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Wednesday, January 3, 2007
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Goodyear
strike ends; union members return to work |
After 12 weeks of being on strike, members of
the United Steelworkers Union approved a contract with
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Friday, with workers
expected to begin returning to work on Monday and Tuesday.
When the union’s
three-year contract ended in July of 2006, a new contract
had not yet been negotiated. After months of contract
negotiations between Goodyear and the union failed to result
in a contract agreement, the strike got underway at noon on
Oct. 5. At that time, union members walked out of the local
plant in Union City.
The negotiations
finally resulted in an agreement ironed out last Wednesday,
which was then ratified by a majority of the union members
on Friday.
Goodyear officials say the company expects to
realize substantial cost savings as a result of a master
contract ratified Friday by members of the United
Steelworkers union. Provisions of the three-year contract
provide Goodyear with the ability to achieve up to $610
million in cost savings over its term and $300 million a
year in ongoing savings. Compared with 2006 pre-strike
levels, savings are expected to total $70 million in 2007,
$240 million in 2008 and $300 million in 2009.
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Union City
man killed, three others injured in two-vehicle accident |
A two-vehicle accident left a Union City man
dead and three others injured, including a Dresden man and
two Cordova women.
According to a
report filed with Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatch in
Memphis, the crash took place at approximately 6:10 p.m. on
Friday, December 22, on Highway 45 East at Brundige Road
near South Fulton, when a 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by
Randel Gatewood, 48, of Dresden, collided with a 2007
Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Dana Sowash, 27, of Cordova.
The report states
that Gatewood was eastbound on Brundige Road and was trying
to cross Highway 45 East when he pulled his car into the
path of a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Dana Sowash, 27,
of Cordova, who was northbound on Highway 45 East.
The front of Ms.
Sowash’s vehicle struck Gatewood’s car on the passenger side
door, causing her vehicle to rotate clockwise before coming
to rest facing south on Highway 45 East. As a result of the
crash, Gatewood's vehicle rotated clockwise and came to rest
facing south on the east shoulder of the road.
Billy Joe Grogan,
44, who was a passenger in Gatewood’s car, was pronounced
dead at the scene.
Gatewood was transported by helicopter to
Regional Medical Center in Memphis for treatment.
(Read the rest of the story in the
January 3rd print edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!)
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Thomas Wayne
Fisher celebrates 100 years |
Last Thursday,
Thomas Wayne Fisher celebrated 100 years of life. Friends,
colleagues, family, and acquaintances attended the
celebration at Fisher’s new home at Lakeside Retirement
Center in McKenzie.
A former Dresden
mayor, trustee of the University of Tennessee,
superintendent of Weakley County Schools, principal of
Palmersville and Sharon high schools, and Weakley County
clerk and master, and WWII veteran has had a highly
successful and decorated career.
Fisher was all
smiles as he greeted his guests one-by-one in a receiving
line. Friends from the area shared memories with Fisher.
Joining the celebration were Fisher’s daughter, Sherry
Tarwater of Huntingdon, his sister, Mildred Clarke of
Knoxville, and brothers, Russell Fisher of Kingsport and
Warner Fisher of Queen’s Creek, Arizona.
Carroll County Mayor
Kenny McBride presented a proclamation declaring December
28, 2006 as Thomas Wayne Fisher Day in Carroll County. A
proclamation by Governor Phil Bredesen presented the
Centennial Award to Fisher.
Fisher is still
active – mentally, spiritually, and physically. McBride said
he enjoys seeing Fisher at Mallard’s Restaurant with his
daughter. Sherry said her father still charts the stock
market and keeps up with events.
(Read the rest of the story in the January 3rd print edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!)
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