Goodyear plans to close their Gadsden, Alabama plant

[jkwilson]

Announced a couple of days ago.

Gadsden Plant Closure

This is the plant where the Endurance trailer tire is made.

[Gulfcoast]

On the Endurance tires:

Gadsden AL made tires are stamped with plant code: MD
Fayettteville NC made tires are stamped with plant code: PJ

[Lwiddis]

India might, AJ.

[Lwiddis]

“china? if at all possible I buy nothing with that word on it.”

Impractical. Myopic. Simplistic.

[ajriding]

India might become the new china

[midnightsadie]

sure hope there not going to china? if at all possible I buy nothing with that word on it.

[Lwiddis]

Lower cost production elsewhere. I wonder if they...company and union...tried to match the North Carolina plant.

[Terryallan]

zigzagrv wrote:
Gadsden can handle the loss. That area survived the closing of Fort McClellan a number of years ago.

That is the plant made famous by the Lily Ledbetter(sp) equal pay lawsuit.

Lost a good friend who worked and retired from that plant a couple years ago. He passed from cancers that were common to others who worked there.

But can they survive it NOW, with the country shut down, and people already in financial trouble.

[zigzagrv]

Gadsden can handle the loss. That area survived the closing of Fort McClellan a number of years ago.

That is the plant made famous by the Lily Ledbetter(sp) equal pay lawsuit.

Lost a good friend who worked and retired from that plant a couple years ago. He passed from cancers that were common to others who worked there.

[Gulfcoast]

Goodyear Endurance: "These tires, built in Gadsden, AL and Fayetteville, NC, use state-of-the-art technology to deliver exceptional quality and durability".

[pitch]

Well that sure sucks if you work there. I hope the town is large enough to have other major employers to cushion the blow.
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