Newspaper Clippings

**Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK—United Rubber Workers negotiators Friday re jected a new three-year contract proposal offered by the five major rubber producers, including Uniroyal. This is apparently the second time during the week that the union has rejected company pro posals. URW Pres. Peter Bommarito termed Friday’s offer “inadequate” and said the union would continue … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — The above increases in wages and benefits togal about 70¢ per hour over a three year period. This is approximately a 5% yearly increase in wages and benefits for employees over the entire three years. It is the equivalent of the settlement negotiated in other industries which have been referred to by … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — AKRON (AP) – Negotiating sessions between the United Rubber Workers union and five major rubber companies, including Uniroyal, resumed Tuesday, the 53rd day of the strike against three of the companies. Although negotiators for URW and Uniroyal management could not be contacted for comment Monday night, reliable sources pointed to the progress … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Local 45 President George Froehlich has foregohe the negotiating session today in Cincinnati, Ohio to meet with the membership of his union this afternoon at 3 o’clock in the high school auditorium. Froehlich announced Saturday that he will conduct a brief ing session for the membership on the status of the negotiations. … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 Local, the firm’s lawyers at-tempted to reach higher-up management either in Cincin-nati or New York City, but were unsuccessful. The management personnel then relayed to Judge Gaffney, Mengacci said, that they couldn’t tell the judge what the plant planned to do today. The judge then informed law-yers for … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 for fear it would obligate him to UAW leader Walter Reuther who is at odds with AFL-CIO leaders. Simkin has told the press that he wants the negotiations in Pittsburgh to be more than exploratory. He is hoping for a settlement. Local 45 Vice-President Raymond Mengacci reported yesterday … Read more

**Date:** 6.21.61 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK — Talks on a master contract between the United Rubber Workers and Uniroyal are scheduled to resume today. There were no talks between company and union negotiators Monday. In Detroit, striking Uniroyal workers, discouraged by the lack of progress in the talks, prevented management personnel from entering the plant. … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — A hearing was to resume this morning in Waterbury Superior Court on an application by the United Rubber Workers for an injunction against Uniroyal, Inc., which has plants in Beacon Falls and Naugatuck. The union filed its application last Thursday, after the company began production of samples of new footwear designs. The … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — By Ruth Nichols Production at the UniRoyal Footwear plant will be suspended for at least another week to allow time for briefs to be filed and Judge Leo V. Gaffney to come to a decision on whether a restraining injunction should be granted against the firm. Two days of testimony from both … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Exactly how many signed up for compensation could not be learned, but strikers contacted later in the day noted that the lines were long and double. During the last session of the General Assembly, legislation was introduced to make compensation available to people on strike, but the legislation failed. A bill recently … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — { “headline”: “Views of Uniloval”, “handwritten_date”: “7-11-67”, “newspaper_name”: “NAUGATUCK NEWS (Conn.)”, “full_text”: “Continued From Bank 1ls Not Pressing Anybody to the Wall. We go along with the circumstance. I expect some withdrawals of property as time goes on,” said Neil Stanley of the Naugatuck Savings and Loan Association says the bank has … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) – The United Rubber Workers (URW) will strike the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Thursday midnight if no contract agreement is reached, a union spokesman said Tuesday. The URW already is on strike against four other major rubber companies. Three of them have been closed for the past 82 … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — { “headline”: “Only Economic Issues Block Strike Settlement”, “handwritten_date”: “7-13-67”, “newspaper_name”: null, “full_text”: “AKRON, OHIO (UPI) — With four major rubber companies closed by a record long strike, the United Rubber Workers (URW) prepared to walkout at midnight tonight against the fifth and largest firm, Goodyear Tire & Rubber.\nIndustry capacity would be … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Many Footwear employes are entitled to four weeks and in some instances five weeks of vacation. These workers are permitted to take the extra weeks at various intervals through the year so as not to conflict with the annual vacation shutdown. Employes of the Chemical and Synthetic Divisions now on strike are … Read more

**Date:** 7.24.67 **Source:** Unknown — No break has yet been re- ported in the 94-day United Rubber Workers UniRoyal strike. According to sources an all-day session was held yesterday in Cincinnati with small committees meeting through the night. URW International President Peter Bommarito moved into talks Friday between the union and the two remaining rubber … Read more

**Date:** 82nd Year, Number 173 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 AKRON, OHIO (UPI) – Labor peace returned to the rubber capital of the world today. The four largest rubber companies based here have signed contracts with the United Rubber Workers (URW). The largest tire producer in the world, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 would go on a two or three-week vacation said their spouses worked elsewhere and that they had no, few or grown-up children. Another question asked the employees was: “Will you sign up to work during vacation if the strike ends?” Most employees are as yet undecided, preferring to … Read more

