**Date:** 6-13-67 **Source:** Rubber Strike — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) — Negotiators in the national rubber strike today prepared for another long session over the problems of wages, contract length, the elimination of differentials in wage hikes, employes and job security. Three of the nation’s five largest rubber companies have been on strike for 54 days, … Read more
**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
**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
**Date:** 4-27-67 **Source:** Rubber Strike — AKRON, Ohio (UPI) – Negotiations were to continue today in the week-old rubber industry strike in the face of charges that four major companies have failed to make an adequate wage offer. Peter Bomartio, international president of the striking United Rubber Workers, leveled the charge at the Firestone Tire … Read more
