Goodyear Resumes Production After Strike

[Omaha Steve]

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Goodyear Resumes Production After Strike

Tuesday January 2, 7:19 PM EST

CLEVELAND (AP) — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. workers returned Tuesday after a three-month strike, with the world's third-largest tire maker saying it could be weeks before full production resumes.

"Production at the affected tire and engineered products plants will ramp up over the next few weeks," the Akron-based company said in a statement marking the return. "Full supply of Goodyear products is expected to be available soon thereafter."

Jack Hefner, vice president of Steelworkers Local 2 in Akron, said Tuesday that workers were happy to be back. "Morale, I would say, is (they are) glad to be back to work," he said.

But there was tension at the Sun Prairie, Wis., plant where some workers said managers smiled and waved their paychecks at the picket lines.

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