**Date:** 3/12/77
**Source:** Unknown
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No news is available as to
how the negotiations between
the United Rubber Workers
Union and the “Big Five” Rubber Companies is progressing
in Cincinnati.
The strike, now in its fourth
week, is beginning to affect the
economy of the borough as the
striking workers have faced
their second payless payday.
Strong rumors circulated the
borough yesterday that B.F.
Goodrich Rubber Co., one of
the “Big Five” was close to
a settlement with the union on
the master contract. The consensus of opinion is that if one
of the companies involved in
the negotiations settles, the others will follow suit.
However, on the other hand,
rumors are to the effect that the
strike will be a long drawn-out
process. Which rumor is right
is anyone’s guess, since no
statements have been issued
from either side.
A rumor was circulating the
borough this morning that members of management and nonunion UniRoyal personnel would
begin making shoes in the Footwear Division Monday.
John Smith, factory manager,
said this morning he would not
confirm the story.
Picketing at the UniRoyal
gates in the borough remained
quiet. Small teams of pickets
have been maintained in spite of
the rain for the past few days.
Local officials of the union,
operating with the threat of an
injunction over their heads,
have been careful to maintain
all conditions of picketing imposed upon them. They have
been checking all points of picketing periodically, to insure
tempers are kept in hand by the
now “edgy” strikers.