Thursday, September 17, 2009
OHIO
Union members continue voting on Goodyear pact
AKRON — The fate of a tentative contract between Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and its union workers appears to be up in the air as voting on ratifying the pact continues over the next few days.
The contract would prevent the potential closing of a half-dozen plants in the next four years.
United Steelworkers union locals in Akron and Union City, Tenn., have approved the contract, but the local in Danville, Va., has turned it down. Union officials at locals in Buffalo, N.Y., and Topeka, Kan., would not say Wednesday how their locals voted. Voting is scheduled later this week in Gadsden, Ala., and Fayetteville, N.C.
Suit alleges Knowles violated trademark
COLUMBUS — Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has sued singer Beyonc Knowles, saying her plan for a fragrance named after her alter ego Sasha Fierce violates the teen clothing retailer’s trademark.
The chain, which has sold a men’s fragrance called Fierce since 2002, wants a court to order Knowles to abandon the plan. Abercrombie has held a trademark for the word “fierce” since 2003, according to the lawsuit it filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus.
Fierce is the scent dispersed by employees and machines in Abercrombie stores with the goal of infusing all the apparel they sell.
Associated Press