M.E. Smallback

Goodyear Training Aligns with Black Lives Matters and Rebukes Police Support

A picture was leaked of a training session at a Goodyear plant in Topeka, KS on Thursday, August 18, 2020.  It shows a slide from the presentation outlining their "zero tolerance" policy.  On it you'll find references to BLM and LGBTQ are acceptable, but references to Blue Lives Matter or All Lives Matter or MAGA are unacceptable. I reached out to Goodyear, via their Corporate phone number [330.796.2121].  After being on hold for over thirty minutes, I was able to speak with a customer service representative.  The representative was aware of the picture because she had fielded other calls about it.  She indicated the headquarters at Akron, OH were looking into it.  She seemed genuinely surprised and told me she had not had any training like that where she was.