TWO WORK-RELATED ACCIDENTS REPORTED AT GOODYEAR PLANT (during strike)

[Omaha Steve]

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TWO WORK-RELATED ACCIDENTS REPORTED AT GOODYEAR PLANT
By GREG JUNEK, Business Editor
12/20/2006
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Emergency responders were called to two accidents at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Tyler Wednesday afternoon, officials confirmed.

Ambulance personnel responded to reports that a worker's hand had been injured and that another worker's arm had been caught in equipment.

The United Steelworkers of America, the union representing Goodyear workers, began a strike Oct. 5 after an agreement could not be reached with the company on a new master contract. Some temporary workers and management personnel are operating the plant.

Efforts to reach Goodyear officials at the Tyler plant Wednesday afternoon were unsuccessful.

Ed Markey, Goodyear corporate spokesman, confirmed the injuries.

"I can confirm two injuries today at the end of the first shift," Markey said. "One was a hand injury and the other was a broken arm."

Names of the injured workers were not released.

It was unclear whether one or both of the injured people were temporary workers hired by Goodyear to work during the strike or union members that crossed the picket line.

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[hayu_lol]

1. Don't call them temporary workers,

call them what they are:

SCABS.

[TahitiNut]

2. pickets, borders. scabs, illegal migrants. union, union.

We seem to have very inconsistent 'values' on DU, sometimes. :shrug:

[B Calm]

3. Most employers preach job safety, as long as it doesn't cost them money!