**Date:** 6-2-67
**Source:** Uniroyal
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NAUGATUCK — For the second day scheduled talks on a master contract between Uniroyal and the United Rubber Workers failed to take place Thursday. Reliable sources indicated that they would not resume today.
URW sources in Cincinnati said Thursday night that the union had made an offer to management to resume negotiations today, but added that as of that time management had not responded to the offer.
Exactly when the negotiations would resume could not be learned, as management spokesmen could not be reached Thursday night.
As the second day of the sudden break in negotiations drew to a close, the strike against Uniroyal and two other giant rubber companies entered its sixth week.
Union spokesmen said the reason for the cancellation of Wednesday’s and Thursday’s talks was to enable the negotiating committees to meet privately. The cancellations, it was noted, were by mutual agreement.
In other developments it was learned Thursday that URW International President Peter Bommarito may file unfair labor practice charges against Uniroyal. Bommarito alleges that a mutual aid pact between the five rubber firms is interfering with “good faith bargaining.”
The URW filed unfair labor practice charges against Firestone Thursday, and plans to file similar charges against each of the other four parties who are parties to this strike assistance pact.
The international president charged that the mutual aid pact was the cause of the strike against Uniroyal, Firestone and B.F.Goodrich.
Work has continued on a day-to-day basis at the other two members of the big five, U.S. Tire and Rubber Co. and General Tire and Rubber Co. Pickets at the three Uniroyal, Firestone and B.F.Goodrich operations continued Thursday, with no reports of mass picketing among any of the three locals.