>>Danville Residents React to Goodyear Plant Layoff Announcement
(Danville, VA) -- Residents in Danville are reacting to Goodyear's plan to cut the local plant's workforce in half. Katie Gray with more.Preview: Wrap Script:
The Danville Goodyear manufacturing plant expects to lose 850 of its employees by the end of the month, as the company shifts its focus to increasing production of plane tires and reducing commercial tire output. John Meadows tells WSET the news is upsetting.Preview: Tonya Sims says she has friends who work there.Preview: The company is offering some workers up to $3-thousand dollars for each year of service, with a minimum of $25-thousand and a maximum of $105-thousand dollars. Employees have until February 25 to accept the buyout offer.