CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 4 No. 3 Page 3
Supervisory Skills Training Program Started For Foremen
[LEFT PHOTO CAPTION:]
The group listens attentively to Tom Ennis report on solution of a problem. Attending the first SSTP session were from left, Fred Wintsch, Tom Dowling, Ed Smith, George Allen, Dave Rappe, Jack Tierney, Bill Albaitis, Al Enamait, Earl Roller, Tom Engle,
[RIGHT PHOTO CAPTION:]
George Arndt, Gary Arndt, Bob Breton, Chet Bulka, Ennis and Bill Lannon. Missing from photo were Lou Coscia and Frank Lynch. SSTP sessions for supervisors and foremen are being scheduled for future dates.
Globetrotters Sell Pro* Keds On TV
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters are entertaining millions of people on TV and helping sell Uniroyal products with their dazzling wizardry and magic on the basketball court. This is part of Uniroyal’s intensive TV program to advertise the company and its products on prime TV shows.
The Globetrotters have used Pro-Keds® in their long career for their long wearing quality and the built-in arch support that helps prevent muscle strain from their heavy schedule all over the world.
Pro-Keds® use several of the rubber chemicals made at the Naugatuck plant. Four accelerators, Delac®NS, Tuex®, Monex® and Pentex® are used to cure the rubber and give it toughness. Without accelerators it would take more than 8 hours for the rubber to harden or cure.
Aminox®, an antioxidant, prevents heat deterioration to the rubber during the manufacturing process.
Uniroyal Chemical is the world’s leading manufacturer of rubber chemicals, with 70% of the chemicals made at the Naugatuck plant.
Only by producing quality chemicals against stiff competition can the plant maintain this position in the footwear industry. Some of the major competitors in the rubber chemical business vying for the same market are DuPont, Monsanto, Vanderbilt, American Cyanamid and Pennwald.
Contract Talks Continue In N.Y.
Negotiation discussions on the contract which expires April 21 at 12:01 A.M., are still underway in New York between management and union officials of the 19 Uniroyal plants represented by the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America.
The sessions started on March 9. Representatives of the Naugatuck Chemical plant attending the meetings are Ron Mitchinson, Industrial Relations Manager; Joe Rzeszutek, URCLPWA Local 218 President; and Leon Raskauskas, URCLPWA Local 308 president.
by Bob Krause
A group of Uniroyal Chemical foremen and supervisors attended the first of a series of sessions of a Supervisory Skills Training Program (SSTP) at the Holiday Inn in Waterbury.
The program which was initiated at the corporate level gives members in supervisory positions an opportunity to study themselves and determine how they relate to their jobs. The program also introduces some new concepts which help them keep up to date on current trends in supervisory skills.
John Evans, Factory Manager, introduced the program which was organized and presented by Bob Krause of the Industrial Relations Department.
Tom Ward, Uniroyal Manager of Supervisory Development discussed his views with the group and the company’s views concerning the overall program and some of its details.
Additional programs will be scheduled during the year to give more foremen and supervisors the chance to participate in the SSTP sessions.
[BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO CAPTION:]
Harlem Globertrotters help sell Uniroyal products on TV to millions of customers. Indirectly they sell 5 chemicals made at the Naugatuck plant. Watch them on the leading TV shows.
Two Months Without A Lost-Time Accident
by Sal Aloise
In February, no lost time accidents occurred in the plant. This is the second successive month that all of us have worked without a lost time accident. This represents a total of nearly 600,000 manhours worked without a lost time accident, a good improvement in safety compared to 1969 when four lost time accidents took place for the same 2 months.
During February, there were 4 serious injuries: one eye injury in Chemical Production; one work change in Reclaim; one suture of the finger in R&D; and one suture in the elbow in R&D.
With this excellent start, 1970 can be the safest year we ever had.
[RIGHT PHOTO CAPTION:]
Bob Krause, coordinator of the SSTP demonstrates a point on the chart.
Dividend Declared
Uniroyal declared a quarterly dividend of 17½ cents a share on the common stock payable March 25 to stockholders of record February 24.
Two dividends of $2 each on the Company’s preferred stock were declared: one to be paid March 25 to stockholders of record February 24 and the other payable June 25 to stockholders of record May 25.