No Break In 76-Day-Old Rubber Industry Strike

No Break In 76-Day-Old Rubber Industry Strike

**Date:** 7-26-67 **Source:** Unknown — The five major rubber companies and the United Rubber Workers union resumed talks yesterday in Ohio. Representatives of the borough’s three Locals and UniRoyal representatives met again in Cincinnati with other talks being conducted in three other Ohio cities. No indications of a break in the 76-day-old strike were forthcoming, … Read more

Rubber Strike Negotiations Resume Today In Cincinnati

Rubber Strike Negotiations Resume Today In Cincinnati

**Date:** 7-5-67 **Source:** Unknown — Negotiations in the URW – UniRoyal strike are scheduled to resume today in Cincinnati for another try at reaching a contract settlement. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is the only one of the big five rubber companies continuing to operate with tire production from its plants assisting the other four … Read more

Uniroyal, URW to File Briefs In Union Injunction Request

Uniroyal, URW to File Briefs In Union Injunction Request

**Date:** 6/29/67 **Source:** Unknown — Uniroyal and the striking Uni-ted Rubber Workers have until Wednesday to file briefs arguing whether the company should be forbidden to make footwear samples at the Naugatuck plant during the strike. Judge Leo V. Gaffney in Waterbury Superior Court yesterday set the Wednesday deadline, as he reserved decision on a … Read more

Rumors Of Production

Rumors Of Production

**Date:** 6-30-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 the city’s income tax revenues. The Chamber of Commerce said retail store sales also dropped off in May and June and banks reported a heavy draw on sav-ings. It also was reported that many wives of strikers had gone to work and that strikers them-selves were … Read more

Rumors Of Production At UniRoyal Unfounded

Rumors Of Production At UniRoyal Unfounded

**Date:** 6-30-67 **Source:** Rubber Strike — Rumors were running hot and heavy around the borough this morning that work would begin at the UniRoyal Footwear plant next Wednesday. The rumors were two-fold; first that settlement of the strike was imminent and the other version was that the Footwear plant would start production on its own. … Read more

“Show Cause” Hearing Scheduled Today

"Show Cause" Hearing Scheduled Today

**Date:** 6-27-67 **Source:** Unknown — UniRoyal management and of-ficials of Local 45, United Rub-ber Workers Union (URW), were scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Waterbury today for a “show cause” hearing investigat-ed by the union last week when it accused the rubber firm of violating a written agreement between the two parties. Superior Court … Read more

UniRoyal Summoned To Show Cause Hearing Tuesday

UniRoyal Summoned To Show Cause Hearing Tuesday

**Date:** 6-23-67 **Source:** Union Seeks Injunction — UniRoyal agreed yesterday in Waterbury Superior Court to stop production on footwear until a hearing is held next Tuesday at 11 a.m. Judge Leo V. Gaffney signed an application submitted by Local 45 UJW seeking a restraining injunction against UniRoyal yesterday afternoon. Local 45 sought the injunction on … Read more

An Open Letter

An Open Letter

**Date:** 6-23-67 **Source:** Unknown — As representatives of the union and management, respectively, in the current stalemate involving the rubber industry in the United States, you are the logical ones to whom any missive such as this must be addressed. It may be that there are others whose attention should be called to what we … Read more

Union Seeking Restraining Order Against UniRoyal

Union Seeking Restraining Order Against UniRoyal

**Date:** 6-22-67 **Source:** Unknown — To Stop Production Union Seeking Restraining Order Against UniRoyal Federal Mediation In Rubber Strike Begins Today PITTSBURGH (UPI) — In an effort to end the longest strike in rubber industry history, the federal government summoned negotiators for the nation’s top five producers and the United Rubber Workers (URW) for a … Read more

Federal Mediation Begins Tomorrow In Rubber Strike

Federal Mediation Begins Tomorrow In Rubber Strike

**Date:** 6-21-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) — Fed-eral mediators will meet Thurs-day in Pittsburgh with negotia-tors for the five major rubber companies and the United Rub-ber Workers Union in an effort to break the nine-week strike in the rubber industry. William Simkin, director of the Federal Mediation and Con-ciliation Service, made the an-nouncement … Read more

4 Rubber Firms Now On Strike

4 Rubber Firms Now On Strike

**Date:** 6-19-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) – The United Rubber Workers (URW) called a strike Sunday against General Tire & Rubber Co., the fourth of the big five tire producers to be hit by a walkout. Some 1,300 workers at General’s Waco, Tex., plant voted to strike at midnight Sunday. General’s plant here, … Read more

