**Date:** 1967-04-22
**Source:** MCDAY
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The strike of United Rubber Workers against UniRoyal has now entered its 32nd day with picketing in the borough calm as white collar workers and trucks pass through the gates of the plant.
The flurry of rumors of impending settlement that caused excitement in town last week has subsided and the strikers have once again adopted a waiting attitude.
Negotiations between management and Union, which have been conducted since March 20, will resume this week in Cincinnati following a weekend recess. No word of the progress has been released.
The financial loss in wages alone in the borough is staggering. Applying mathematics and figuring striking employees in local plants and an average daily income of about $25, approximately $137,500 is lost every day of the strike in wages alone, not taking into consideration the loss in income for the plants not producing merchandise.
By extending this figure over the 32-days the strike has been in progress, the total wages lost, using these figures as a base, is $4,400,000.
Using the same base as daily wages and considering that 55,000 persons are out of work due to the strike against the “big five” Rubber Companies more than $40 million has been lost in wages thus far.
The union is paying its membership a benefit of $25 a week. Many of the striking workers have found temporary part-time employment while others are beginning to dig into their savings.
The welfare agencies have received requests from strikers who have nothing to fall back on since the first week of idleness.