Uniroyal Talks Start Up Again

Uniroyal Talks Start Up Again

**Date:** WED MAY 17 ’72 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK— Negotiations on the master contract between United Rubber Workers Union and Uniroyal resumed Tuesday in Cincinnati, but due to the agreement between the two groups, no news of progress could be received when negotiators were contacted in Cincinnati Tuesday night. Negotiations will continue today. The contract … Read more

URW Suggests 3-Year Pact, Reports Claim

URW Suggests 3-Year Pact, Reports Claim

**Date:** 6-14-69 **Source:** URWS — NAUGATUCK-A URW counter proposal being discussed by Uniroyal and four other major rubber producers calls for a three-year agreement and includes pensions and fringe benefits, it was learned Tuesday. The United Rubber Workers submitted the counter proposal after rejecting an industry-wide offer Friday. The three-year counter proposal represents a turnabout … Read more

Uniroyal Talks Depend On Other Firms, Claim

Uniroyal Talks Depend On Other Firms, Claim

**Date:** 6-15-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Talks between Uniroyal and United Rubber negotiators continue in Cincinnati today, but informed sources said progress would depend on talks between the union and some of the other rubber firms, notably B. F. Goodrich and Firestone. It is with these two companies, said one source, that the heaviest negotiating is … Read more

Duration Record Will Be Set In URW Strike

Duration Record Will Be Set In URW Strike

**Date:** 6-16-69 **Source:** Unknown — If the United Rubber Work-ers strike continue past Satur-day, a new record will be set for duration of strikes in the rubber industry. In 1959, the Firestone fire and Rubber Co. was struck by URW for 58 days. Negotiations continued yes-terday with the groups still dis-cussing a counter-proposal submitted by … Read more

Uniroyal May Appeal Court Order

Uniroyal May Appeal Court Order

**Date:** 7-18-69 **Source:** Uniroyal — NAUGATUCK — Uniroyal, Inc. is considering an appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court for a reversal of a restraining order issued Monday against production of sample shoes at the company’s strikebound Footwear Plant here. An attorney for the firm said this morning that a decision on whether or not the … Read more

Uniroyal Resumes Talks With URW

Uniroyal Resumes Talks With URW

**Date:** 2-26-69 **Source:** Unknown — CLEVELAND (AP) – It’s three down and two to go, a United Rubber Worker spokesman said Thursday after the union and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. agreed to a tentative three-year contract. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Uniroyal resume bargaining with the URW today. Firestone, the B. F. … Read more

Progress Signs Seen In Talks

Progress Signs Seen In Talks

**Date:** MAY 19, 1969 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK Negotiations between the United Workers and Uniroyal, Inc. are scheduled to continue today in Cincinnati, with informed sources indicating Thursday that signs of progress are being made. As the strike entered its fifth week, rumors swept the borough to the effect that Firestone had either settled or … Read more

Local 218 Protests Uniroyal Statement

Local 218 Protests Uniroyal Statement

**Date:** 5-25-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Officials of Local 218, United Rubber Workers, claimed Saturday that “inaccurate statements were made by the factory manager of Uniroyal Chemical Plant”, in relation to the management’s decision to use supervisory personnel to operate process equipment at the plant while the company is being picketed by the local in its … Read more

UniRoyal – URW Show Cause Hearing Thurs.

UniRoyal - URW Show Cause Hearing Thurs.

**Date:** MAY 27 ’69 **Source:** Unknown — Superior Court Judge Leo V. Gaffney continued the hearing for an injunction sought by the Chemical Division of UniRoyal against the United Rubber Workers Friday. The continuance followed an early morning session of peaceful picketing by Local 218 at the Elm Street entrance to the plant. No personnel … Read more

Mass Picketing At Synthetic Plant Leads To Arrest Of Four Persons

Mass Picketing At Synthetic Plant Leads To Arrest Of Four Persons

**Date:** 5-31-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Mass picket-ing by members of Local 308 at Uniroyal’s Synthetic Plant, this morning, led to the arrest of four pickets, after an attempt was made to prevent management personnel from entering the plant. Two of the pickets had to be forcibly ejected by police, following the reading of the riot … Read more

Froehlich Returns From Ohio Parleys

Froehlich Returns From Ohio Parleys

**Date:** 4/15/69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Union members of Locals 45 and 218 of United Rubber workers were informed on the progress of negotiations in Cincinnati although union officials declined to say what specifically had been discussed at the meetings Monday. The presidents of the three locals, George Froehlich from Local 45, Joseph Rzeszutek from Local … Read more

2 Union Vice-Presidents Included In Arrests; All Charged Breach/Peace

2 Union Vice-Presidents Included In Arrests; All Charged Breach/Peace

**Date:** sept 69 **Source:** Unknown — Forty-three Uniloyal strikers were arrested this morning including Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45 and Cy Blanchard, vice-president of Local 218, as police attempted to restore order to the picket lines on Maple St. In the midst of the scuffle, which began early this morning, one man, Nunzio Finteri, … Read more

ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE he was arrested by Naugatuck police this morning, Cy (Doc) Blanchard, center, held the attention of striking members of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, at the central office entrance of the Uniroyal Footwear plant. Blanchard, vice-president of Local 218, URW, at the firm’s striking Chemical Division, was among union officials and members arrested today.—King Photo.

ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE he was arrested by Naugatuck police this morning, Cy (Doc) Blanchard, center, held the attention of striking members of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, at the central office entrance of the Uniroyal Footwear plant. Blanchard, vice-president of Local 218, URW, at the firm's striking Chemical Division, was among union officials and members arrested today.—King Photo.

**Date:** 7/9/69 **Source:** Unknown — ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE he was arrested by Naugatuck police this morning, Cy (Doc) Blanchard, center, held the attention of striking members of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, at the central office entrance of the Uniroyal Footwear plant. Blanchard, vice-president of Local 218, URW, at the firm’s striking Chemical Division, was … Read more

Uniroyal Quiet After Flareup

Uniroyal Quiet After Flareup

**Date:** 5/15/69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK — After a Thursday morning flareup between police and pickets at the Uniroyal Footwear Division plant, in which 50 people were arrested on charges of breach of peace, the scene became quiet for the remainder of the day, even to the point that pickets permitted a postal shipment to … Read more

LOOKING SULLEN as management and office workers file into the Maple St. gate of UniRoyal Raymond Memorial, vice-president of Local 45, URW, checks each person to be certain all are UniRoyal employees. Some who didn’t have UniRoyal badges shown prominently were asked to display them.

LOOKING SULLEN as management and office workers file into the Maple St. gate of UniRoyal Raymond Memorial, vice-president of Local 45, URW, checks each person to be certain all are UniRoyal employees. Some who didn't have UniRoyal badges shown prominently were asked to display them.

**Date:** 6/15/69 **Source:** Unknown — LOOKING SULLEN as management and office workers file into the Maple St. gate of UniRoyal Raymond Memorial, vice-president of Local 45, URW, checks each person to be certain all are UniRoyal employees. Some who didn’t have UniRoyal badges shown prominently were asked to display them. -(News photo by Jensen)

Court Restrains Uniroyal Pickets

Court Restrains Uniroyal Pickets

**Date:** 3/69 **Source:** Unknown — Management of the Footwear Division, Uniroyal, was granted an injunction against Local 45, United Rubber Workers, Friday afternoon at Waterbury Superior Court which will restrict the overall picketing by the union of the plant, effective immediately. The injunction, which had been sought by Uniroyal, will limit the manner of picketing … Read more

Five Hurt When Train Won’t Stop

Five Hurt When Train Won't Stop

**Date:** 5-7-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK—An attempt to push five railroad freight cars into a Uniroyal warehouse on Elm St. Friday afternoon resulted in injuries to at least five men as police officers tried to move picketing United Rubber Workers out of the way of the constantly moving train. According to reports from some of … Read more

Strike Scene Quiet Following Judge’s Warning To URW Union

Strike Scene Quiet Following Judge's Warning To URW Union

**Date:** 3-6-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK-Picketing at all three Uniroyal plants here was quiet today, following two days of scuffles by police and striking members of the United Rubber Workers union. Small clusters of pickets, mostly women, were on duty early today at the footwear plant where near-violence erupted both Thursday and Friday mornings. It … Read more

Quietness Reigns In Strike Here

Quietness Reigns In Strike Here

**Date:** 11-15-69 **Source:** Unknown — The three Locals of the United Rubber Workers in the borough maintained their teams of picketers at the gates of the struck UniRoyal plants today, Picketing is being conducted in a quite orderly fashion with no incidents reported. White collar workers of UniRoyal continue to pass in and out of … Read more

21 Held In New Uniroyal Row Company Asks Picketing Curbs

21 Held In New Uniroyal Row Company Asks Picketing Curbs

**Date:** 5-3-68 **Source:** Register — Fighting breaks out at Maple Street entrance to Uniroyal plant. 21 Held In New Uniroyal Row Company Asks Picketing Curbs By JAMES FLEMING Register Staff Reporter NAUGATUCK — Fighting broke out at the Maple Street plant of Uniroyal for the second time in a row, and 21 employes were arrested … Read more

