1969

**Date:** 2-26-69 **Source:** Unknown — CLEVELAND (AP) – It’s three down and two to go, a United Rubber Worker spokesman said Thursday after the union and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. agreed to a tentative three-year contract. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Uniroyal resume bargaining with the URW today. Firestone, the B. F. … Read more

**Date:** 11-15-69 **Source:** Unknown — The three Locals of the United Rubber Workers in the borough maintained their teams of picketers at the gates of the struck UniRoyal plants today, Picketing is being conducted in a quite orderly fashion with no incidents reported. White collar workers of UniRoyal continue to pass in and out of … Read more

**Date:** 3-6-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK-Picketing at all three Uniroyal plants here was quiet today, following two days of scuffles by police and striking members of the United Rubber Workers union. Small clusters of pickets, mostly women, were on duty early today at the footwear plant where near-violence erupted both Thursday and Friday mornings. It … Read more

**Date:** 5-7-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK—An attempt to push five railroad freight cars into a Uniroyal warehouse on Elm St. Friday afternoon resulted in injuries to at least five men as police officers tried to move picketing United Rubber Workers out of the way of the constantly moving train. According to reports from some of … Read more

**Date:** 3/69 **Source:** Unknown — Management of the Footwear Division, Uniroyal, was granted an injunction against Local 45, United Rubber Workers, Friday afternoon at Waterbury Superior Court which will restrict the overall picketing by the union of the plant, effective immediately. The injunction, which had been sought by Uniroyal, will limit the manner of picketing … Read more

**Date:** 6/15/69 **Source:** Unknown — LOOKING SULLEN as management and office workers file into the Maple St. gate of UniRoyal Raymond Memorial, vice-president of Local 45, URW, checks each person to be certain all are UniRoyal employees. Some who didn’t have UniRoyal badges shown prominently were asked to display them. -(News photo by Jensen)

**Date:** 5/15/69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK — After a Thursday morning flareup between police and pickets at the Uniroyal Footwear Division plant, in which 50 people were arrested on charges of breach of peace, the scene became quiet for the remainder of the day, even to the point that pickets permitted a postal shipment to … Read more

**Date:** 7/9/69 **Source:** Unknown — ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE he was arrested by Naugatuck police this morning, Cy (Doc) Blanchard, center, held the attention of striking members of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, at the central office entrance of the Uniroyal Footwear plant. Blanchard, vice-president of Local 218, URW, at the firm’s striking Chemical Division, was … Read more

**Date:** sept 69 **Source:** Unknown — Forty-three Uniloyal strikers were arrested this morning including Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45 and Cy Blanchard, vice-president of Local 218, as police attempted to restore order to the picket lines on Maple St. In the midst of the scuffle, which began early this morning, one man, Nunzio Finteri, … Read more

**Date:** 4/15/69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Union members of Locals 45 and 218 of United Rubber workers were informed on the progress of negotiations in Cincinnati although union officials declined to say what specifically had been discussed at the meetings Monday. The presidents of the three locals, George Froehlich from Local 45, Joseph Rzeszutek from Local … Read more

**Date:** 2/26/69 **Source:** Unknown — United Rubber Workers Union Local 45, said, “Although we don’t like to go on strike, it is sometimes necessary to settle contract disputes.” When asked what they will do during the strike, many workers, including the strike not leaders, said they would “do spring cleaning in the house and in … Read more

**Date:** 5-31-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Mass picket-ing by members of Local 308 at Uniroyal’s Synthetic Plant, this morning, led to the arrest of four pickets, after an attempt was made to prevent management personnel from entering the plant. Two of the pickets had to be forcibly ejected by police, following the reading of the riot … Read more

**Date:** MAY 27 ’69 **Source:** Unknown — Superior Court Judge Leo V. Gaffney continued the hearing for an injunction sought by the Chemical Division of UniRoyal against the United Rubber Workers Friday. The continuance followed an early morning session of peaceful picketing by Local 218 at the Elm Street entrance to the plant. No personnel … Read more

**Date:** 5-25-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Officials of Local 218, United Rubber Workers, claimed Saturday that “inaccurate statements were made by the factory manager of Uniroyal Chemical Plant”, in relation to the management’s decision to use supervisory personnel to operate process equipment at the plant while the company is being picketed by the local in its … Read more

**Date:** MAY 19, 1969 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK Negotiations between the United Workers and Uniroyal, Inc. are scheduled to continue today in Cincinnati, with informed sources indicating Thursday that signs of progress are being made. As the strike entered its fifth week, rumors swept the borough to the effect that Firestone had either settled or … Read more

**Date:** 6-16-69 **Source:** Unknown — If the United Rubber Work-ers strike continue past Satur-day, a new record will be set for duration of strikes in the rubber industry. In 1959, the Firestone fire and Rubber Co. was struck by URW for 58 days. Negotiations continued yes-terday with the groups still dis-cussing a counter-proposal submitted by … Read more

**Date:** 6-15-69 **Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Talks between Uniroyal and United Rubber negotiators continue in Cincinnati today, but informed sources said progress would depend on talks between the union and some of the other rubber firms, notably B. F. Goodrich and Firestone. It is with these two companies, said one source, that the heaviest negotiating is … Read more