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"'The election of six more have walked in."I with et substantial majority of progressivre representatives "The narrow margin of Gov- Democrats elected to both houses to 's 45-member Con- ernor Deukmejian's victory - 49 of the legislature makes it, clear gressional delegation and a net percent to 48.3 percent -coupled (Continued on Page 4) gain of two seats in the State Sena-te are victories of major pro- portions and will obviously be a big factor in the imminent battles I NewtvFuces in- th House I to save Social Security and..block. other- - int-.wo te-r- -eglsai4;tY;l -- John F.- Henning, executive. officer of the California Labor Federa- tion, AFIXCIO, said,this week as the dust from one of California's closest gubernatorial elections was still settling. Asserting that "race made the difference" in the gbernatorial election, Henning declared: "A white Tom Bradley would PROP. 14 DEFEATED. Vote Backs Labor 8 Out of 9 Times on DOUGLAS H. BOSCO Ballot Measures Ousts Clausen in lst Dist. Defeats Dennis McQuaid C5alifomiia voters concurred wi-th eight out of the niine "Yes" or "No" recommendations made by the C!alifomnia AFIXIO on the 15 statewide jpropositions on thie November 2 ballot, defeating Proposition 14,, a Republican Par- ty-backed -measure that was aimed at giving the -minority party great- er clout in reapportioning the Calif. AF-IO Calls Parley state's legislative districts' and thereby undemrining majority rights. It was beaten by a 55 to OnIntnernat'ionalAlffairs 45 percent margin. A conference on international for F r e e L a b o r Development, They approved all five of the .affairs t-hat will cover the n-a- speaking on El Salvador and other labor-backed, job-creating bond is- tiona- AFLIQIO's view of the Latin-American countries; and, sues involved in Propositions 1 RICHARD LEHMAN overall global situation -as well as Tonia P-apke, a consultant to the through 5. Swamps GOP Foe Winner in 26th Dist. its concerns in such explosive AIFLD who is anx agricultural The voters -also defeated an- arem as Soth A£frica, El Salva- cooperative financial -specialist other labor - opposed measure, dor, and Poland will !be held at who has worked with the campe- Proposition 9, which would have the Hilton Hotel at Mason and sinos in El Salvador on their en- -amended the state constiatution to O'Farrell Streets in San Fran- titlement to land parcels, speaking -permit the legisla-ture to resume cisco on Thursday, December 2. on El Salvador. lending public school textbooks; to Principal speaker at the confer- There will. also be a speaker to -private schools. Last year the enoe, 'which is sponsored by t^he discuss the situation in Poland. state supreme court ruled that {Califoma Labor Federation, Registration fee for each par- -the textbook- loan progra viola- AFL-CIO, will -be 'Irving Brown, ticipant is 1;10. Checks should -be tecd t-he state constitution. director of t-he AFL-CIO linter- made payable to the O5alifomnia Approval of Prop. I will allow national Af-fairs Deprtment. Labor Federation, AFliCIO>, and the state ito sell $500 million in Other speakers will include: sent to: Californa Labor Federa- school bonds to financ new Nan Mahomo, director of the tion, AF -CIO, 995 Market Street, school construction. African American Lasbor Center's Suite 310, San Francisco., Ca. Prop. 2 authorizes a $280 mil- Sou-th African Project, speaking on 94103, Attn: Decemjber 2, Oonfer- lion general obligation ebond issue South Africa; ence. to finance the remodeling of coun- William Doughtey, executiv'e A noti-fication of the conference ty jails. .ESTEBAN ""ED" TORRES dirctr of thie American Institute (Cotntinued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 2) Victorious in V7th C. D. Triumphs In 34th Dist. PROP. 14 DEFEATED Vole. Backs Labsor .