Union says Yokohama plant will close next month
The union representing a majority of the employees at the Yokohama Tire plant in Salem says the plant will close March 18 under an agreement reached last week with the company.
Employees who work through the closure date will be paid through March 31, according to a social media post from the United Steelworkers Union Local 1023.
Yokohama Tire announced in January that it would lay off 392 of its 571 employees as it wound down production at the Salem plant beginning in March. The company cited reduced demand for the products made there…