Rubber Avenue Stories

**Date:** 7-25-67 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK — Striking employes of the Footwear Division of Uniroyal, Inc., will receive more than $2 million in vacation checks on Tuesday and Wednesday as the plant prepares for its scheduled three-week shutdown beginning Friday. Footwear officials reminded those eligible that checks will be distributed on both days from 9 … Read more

**Date:** 20-67 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Uniroyal, Inc., will not attempt to appeal to the State Supreme Court in an effort to overturn an injunction issued against the company Monday, an attorney for the firm said Wednesday. In accepting the injunction, Uniroyal will not be able to produce sample shoes carried by salesmen. Atty. Raymond E. … Read more

**Date:** 7-18-67 **Source:** Unknown — A court injunction has been issued res-training UniRoyal, Inc. from resuming production of footwear at its strike-bound Naugatuck plant, thus enforcing an agree-ment between the company and the United Rubber Workers union which was signed before the current strike began. The court has found for the union in this instance, … Read more

**Date:** 3-15-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) –Talks were expected to resume today between the United Rubber Workers (URW) and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. after mass picketing brought a day’s interruption. Several hundred pickets who gathered at the Goodyear headquarters here dispersed after an injunction was issued in Summit County Common Pleas … Read more

**Date:** 7-18-67 **Source:** Unknown — UniRoyal officials reported at noon today that the Footwear Division of UniRoyal has decided late this morning that it will not appeal the decision of Superior Court Judge Leo V. Garner to impose the injunction against the company. A company spokesman said this morning that the Footwear Division of UniRoyal … Read more

**Date:** 7-17-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 William E. Simkin, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, congratulated both Goodrich and the URW for completing what he called “extremely difficult negotiations”. He and Bommarito had assisted in the Goodrich negotiations in Columbus. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., the Goodyear Tire & … Read more

**Date:** 7-14-67 **Source:** Unknown — Judge Leo V. Gaffney ruled today in favor of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, and imposed a restraining injunction against the Naugatuck Footwear plant of UniRoyal, Inc. The order restricts the footwear plant from performing any work by non-bargaining personnel for the duration of the strike with the exception of … Read more

**Date:** 7-16-67 **Source:** Unknown — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Negotiators for the B.F. Goodrich Co. and United Rubber Workers Union announced in Columbus on Saturday they had (In Naugatuck, a three-month- old strike of Uniroyal by the United Rubber Workers continues. The union settlement with the General Tire Co. on Thursday encouraged negotia- tors in … Read more

**Date:** 7-16-67 **Source:** Unknown — MARIAM C. SCHLICHT Chairman, Democratic Town Committee Roxbury To the Editor of The Republican: As a member of Local 45 URW I would like to answer Mr. Anthony Ensero’s letter to the editor which appeared in The Republican July 13. Mr. Ensero is a badly confused and misinformed individual. His … Read more

**Date:** 7-14-67 **Source:** Unknown — By Combined Wire Services AKRON, Ohio—The United Rubber Workers (URW) struck Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the nation’s top producer, early Friday less than 12 hours after reaching a contract agreement with another major rubber company. Negotiators for Goodyear and the union met until late Thursday night then recessed talks … Read more

**Date:** 7-13-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 pay a worker 95 per cent of his wage. All the companies except General offered 75 per cent. General upped the offer to 80 per cent and it was understood the union would accept this fig- ure if the companies agreed to contribute to the benefit … Read more

**Date:** 7-3-67 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–It is no secret from the borough are far from having all their problems solved with the welfare payments, as they will be expected to pay back the funds granted them. This in addition to the unpaid bills, the extended credit and the depleted savings accounts which will plague most … Read more

**Date:** 2-13-67 **Source:** Unknown — To the Editor of The Republican: The time has come for us rubber workers to get together and let our bargaining negotiators in Cincinnati know that the strike is going on too long with no settlement in sight. The money we workers lost will never be regained regardless of what … Read more

**Date:** 7-12-67 **Source:** Unknown — The United Rubber Workers Union has notified the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., that unless settlement is reached it will strike its plants at 12:01 a.m. Friday. The 21,000 workers at Goodyear’s 11 plants have continued working on a day-to-day basis since the termination of their contract, April 20. In … Read more

**Date:** 7-11-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio (AP) — United Rubber Workers sources said Monday that 21,000 employes at 11 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants are set to join the rubber strike at midnight Wednesday. The announcement said the workers would walk out unless there is significant progress in negotiations which resumed Monday in … Read more

**Date:** 7-11-67 **Source:** Unknown — EDITORS: The Industrial city of Naugatuck is the steel girly of a 13 week strike involving 5,500 members of the United Rubber Workers’ Union of America. The union’s chief employer, the UniRoyal plant, the economic crisis is reflected in various ways with the situation approaching the crisis stage for some, … Read more

**Date:** 7-10-67 **Source:** Unknown — Local 45 (Footwear division), Local 216 (Chemical Division) and Local 308 (Synthetic Division), United Rubber Workers Union, issued a joint statement today to emphatically deny the rumors that the three locals were considering pulling out their respective policy committee members from the master contract negotiations with UniRoyal, Inc. “At no … Read more

**Date:** 7-9-67 **Source:** Unknown — By PATRICK KEATING Register Staff Reporter NAUGATUCK — Speculation was growing here this weekend that striking Locals 45, 218 and 308 of the United Rubber Workers, AFL-CIO, may pull out of talks between their union’s International Policy Committee and the management of Uniroyal, Inc., and go their own way in … Read more