Local 308’s Contract Rejection Won’t Affect Uniroyal Production

Local 308's Contract Rejection Won't Affect Uniroyal Production

**Date:** 1967-08-01 **Source:** The Evening Sentinel — BEACON FALLS Local 308’s Contract Rejection Won’t Affect Uniroyal Production Local 308, United Rubber Workers Synthetic division, rejected the master contract Friday night which was recently agreed upon by the union and Uniroyal, Inc., in Cincinnati. Less than one-fourth of the 240 members of the local turned out … Read more

Reach Agreement

Reach Agreement

**Date:** 1967-07-27 **Source:** Uniroyal Union — Wage increases over the par-ed will totaL 40 cents an hour, with a 15 cent increase this year, July 1, 1968 and 10 cents on June 30, 1969. Skilled trade employes will receive an additional 10 cents an hour this year. Sources indicated that al-though the wage differential be-tween … Read more

Working Conditions Final Barrier In 96-Day-Old UniRoyal-URW Strike

Working Conditions Final Barrier In 96-Day-Old UniRoyal-URW Strike

**Date:** 1967-07-26 **Source:** Naugatuck, Conn. — Negotiations between UniRoyal and the United Rubber Workers union ran well into midnight this morning in Cincinnati with apparently no agreement reached. In the event of a settlement during the annual scheduled footwear plant shut-down, striking URW members are being asked if they desire to work instead of vacationing … Read more

Quick End To Strike At UniRoyal Dimming

Quick End To Strike At UniRoyal Dimming

**Date:** 1967-07-25 **Source:** Established 1885 — With four of the “Big Five” rubber companies settled with the United Rubber Workers Union, prospects for an early settlement between UniRoyal, Inc. and the union look particularly good today. The annual three-week vacation shutdown of the UniRoyal plants throughout the nation–this Friday. The firm began distributing vacation checks … Read more

Goodrich Union OKs New Pact

Goodrich Union OKs New Pact

**Date:** 1/24/47 **Source:** AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Rubber workers in Akron voted overwhelmingly Sunday to accept a three-year contract with the B.F. Goodrich Co. A spokesman for Local 5, United Rubber Workers, said the standing vote was “about 3,000 for and 25 against.” Goodrich has 10,930 union members in nine locals and the Akron local … Read more

Naugatuck Rubber Strike Idles 5,000

Naugatuck Rubber Strike Idles 5,000

**Date:** 4-21-47 **Source:** Unknown — By PATRICK KEATING Register Staff Reporter NAUGATUCK — A strike, the second in the past two years against the Uni-Royal by the United Rubber Workers, AFL-CIO, has closed the company’s tire-making local divisions and idled some 5,000 workers today. The decision to strike the entire Uni-Royal operation was made earlier … Read more

Optimism Reported In Rubber Pact Talks

Optimism Reported In Rubber Pact Talks

**Date:** 6/23/54 **Source:** AKRON, OHIO (UPI) — Signs of optimism were apparent today in the 90-day-old rubber industry strike. There also were further signs of the walkout’s growing financial toll, as the B. F. Goodrich Co. reported its second quarter net income was down 92.5 per cent. Goodrich and General Tire & Rubber Co. reached … Read more

Settlement Appears Close

Settlement Appears Close

**Date:** 1967-07-19 **Source:** Naugatuck, Conn. — AKRON, Ohio (UP) — Observers looked for further breaks in the 88-day-old rubber industry strike today with attention focused on the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. talks in Cleveland. United Rubber Workers International President Peter Bommarito was in Cleveland to assist at the negotiations. A Firestone spokesman said, “we’re … Read more

Rubber Strike Talks Recess For Weekend

Rubber Strike Talks Recess For Weekend

**Date:** 1967-07-15 **Source:** Waterbury American — AKRON, OHIO (UPI)–With| General — but two cents to less the nation’s rubber production down to 25 per cent of its total, negotiators for four major tire companies and the striking United Rubber Workers (URW) took a weekend break. There was little hope a tentative agreement reached Thursday with … Read more

Strike Violence Flares For Second Day At Uniroyal Plant

Strike Violence Flares For Second Day At Uniroyal Plant

**Date:** 1967-07-11 **Source:** Unknown — Violence, which began Thursday at the strikebound Naugatuck footwear plant of Uniroyal, continued today as 21 arrests were made, Manganielli, vice president of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, with bullhorn urges striking employes to allow male office workers through the plant gates this morning. At right, office workers begin marching … Read more

Strikers Rush To Apply For Unemployment Funds

Strikers Rush To Apply For Unemployment Funds

**Date:** 1967-07-01 **Source:** Waterbury Republican — NAUGATUCK — A new type the area large numbers of the Uniroyal strikers rushed to Waterbury to join long lines of people signing up. No one was flatly refused, but strikers were told they would receive final word during the coming week. As the rumor spread around the borough … Read more

