Goodyear Threatens Layoffs

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. threatened to cut 310 jobs - and said more could come later - after the local bargaining unit rejected a request for a longer workweek. Goodyear also said Monday it would withdraw a plan to invest $60 million in the Union City plant, add 500 jobs and guarantee no layoffs for two years unless workers agree to the change.

It gave United Steelworkers of America Local 878 until Sunday to approve the proposal.