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UNIROYAL CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 2 No. 4
United Givers Goal, $20,000
“Give Where You Work” Urged
Ron Mitchinson, Chair- and R. Van Allen, Co-captains will contact every employee during the Campaign in the plant during October, urges 100% employee participation and “Give Where You Work” to support the 16 worthwhile Agencies in the Fund. Many of these Agencies serve not only Naugatuck and Beacon Falls, but most of the surrounding towns in the area. Some like the U.S.O., Salvation Army, United Cerebral Palsy and Red Cross are national in their service.
Most plant employees and their families have been served by one or more of these organizations. Their need for money this year is greater than ever to continue their good work. By giving “where you work” and contributing through the payroll deduction plan at least one hour’s pay monthly for wage employees or 1% of annual income for salary employees, the plant goal of $20,000 can be easily reached.
In the 1967 Campaign 67% of Chemical employees contributed $17,775. About 560 employees did not contribute. On the Pledge card every employee will find at least one Agency which he or his family wants to help support.
The Campaign Committee is E. Alves, S. Gillette, E. Johnson, W. Lavelle, L. Lombardi, D. Miller, J. Reszutek.
One gift works many wonders
GIVE THE UNITED WAY
Size of new 300,000 gallon oil storage tank and steel dike is shown partially on left, compared to rest of boiler plant. In center is the new fuel oil transfer and heating facilities building.
Boiler Plant Converts To Oil Reduces Air Pollution In Area
Another major step has been taken by the Chemical division to reduce air pollution in Naugatuck and surrounding towns by using oil instead of coal in its boiler plant. This conversion will reduce air pollution by virtually eliminating the large amounts of fly-ash now discharged from the two smoke stacks. The plan also incorporates future improvements in air pollution abatement.
The new 300,000 gallon fuel oil storage with a protective dike surrounding it, has already been installed above ground on the south side of the boiler plant where the coal pile was formerly located. A new fuel oil transfer pump house will unload the fuel oil into the storage tank. The tank will take care of a 6 days supply during the heavy winter load.
The tank sits on the earth rather than a concrete foundation. Before construction, the huge coal piles had to be removed, and a 6 ft. deep excavation made. The 6 ft. “hole” was filled with layers of gravel, vibration rolled and wet down to 95% compaction to give a rock base foundation.
Working on the project were George Arndt, Utilities Engineer, responsible for the overall planning of the project, Vic Anderson was Control Engineer for instrumentation and electrical equipment: Paul DeAngelis was in charge of piping layout and design; Frank Gazzatis supervised structural engineering of the project. Charles Heshches of Corporate Engineering provided specialized assistance on the project.
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FROM THE FACTORY MANAGER
Dear Fellow Employee:
Within the next several weeks we will each be contacted by one of our friends to make our annual pledge to the United Givers of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls.
Experience has proven that this once-a-year campaign is the most efficient way of meeting the needs of the sixteen volunteer agencies that serve the people of our area. I am, however, concerned that the convenience of this method of giving may tend to lessen our generosity as givers. May I suggest that we each use the following guidelines in making our our pledges?
1) Review carefully the services presented on our pledge card and the details of their needs and services as described in the United Givers folder.
2) Consider the services that we, our family, our friends and neighbors receive from these agencies. Note that many of the agencies serve a larger area than the Naugatuck community, some are even national.
3) Decide on the amount of CHEM TEXTS to work our our pledge on the payroll deduction plan. This method makes it convenient to give our share on a year around basis.
PLEDGE! Before filling in our card – ask ourselves one question – “Have I given until it feels good?”
John D. Evans
HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU GIVE
TO THE UNITED GIVERS DRIVE
A few years ago, somebody knocked on your door almost once a week for a contribution to a worthy cause. You probably contributed $30 to $40 to these organizations.
Through the United Givers Fund your continued generous support of most of these organizations can now be done on a once-a-year basis through the Company’s payroll deduction plan.
To determine your contribution, consider the 16 participating agencies, will help you decide the amount of your gift.
