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-10SPIN11,11-. Vol. -36-No. 45' iqq M.- Novenber 19, 1I3

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American workers this wee him down by 54 votes, 156 to-10QQ.. conference contemplated the spectacle of a ..*Henning Blasts -use -o 'CIA by NA-FTA Lobby. "This confirms Lane Kirkland's Kirkicnd, flankced. by II naional Demortc president elected wvith earlier- statement that Clinton -had- and international union presidents, teir votes revel'ing in thie victory of *Democra.tic Whip s.ta.tes. labor-'scase abdicated leadership of h'is party. -decried the, -.planes, trains and, a trade agreement that imperils thieir Page 4. "Clintn on only wVit gepubl-ican. bridges'and all'the protections for livelihoods. votes. No won&r }ell cross party' citruls' peaputs,- sugar and wheat", thiat the Cliniton White House bar- IIt doesn't help that Bill Clintofss promise to coni to thie rescue of Jack Henning of thie Califomuia La-] lines next year to support Republi- t-ered for votes to NAFTA North American Fre Trae-Agree anIy -GOP lawmakser who gets. in -bor Federatio'n, just back' from cans. under atck for supporting. get ment was shapeod by his Republican trouble at NAFFA." through the' House of Represe'nta- reele.ction tirne-pre-. -lobbying against NAFIA as part of tives on Wednesday. ,predecessor or that the Democratic surnably in a-race agaist a Demo-, an'AFL-CIO task force, declared Clinton "stiffed" the nation's president relied upon Republicans to crat-because he or she vroted for A'mid all the deal-making, he yesterday, "The president should working people, AI;L-"CIO-Presi- "there was not one word about get thie .measure passer]. NAFr. have shown more reserve on the said'. Or that Clinton went so far as to dent Lane Kirklland declared yester- the rights of workers on both sides Executive Secretary-Treasurer vote count. His own party.. voted day at a Washington, D.C., news (Coniinued on page. 4J Are on the : C~~~al/iforni-o/C/ Here is -how Californiia representatives. voted Democrats Voting YES Wednesday. in thie NAFE;A showdown in te Labor', House -of 'Representative's. Again'st Sixteen Democrats stood with labor and Becerra, Xavier. *.LAos .Angeles voted agaist tlie trade pact. They werejoined Beilenson, ,Anthony . by five .Republicans. Berman, Howard -.Panormana City Approval of NAFTA by the word about thie rights ofworkcers on However, 14 Democrats abandoned labor' Browvn,- George, Jr. Colton - House of Representatives was a bit- both sides of thie border to obtain and -voted in fiavor of the NAFTA. Seventen Dooley, Calv-in Hanford ter disappointment and a defeat for decent'wge,.and safe working con- Republica'n.also, voted for NAFT7A. mill'ions of working. Americans, ditions or to defend themselves Eshoo,, An.na. Pao Alto President Lane Kirkland of the from gross. excploitain. Farr, Sani Monterey at Vic -Woodland AFL-CIO said Wednqesday night The result of this process is aIi Dernocrats Voting-NO Fazio, 'Washlington, D.C.' that has litde to do with Llzhnan, Richardi Fresno Here is Kirkdland's staeet: agrement With Llabor *Sacrainto. I thieeffort mounted the -national interest' ""free trie,"" Matsui,-,Robert amproud of valu'es or the of Nrm bytheAFI-CI's affiIiated unions democraic opening Mineta, San JQse - sr-kt-4hv.'eiC Conrdit, -Cary Modesto aIid~~~~~~~~~eiimembers. Te r"woik~w6 con&uffwr-- Pelosi-, Nancy. -San -Francisco Rather, NAFTAKs primary goal is -to .D¢lulums Ron..- Odanld Roybeal-Allard, Lucille Los Angeles extraoir&nary and I am honored- to- protect the property, patents and Dixon, Juliatii L,os Angeles stand with them. We are on the thiat will Torr.es,Esea Pico Rivera right side of thiis issue. profits ofU.S. corporations Edwainds- Don *San Ds Those members ofCongress who locate facilities in Mexico..It gives. Filner,) Bob Chlula Vista. their and voted corport America an easy and se, Hanmburg, -Dan' .Ukiali followed convict-ionhs cure means ofescape from the mnin- -Republicans Voti.ng YES against NAFrA deserve thie support imumn conditions of life and labor Hja.rm.an, .Jane *Los Angeles ..Against..Labor and high regard of all Americans. that th Ameia a Lantos,.., Tom San Mateo stood up against the entire people, dfiro4gh -They democratic prc-ocess, have estab- Martinez, -Matthew Alhamnbra Baker, Bill Walnut Creek pover structure of thie country and lished for themselves and diir chil- Pleasant Hl its unlimiited access to the govern- Miller, .