Racially motivated attacks by gangs on black teenagers has created a "toxic environment" that forced families out of a California city and has left at least one teenager dead, said attorneys for the families of several teens. The attorneys said Wednesday that the December 2007 fatal ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Tuesday that a new national contract with the United Steelworkers union will save the company $215 million over the four-year life of the agreement. Combined with earlier staff-reduction agreements at five plants, the Akron, Ohio-based tire maker expects $555 million in savings ...

A tentative contract between the United Steelworkers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. protects six of seven U.S. tire plants from closing for the next four years. Union members on Tuesday received a summary of the deal reached with the Akron, Ohio-based tire maker ...

For the second time, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers of America have extended their national contract, this time until Aug. 29. The three-year contract covering about 10,300 Steelworkers at seven Goodyear plants in the U.S. had been scheduled to expire July 18. It was first ...