There's been no talk of a strike, and it wasn't clear whether the union would use the talks as a pattern to set the stage for negotiations during the summer with tire makers Bridgestone-Firestone and Michelin-BFGoodrich.
There was talk that Bridgestone , its Tokyo-based owner, would pull the plug on Firestone, since the parent company was pushing its higher-end, higher-margin Bridgestone-brand business before the tragedies.