**Date:** 7-14-67
**Source:** Unknown
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Judge Leo V. Gaffney ruled today in favor of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, and imposed a restraining injunction against the Naugatuck Footwear plant of UniRoyal, Inc. The order restricts the footwear plant from performing any work by non-bargaining personnel for the duration of the strike with the exception of work that had been performed at the plant before June 21. The plant had attempted to start production on sample shoes, using non-bargaining personnel to perform work normally done by bargaining unit personnel, on June 22.
Local 45 immediately went into Waterbury Superior Court before Judge Gaffney requesting an injunction, following which the Judge studied the testimony and rendered the above ruling.
The negotiating session scheduled yesterday in Cincinnati between UniRoyal and URW was canceled. According to a source, UniRoyal negotiators went to New York Sunday to meet with the Board of Directors of UniRoyal. The next scheduled meeting is tomorrow.
Raymond J. Mencgacci, president of Local 45, said this morning that he expects the strike will end by 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Two of the ‘big five’ rubber companies have settled with the URW: UniRoyal is expected to be the next. General Tire settled Friday and B.F. Goodrich reached agreement Saturday.
Soon after the Goodrich accord was announced, the company began calling back its maintenance employes to prepare for a resumed production, probably later this week.
Peter Bommarito, who has been URW president less than a year, apparently is on his way to wrapping up the most costly pay and welfare contracts in the union’s history. He termed the Goodrich and General Tire pacts ‘giant steps’ toward realizing the union’s goals. ‘We achieved everything we had hoped for,’ he said.