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CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 4, 1970 No. 3
Safety Is Everyone’s Responsibility
The plants, The foremen, and serious injuries in 1969.
The employees. This represents approximately
To make the plant a safer $85 for each employee as a
place to work, local manage- result of lost time accidents.
ment is doing everything pos- These payments are made
sible to prevent accidents. from the plant’s profits. It is
It’s a major goal of every de- evident that accidents affect
partment to make 1970 a not only personally by pain
safer year than 1969. However, and suffering but also affect
no matter what improvements the job security of all people.
are made, it ultimately de-
pends on the individual’s at- Who Suffers?
titude and concern for his
own safety and the safety of The individual employee
his fellow employee to im- hurt in the accident; his
prove safety. family; and every employee in
the plant.
Safety is just as important
to the plant’s operation as The amount of money can
production, cost, quality and pay the cost of the pain, the
morale. It’s the responsibility suffering and the job secu-
of the factory manager, super- rity loss.
intendent, foreman, super-
visor and every employee to Morrison
eliminate every unsafe con- Prevents
dition in the department, Fire
which is usually the result
of an unsafe act of a person. Quick action prevented a
3,181 Work Days Lost fire when contachuting of a
motor ignited a thin accumu-
In 1969 there were 23 lation of cellulose dust on the
lost-time injuries. As a re- floor below the grinder motor.
sult of these injuries along Chet Morrison, operator
with a carryover from prior of the grinder, shut off the
years, a total of 3,181 work motor, opened the manually
days were lost. Most of these operated sprinkler head over
injuries could have been the area and asked Nunzie
avoided by a greater aware- Ruby to turn in the fire alarm
ness of safety and observing which recorded the location
safe work procedures. at the watchman’s control
center, where Ed Day was on
Accidents Cost $145,512 duty.
The sprinkler system ex-
$145,512 was the total tinguished the thin film of
cost of lost-time accidents. (continued on page 4)
Corporate
Identity
Changed
Uniroyal adopted a new
corporate identification logo-
type which replaces the blue
rectangle with white UniRoyal
letters. The new identification
will be used on TV commer-
cials, advertising, booklets,
brochures, catalogs, point of
sale, letterheads and printed
material.
This issue of CHEM-
TEXTS shows the new cor-
porate identification, a bright
red rectangle with black
UNIROYAL letters on a white
background. It is somewhat
similar to the Uniroyal Tire
division identity which is black
and red with a tire tread, seen
at Uniroyal tire dealers.
All material with the old
identification such as station-
ery should be used until sup-
plies are depleted. When new
supplies and materials are
ordered, the new corporate
mark should be used.
H.S. Girls Run JAROY, Inc.
Five women executives of Jaroy, Inc., a Junior Achievement firm
sponsored by Uniroyal Chemical, are leading the company to record
sales. The girls are Eugenia Arnold, Joan Krash, Margaret Rossie,
Eugenia Arnold, Ted Lainai, advisor, and John Prior, purchasing a
first aid kit. The products were designed and manufactured by the
firm’s members, who are high school students.
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CHEM-TEXTS Vol. 4 No. 3
FROM THE FACTORY MANAGER
DEAR FELLOW EMPLOYEE:
Spring is officially here and every now and then
the sunshine gives promise that it will be really here
before long. Along with spring
comes the housecleaning bug
that bites our wives and turns
our houses upside down while
the cleaning is done and the
furniture is moved. When it’s
all done, the house really looks
great, doesn’t it?
Let’s all catch the bug this
spring and pitch in together to
clean up the plant this month. In a large operation
like ours, spread over many acres, winter takes its
toll of housekeeping and when the snow is gone our
winter carelessness becomes only too obvious.
I’m counting on everybody to do his part in
cleaning up his work area. Remember, good housekeeping goes hand in hand with efficient work,
quality performance, safe operation and makes for
a much more pleasant place to work.
Best regards,
Sincerely,
John D. Evans
Service Keeps Customer
New Degree
Offered By
College
An associate degree in
Industrial Management Technology geared to the needs of
foremen and supervisors is
offered by the Waterbury State
Technical College.
The curriculum includes
courses on: cost control,
personnel management, accounting, job instruction training, work simplification, safety
and hygiene, communications,
value analysis, manufacturing
processes, quality control,
data processing, plant layout,
physics, economics and human
relations.
Courses are given by the
Evening Division in trimester
sessions. The cost is $5.00
per course.
Waterbury State also offers courses in civil technology, chemical technology,
data processing, electrical
technology, fire technology,
industrial management and
mechanical technology.
For further information
on these courses, contact your
foreman, supervisor or the
Director of Extension Services, Waterbury State Technical College, 1460 West Main
Street, Waterbury, Conn.
06708, or phone 756-7035.
When the courses are jobrelated, you can apply for
Tuition Aid. Under this program, Uniroyal pays the tuition cost upon satisfactory
completion of the course.