Reuther Calls Rubber Offer “Miserly”

Reuther Calls Rubber Offer "Miserly"

**Date:** 7-1 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, OHIO (UPI)—The head of the United Auto Workers Union said Friday a wage offer to striking United Rubber Workers (URW) by major tire producers was “miserly.” Walter Reuther, who has taken up the cause of the striking rubber workers by pumping more than $1 million into the URW’s strike … Read more

Uniroyal

Uniroyal

**Date:** 6-25-61 **Source:** Unknown — (Continued from Page One) Uniroyal counsel J. Kenneth Bradley questioned Mengacci at some length about ‘flare-ups’ at the gates early in May when pickets attempted to keep office personnel from entering the plant. 71 Arrests The three days of clashes between pickets and police resulted in arrests of 71 strikers … Read more

“Show Cause” Hearing

"Show Cause" Hearing

**Date:** 6 27 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 they failed to disperse they were loaded aboard a bus and hauled to the courthouse, said they would be charged with contempt of court. Pickets kept salaried employes inside the plant for about an hour Monday. Negotiations in the strike against the nation’s largest rubber … Read more

Federal Officials Enter Talks In Rubber Strike

Federal Officials Enter Talks In Rubber Strike

**Date:** 1967-06-23 **Source:** Waterbury Republican — PITTSBURGH, Pa.— one table during Thursday’s 160,000-member union was the Negotiators from five major talks, then adjourned to meet wage offer from General Tire. talks in one large group separately. which had been stepped from the Rubber Workers and federal Although RW officials have last offer of 40 cents … Read more

Meeting Called By Mediators

Meeting Called By Mediators

**Date:** 9-21-61 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK-Small negotiating teams from each of the five major rubber companies and the United Rubber Workers Union have been called for a special group meeting Thursday by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The federal government has evidently decided that a 62-day-old strike involving over 51,000 people constitutes a problem … Read more

Uniroval

Uniroval

**Date:** 3-21-61 **Source:** Uniroval — Uniroval (Continued from Page One) men to accompany Dawson to-day. The announcement of this meeting represents one of the more significant aspects of the talks, although observers were hesitant to say whether it meant a possible breakthrough in the negotiations. The meeting could go on for weeks, said a union … Read more

Rubber-Labor Pact Is Possible This Week; General Tire Increases Its Offer to Union

Rubber-Labor Pact Is Possible This Week; General Tire Increases Its Offer to Union

**Date:** 6-12-67 **Source:** Wall Street Journal — AKRON—After a week of marked progress in negotiations, the United Rubber Workers union and five major rubber companies will re-open bargaining sessions at 10 a.m. today with some expectation of reaching a single-package settlement covering wages, pensions and wel- fare benefits before another week passes. A settlement would … Read more

Strikers Give

Strikers Give

**Date:** 3-31 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 and life insurance and may contact headquarters if they have questions. A vote of confidence was requested and received for the union officials from the members present. Froehlich’s speech spelled out the fact that the union would negotiate until its terms are reached, but Froehlich mentioned … Read more

Uniroyal Injunction Hearing Continued

Uniroyal Injunction Hearing Continued

**Date:** 1967-05-27 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK An injunction sought by Uniroyal Chemical Friday against the United Rubber Workers was continued by Superior Court Judge Leo V. Gaffney. The continuance was ordered following an early morning session of peaceful picketing by Local 218 at the Elm St. entrance to the plant. All personnel seeking entry into … Read more

Time To Consider

Time To Consider

**Date:** 1967-05-27 **Source:** Unknown — United Rubber Workers Local 218 has been summoned to appear in Superior Court next week to show cause why an injunction should not be issued against illegal picketing in the month-old strike involving Naugatuck plants of Uniroyal, Inc. Judge Leo V. Gaffney, who issued the order, also expressed the hope … Read more

Uniroyal Picket Lines Still Quiet

Uniroyal Picket Lines Still Quiet

**Date:** 1967-05-18 **Source:** NAUGATUCK — Although Naugatuck Chemical plant manager John Evans said Wednesday that the company was “contemplating” shipping from the plant, the scene on the United Rubber Workers Local 218 picket lines remained quiet throughout the day. No shipments were reported. Evans said he had no comment to make following a meeting between … Read more

Union Goes On 12-Hour Schedule Of Picketing

Union Goes On 12-Hour Schedule Of Picketing

**Date:** 1967-05-16 **Source:** Waterbury Republican — NAUGATUCK – Around-the-clock picketing in the 26-day-old Uniroyal strike was halted at the footwear plant Monday and the original 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. schedule restored. Reason for the reduced schedule, officials of the 4,000-member Local 45, United Rubber Workers, said, was management assurance that no effort to move … Read more