2 • The Flagship • Winter 1998
Joint Union Management Safety Statement
Over the years, the leadership of USW Local 218 and the Naugatuck Plant have worked hard to develop and maintain one of the most comprehensive safety and health programs within the industry. Some of the elements of our safety steatement include:
• Safety procedures that in many cases exceed OSHA requirements.
• Full personal protection equipment
• Workplace monitoring.
• An active Union-Management Safety Committee.
• Comprehensive safety training.
• Extensive medical surveillance programs.
• Continuous review to identify and correct unsafe conditions.
Every employee of the Naugatuck Plant is required to participate in safety training, attend regularly scheduled safety meetings, obey all safety rules and procedures, and conscientiously follow safe work practices.
Both Local 218 and Management agree that compliance with these stated requirements is a condition of employment.
John J. Prior, Factory Manager
Daniel F. Cleary, USW Local 218
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Uniroyal Chemical Company Recognized By Union Carbide
Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, CT has awarded Uniroyal Chemical Company the “Excellent” status for supplier performance in 1997. Uniroyal Chemical joins a group of only 10 suppliers in this elite supplier category. The 1997 Award adds to a string of consecutive Excellent awards that dates back to 1985, the first year that Union Carbide began their Vendor Improvement Program (VIP).
Record setting shipments of Naugard Super Q were noted as a key contribution to earning the Excellent distinction!
Receiving this year’s award at a special dinner at Union Carbide’s Danbury Headquarers was the Uniroyal Chemical Team of Hugh Hennessey, National Marketing Sales Manager; Bob Constable, Sr. Technical Sales Representative; Judy Vaughn, Customer Service Representative; and John Gulak, Naugatuck Plant Production Manager.
Don Ryan, VP and GM, Union Carbide presents Union Carbide’s VIP Award to Judi Vaughn, Spec. Chems. Customer Service Rep. Also pictured are (from left to right): Al Emmens – Union Carbide’s Purchasing Manager and Chairman of the VIP Team; John Gulak, Naugatuck Plant Production Mgr.; Bob Constable, Spec. Chems. Tech. Sales Rep.; and behind Judi, Hugh Hennessy, Nat’l Mktg. Sales Mgr..
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In Memory… Anthony L. DaSilva
Anthony (Tony) DaSilva passed away on December 5, 1997 after a brief illness. At the time of his death, Tony was our Hazardous Waste Group Leader in the Environmental Department.
Tony started at the Naugatuck Plant in 1955 as a Rawstock Worker and then left to join the U.S. Marine Corps. He returned to Uniroyal Chemical in 1957 as a General Laborer. In October of 1961, Tony became a Chemical Operator working in various production buildings until 1974, when he transferred to our
Materials Department as a Utility Operator. He accepted his present position in February, 1997.
Tony was well known throughout the Plant as an active participant on many committees – the Union/Management Safety Committee, the Union/Management Negotiating Committee, and ABC. One could always see Tony participating in the Plant’s Spring Clean-up and giving “a hand” with snow detail. His co-workers sadly miss him.
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