**Date:** 7-18-69
**Source:** Uniroyal
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NAUGATUCK — Uniroyal, Inc. is considering an appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court for a reversal of a restraining order issued Monday against production of sample shoes at the company’s strikebound Footwear Plant here.
An attorney for the firm said this morning that a decision on whether or not the company will seek to have the injunction overturned will be made late today.
He said that even if the appeal is filed it is not likely to be heard by the high court until mid-September. The injunction would remain in force during the interim.
The restraining order was issued Monday by Superior Court Judge Leo V. Gaffney on the request of Local 45 of the United Rubber Workers Union.
The union claimed that production of the footwear samples by non-union employes violated an agreement signed by the company and the union April 18 three days before the current strike began.
Judge Gaffney indicated he was issuing the order in an effort to prevent a recurrence of violence on picket lines, such as occurred earlier in the strike when the company attempted to make shipments from the Maple St. plant.
Negotiations in the 89-day old strike were scheduled to resume today, it was reported by Raymond Mengacci, vice president of Local 45.