-George Ken Riverside dren - and had to'tin Calvert,-, ment treasury. hoped Schenk, Lymi San Piego Cox, Chlristcoper .Newport Beach The flurry of hors-t-aig sur- Our fight -to keep and imnpro-ve Strk P.ete: Hayward Cunnhm Rafidy Esconditoc' rounding thie flnal push to enact tis -those standards- here and. around:. Tbdce., Walter LynwQod DornBn, Robert. Garden Grove. agreement has demonstrated what the world-wuill not be slowed by W.aters, M.axine Los Angeles thiis defeat. Instead, 'we, take heart Dreidr., David Covina NAFIsA -is really about. It swas sup- Waxman, He.nry Los. Angeles Herger. Wally Chico posed to be voted-up or don ot from the.extraordinary steadfast- Woolse, Lynn Petalum merits -withi no -changes'allowed. ness show by working Americans Hom, Steve. Lakwoo Yet the agreement was changed, and their allies in thie face of a vig- Hiuffmgton, Michael Santa Barbara many times, in order to. buy the orous assault by thie natiotfs most Rpublican's Voting NO0. Kim,. Jay .Ontaio votes of representatives seekcing powerful financial interests and * -- With Labor Lewis, Jfy Redlands protections' for -their own special thieir friends in. high places., As a -Mc(Cmd][ss, Al ,.Palm Desert interests. result, the process of tra&,negotia- Doolittle, John Roseville Howard Santa Clarta Worldng people, of course,, were tio'ns was moved fromi corporate, McKeon, thie only ones whose interests were backrooms into thie living rooms of Gallegly, .Elton- Oxcnard Moorhead, 'Carlos, Pasaden.a not taken into account. Amid all the average citizens. The AFL-I0 will Hun-~mter,Duca El Cajon Packatd, Ron vista planes, trains and bridges-and all continue to be in thie frrntof th Pomnbo, Richard Stockton Rohrabacher, Dana Huntingtn Beach thie protections for citrus, peanuts, struggle to ensure that trade. be- Royce, Ed. Fullerton- Trhomas, Wllliam . Bakersfield sugar and wheat -there was not one ten nations bernefits everyone

T'he White House se.nt thie CIA zaarq for thie business ofbuying the CIA -because he is on the' sacfosanct ffee trade ageeet and arund to help sell-NAFI;A to Con-~ .votes.". Ar.med Sevcs Com tmi WbEn traded for votes. gressional lence-sittem' Executive r else was able to him, I-I Secretary-Treasurex nboy budge -Peafiut buner makers, get a spe- -Special favors fr seeldinduls- Jack igof1he Califofnia La- CIA' stfes ci chg. cial ideal enpting rinustry uies%-wee ba1w for yes voes. bor PF on.rdt ced the CIA* Thex9paesentative told AR.,CI0 frm fair tdde. -The Clinton ,Administration intrentidon as "a dlangerous per.- lobbyists tlii thde CIA wwnd }im -swapdpuliLic works.and.even fed- -versin -of thie -agency's. legitimate d.efeat of NAFE wdotegd bliz So do texile a u_i era a_ p for -vtes. T'11e"l be fwmio-." (Stmy~.Page 4)- the Mexican government -and en-. though nohig was dged to pro ri. no way to thcieecoste until One of thie adiistaiods mostt danger the U.S. Ss theie-pxnsed tect thie livelhhod of worers who pork-bamrl projects s.urface in,- fu- -egmgious maneuver iniolvE a to" vote -for 1he'agmweennt, se # tcxde into cdiing'and R-' ture budgets. -fence-sitting Sout Carolina Deo Big chunks of protectionism who can 'expect thirjos to vaish Pitsident Lane XF .-of. the, crait who is used-to bein briefed-byi. were bitten out of 1hie supposecIly -into .o.6 evn-. niore..,..wifty.. AFL-00 said thiat Clin- yesterday ..i ZWhaes.iroas is thiat ton had bribedl Co s -for votes. thelWUKF- "'NAFFA Claus -at the White buii- - to p H6se t wa Rep David E. deall, B;Oni,. D-Michipan, described the Califoriiia A-FL-CIO 'News will not pubfiiii next Friday, Nv. 26 tecton, which gee'm to- feat the vote-buying henzY. ArKleven. apro because,of-th TW*skEgiin Day boliday. nIe next 'issue will be purpose,* A];L-CIO spokesperson. DI

9 Successful organizing oftwo new The aniicable settlements at the Bob Mtaxey, ffie MGM Grand chief .Wilhelm called the- MGM MGM Grand. Las Vegas mega-resorts has ex- Luxor and. Treasure Island are in executive who is charactefized as Grand's stance a major challenge to T'he Luxor is owned by Circus tended Hotel Employees and Res- stark contrst- to thie situafion at te the most. anti-union bos's in the thie entire Las Vegas labor 'move- taurant Employees International MGM thie ho- Circus Enterprises, and Treasure Is- Grand, 5,000-room gaming industry, has vowed to ment. He.promised an all-out orga- land is owned by Mirage Resort. Union protections to 5,000 addi- tel, casino and theme park thiat is -brea thie mutually beneficial pat- campaign by the Las Vegas tional workQers. scheduled to Dec. l8. ng.11 N-wcontracts at the two resorts are open tern of cooperation that hae marked Service Trades Cduncil, which was idlentical to HERE agreements at Contrts at the Luxor and the The MGM Grand has rejecte a the opeig of, lar e new Las fonried by HERE and seven. other nuetrality-card -check agreement. .Vegas re66rts other L-as Vegas oprewnled Treasure Island, both of which since- 1989. internatka uons in answe to thi by the t:wo corporationls. All Las opened in October, recognized Vegas casino hotel conhts expir HERE Culinary Local 226 and Bar- May 31,. 