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**Source:** Unknown — The 98 days of the strike by the United Rubber Workers Lo-cals 45, 308 and 218 against the Naugatuck Uniroyal plant were marked by rioting, arrests and court injunctions, as well as lengthy negotiations during the period. Accord was reached last night to end the strike. The union is set to ratify … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Continued from Page 1 C. Mennille, operator of a package store on Main Street said, “Business was off about 20 per cent in June (as compared to the same month the previous year) and it will be off about 30 per cent this month.” Similar reports were made by many other business … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — By RICHARD S. EDINGER Any 100-day labor strike will cause economic hardship to union members, their families and local merchants, especially in communities the size of Seymour and Beacon Falls. On Saturday, the union members at Uniroyal, Inc. will vote on ratification of contract agreement made last night in Cincinnati. The strike … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 more are needed to operate additional production lines. Strike benefit checks will be issued as follows: Local 45, tomorrow and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Local 218, Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Local 308, tomorrow 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The longest strike in the history … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Rzesutek reported that a change could occur in a contract gain in sickness and accident insurance, which offers compensation for men $10 higher than for women. “The government may step in and say, you can’t discriminate,”Rzesutek warned. The insurance benefit was raised $10 each bring the men’s to $70 and the women’s … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Twenty-five per cent of the membership of Local 308, Synthetic Division, turned out last night to reject 32 to 26, the master contract recently agreed upon by the United Rubber Workers and UniRoyal, Inc. Of the three Naugatuck locals, 308 was the only one to fail to ratify the contract. Local 45 … Read more

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**Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 negotiations. “There’s nothing to comment on, progress is very slow,” he said. The basic issues are salary hikes and a guaranteed annual wage.

**Source:** Unknown — 8 Pickets Arrested At

**Source:** Unknown — Police were alerted early this morning when it was noticed that an unusually large number of pickets were massing at the gates of the Chemical Division of UniRoyal, Inc. An attempt was made by approximately 30 pickets to keep management of the Chemical Division from entering the plant. A large contingent of … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — to townspeople in the area sur- rounding the Naugatuck Chemi- cal plant. It exposes all to the possibility of explosion or dead- ly gases being released in the atmosphere. He concluded with the state- ment that betterment of safety and progress at the Naugatuck Chemical plant has been the main concern of … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — SanAngelo, 53, 82 Pinehurst Ave., Waterbury; Dominic A. George, 55, 33 Railroad Ave., Beacon Falls; Robert Anderson, 37, 84 Svea Ave.; Joseph P. Paplauskas, 46, 99 Gorman St.; Joseph Rzeszutek, 45, 236 Riggs St., Oxford; Marcel H. Herbert, 39, 179 Tudor St., Waterbury; and Henry Hook, no age given, 167 West Church … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Superior Court Judge Leo V. Gaffney this morning denied a petition for an injunction and restraining order against Local 218, United Rubber Workers, sought by UniRoyal, Inc., Chemical Division, and continued the case until next Thursday. George Froehlich, president of Local 45 URW, who has been in Cincinnati participating in negotiation session … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — We consider the safety of all personnel in the plant as well as that of the residents of Naugatuck to be the first consideration of management in all decisions regarding operations, regardless of circumstance. At the present time operations are limited in scope and

**Source:** Unknown — are being achieved by crews completely familiar in all operating procedure and safety practices. Indeed, these personnel are normally responsible for the training and direction of the regular operators. Rzeszutek also said yesterday that he is considering asking the membership of Local 218 at their next meeting to no longer honor withdrawal … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Evans said yesterday, that the plant was forced to start production in order to service key accounts which include defense contracts. An issue was raised yesterday by Joseph Rzeszutek, president of Local 218, as to the safety of management operating production especially with skeleton crews. The striking Local circulated handbills to this … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Management lawyer, Atty. J. Kenneth Bradley, said Friday that the production was ”partially” for the defense effort, and partially of items ”for use in other parts of the country.” He did not go into detail on the use of the items except to say the items ”are not for use by ourselves.” … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — { “headline”: “UniRoyal”, “handwritten_date”: “May 27, 1967”, “newspaper_name”: null, “full_text”: “Continued From Page 1\nAccording to Rzeszutek, the\nonly items shipped from the\nChemical were \”slabs of re-\nclaim\”, slabs of rubber re-\nclaimed from old tires and\nother rubber items.\n\”What are they going to do\nwith slabs of reclaim, drop them\nfrom airplanes and smother the\nViet Cong?\” he asked.\nRzeszutek, … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — “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 … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — UniRoyal workers, members of the United Rubber Workers Union Local 45, received word Monday from both the union and the company that indicates that both parties are miles away from a strike settlement. From the factory manager of the local footwear plant, John M. Smith, the employees received a letter stating, “The … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 308 Edward Alves, is shown, center of picture, as he leaves,the pickets, this morning. Alves had instructed the pickets to remain calm and under no circumstances to become violent. Management was waiting in cars to enter the gate and the police force was approaching the gate to open the … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Alves questioned the decision of the management, criticizing its actions in attempting production with “unskilled personnel.” The union president further asserted that because of the “danger of work involved at the plant, a disaster could occur, not only endangering the lives and property of those in close proximity to the plant, but … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Two of the pickets had to be forcibly ejected by police, following the reading of the riot act from the state statutes by Capt. Joseph Summa, when they refused to step aside for the plant’s personnel. All personnel entered the plant, after a wedge had been formed by about a dozen police … Read more

**Date:** e-2-c **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 in early April, however, that it wouldn’t prohibit any of the member companies from reaching an independent agreement with the union satisfactory to itself. The effect of the pact, Bommarito charged, has been interference with employes’ rights to engage in concerted activities guaranteed by law because … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — A Firestone spokesman said the company wouldn’t have any official comment on the NLRB complaint by the union. “We can see no legal basis for their claims,” he said. Spokesmen for the four other rubber companies also declined comment on the complaint. The issuance of this complaint and the meeting held Monday … Read more

**Source:** Unknown — Talks between the five union negotiating teams and the companies will be recessed to-day so that the package can be studied and to permit union officers to attend the funeral of Garnet L. Patterson, URW general counsel who died Saturday. It is doubtful, however, that the proposal would be accepted without several … Read more