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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Striking union's ads slash tiremaker

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There's nothing subtle about the national advertising campaign being mounted by the United Steelworkers of America: Buy Goodyear tires and risk death.

The union, which has been striking the Akron, Ohio, tire company for almost two months, is undertaking a public relations campaign to criticize Goodyear for using replacement workers, which the union says can lead to the production of unsafe tires.

The campaign includes a radio advertisement broadcast in about 20 markets and a 30-second video clip posted exclusively on the Internet.

The radio spot features sound bites of screeching tires, cars crashing, an ambulance siren and emergency room chatter. The piece ends with bagpipes playing "Amazing Grace." An announcer intones, "So, if you're thinking of buying a Goodyear tire, how much risk can you afford?"

The ad is running in cities with large union populations, including New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, N.Y. and Kansas City, Mo., United Steelworkers' spokesman Wayne Ranick said. No ads have run in Washington.

But its the Steelworkers' use of the popular Web site YouTube.com that is causing the biggest public buzz.

The clip, which the union produced itself, uses ominous music, a voice-over similar to those in political campaign commercials, grainy black-and-white photos of crashed vehicles and a person on an ambulance stretcher. It concludes with a slow-motion scene of a car rolling over, presumably after a tire failed.

About 15,000 United Steelworkers members have been striking Goodyear tire plants since Oct. 5, protesting the company plans to cut retiree benefits and close plants.

In late October, Goodyear announced plans to close a plant in Tyler, Texas, eliminating about 1,100 jobs. The sides haven't talked since Nov. 17.

The union says the ads are necessary because replacement workers are less experienced than union laborers, creating serious safety concerns.

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