UNIROYAL CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 4, 1970 | PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL | No. 2
1970 Success Depends On Each Employe
If you were going on a long vacation you would carefully plan in advance and consider everything necessary for a safe and rewarding trip for yourself and your family.
Operation of a large chemical plant requires the same deliberate planning in advance to assure progress, produce products competitively, improve safety and to secure the jobs of every employee.
To implement the plans of the plant for 1970, millions of dollars will be invested by the Company proving its confidence in the skills and abilities of the people at Naugatuck. Mere spending of money will not do the job alone; only the fullest use of every employee’s efforts in every department is needed to justify these expenditures. With a positive attitude and concern by each employee to do his full share, 1970 will be a year of progress.
Departments Depend Upon Each Other
Each department outlined plans and goals for the year for its own group. But the success of these plans require the cooperative effort of all departments. Progress depends upon every employee’s fullest cooperation to work in a unified effort with all the departments in the plant’s operation.
The following summarize the major plans for departments to make 1970 a year of progress.
Chemical Production
Product quality and production must be improved to satisfy our customers’ demands. Their purchase of our products are critically important to the operation of the plant.
To help us improve this situation, the new Control Center will schedule products by priority; help improve product quality and utilize equip-
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George Allen, ass’t general foreman discusses new Polygard facilities for Bldg. 109. From left are Allen, Mike Yuchnyk, Dolphi Gabriel, dept. foreman, and Brony Konavage.
ment to its fullest capacity. This new operation requires everyone’s cooperation to improve our performance in 1970.
Of vital concern to the department are better safety and housekeeping. Both can only be accomplished by the individual person doing his share.
Plans have been approved to expand the Polygard, Aminox and Betanox facilities to meet increased market demand for these chemicals.
Reclaim Production
Reclaim faces a challenging year but with the vigorous participation of every employee in attaining production goals the challenge can be met to operate the plant efficiently and remain in business.
A new Control Center will be set up to schedule product types more efficiently and to help improve the quality of reclaim.
Good housekeeping is critically important in Reclaim to prevent fires from dust accumulation around equipment and to improve safety. Concern for good housekeeping in Bldg. 16 requires every employe’s help to keep the area in a clean condition.
Lighting fixtures and the lint collection systems are scheduled to be improved for better safety, housekeeping and work conditions.
Synthetic Production
New equipment will be installed to increase the efficiency of our latex operations to increase production, produce higher quality latexes to keep pace with competition and provide job security.
Improvements in housekeeping by all employees is of vital importance to maintain safe working conditions and to keep quality standards of latex production at a high level.
Engineering
The engineering department’s plan in 70 will be to assist all departments in the repair and maintenance of equipment to prevent downtime and insure the capacity to supply customers with products on schedule.
Efficient operation of machinery and equipment requires regular lubrication by members of the mechanical crews to prevent excessive wear, avert overheating and damage to the equipment necessary to produce the products for our customers.
Several major plant improvements are scheduled in the Synthetic and Chemical plants. (continued on page 4)
Contract Talks To Start
Plant and union officials of Uniroyal’s 19 United Rubber Worker plants meet in New York City on March 9 to begin negotiations on contract agreements which expires April 20.
Ron Mitchinson, industrial relations manager, will represent the Naugatuck Chemical plant. Joe Rzeszutek, president of URW Local 218, will represent the 615 employees in the Chemical and Reclaim plants and Leon Raskauskas, president of URW Local 308, will represent the 201 employees of the Synthetic plant.
Negotiations will cover wages, pension, the master contract, insurance, severance pay agreements and supplemental unemployment compensation.
United Givers Give 3 Awards
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Left to right holding United Givers awards are Leon Raskauskas, URW Local 308 president; Eric Johnson, plant campaign chairman, and Joe Rzeszutek, URW Local 218 president.
At its annual meeting, the United Givers awarded a plaque in recognition of Uniroyal Chemical employee’s generous contributions. Plaques were also awarded to URW Locals 218 and 308’s for their active support of the drive.
Employees’ contributed $21,000, the highest ever pledged, in our plant and one third of the industrial division’s goal.
The corporate gift of the plant was the highest of any local firm in Naugatuck and Beacon Falls.