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Kumho, USW spar over COVID-19 in Georgia Kumho’s tire plant in Macon, Ga., opened in 2016. MACON, Ga.—COVID-19 allegations are at the center of the latest dispute between labor organizers and company officials at a Kumho Tire USA Inc. plant in Georgia. The United Steelworkers union, which has been locked in a years-long struggle to unionize the facility, is asking the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority to "intervene in a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Georgia plant." USW alleges "at least 12 workers contracted the virus and one died in the latest wave of infections affecting the faci...

Kumho’s tire plant in Macon, Ga., opened in 2016. MACON, Ga. — COVID-19 allegations are at the center of the latest dispute between labor organizers and company officials at a Kumho Tire USA Inc. plant in Georgia. United Steelworkers union (USW), which has been locked in a years-long struggle to unionize the facility, is asking the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority to “intervene in a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Georgia plant.” USW alleges “at least 12 workers contracted the virus and one died in the latest wave of infections affecting the facility.” But Kumho is pushing b...

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Workers at Kumho Tire in Macon can move forward with efforts to unionize and negotiate a contract with their employer. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certified the results of a 2019 vote to join the United Steelworkers (USW), the largest tire union in the United States. According to the USW, […]

NLRB certifies USW as bargaining unit for Kumho Tire plant in Georgia Kumho’s tire plant in Macon, Ga., opened in 2016. MACON, Ga.–Allegations of violence and race-baiting are being turned aside by the federal government in a ruling certifying United Steelworkers to represent workers at Kumho Tire USA Inc.'s tire manufacturing plant in Georgia. This is the latest in a string of labor developments that have involved the plant since 2017, the year after the facility opened in Macon. A Jan. 20 ruling by Lisa Y. Henderson, acting director for Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board in...

NLRB certifies USW as bargaining unit for Kumho plant in Georgia Kumho’s tire plant in Macon, Ga., opened in 2016. MACON, Ga. — The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has certified the United Steelworkers (USW) union to represent workers at Kumho Tire USA Inc.'s tire plant in Macon, amid allegations of violence and race-baiting. This is the latest in a string of labor developments that have involved the plant since 2017, the year after the facility opened in Macon. A Jan. 20 ruling by Lisa Y. Henderson, acting director for Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board in Atlanta, cer...