1994. tenders Local 165 as bargaining Wbstrn Wrcer Fsiva. Jan...s1 agents for thieir employees shortly T'he Westem- Workers Labor Her- tors, artists and others for three wvii co-sponsorship of te San Ma- Organizing assistance at the -after verifilcatioyn of membership itage Festival -will be held Jan.. 14, days of pxchanlges, worUhop's and teo County Centrl Labor Council. Luxor' and Treasure Island was cards signed by newly hired 15 and 16 at Burlingame. performTances. It ws founded in -Santa Cruz. in given by staff members from workes. Facilities will be provided by 1987 and returned there in 1991. HERE Lclls 11, Los Angeles; 28. The festival, held on the Dr. Mar-- and 50, Oakland-Hayward; 30, San N*utrafity-card check agreements Machinists'Lodge 1781, Plumbers tin Luther King.. Jr., birthday week- Other festivals have been held in thie were in place before thie openings. Local 467 and Transport Workers counties o)f Santa Clar, San Frain- Diego, wd43, Miontery,as well end, -also hon'ors the civil rights as frmteinternational union,T There are more than 2,500 em- Local 505 whose buildings are leader. cisco,'Alamneda and Contra Costa. plosyees in each of -the bargaiig grouped together-at lSll Rollinls Registrtion for-the weekend ac- 'Wilhefit ss*d. units. Card checks showed major- Rd. in B rigae Shelley Kessler, The 1994 program will iniclude a tiiisis $35. If more inf inaion - rganizer Julie- Pearlman di- ities greater thian two-hrs favore president thffe festival announced. tribute to Cewa Chavez, Kessler is needed, please write: Western recte bi 'cw aigns, 'assisted by. union representation at each hotel, It wifl be thie 8th annua presenta- said. Workers Labor HIeritage Festival, Cesar Armenta at the Luxor and according to Joh'n W. Wilhelm, tion of the festival, which drws, This will be thie second time the P O. Box 7184, Santa Cruz, CAK Wanda Hlenry at -the Treasure HERE western regional director. singers, storytellers, fiolklorists,' ac- festival has come to Burlingame 950611, or call (408). 426-4940. Island. Noeber 19, 1993 -Page 3 An eloquent and emotional state-. spent $30 million-to lobby us..- underSArin.- ;- ~ing to stop that? moyt Manil kets. It's -about,nore ment of labor's case against NAFrA All because we have dared to Th.ey a&o know that the work of We are their,voices.tonight. than.trifFs and fiee trade. .It's abut was delivered during Wednesday's vstand up and say...this NAFTA-is a Aniericaiss still done by poeople Wuho are not al6ne. .basic valu.es. Its about who we- are. debate in thze House of Representa- bad 'deal. pack a lunch, Punch a clock. And -atr standing, with 'us 'in this And what we, stand for as a peopM, tives by Rep. David E. Bonior, The working people who stand pour their heart, and soul -into-evefy- -chamber t*g*bh are all thie Ameri- It's about thie dignity of w6ik. It' D-Michigan, the House Majority against this treaty don't hav'e de- pAycheck. cants who camil b¢efoe us...who had about respec for human rights. Whip. grees from Harvard. They do' And we cent afford to leave them the courago to fight,-against the the, therat -MT. Speakcer, if we doiit stand up Here are excerpts from, tfre'- study economic models. And most behind. odds... and-against for in thiis be... a better fifur.;and a bet- -woking.people. country, speech with which Bonior closed of them have n'ev'er heard of Adam Tonight, we are their voices. And for- who -is going to? debate: Smith. we must stand with'them. ter' life. We'hve come too far and sacri- Tonight, this House of Represen- But they know when the deck is We stand tonight with auto Ibe men -and womnK wlho strug- tatives wvill have a chance to earn its stacked them. -gled in sweal;hops for a dimB a day- ficed too niuch. itn this country to against wvorkers in the, Midwest...who can tur the clock back. 'now. name. We alone were founded to be When jobs are lost, these ~are the with sany~worker in the -.who -one da found thie strengthi who have to sell their compete to stand and ENIOUGHM! This NAFI'A is not the best we the voice of the people. Never in my people world...but ask: how can we com- up say saw chil- can do. memory have I seen so many forces homes, pull their kids out of schorol pete if we don't have jobs?