Agency
American Red Cross $
Child Guidance Clinic $
Children’s Center $
Conn. Trails Council, Girl Scouts of America $
Catholic Family Serv. $
Special Winter Tire Sale
A special two month winter tire sale for active and retired employees will run from October 1 to November 30, 1968.
The sale is on winter partial snow tires only and offers considerable savings below existing employee prices.
Lists of the special low prices can be obtained from the Industrial Relations’ Department to Employee Sales-room Managers.
August Injuries Continue High
This chart shows our injuries for the month of August and indicates the departments where these injuries occur. Although it seems that plant injuries have increased, particularly in the area of minor injuries, we must do our utmost to reduce these injuries and particularly to prevent their recurrence by a greater awareness of safety. We must at the same time have all minor injuries checked by the plant hospital.
A minor injury remains a minor injury only if it’s taken care of immediately. All injuries promptly cared for, cause less discomfort and pain to the individual and will eliminate the danger of infection and complications.
Remember to report all injuries and receive prompt first aid at our plant hospitals. Most important, however, is a greater safety awareness before an “unexpected happening” befalls you while performing your job.
AUGUST 1968 – INJURY LOG SUMMARY
DEPARTMENT, EYE, FIRST, LOST TIME, SEVERITY
CHEMICAL PRODUCTION, 3, 0, 0, 0
RECLAIM PRODUCTION, 1, 12, 3, 4
SYNTHETIC PRODUCTION, 4, 3, 1, 0
MATERIALS HANDLING, 5, 4, 2, 5
MECHANICAL DEPT. (UTILITIES), 5, 1, 7, 13
MECHANICAL (BLDG) 4, 3, 6, 16
ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, 4, 3, 2, 5
AUGUST TOTAL, 21, 32, 21, 44
6 MONTH AVERAGE 1968, 22.5, 22.5, 15.8, 19.7
SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
New Assignments
Made in Plant
Family Serv. Assoc. $
Mattatuck Council, Boy Scouts of America $
Naugatuck Jr. Athletic Leagues $
Salvation Army $
United Cerebral Palsy $
U.S.O. $
Waterbury Assoc. for Retarded Children $
Y.M.C.A. – Naugatuck Local Amount $
By dividing the number of payroll deductions into your total amount, you obtain the amount you should pledge for salary employees, payroll deductions will be made monthly, and for wage employees, deductions will be made weekly.
The Naugatuck plant also has contributed generously in the past to these worthwhile agencies. Because of their increased services and expenses they depend more on us for 1969.
Fred Winsch has been appointed Labor Relations Manager for the Naugatuck plant. He will be responsible for employee relations, reporting to Ron Mitchinson, Industrial Relations Manager.
Sam Gillette, formerly General Foreman at the Synthetic rubber plant, moved to the Chemical production as General Foreman reporting to Jim Cronn, Superintendent.
Erie Johnson, named General Foreman of the Synthetic rubber plant, will supervise the production of synthetic latices. He reports to Ben Leach, plant Superintendent.
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Company Breaks Ground Recently
For New Complex In Oxford Area
An informal groundbreaking ceremony was held
on Sept. 24 for the Company’s new Oxford Complex,
making the often discussed
plans a reality. A formal
groundbreaking ceremony
will take place at a later date.
This new complex will
serve as an adjunct to the
Company’s worldwide headquarters in New York City.
Architect’s model shows the present plans for the Company’s new Oxford complex to be completed by 1970.
It will eventually bring together some 1,500 employees
and consolidate research and
development activities now
scattered countrywide over
a number of locations. Greater
cohesiveness, increased operating efficiency and an advantageous living and working
environment should result
from the move, the company
said. Estimated cost of the
complex runs into eight
figures.
Set in a 1500 acre site, the
new complex will consist
initially of three buildings,
two of which the administration building and
expanded computer center.
The personnel training
center, also scheduled for construction, is the third facility.
