DES MOINES, IA—Firestone has reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers Union covering workers at the tire manufacturer’s factories in Iowa, Arkansas, Illinois and Tennessee.

DES MOINES, IA—Union workers at the Firestone tire factory here reached a tentative contract agreement late Friday, averting a strike.

SWAN ISLAND, OR—Union workers at Daimler’s truck assembly plant here have gone on strike after rejecting a $1.30 per hour pay raise. The union had been seeking a $1.95 increase.

LANSING, MI—Michigan’s state House has passed bills giving both public and private employees so-called right-to-work protections.