Fourth Rubber

Fourth Rubber

**Date:** 6-17-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 from rubber workers had been approved by mid-week, and a big influx of further applications had come in since then. She said the county at first requested rubber workers to spend strike benefits for shelter and utilities and use public as-sistance for food. “But now,” she … Read more

Fourth Rubber Co. Struck By URW

Fourth Rubber Co. Struck By URW

**Date:** 6-17-67 **Source:** Unknown — The Executive Board of the United Rubber Workers union has voted to call its members out from another of the “Big Five” rubber companies. More than 3,000 employes in two plants of General Tire and Rubber Co., located in Akron, Ohio, and Waco, Texas, will be involved. According to sources, … Read more

Strike Situation: No New Developments In Negotiations

Strike Situation: No New Developments In Negotiations

**Date:** 6-14-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio – Spokesmen said today that despite the progressive tone of talks between the United Rubber Workers and the General Tire and Rubber Co., there were no new developments in contract negotiations. General had offered a slightly higher wage package than other members of the industry’s big five. URW … Read more

Strike Settlement Hopes “Wilting”

Strike Settlement Hopes "Wilting"

**Date:** 6-15-67 **Source:** Unknown — Governor John Dempsey acknowledged the letter received from the borough seeking his intervention in the UniRoyal strike affecting three borough plants. He said in a letter to Mayor Joseph C. Raitkwich, that State Labor Commissioner Renato E. Ricciuti is maintaining close contact with the progress of the negotiations, and that … Read more

General Tire

General Tire

**Date:** June 13, 1967 **Source:** Conn. — Continued From Page 1 For the first time, the negotiators, at management’s request, were grappling with wages and all fringe benefits in one package. Traditionally, three-year welfare pension contracts and two-year wage contracts are negotiated separately. The welfare pension contracts do not expire until fall. Another improvement in … Read more

General Tire Offers “Attractive Package”

General Tire Offers "Attractive Package"

**Date:** 6-13-67 **Source:** Rubber Strike — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) — Negotiators in the national rubber strike today prepared for another long session over the problems of wages, contract length, the elimination of differentials in wage hikes, employes and job security. Three of the nation’s five largest rubber companies have been on strike for 54 days, … Read more

Local URW

Local URW

**Date:** 12-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 President Walter D, Baldwin’s wages were increased from $83,025 in 1965 to $113,395 in 1966 an increase of $30,370 or 36.6% in one year. The union is not saying that these men do not deserve this increase but if the Company wants to talk percentages, then … Read more

Negotiators To Study URW Counter-Proposal

Negotiators To Study URW Counter-Proposal

**Date:** 6/12-67 **Source:** Unknown — The five major rubber companies in the U.S. will consider a URW proposal today after two contracts which were proposed by the companies last week were rejected by the union. One source said the union counter-proposal is only slightly different from its original demand which, according to the companies, would … Read more

URW Rejects

URW Rejects

**Date:** 6 9 67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 4. Supplemental Unemployment Benefits – Regular benefits increased to 65% of average pay (plus $2 for up to four dependents, with a maximum payment of $50) to 75% of average pay. with no maximum. Short work week benefits increased in all cases to 75% … Read more

CHEM-TEXTS – Vol. 1 No. 3 (1967)

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## Page 003 Materials Department Saves Shoe Leather Supervisor Frank Lynch is shown below with the first bicycle recently acquired by the Materials department. The vehicle is saving considerable walking and enables the supervisors in the department to cover more ground in visiting the plant. Since this picture was taken, the department has received two … Read more

CHEM-TEXTS – Vol. 1, No. 2 (1967)

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## Page 001 CHEM-TEXTS Vol. 2 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL No. 2. New Equipment for Reclaim Plant Will Keep Us in Reclaim Rubber Business Our present reclaimed rubber plant dates back to 1895, after fire destroyed the original plant in 1893. For 75 years, we have played an im- portant role in … Read more

CHEM-TEXTS – Vol. 1, No. 1 (1967)

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## Page 001 Here is the text extracted from the document image: Merry Christmas – Happy New Year CHEM-texts Vol. 1 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL No. 3 QUALITY .. The Most Important Ingredient (One of the difficulties of modern industry is the loss of quality or pride of workmanship which is defined … Read more