11.   The ventures include three metallurgical plants with Indian companies, a tire plant with a British firm, and a pipe plant with a Korean company.

12.   Tire plants affected by the strike are in Des Moines, Iowa, Decatur, Illinois, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

13.   Union workers at a Charlotte, N.C. tire plant have reached a tentative contract agreement after nearly yearlong strike.

14.   Weeks before his death, Jackson had been promoted to a position at a local tire plant that had previously only been held by white men.

15.   Weeks before his death, Jackson had been promoted to a position at a local tire plant that had been held only by white men.

16.   Workers at the Uniroyal tire plant were in a shelter when a tornado struck Ardmore.