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NAUGATUCK— Representa- tives of the United Rubber Workers Union met in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 10 a.m. today, and the possibility grew stronger that there will be no further talks until representatives of Uniroyal, Inc. until Monday morning.
This will extend the walkout of some 5,000 members of the three local unions over the week- end. The strike began shortly after midnight today, when talks failed in Cincinnati.
Pickets were set up at the Ma- ple St. gate and warehouses of the Footwear Division of Uniroyal, Inc., in Naugatuck, do their duty- early today as a borough street sweeper does his, apparently unconcerned as to what happens on the sidewalk behind him.—Coviello Photo.
Picketing was peaceful this morning and all three locals were permitting management personnel to pass through the plant throughout the early morning hours today, pickets were also peaceful as their third shift personnel manned their posts in 40-degree temperatures. Teams are sched- uled to pick in two-hour shifts. Labor and management repre- sentatives from the giant URW and four major rubber produc- ers have been negotiating terms for a new two-year master con- tract for one month.
Across the nation some 75,000 workers are affected by the ne- gotiations, with approximately 21,000 employed by Uniroyal workers. As the contract deadline drew near Thursday night, a call from the local presidents in Cin- cinnati asked the locals–45, 218 and 808–to hold strike action for one-half-hour to permit man- agement to present its final pro- posal.
In negotiations with Goodyear and Firestone Co. and Uni- royal, were struck at midnight or shortly after. In Cincinnati, the union agreed to continue negotiating on a day-to-day basis, with the first session scheduled for 10 a.m. this morning.