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Union-Made Tires - (1/12/2015)
Union-Made Tires
In the Nov-Dec 2014 issue of "Label Letter: Union Label & Service Trade Department, AFL-CIO," the United Steelworkers discovered trade issues between Chinese tire manufacturers. The prices of these tires may be cost-effective but the quality is low and they're killing the U.S. domestic markets.
So how do you find union-made tires? The U.S. Department of Transportation requires each tire to have a code that shows the company and location of the manufacturing plant. An example of the code would be: DOT BE ## ### ###. Listed below are for factory codes throughout the U.S.
• BE: B.F. Goodrich, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• BF: B.F. Goodrich, Woodburn, Ind.
• VE, YE, YU, 8B: Bridgestone/Firestone, Des Moines, Iowa
• D2, E3, W1, Y7: Bridgestone/Firestone, La Vergne, Tenn.
• 2C, 4D, 5D: Bridgestone/Firestone, Morrison, Tenn.
• UP: Cooper, Findlay, Ohio
• UT: Cooper, Texarkana, Ark.
• JU, PC, UK: Goodyear, Medicine Hat, Alberta
• JJ, MD, PU: Goodyear, Gadsden, Ala.
• DA: Dunlop, Buffalo, N.Y.
• JN, MJ, PY: Goodyear, Topeka, Kan.
• JE, MC, PT: Goodyear, Danville, Va.
• JF, MM, PJ: Kelly-Springfield, Fayetteville, N.C.
• CF: Titan Tire, Des Moines
• JH, MN, PK: Titan Tire, Freeport, Ill.
• B plus serial #: Titan Tire, Bryan, Ohio
• CC: Yokohama Tire, Salem, Va.
Please check out the Label Letter's website,
www.unionlabel.org, to see the full article.
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