Union ratifies Cooper Tire pact

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Union ratifies Cooper Tire pact

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

( z! D+ h! z1 ?9 RFindlay, OH - Cooper Tire & Rubber announced that United Steelworkers Local 207L ratified a new five-year labor agreement. This agreement, which affects approximately 1,050 union members, ends a 3-month lockout that began November 28, 2011, at the company’s Findlay, OH, plant. Union members voted 627 to 321 in favor of the agreement. Both the company and the union are pleased to have reached an agreement and are looking forward to the Findlay plant employees returning to work. While enormous time and effort was involved in reaching this labor agreement, leaders from the company and the union share a belief that the new contract will enhance the competitiveness of Cooper’s Findlay tire plant through improvements in productivity. An orderly return-to-work plan will be communicated before the end of the week.