Union officials said, "The union wishes to set the record straight on the qualifications of the supervisory personnel who operate the process equipment."

Union officials said, “The union wishes to set the record straight on the qualifications of the supervisory personnel who operate the process equipment.”

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“Mr. John Evans, plant manager, stated that the supervisory personnel normally train the regular operators, when in fact, new or transferred operators are trained by qualified operators from the bargaining unit.
“Mr. Evans’ consideration for the safety of personnel, as well as the residents of Naugatuck, can be refuted by the fact that in some instances, it had taken months to force the company to correct safety hazards in the plant. It also has been necessary to resort to grievance procedure and use of the extreme measure of refusing to operate some process equipment.
“The inaccurate statements made by the factory manager of the Chemical can be attributed to his inexperience, due to the fact that he was only recently appointed to the post of factory manager,” the official claimed.

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