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New “Idea Plan” Offers $1000 Cash Awards
Larry Koth, Idea Plan Administrator, discusses how to cut the red tape with department coordinators. Seated left to right are Sam Gillette, Koth, and Pat Petti. Standing left to right are Ernst Krauss, Bill Albaitis, Milt Makoski and Mike Dodd who will assist Koth with the Plan.
For many years, Uniroyal Chemical has operated a Suggestion System for employees to submit original ideas and receive cash awards for them.
To encourage employees to participate more fully in the plan, and to reward them more for their originality and experience, Uniroyal has initiated a new “Idea Plan.”
The Company has raised the minimum award from $15 to $25 and the maximum at the local plant level to $1,000. If an idea is worth more, it will be submitted to a management committee for consideration for an additional award.
The new Plan will cut out the red tape and eliminate the long delays before a suggestion is acted upon. Employees will be informed as quickly as possible whether or not their ideas have been accepted or rejected.
For effective and immediate handling of submitted ideas, Larry Koth, Industrial Engineering Manager, has been designated the plant’s Idea Plan Administrator. Each department will have an idea coordinator.
Department coordinators selected so far are: Lou Coscia, Research and Development; Larry Mambrino, Control; Pat Petti, Purchasing; Sam Gillette, Chemical Production; Milt Makoski, Industrial Relations; Ernst Krauss, Engineering; Bill Albaitis, Materials.
Employees will be kept fully informed on the details of the new Plan as it is implemented. Now’s the time to start thinking and jot down your ideas on work methods, equipment or supplies, customer service, product quality, new products, safety, waste reduction, production increase, shipping, packaging and many others.
The new Uniroyal Idea Plan provides every employee the opportunity to increase his earnings, simply by jotting down and submitting the hundreds of ideas in his head. $1,000 . . . and even more is worth a try.
Ed Weaving, plant protection supervisor, shows now a gasoline fire can be put out.
830,000 Hours; No Accidents
By Bob Shortt
The plant almost reached the magic 1,000,000 manhours worked without a losttime accident. During July and August, no lost-time accidents occurred.
However, on September 6, after reaching 830,084 manhours, an employee slipped from a ladder and fell backwards into a ditch, fracturing his forearm.
As of August 31 there were 3 less lost-time accidents for the same period in 1968, a slight improvement. There was a decrease of 16 serious injuries for the same period.
Whether at work, home, or on the road, safety is your personal responsibility. Your unsafe act may result in a serious injury to a fellow employee.
The irony of safety is that the person responsible for the accident, often escapes injury.
As the paper went to press another lost time accident was reported on September 11, when a driver stopped to give a ride to an employee walking to work. The station wagon was hit in the rear and the driver suffered from a whiplash, loosing several days of work.
Housekeeping Prevents Fires
The week with October 9 in it – the day of the Great Chicago Fire – has been set aside as Fire Prevention Week to focus attention on the tragic loss of lives and families from fire. Starting October 6, the plant will hold a weeklong series of fire drills, tours and demonstrations on the proper action to take in case of a plant fire and the safety measures to prevent them.
A major cause of fire in the plant is poor housekeeping and only the alertness of safety-minded employees and the quick response of the fire department to alarms has prevented serious damage.
Good housekeeping in your area makes it safer to work in and certainly more enjoyable, as well as a major contribution in fire prevention.
Fire Prevention in our plant is a 52 week a year operation and we feel sure that employees realize this and make it a year-round practice.
Open House Held For Retirees
After a tour of the Reclaim plant, retirees are greeted by R. Mitchinson, Industrial Relations Manager. In front, left to right are N. Valvo, W. Hayes, R. Finsel, J. Slyzys and Mitchinson. In back are, left to right: J. Napomiceno, V. Maciokas, G. Wooley, C. Vagt, G. Legault and T. Basile.
In front of registration tent are clockwise, G. Sbrocca, C. Carlson, V. Maciokas, H. Schofield, R. Van Allen, E. Johnson, D. Wood, L. Borzino, H. Olson, G. Bertilson and E. Valentine.
150 retired employees attended the “Open House” which included tours of the Chemical, Reclaim and Synthetic plants renewed friendships, and lunch at the Synthetic cafeteria.
Noticeable to the retirees were the many improvements to the plant during the past few years: the new front entrance, the modernization of the Reclaim plant, the new Control Center and other building improvements.
Several commented on the courtesy of the Foremen and Supervisors who conducted the tours and the plant drivers who provided rides.
Fred Wintsch and Milt Makoski were in charge of the program. Molly Cobbol and Marion Hutt served as receptionists.
CHEM TEXTS
PUBLISHED BY THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNIROYAL CHEMICAL, NAUGATUCK, CONN. 06770
EDITOR: William F. Lavelle
UNIROYAL Chemical
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