UNIROYAL CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 7, 1973 | PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL | No. 3
Equality Policy Affirmed
Uniroyal Chemical has a firm commitment to offer equal opportunity to all employees. It is the policy of the plant’s management to support and implement this commitment continually.
The policy requires that all recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, compensation, benefits, and Company-sponsored training, education and tuition assistance, as well as social, recreational and health programs and lay-off and recall practices are followed and carried out without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin or age.
Jesse Crim, Industrial Relations Manager, is Compliance Officer and has the responsibility for implementing this policy; monitoring the Uniroyal Chemical Affirmative Action Compliance Program; and reporting to management the program’s progress.
Responsibility for the improvement of the program and positive results rests with each manager and supervisor as an integral part of his job.
Trades Courses Offered
A new Trades Program will be offered in cooperation with the Kaynor Technical School in Waterbury. The two year program, scheduled in the fall, is voluntary and open to all Naugatuck Chemical employees.
Courses offered will consist of Basic Mathematics, Blueprint Reading, Plumbing, Mechanics and Electricity and will be held one night a week for three hours for 33 sessions.
Successful completion of the program, as judged by the Kaynor Tech instructors, will allow graduates to qualify for second class Piper, Mechanic, and Electrician’s openings when available and in accordance with contractual requirements of seniority and qualifications.
No Cost To Employee
Tuition and textbook costs will be paid by the plant. The (Cont’d on page 2)
Unions Ratify 3 Year Contract
The master labor agreement and other agreements covering wages, pensions, insurance, severance pay, and supplemental unemployment benefits, negotiated by Uniroyal and the United Rubber Workers, have been subsequently ratified by the Union. All improved agreements are now in effect with the exception of the master labor agreement which will become effective when local supplemental agreements are negotiated and signed.
The new agreements, covering a 3 year period, were signed on June 11, 1973 after three months of negotiations in Dayton, Ohio.
The contracts provide for wage increases over the 3 year period and improvements in pensions, life insurance, sickness and accident insurance, medical insurance, and supplemental unemployment insurance.
They also include improvements in certain of these areas as they apply to retired employees.
Improvements in the general wage scale were effective on July 2, 1973.
Monthly Pension Increases
The monthly pension allowance was improved. The improvements are progressive over the 3 year period. By 1975, the monthly amount will be computed on the basis of $10.00 per month for every year of service. Disability pensions will be on a double monthly allowance, increasing to $20.00 per month per year of service by 1975.
Early Retirement
The new pension plan provides that an employee with 30 years’ service at and after age 55 can retire at his own option on an unreduced pension amount. For those employees exercising this option in 1974 and thereafter, the plan provides a supplemental allowance until age 65.
SUB Benefits
The supplemental unemployment benefits plan was modified. The company will increase its contribution to the SUB fund. By 1975, contributions will be at $0.10 per hour worked level and maximum funding will be at $750 per employee covered by the plan.
Life Insurance
Life insurance has been increased from $8500 to $9500
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[PHOTO CAPTION]
Joseph Rzeszutek, URW Local 218 President; Jesse Crim, Industrial Relations Manager; and Charles Roland, URW Local 308 President attended the 3 months’ negotiations in Dayton, Ohio.
Plant Tops 1,000,000 Manhours Without A Lost-Time Accident
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Winners of the color TV consoles—each worth $500.00—pose with plant safety personnel and Factory Manager on the occasion of working 1,000,000 manhours without a lost time accident. From left are James Loman, Safety Supervisor; Gene Reale, Foremen’s winner; Manuel Moniz, Chemical Production; Roman Brzozowski, Reclaim Production; Silvio Spalvieri, Synthetic Materials; Walter Scott, Union-Management Safety Committee; Daniel Volpe, Salary winner; Robert Shortt, Safety Manager; and James Cronin, Factory Manager. Absent from the photo is Henrique Marques, Chemical Production.
Frequency Rate Is 8.93 For 6 Months
It started on March 11 and was reached on June 26, one million manhours worked without a lost time accident. This achievement reflects a greatly improved safety performance over 1972 and has resulted in a 50% reduction in accidents in the plant.
| Lost Time Accidents | Serious Injuries | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6 | 27 | 33 |
| 1973 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
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Dividend Declared
Uniroyal, Inc. declared a dividend of 17½ cents a share on the common stock. The dividend is payable September 25 to stockholders of record August 20.
A dividend of $2 a share on the 8 per cent first preferred stock was also declared and is payable September 25 to stockholders of record August 20.