By Chris Taylor
Union City, TN – Union City's Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant will close by the end of the year putting 1,900 people out of work. 28-year-old Brandon Gregg tells the Paducah Sun the news has shocked the workforce, community and his family, some of whom have worked at the plant for almost three decades. Gregg likens news of the plant's impending closure to someone important dying. A Goodyear spokesman says the company plans to operate the plant at full production with a full staff until a closing date is announced.