The Uniroyal building in
New York City, will continue to house the executive
offices and the company’s
consumer, industrial and
plastics products divisions.
The Uniroyal personnel
training center for developing
management, merchandising
and technical skills will
not only technical training
areas, but facilities for holding
training center participants
and overhead guests. A large
cafeteria and dining area will
be a part of this facility, the
company said.
According to present
plans, the Uniroyal building
in New York City will continue to house the headquarters
for corporate offices including finance, advertising, public
relations and legal staffs. Certain sales activities and other
corporate functions will also
be maintained in New York.
Administrative office
people of the consumer, industrial and plastics divisions
and operations division and
part of the purchasing division will be transferred to
Oxford.
Other corporate departments to be established wholly
or in part at Oxford include
purchasing, traffic, distributing branches, engineering,
accounting, operating services, internal audit, computer, taxes and reorganization, economic analysis,
compensation, management
development and training and
medical staffs.
Union-Management Safety
Committee Concerned
Over Employee’s Attitude
At a recent Union-Management Safety Committee
meeting, the Committee unanimously agreed that there is
a growing indifference to
safety in every area of the
plant. Committee members,
R. Rezsutek, C. Blanchard,
C. Scott, A. Krampetz, H.
DeVoe, L. Cocia, S. Asbee,
R. Seulin, C. Hausknecht,
R. Van Allen, and S. Gillette
expressed a deep concern
over the employee’s attitude
to his own safety and the safety
of his fellow employees.
This poor attitude toward
safety is shown by both wage
and salaried employees. Lost
time accidents and serious
injuries along with minor
injuries occurring in the plant
have shown little improvement for the past 3 years.
The Committee feels
responsible for this poor
safety attitude: 1) a lack of
ability to get things done; 2)
poor communications or misunderstandings; 3) poor judgement; and 4) lack of knowledge.
The Committee believes
that it is often difficult for
wage and salary employees
to face facts that they are
not as safety conscious as we
should be. Questions for every
employee to ask himself about
safety are: 1) Do I always
wear a hard hat? Do I take
the proper safeguards? Would
this action would be better?
Do I protect or use the proper
safeguards – tools, protective
equipment etc.? Act to prevent
or put it off?
Your Vote May
Change Elections
Vote Nov. 5th.
On Election Day, you’ll
happen to you don’t vote or
if you feel my one vote doesn’t
count. It does count, especially
because in this critical election year, every single vote
will count in the election of
Presidential candidates. By
not casting your one vote,
you’re letting someone else
elect the candidates for you.
As a country we have
elected a new President in
the 1964 Presidential election,
only 62% of the eligible voters
went to the polls. In the “offyear” of 1966, only 45% of the
people voted. In some foreign
countries 85% to 92% of the
people vote. What’s happened
to American democracy’s
national plurality is less than
one vote per precinct. He
defeated V.P. Nixon by less
than 12,000 votes. In 1962,
the Governor of Maine won
by 483 votes; the Minnesota
Governor by 91 votes.
The only voter is the
one who decides, not the
other fellow who should be
voter. Senator, Representative or
Town official. You elect them.
Be sure to register as a
voter now. If you’ll be out of
town, obtain an absentee ballot. Be sure to vote on November 5th for the candidates, not gossip; vote
with your ballots, not on the
basis of “polls.”
What Does An
“Accident” Mean
Four different dictionaries
define the word “accident”
in different ways but end up
with the same meaning: an
unexpected happening. These
definitions emphasize the
necessity to be continually
aware of safety on our job,
at home, and on the road.
Webster’s Dictionary: An
unforeseen or unplanned
event. An unexpected happening causing loss or injury.
Pocket Medical Dictionary: An event occurring to an
individual without his or her
expectation.
MacMilan’s Modern Dictionary: That which happens
without design; unexpectedly.
Random House: An event
that happens unexpectedly,
unintentionally, without
plan or cause.
This means an accident
can happen at any time, any
place, to anyone. Therefore,
we must always be on our guard
to protect ourselves from the
unexpected.