From left leading 451 on pallet in Bldg. 109 are Brony Konavage and
Mike Yuchynk as Bert Frenneson and George Baktis watch.
Chemical Club Elects Officers
Newly elected officers of the Uniroyal Chemical Management Club
(held their annual meeting. From left are Bob Smith, treasurer; Dick
Keenan, secretary; Lou Kaiser, president; and Jim Phelan, vice
president.
by Lou Kaiser
The Uniroyal Chemical
Management Club elected officers at its monthly meeting.
Reelected president for a third
term was Lou Kaiser. Jim
Phelan was reelected vice
president over Steve Alper
and Al Murray. Bob Smith
was reelected over Brad Swain
for treasurer. Dick Keenan
topped Dick Matarazzo in
the balloting for secretary.
Stan Matz was nominated
from the floor for president
but declined the nomination.
The Club’s annual dinner
will be held at the Ambassador Restaurant in Hamden on
April 15.
John Evans, factory manager, main speaker at the
meeting, gave a brief rundown
of the plant’s business outlook
for 1970, and was followed by
staff members Bert Scullln.
Harry Roth, Harry Woll, Hal
Lynch, Bob VanAllen, Fred
Winelch, who spoke for Ron
Mitchinson, Jim Cronin and
Al Manz, who summarized
their department’s prime goals
for the year.
An order for Antioxidant
451 was recently received
from a large customer for
delivery on short notice.
451 is a product that the Sales
department has been trying
to sell for over a year, but
without much progress. The
new product was important to
the Naugatuck plant’s success
because it represented new
business.
Used In Tires
The customer tried 451 as
a stabilizer in styrene-butadiene rubber, which goes
into most of the tires made
in the country on a small run.
It worked. The customer came
back and said, “If you can
keep me supplied with 451,
I’ll use it in one entire run.”
Service Saves Business
This is where the crews
in Bldg. 109 and Bldg. 17
played an important role in
saving the business. Through
their effort, the 451 was processed and transferred into
a tank car, and shipped out of
the plant in time to satisfy the
customer and keep the business.
Cooperation like this,
which involves several departments, gets new customers
and keeps them. The more
customers the plant gets, the
more business it gets. This is
what makes our jobs more
secure.
Crew Members
Building 109 employees
responsible for processing the
material were George Baktis,
areas foreman; Dolph Gabriel,
foreman; Larry Boyen, John
Booth, Brony Konavage,
Harold Mcllroy, Joe Owens
and Boddy Watts.
Building 17 employees
who helped get the product
shipped out on time were
Robin Hovlund, area foreman;
Rocco Magnamino, foreman;
Eric Storch, process engineer;
Bert Frenneson, engineering
associate; Joe Antonucci, John
Shumak, Thurman Walton,
Ben Root, Bob Orsini, Jesse
Silva, Frank Bedard, and Ted
Clement.
Spring Tire
Sale Starts
A special spring employee
tire sale runs from March 30
through May 29. Employee
prices will be substantially
below regular prices on passenger, small truck, camper
and industrial tires.
The new Uniroyal Master
with front and rear tires for
better steering and traction, a
steel reinforced tread and
40,000 mile guarantee are included in the sale.
Other tires offered are
the “Tiger Paw,” wide “Ranger
Paw” and the Laredo “Rain
Tire.”
This will be the only sale
on these tires during the year.
Tire slips can be obtained
from the Industrial Relations
department: Jim McAllister,
R.N., Synthetic plant hospital;
Lucille Anderson, TSSC; and
Janet Nolin and Jack Yorgensen, EMIC
SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
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Supervisory Skills Training Program Started For Foremen
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 Roupe, Jack Tierney, Bill Albright, Al Emanatil, Earl Roller, Tom Crole.
George Arndt, Gary Arndt, Bob Breton, Chet Bulke, Ennis and Bill Lannon. Missing from photo were Lou Coscia and Frank Lynch. SSTP sessions for supervisors 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’s “Pro’ Keds” the company’s basketball shoes. This is part of Uniroyal’s intensive advertising and promotion on the basketball court. This ties in with Uniroyal’s entire promotional program to show off its products and its image in the prime TV shows.
The Globetrotters have used “Pro’ Keds” in their long and distinguished career for their long wearing quality and the buildup arch support that helps prevent muscle strain from the heavy schedule all over the world. “Pro’ Keds” are several of the rubber chemicals made at the Naugatuck plant. Four accelerators, Dela”NS, Tuex’ Money and Penton’ are used to cure the rubber and give it toughness. Without accelerators it would take more than 8 hours for the rubber to cure. Amino* and 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, URCLPWALocal 218 President; and Leon Raskaziak, URCIPWA Local
308 president.
Two Months
Without A Lost-
Time Accident
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 man-
hours 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.
With this excellent start,
1970 can be the safest year
we ever had.
Dividend Declared
Uniroyal declared a quarterly dividend of 17ยข cents a
share on the Company’s
payable March 25 to stock-
holders of record February
24.
