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 RAPID RESPONSE NEWS 

10-26-26

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​JOIN THE FIGHT TO SAVE AMERICA'S TIRE INDUSTRY AND USW JOBS

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SIGN THE PETITION NOW

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For generations, tire plants have provided good, family-supporting jobs, and helped build strong communities across our country. But those jobs, our members’ jobs, are disappearing at an alarming rate.

 

Domestic tire production has declined roughly 40 percent since 2000, while imports have taken an increasing share of the U.S. market. In just the past two years, announced plant closures and job cuts have cost, or will cost, more than 6,000 USW members their jobs. Behind those numbers are our union brothers and sisters, their families and communities that have depended on these plants for generations.

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We cannot stand by while more good union jobs disappear.

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The USW has a long history of fighting unfair trade and working to level the playing field for our members. We've successfully fought surging tire imports before, and now we're taking the next step.

 

Our union has called on U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to launch a Section 201 investigation into tire imports. This investigation could lead to temporary trade relief, including measures to limit imports, giving the domestic industry an opportunity to stabilize, rebuild and grow.

 

Our strength is in our numbers and we need YOUR VOICE to make USW’s demand for action impossible to ignore!

 

SIGN THE PETITION:
Tell USTR to Fight for American Tire Jobs

 

We are running out of time! Add your name to make your voice heard in the fight to protect the future of our nation’s rubber industry against unfair imports.

 

If you've already signed the petition, thank you! Now is the time to move others to action.

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Bob Alderson
724-746-0598
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Colt Kovatch
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Liz Bettinger (Dist. 10 Coordinator)
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Colt Kovatch, Chair

Brian Callahan
Kirk Williams
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