Leslie Marshall Show - 10/30/26 - Saving America’s Tire Industry: The Fight Against Surging Imports

Podcast: Progressive Voices · Progressive Voices

Opublikowano: 2026-10-30

Leslie welcomes Kevin Johnsen, Chair of the United Steelworkers’ Rubber and Plastics Industry Conference, to discuss the growing threat facing America’s domestic tire industry—and what the USW believes Washington must do before even more plants and good-paying jobs disappear. Domestic tire production has fallen sharply over the past two decades as imports have surged into the U.S. market, while recent plant closure announcements alone threaten thousands of jobs, including thousands held by USW members. Kevin explains what those losses mean for workers, their families, and the communities that depend on these plants. Leslie and Kevin also look at the...