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        <title><![CDATA[Goodyear backtracks, says workers can wear clothes supporting police]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goodyear Tire Chief Executive Rich Kramer said Thursday the company had clarified its policy to make clear employees can wear apparel expressing support for law enforcement after it faced a boycott call from President Trump.</p><p>The Republican president, who is seeking a second term in office, told reporters Wednesday he would <strong>swap out the Goodyear tires</strong> on his presidential limousine if there were an alternative.</p><p>Goodyear on Thursday said it had a longstanding policy of asking employees of <strong>refraining from working place expressions</strong> of support for any political candidates.</p><p>Trump accused the Ohio-based company of &#8220;playing politics&#8221; by forbidding workers from donning the &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; caps favored by his supporters.</p><p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t buy GOODYEAR TIRES &#8211; They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS,&#8221; he wrote on Twitter Wednesday, referring to his slogan &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; often emblazoned on baseball caps.</p><p>Trump said it was &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; that the company would prevent employees from wearing attire supporting the &#8216;Blue Lives Matter&#8217; movement that supports law enforcement, while allowing support for other causes.</p><p>Goodyear said a widely circulated image created by a plant employee that triggered the controversy was not created or distributed by the company&#8217;s corporate group.</p><p>The image spelled out appropriate and inappropriate displays, with &#8216;Black Lives Matter&#8217; and &#8216;Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride&#8217; deemed acceptable, while &#8216;Blue Lives Matter&#8217; and &#8216;MAGA Attire&#8217; were not.</p><p>Kramer said Goodyear &#8220;strongly supports&#8221; law enforcement noting it has supplied tires to police and fire vehicles for more than 100 years. &#8220;That relationship is foundational to our company,&#8221; Kramer wrote employees Thursday. &#8220;Goodyear has always supported both law enforcement and equal justice.&#8221;</p><p>Shares in Goodyear fell as much as 6 percent on Wednesday after Trump&#8217;s tweet, but pared some losses to close down 2.4 percent. Goodyear shares fell 0.4 percent Thursday to $9.46.</p><p>The White House did not comment on Goodyear&#8217;s new statement, but White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow earlier defended the boycott call, saying Goodyear should change its workplace policy to allow political speech.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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