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...number of decisions that overlook individual rights in favor of corporations. In 2007, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s decision to award Lilly Ledbetter discrimination compensation because she filed her claims outside the 180-day statutory period. Apparently timeliness mattered more than the fact that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, her employer of nearly 20 years, had been paying her less than every one of her male colleagues. Additionally, in 2008 the Supreme Court voted to reduce the amount Exxon Mobil had to pay for an oil spill from $2.5 billion to $500 million, covering...
Other than complain, there's little either can do to halt this integration. Punitive tariffs backfire. The Obama Administration's 35% tariff on imports of Chinese tires potentially hurt Goodyear's operations in Ohio because the company had developed a cost structure that uses production in China as a way to maintain its U.S. operations. China threatened to retaliate with tariffs on U.S. chicken parts. If tires and chicken parts are the worst of it, so much for trade wars...
...Helped put together a union contract with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in 2003 that could shed light on how he might approach the car industry. The deal includes executive compensation limits and provisions to preserve American jobs...
...Says that she lives paycheck to paycheck; has no expectation of ever getting any restitution from Goodyear Tire...
...will be a second-class citizen for the rest of my life ... It affects every penny I have today." - on the fact that her retirement benefits are based on the discriminatory pay she received from Goodyear Tire, Birmingham News, January...