- ;lhe fgmmwokrs whlo arrayed against us. and look for new work. dren- ugln 12 hours a-day to We can do better. with church Pundits have derided us. Edi- These are the people who show We stand tonight work our harvest ofplenty-.who I ur.ge my collbagues: Vote for ... have documented tor- torial boards have railed against us. their faith in this country every day. leaders who hzad the courage to stand up;and say the future. Vote for our jobs. Vote The Fortune 500 has opened its cor- They take risks every day.that tur,- corruption and human rights NO MORE!!!I ,for human rights and democracy. porate coffers to-campaign against people who make their fortunes in abuses in Mexico...and ask us,to- We must move forward. us. The government of Mexico has th'e stock market would never night: why does this treaty.dio nloth- This vote is about more than Say NOE to thiis NAFTA-. Henmng Hits U:se of CIAa 0 0 0 (Conltinued fromn page 1) tions that backed the trade agree- move to Lobby ment to Tool~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of the border to obtain decent wvages prepare production As Pro-NAFTA and safe working conditions or to, Mexico in search of cheap labor. defend themselves from gross A number of California AFL- exploitation."1) CIO affiliates have said they will NAFTA is expected to sailI campaign against Democrats w'ho "Clinton Administration use of the Central himn that defeat of NAFrA would destabilize though the U.S. Senate even though voted for NAFTA. Intelligence Agency as a lobbying tool in the the regime of Mexican President Carlos Sa- Californians Dianne Feinstein and Fourtee'n -of the 30 Californians NAFTFA debate is an obvious and dangerous linas de Gortari and create conditions in Mex- Barbara Boxer both are pledged to in the House of Representatives perversion of, the agency's legitimate. func- ico destructive to the best interests of the vote against it. Mexican aprvlis abandoned labor and voted for tion," Executive Secretary-Treasurer Jack . considered a certainty. NAFT'A. of the California Labor Federation " Five ofthe 22 House Henning "Rep. Spratt i-s a' member of the House. Then it needs only to be pro- Republicans this week in SC. claimed" by newly elected Cana- from California voted with Labor charged Washington, Armed Services Committee and as such prop- dian Prime Minister Jean Chretien Wednesday. Henning learned that the admnu'-istration had erly receives regullar CIA briefings on military to go into effect Jan. 1, the Cana- One of them, Richard Pombo, used the CIA to influence a member of Con- matters')" Henniing observed. dian Parliament already having ap- the GOP freshman from the Ilth for defeat of NAFIA as a District in San Joa- gress while lobbyilng However, this action goes far beyond any proved it. Congressional miember of a labbr task force assembled fiom has said he wants ad- quin and Sacramento counties'.-was legitimate CIA briefing.- C;hrefien among the last undecided represen- throughout the country.by the AFL-CIO. He justments affecting several -trade "Tbis use of the CIA to influence a sectors, and this determination is tatives and was subjected to the brought,the administrationfs use of the- CIA to political to be reinforced by special Clinton Administration's f-ull the attention of national news media reporters. debate constitutes violent and. dangerous abuse likely of the function,") added. protections against Canadian com- treatment. "T'his use of the CIA to influence a political agency Henning petition that the Clinton administra- Pomnbo acknowledged the effec- tiveness of labor's anti-NAFTA ar- debate constitutes violent- abuse of the agency S.pratt subsequently denied to the Washing- tion wrote into NAFTA at the last declared. "It is a dan- minute to gain votes in the U.S. guments, by phoning the Sacra- function,," -Hermsing ton Post that the CIA had briefed him -on, House of Representatives. mento office of the California gerous perverin~of the CIA's proper roe. NAFIA. This came after Henning had alerted The vote was 234 yes, 200 no. Labor Federation from Washington Rep. John M. Spratt,_ Jr., D-South Carolina,- the news media. One hundred two of the 258 House -on Wednesday to announce his de- told AFL-CIO that he decided "We know what Spratt told AFL-CIO repre- Democrats voted for NAFTA, while ~cision to oppose the agreement. representatives was severe to vote in favor of the