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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 his-
tory of the rubber industry has
ended with a new three-year
contract, providing a 43 per
cent per hour wage increase
over the three year period.

Other gains for union em-
ployees are an 80 per cent
guaranteed annual wage and a
company-paid surgical plan.

Additional specifics of the
contract will be announced when
all three locals have noted to
ratify.

Local 45 President George
Froehlich told his union mem-
bership that “A” good contract”
had been obtained and that many
gains by the union would prove
“fruitful in the future.”

UniRoyal officials reported
that their settlements with the
union were similar to settle-
ments reached by the other
major rubber industries.

When ratified, the master
contract will be effective as of
August 1. However, benefits
of the new contract will not be
realized until after mid-Sep-
tember when supplemental con-
tracts are signed by the locals.