PITTSBURGH (Feb. 28) — Officials and representatives of the United Steelworkers union´s Rubber/Plastics Industry Conference will meet March 13-15 in Pittsburgh for its pre-negotiations policy conference.
Each local within R/PIC — made up primarily of tire and rubber bargaining units from the old United Rubber Workers union — will be represented at the conference, where the union will develop and discuss bargaining objectives for upcoming 2006 master contract negotiations.
R/PIC traditionally holds its policy conference prior to the beginning of contract talks in the three-year tire industry cycle. Contracts with Goodyear, Bridgestone/Firestone and Michelin North America Inc.´s BFGoodrich tire units expire this summer.