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WZTVCLEVELAND (AP) -- Thousands of workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants in seven states -- including Tennessee -- will vote in the coming days on a tentative national contract agreement.
The United Steelworkers of America and the company reached the deal Saturday night about three hours before a midnight deadline for the expiration of the old three-year contract, which had been extended twice.
The union says rank-and-file members will be briefed on the new contract and ratification votes will be scheduled at all plants.
A spokesman with the union headquarters in Pittsburgh, Wayne Ranick, says he couldn't provide any details on whether the four-year agreement preserved union jobs or kept open the seven plants covered by the deal.
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