**Date:** 7-7-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 increases of 43-cents an hour over the next three years and an 80 per cent supplemental un-employment benefit plan. The other companies offered 38-cent an hour raises to tire workers and 31-cents to non-tire workers and a 75 per cent un-employment plan. The union was not … Read more

**Date:** 7-7-67 **Source:** Unknown — Negotiation talks continued yesterday in Cincinnati between the United Rubber Workers Union and Uniroyal, Inc. However, sources indicate that negotiations are still stalemated. Some progress has been noted since the beginning of the sessions, but the wage differential is said to be a barrier against settlement. Also, according to reports, … Read more

**Date:** 7-6-67 **Source:** Unknown — which we compete,” Keener said. General has offered 43 cents an hour in wage increases over three years, 80 per cent supplemental unemployment benefits, an additional paid holiday, and an increase in pension payments from $2 to $5.50 a month for each year of service. The other firms offered 38 … Read more

**Date:** 7-26-67 **Source:** Unknown — The five major rubber companies and the United Rubber Workers union resumed talks yesterday in Ohio. Representatives of the borough’s three Locals and UniRoyal representatives met again in Cincinnati with other talks being conducted in three other Ohio cities. No indications of a break in the 76-day-old strike were forthcoming, … Read more

**Date:** 7-5-67 **Source:** Unknown — the Rubber Workers is interest-ing aside from his friendship with Peter Bommarito, URW president. The URW begins its new contract negotiations with the auto companies next Monday and Reuther has let it be known that a guaranteed annual wage, a key hurdle in the rubber talks, will be an agreement … Read more

**Date:** 7-5-67 **Source:** Unknown — Negotiations in the URW – UniRoyal strike are scheduled to resume today in Cincinnati for another try at reaching a contract settlement. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is the only one of the big five rubber companies continuing to operate with tire production from its plants assisting the other four … Read more

**Date:** 6/29/67 **Source:** Unknown — Uniroyal and the striking Uni-ted Rubber Workers have until Wednesday to file briefs arguing whether the company should be forbidden to make footwear samples at the Naugatuck plant during the strike. Judge Leo V. Gaffney in Waterbury Superior Court yesterday set the Wednesday deadline, as he reserved decision on a … Read more

**Date:** 6-30-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 the city’s income tax revenues. The Chamber of Commerce said retail store sales also dropped off in May and June and banks reported a heavy draw on sav-ings. It also was reported that many wives of strikers had gone to work and that strikers them-selves were … Read more

**Date:** 6-27-67 **Source:** Unknown — UniRoyal management and of-ficials of Local 45, United Rub-ber Workers Union (URW), were scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Waterbury today for a “show cause” hearing investigat-ed by the union last week when it accused the rubber firm of violating a written agreement between the two parties. Superior Court … Read more

**Date:** 6-23-67 **Source:** Unknown — As representatives of the union and management, respectively, in the current stalemate involving the rubber industry in the United States, you are the logical ones to whom any missive such as this must be addressed. It may be that there are others whose attention should be called to what we … Read more

**Date:** 6-22-67 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK – Representa- no commitments on how much it tives of both management and was prpared to give, high un- the United Rubber Workers are ion officials have been reported gathering their numbers for top as saying they were not pre- level talks today in Pittsburgh, pared to be forced … Read more

**Date:** 6-22-67 **Source:** Unknown — To Stop Production Union Seeking Restraining Order Against UniRoyal Federal Mediation In Rubber Strike Begins Today PITTSBURGH (UPI) — In an effort to end the longest strike in rubber industry history, the federal government summoned negotiators for the nation’s top five producers and the United Rubber Workers (URW) for a … Read more

**Date:** 6-21-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) — Fed-eral mediators will meet Thurs-day in Pittsburgh with negotia-tors for the five major rubber companies and the United Rub-ber Workers Union in an effort to break the nine-week strike in the rubber industry. William Simkin, director of the Federal Mediation and Con-ciliation Service, made the an-nouncement … Read more

**Date:** 6-19-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) – The United Rubber Workers (URW) called a strike Sunday against General Tire & Rubber Co., the fourth of the big five tire producers to be hit by a walkout. Some 1,300 workers at General’s Waco, Tex., plant voted to strike at midnight Sunday. General’s plant here, … Read more

**Date:** 6-17-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 from rubber workers had been approved by mid-week, and a big influx of further applications had come in since then. She said the county at first requested rubber workers to spend strike benefits for shelter and utilities and use public as-sistance for food. “But now,” she … Read more

**Date:** 6-17-67 **Source:** Unknown — The Executive Board of the United Rubber Workers union has voted to call its members out from another of the “Big Five” rubber companies. More than 3,000 employes in two plants of General Tire and Rubber Co., located in Akron, Ohio, and Waco, Texas, will be involved. According to sources, … Read more

**Date:** 6-14-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, Ohio – Spokesmen said today that despite the progressive tone of talks between the United Rubber Workers and the General Tire and Rubber Co., there were no new developments in contract negotiations. General had offered a slightly higher wage package than other members of the industry’s big five. URW … Read more

**Date:** 6-15-67 **Source:** Unknown — Governor John Dempsey acknowledged the letter received from the borough seeking his intervention in the UniRoyal strike affecting three borough plants. He said in a letter to Mayor Joseph C. Raitkwich, that State Labor Commissioner Renato E. Ricciuti is maintaining close contact with the progress of the negotiations, and that … Read more