North American Free sentatives before the- Washington Post ques- the president got the yes votes of There disappointment " 132 of the 175 Republicans in the over defections of sev-eral Demo- Trade Agreement after CIA personnel warned tioned him on the matter, Henning said. house. cratic lawmakers who abandoned Pro-NAFTA votes by Democrats labor to vote for NAFTA. campaign but then switched over to floor. elected to tlie House with labor For insta'nce-, Sam Farr, the for- support the agreement. "'We cannot and must not expose backing exacerbated disappoint- mer Assembly member newly House Majoigty Leader Fichard our workers to unfair competition, ment among workers who also re- elected to Congress firom Monterey Gephardt, D-Missouri, expressed- to a wage system where the govern- main apprehensive over flight of with labor support, opposed union members' feelings in his mient sets the wages and artifically Supp)ort for their jobs into Mexico as corpora- NAFITA during his special election speech Wednesday on the house holds them dowril" Gephardt satid. 0 Trade unionists were urged this 0 0 0 week to give gener-ous support to the United Way. the intcerests of Anieri- tives went over to. the cancer. The U.S. has (Continuedfromn page 1) only aveiage pro-NAFITA causing signed United an effective cans that were -kept off the table." side after the White ]House agreed an' international ftty pledging to Way provides White House wheeling and dealing and other nwans of assisting Californians.in -Special protections for vintners, to protect citrus, tomatoes phase out use of the chenmical by the Jack Hen- intensified. broom-makers, glass companies and crops firom firee trade. year 2000. need of a helping hand, "It took a lot of last-minute pro- ning, executive secretary-treasurer the sugar industry bought votes That deal almost fell apart this The enviMnmental groups Clin- tectionism"On worker rights and from representatives with affected week. of the Califomia Labor-Federaion', the enviromnment, however, NAFFA ton has.lured over to the pro-. declared in letters to all ofthie states constituents. The Floricrians got an adininistra- .NAFIA side found,themselves out was proclaimed closed in August. It Duram wheat.growers were gar- tion promise that their constituents AFL-CIO affiliates. was only the interests of average on a very long limb when word of anteed protections against competi- would be allowed to continue, using the methyl bromide deal got out. "California, due to the continu- Americans that were kept off the tion from Canada.. methyl bromide to fumigate soil ing rece-ssion create by the Reagan table.," Members of Congress represent- -and kill pests without restriction un- Rather than lose its environnmen- and Bush Administrafions, is suffer- "On worker rights and the envi- ing ranchers traded their votes for til the year 21)00. talist supporters, the administration ing thle effects of countless plant ronment, however., NAPTA. was protections against foreign beef. Methyl bromnide destroys the reneged on the methyl -bromide- closures and massive layoffs that proclaimed closed in August. It was A bi'g bloc of-Florida representa- ozone layer. It's also 'suspected of pledge. have resulted in an unemployment rate higher than that of any oither state in the nation," Henning said. aht Afutgt-br1 "Many of those displaced by Job loss, in adiinto the poor and el- down at to -the Socks And fade and befroe with.--his. d!ay. derly, abused and abandoned chil- To thie tables Wiffiess, place wh=e ,dren, and those with disabilities, dothi dwvell. Good 01' Boys, who have lost teir way. turn to ~United Way for help when To the dear old daigbar thiey love -wew¢l Sad.) sad,.sad. desperation requires assistance," the state AFL-CIO leader See tfie Whiffenwills assembled withi teir glasses'raise Good Ol' Boys gone astray. continued. on highi. Sad, sad, sad. "United way is working to help of a As thie magic teir-4eafing casts speA1. But boastftl still on bis.night of spree.- ,union fam-ilE and their neighbors te by providing services in time.of- Yes, the magic of their dealing withi trades thiey -Warm in -te ars of the G.O. P need. made so- well.. to such as De-al thm dow If.We thus of and of shame. Lord, show 'no mercy tey. urge your supprt Sugar Beets, bridges more on judgment's day. thie United Way campagn in your Ah, tey will serenade their VIllie while term and e By Jackc HemnLng, withl corltan adcbnobdgnmt comnmnity. Please contribute as shall generously as possible, enn last. A.o, Yso added. lWe" 4 Noeber 19,99