No matter how much experience a person has on his
job, the possibility of the “unexpected happening” always
exists. A good example of this
was the serious eye injury
which could have cost several
employees loss of their eyesight. A mechanic was using a
drill and the bit broke, hit an
unforeseen or unexpected
happening! The broken piece
hit his glasses and bounced
away, but unexpected event,
which could have blinded him
from an eye injury. A search of
the area within a radius of 20
feet failed to locate the broken
bits, this means that anyone
in the area was subject to a
head or eye injury.
Excuses are often used
by some employees such as
“I wear them when there is
danger”, would these excuses have protected
you if the unexpected happened in the above
cases?
ALWAYS wear your personal
protective equipment and use
it correctly.
SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
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Pohl Made Industrial Relations Manager For Baton Rouge Plant
Ron Pohl, second from left, was honored by fellow employees and friends at a dinner recently. At left is Ed Alves, President of Local 308, Synthetic Plant. Next to Pohl is Joe Prestage, President of Local 218, Chemical Plant. At right is Ron Mitchinson, Industrial Relations Manager for the Naugatuck plant.
Plant Contributes 148 Pints Of Blood To Bloodmobile Visit
The Connecticut Red Cross Bloodmobile made its annual visit to the Naugatuck plant in August. Usually the visit occurs in June or October when many plant personnel are available. In 1967 the plant contributed 148 pints. This year’s visit, sponsored when several buildings were closed for repairs and many employees were on vacation, brought 148 pints to the Red Cross, a highly commendable response to Naugatuck employees.
Ed Boisvert Retires Recently
Ed Boisvert (left), a millwright in the Mechanical Department is congratulated by John Evans upon his retirement after more than 15 years service with the Company.
Synthetic Team Finishes Second In Slo-Pitch League
The Synthetic Cardinals recently completed a very successful campaign in the Naugatuck Daily News Twilight Slo-Pitch Softball League. The team’s season record was 21-10 to give the Cardinals second place in the National Division. A runner-up trophy for the team’s finish in the league will be presented to members of the team and placed in the Control Room at the Synthetic Plant. Members of the Synthetic Cardinals were: Pete LaCharity, Charlie Roland, Joe Wojczak, John Johnson, Bill Brocken, Jim Sher, Vic Kloss, Keith Hughes, Jack Prior, Vin Rooney, John Stamm, Chico Henriques, and Don Carey.
The team’s hitting for the season averaged .447, with Pete LaCharity batting a hefty .540, Charlie Roland, .525 and Joe Wojczak at .510.
SAFETY SLOGAN
Contest #4
Date:
Name:
Address:
Dept.:
My suggestions are:
1.
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3.
4.
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Get Your Family to Enter Safety Slogan Contest. Win $25
Safety is not only a job responsibility but even more important a family responsibility. The plant’s Safety Slogan contest which is open to all employees and their families is one way of making the family safety conscious.
For information over the last Labor Day weekend more than 700 people lost their lives in accidents. This staggering figure and a needless loss of human lives has prompted the Safety Dept. to initiate this contest.
Get your family interested in safety by entering the Safety Slogan contest. Send all entries to Safety Dept.
The rules for the contest are simple:
1. Each member of the family may submit as many slogans as they want.
2. The entry must be 10 words or less.
3. Any entry can be resubmitted in new contests provided it has never won.
4. The decision of the judges is final.
5. All employees can enter except the plant staff and members of the joint union-management safety committee.
6. If you don’t use the form, please include all of the necessary information on your entry.
The contest closes Oct. 31.
SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
PUBLISHED BY THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNIROYAL CHEMICAL, NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT
Synthetic Production, Synthetic Mechanical Win Sept. Free Coffee
Two departments, Synthetic Production and Synthetic Mechanical worked during September without a lost time accident or serious injury. Free Coffee cards for members of both departments can get their cards from their foremen or supervisors.
UNIROYAL Chemical
Naugatuck, Connecticut 06770
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