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Nationwide Protest Will Target Goodyear for ‘Abandoning America’s Workers, Retirees and Communities’

For Immediate Release                                      November 14, 2006

PITTSBURGH — The AFL-CIO will join the United Steelworkers (USW) in launching a nationwide Day of Action against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:GT) “to protest Goodyear’s assault on the economic security and basic rights of working families and Steelworker members, as well as current and future retirees,” the USW and AFL-CIO announced today.

In a meeting in Washington today, the Federation’s Executive Council voted unanimously to:

• Discredit Goodyear’s abandonment of American manufacturing, workers, retirees and their communities;

• Join with Steelworker members on informational actions at stores selling Goodyear products;

• Condemn Goodyear’s assault on the health security of its workers and retirees as destructive t