Two dividends of 52 each
on the Company’s preferred
stock were declared: one to
be paid March 25 to stock-
holders of record February
24, and the other payable June 25
to stockholders of record
May 25.
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CHEM-TEXTS
Page 4 Vol. 4 No. 3
Social
Security
Upped 15%
The 15% increase in
Social Security benefits
everything from a retiree’s
monthly check to the burial
benefit starts in April with
two checks coming all the
increases since Jan. 1.
A person who paid the
maximum tax and retires at
65 in 1970 gets $169 a month
up from $155. He gets 80%
if he retires at 62. $62.32/
at 63, $93.1% at 64.
His wife, age 65, gets 50%
of $169 so her check is $84.50,
$93. She can get $71.25 at 62.
When her husband dies, she
receives 82% of his post 65
benefit, $157 for life.
Applications for social
security should be made 3 to
4 months before retirement
to receive benefits upon re-
tirement and to avoid delays.
The Social Security office
in Waterbury or New Haven
will gladly answer questions
pertaining to your benefits.
Better Food $16,900 Invested
Service In Each
Promised Employee
At a recent meeting, re-
presentatives of Industrial
Vendors, Inc. (IVI) who ser-
vice the plant’s food facilities,
stated that every effort would
be made to improve the food
and vending machine service
in the plant.
The meeting stemmed
from employee complaints
about the condition and qual-
ity of food as well as the lack
of food in the machines on the
night shift and weekends, and
poor servicing of the ma-
chines. A lack of variety in
Cafeteria menus was another
complaint often mentioned
by employees about the ser-
vice.
Food quality and quantity
is a major concern of the
plant to ensure fresh qual-
ity food for employees on all
shifts. The meeting was called
to improve food services
throughout the plant.
DEPARTMENT BREAKDOWN FOR 1969 VS. 1968
1969
Department Lost Time Days Serious
Accidents Injuries
Chem. Prod. 7 97 8
Reclaim Prod. 3 147 8
Mat. Handling 4 135 7
Mech. Dept. 4 114 12
Reu. & Dry. 1 199 1
Syn. Prod. 4 198 7
Other 0 0 2
TOTALS 23 1100 56
1968
Lost
Time
Days
Lost
Serious
Injuries
14 67 11
4 67 11
3 250 6
5 298 20
1 24 11
6 0 2
0 0 4
20 1042 68
Tony Jokubaitis Retires
After 25 Years
Safety – (continued from page 1)
loss of an eye, or the perma-
nent disability to an individual.
His family shares his anguish
with him, and in the case of
total blindness, a severe hard-
ship is placed on the family.
His lost earnings, affects their
opportunities for education and
the comforts that make life
more enjoyable.
Every employee in the
plant is hurt by the loss skill
and experience of an injured
employee. An entire produc-
tion line may be shut down by
his absence. Operating costs
are increased and the job
security of his fellow em-
ployees endangered.
What Can You Do?
Observe every safety rule.
Don’t perform unsafe acts.
Don’t “take the chance”.
Think before you act. Expect
the unexpected happening.
These are the things you
can do for your safety and the
safety of your fellow employee.
Often he’s the one who gets
hurt by the chance you take.
Each year Uniroyal in-
creases its investment in new
and better equipment to im-
prove production, work con-
ditions and to make jobs
easier.
Today each employee is
backed by $16,900 in plants,
tools and equipment. Ten
years ago the figure was
$10,400.
During the past year, sev-
eral millions of dollars were
spent on plant improvements,
new equipment, new machin-
ery, modernization programs,
safety, and new product devel-
opment. This investment helps
the chemical industry provide
our products to consumers at
a competitive price and pro-
tects job security.
SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
NOTE: An additional 2081 days were lost due to occupational acci-
dents in the plant, that happened prior to 1969.
Huge Rubber Tanks Stop Oil Spills
140,000 gallon Uniroyal rubber tanks collect oil from tanker and prevent pollution from spills.
Congratulating Tony Jokubaitis on his retirement after 25 years with
Uniroyal Chemical Co from left Jonn Quint, Donis, Peter Wasilewski, Bill Kreyeski, and Larry Peari.
U.S. Census
Now Underway
The nineteenth decennial
census will be different in
procedure from any ever taken
in the U.S.
Each household will
receive a questionnaire in the
mail and most will be asked
to return it by mail, except
in rural areas where a census
taker will call for them.
One out of 5 households
will receive a longer form with
additional questions about
each member in the household
and the dwelling.
The success of the new
mail system depends in a large
degree on the cooperation of
the public.
The Census determines
the official population figures
for the U.S., states, counties,
cities and other local areas.
The Census which is
strictly confidential provides
data on income, housing, oc-
cupations, education, power,
age, color, sexes and other
important information on the
U.S. Population.
PUBLISHED BY THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNIROYAL CHEMICAL, NAUGATUCK, CONN. 06770
EDITOR: William F. Lavelle.
UNIROYAL CHEMICAL
Naugatuck, Connecticut 06770
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