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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 will be 100 days old and merchants agree the work stoppage has had some effect on business.
Many families in Beacon Falls and Seymour derive their income from the huge rubber facility four miles north of the center of Beacon Falls in Naugatuck.
There is also a Uniroyal warehouse in Beacon Falls, but few are employed there.
Some relief–temporary as it might be–is being received by employes this week in the form of vacation paychecks.
Some of these checks equal as much as five weeks pay.
The total vacation pay distributed is $2-million.