Thursday, January 04, 2007

More bad news for the old home town

MONTREAL -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is ending tire production at its factory in Valleyfield, Que., affecting nearly 1,000 employees and adding to economic troubles in a province already suffering from forestry industry layoffs.

Softening the blow slightly, the Akron, Ohio-based company also said Thursday it will open a materials mixing centre at the location near Montreal, creating 200 jobs.

"The only thing we know is that there will be 200 employees left at Valleyfield, the rest of us will lose all our jobs," a worker told French-language channel LCN. "It's total uncertainty."

Damn those Ohio-based moguls!

It's hard to imagine Valleyfield without all those people working at "La Goodyear". Yep, that's what people call it "La Goodyear". Happy New Year.

1 comment:

cityofmushrooms said...

poor valleyfield