More Layoffs Coming For Goodyear In Gadsden

More layoffs appear to be on the way for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant in Gadsden.

This, after some 740 workers took an early buyout in December.

Last week, workers received a notice of a “voluntary layoff opportunity,” with instructions to turn in forms by last Friday, January 24.

A company spokesperson confirms the company is “rightsizing” its workforce in Gadsden for the adjusted schedule, after December’s early buyouts.

Local United Steelworkers President Mickey Ray Williams, whose local represents the Goodyear workers in Gadsden, has long blamed a new plant in Mexico for the many layoffs in Gadsden.

The Goodyear Gadsden plant was at one point the largest tire factory in the world. Now, according to the Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Development Authority website, it employs 650 workers, less than Koch Foods, both of Gadsden’s hospitals and the Gadsden and Etowah County boards of education.

WBRC FOX 6

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