Under the contract, Alabama Power will provide steam to the Goodyear plant for the next five years.

For more than half a century, the Goodyear plant was a steady source of employment here on the outskirts of Mexico City.

Built in 1908, the plant was once a Goodyear plant.

The union represents 15,000 workers at 11 Goodyear plants nationwide.

The Goodyear plant in Scottsboro, Ala., makes polyester tire cord and fabric.

He was superintendent of the Goodyear plant in Los Angeles and in charge of the company's operations in Britain before his election as president in 1941.

Outside the ring, he works at the Goodyear plant in Lawton to support his wife and four children.

Several other small employers have taken up residence in the old Goodyear plant, which the company donated to the town.

While the Goodyear plant employed more than 1,000 people in its salad days, the workforce there now numbers fewer than 70.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber said Akzo had agreed to pay about $105 million for a Goodyear plant in Alabama.