 550 buyouts last summer. It has been threatened with closure.