Strike Situation: No New Developments In Negotiations

Strike Situation: No New Developments In Negotiations

**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

Fourth Rubber Co. Struck By URW

Fourth Rubber Co. Struck By URW

**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

Fourth Rubber

Fourth Rubber

**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

4 Rubber Firms Now On Strike

4 Rubber Firms Now On Strike

**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

Federal Mediation Begins Tomorrow In Rubber Strike

Federal Mediation Begins Tomorrow In Rubber Strike

**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

Union Seeking Restraining Order Against UniRoyal

Union Seeking Restraining Order Against UniRoyal

**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

An Open Letter

An Open Letter

**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

UniRoyal Summoned To Show Cause Hearing Tuesday

UniRoyal Summoned To Show Cause Hearing Tuesday

**Date:** 6-23-67 **Source:** Union Seeks Injunction — UniRoyal agreed yesterday in Waterbury Superior Court to stop production on footwear until a hearing is held next Tuesday at 11 a.m. Judge Leo V. Gaffney signed an application submitted by Local 45 UJW seeking a restraining injunction against UniRoyal yesterday afternoon. Local 45 sought the injunction on … Read more

“Show Cause” Hearing Scheduled Today

"Show Cause" Hearing Scheduled Today

**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

Rumors Of Production At UniRoyal Unfounded

Rumors Of Production At UniRoyal Unfounded

**Date:** 6-30-67 **Source:** Rubber Strike — Rumors were running hot and heavy around the borough this morning that work would begin at the UniRoyal Footwear plant next Wednesday. The rumors were two-fold; first that settlement of the strike was imminent and the other version was that the Footwear plant would start production on its own. … Read more

Rumors Of Production

Rumors Of Production

**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

Uniroyal, URW to File Briefs In Union Injunction Request

Uniroyal, URW to File Briefs In Union Injunction Request

**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

Rubber Strike Negotiations Resume Today In Cincinnati

Rubber Strike Negotiations Resume Today In Cincinnati

**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

No Break In 76-Day-Old Rubber Industry Strike

No Break In 76-Day-Old Rubber Industry Strike

**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

No Break Continued From Page 1

No Break Continued From Page 1

**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

Negotiations On Strike Settlement Stalemated

Negotiations On Strike Settlement Stalemated

**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

Negotiations On Strike

Negotiations On Strike

**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

Naugatuck Locals May Quit Talks, Seek Own Accord With Uniroyal

Naugatuck Locals May Quit Talks, Seek Own Accord With Uniroyal

**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

URW Locals Deny Rumor Of Breach

URW Locals Deny Rumor Of Breach

**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

Views Of The Naugatuck UniRoyal Strike Are Given In Nationwide Story By United Press International

Views Of The Naugatuck UniRoyal Strike Are Given In Nationwide Story By United Press International

**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

Union Sets Deadline At Goodyear

Union Sets Deadline At Goodyear

**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

Only Economic Issues

Only Economic Issues

**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

Union Strikes Goodyear

Union Strikes Goodyear

**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

Settlement Is Reached At Goodrich

Settlement Is Reached At Goodrich

**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

Uniroyal Talks Resume; New Accords Lift Hopes

Uniroyal Talks Resume; New Accords Lift Hopes

**Date:** Monday, July 17, 1967 **Source:** BEACON FALLS — Negotiations were to resume today in Cincinnati between the United Rubber Workers, AFL-CIO, and Uniroyal in an atmosphere of optimism over recent settlements in the rubber industry. Union agreements with two members of the industry’s big five — B. F. Goodrich Co. and the General Tire … Read more

Judge Issues Injunction Prohibiting Uniroyal From Resuming Production

Judge Issues Injunction Prohibiting Uniroyal From Resuming Production

**Date:** 7-17-67 **Source:** Uniroyal 7-17 — A Superior Court injunction was issued today restraining Uniroyal, Inc., from resuming production at its strike-bound Footwear Plant in Naugatuck. The order prevents the company from producing samples of its new line of footwear for distribution to potential buyers during the strike. It enforces an agreement signed by the … Read more

Injunction Against UniRoyal Imposed

Injunction Against UniRoyal Imposed

**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

Injunction Against

Injunction Against

**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

UniRoyal Won’t Appeal Injunction Decision

UniRoyal Won't Appeal Injunction Decision

**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

Picketing In Akron Interrupts Resumption Of Contract Talks

Picketing In Akron Interrupts Resumption Of Contract Talks

**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

“Samples” Made In Japan?

"Samples" Made In Japan?

**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

Uniroyal Settlement Still Sought

Uniroyal Settlement Still Sought

**Date:** 7-19-67 **Source:** Uniroyal — NAUGATUCK—Although there was no settlement Tuesday of the United Rubber Workers’ strike against Uniroyal, a union source said that union and management were meeting in small groups late Tuesday night. The groups will meet as one today to resume large-scale talks in an attempt to reach accord. In Akron, Ohio, … Read more

No Appeal Scheduled By Uniroyal

No Appeal Scheduled By Uniroyal

**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

Ohio Talks Hold Key To Settlement

Ohio Talks Hold Key To Settlement

**Date:** 7-20-67 **Source:** Rubber Strike — Ohio Talks Hold Key To Settlement Striking United Rubber Workers employed at the UniRoyal plants in Naugatuck are anxiously waiting news from Cincinnati. With two of the “Big Four” rubber companies settling their differences, local residents are hopeful that a settlement with UniRoyal will come next. Although negotiators met … Read more

Vacation Pay Due Strikers In Naugatuck

Vacation Pay Due Strikers In Naugatuck

**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

94-Day Uni Royal

94-Day Uni Royal

**Date:** 7-24-67 **Source:** Unknown — Continued From Page 1 Under the old contract, tire workers averaged $3.68 per hour and non-tire workers $2.68. A pay raise differential between the two was eliminated in both the Goodrich and Firestone pacts. General employs no non-tire workers covered by the URW contract. The settlements set an industry precedent … Read more

Uniroyal, UAW Still Carrying On Talks In Effort To Reach Accord

Uniroyal, UAW Still Carrying On Talks In Effort To Reach Accord

**Date:** 7-24-67 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK – Despite settlement between the United Rubber Workers and three of the ‘big four’ in the rubber industry, negotiators were still seeking accord this morning between Uniroyal and the URW in Cincinnati, Ohio. Uniroyal and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. remain the only firms who have not yet been … Read more

Goodyear, Union Agree

Goodyear, Union Agree

**Date:** 7-25-67 **Source:** Unknown — AKRON, OHIO (UPI)- 5,000 employees at plants in Nau-gatuick, Ind., Miami, Okla., and Akron ratified the Goodrich contract Sunday. Reports on votes at seven other plants had not been received by the union interna-tional headquarters here. The general pact was official-ly ratified Saturday when work-ers in Waco, Tex., added their … Read more