So, why do "steelworkers and BF Goodrich/Michelin agree to continue negotiations beyond strike deadline"? <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/pitlane/emoticons/wink.gif"></A> >>> http://www.uswa.org/uswa/program/content/1497.php The Goodrich Corporation (formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company) is an American manufacturing company. Founded in Akron, Ohio in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew & Co. by Dr. Benjamin Franklin. The company name was changed to the "B.F. Goodrich Company" in 1880, and to the "Goodrich Corporation" in 2001. The company has a history of innovation and was responsible for introducing the zipper. As B.F. Goodrich, the company became one of the largest tire and rubber manufacturers in the world. This product line was sold to Michelin in 1988 ...