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0 .0 Here isa, complete list of'unnners in the'gene'raI electi6n .ties' registr'ars of voters. The letter (Dj designates De:-mocrat., 8 Out of 9, Times on held Tuesdady,'November 2, 1982, based on the latest returns the letter (R) Republican. An asterisk (*) inidicates an incum- Ballet Ilieasurns available as gathered from the wire services and various coun- bent. (Contioued from Page I ) Prop. 3 the Ve-terans- Bond Act, a 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ authorizes the state to sell $450 million to. finance Cal-Vet pro - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------*WEl3!X[KN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- grams. .. District Dishict Goveor...... GEORGE D-EUKMEJIAN (R) Prop. 4 authorizes $85 million I., H. Bosco 24. Waxman in bond sales to undevel- U.S. Senator.. ..PETWILSON (R) Dwoulas (D) Henry'A. (D)* acquir 2. Gene Chappe (R) 25. Edward R. Reybl (D)* oped proper-ty in the Lake Tahoe . . Lt. Govemtor.. ..-LEO McCARTHY (D} 3. Robert T., Matuw (D)* 26.. HowoM L. Beman {D) region for 'conservation and en- 27. Mal Levine (D} General. . . JO-HN VAN'DE KA.MP (D) vironmental purposes. Attomcey 4. (D}* 21|. Julian C. Dixon M1>* Prop. S, the First-Time HQmne State Treasurer .... JESSE -M. UNRUH (D) 5S.- Phillip Buion (D)* 29. Auguskts F. (Gus) Hawkins Buyers' Bond Act, authorizes the of State...... MARCH FONG EU (D) 6. Barbaara Boxer (D) MD* sale- of $200 million in general Secretary Controlor ...... KENN-ETH CORY (D) .7. C"ge Miller (D)* 30. Mafhhw G. (Mwty.) Martinez obliga-tion bonds to pr-ovide re- ShR 8. Ronald V. Dellums (D)* (D)* duced in-terest mortgage loans for State Supt. of PubNc -Insftrctio'n. . BILL HONIG 9. Fortney H', (Pok) Staeac (D)* 31. Mervyn M. Dymally (D)*- first-time home buyers. These 10. Don Edwars (D)* 32. Glnnm M. Anderon (D)*.. loans may be -as much as five 11. (D)* 33. Davidd Drier (R)* percentage points below the pre. 12.- (R) 34. Esban Ed Torres vailing market interest rates. =3~~~~ (D) District Ditsrict 13. Norman Y. Mindt (D)* 3S. Jwry Lewis (R)* Another labor vie-tory was scored 14. Nwan D. Shumway (R)* 36. voGe E. Br-ow", Jr. .(D)*. when the voters rejected Prop. 11, 1. Stan Stal am (R)* 41. Pat Nolan (R)* IS. (D)* 37. Al McCarWkn (R) a California AFL-CIO- opposed 2. Dan Hauser (D) 42.. Richard L. Mountioy (R)* .6. Leon E. Pa_ta (D)* M. measure to a of 38. Jerry Panron MD* require deposi-t 3.. WallyHergr(R) 43. Gray Davis (D) 17. Charles Pashayan {R)* 39. William E. Dannme r (R) at least five cents on certain beer 18. Richard Lehman (C>} 40. Robert E. Badham and soft drink containers by a 56 4. Thomas M. Hannigan (I))* 44. Tom Hayden (D) (R)* to 44 percent margin S. J*an M. Moorhead (D)* 45. Burt Marglin (D>) 19. Ror J. Lagomartino.(R)* 41.. Bill Lows" (R-)* Prop, J, a laior-backed mnea- 6. Lloyd.G. Connelly (D) 46. Mike Roos MD* 20. William M. Thomas (R)* 42. {R)*. sure to from defini- 21. Bobbi Fieler ( R)* 43. . (R) restrict the 7. Norm Waters. (D)* 41. Tema P. Hughes-1D)* 22. Carlos J. Mohad ( R)* 44. Jim Bals (D) tion of "new construction" in prop. S. Don Sebastiani (R)* 48. (D)* erty taxation of certain fire pro- 23. Anthony C. Beilenson (D)* 45. Duncan Huiter (R)* tection installations, however, was 9. William J. Filante.(R)* 49. Gwen Mcbore (D)*, defeated. 10. Phillip Isenberg (D} SO. Curtis R. Tucker (D)* The California AFYZIO made 11. Robe J. Campbell (D* S1. Gerald N. FeRlando (R)* "No Recommendation" on' Props. 52.. Frank Hill (R) 12. Tom BWates WD* 53. Richard E. (Dick) Floyd (D)* Distrid District 6, 8, 10, 129 13 and 15. But here's 13. Elihu M..Harris (D)* how they were decided: 54. Frank Vicencia (D)* 2. Barry Knem W>* 22. Herschel Rosenthal (D) Prop. 6, -the Public Pension 14. Johan Klehs (D) SS. Richard Alatorre {D)* 4. James W. Nelson'{R)* 24. Art Torres (D)' Flund Investment Constitultional 1S. William P. (Bill) Baker ('R)* 56. Gloria Molina (D) 6. Leoy F. Greens (D) 26. Joseph Bl. Mn a('D)* Amendrnent, would-have permit- 16. Art Agnos (D)* SI. Dave Elder (D)* S. John F. Foran (D* 28.- Diane E. Watson (1>.)*- ted the. legislature to make. 17. Wilieb L. Brown, Jr. (D* S8. Dennis Brown ( R)* 10. Bill Lockyer (D) 30. Ralph C. Dills {D)* changes in -the investmen-t options 18. Alidler McAlisftr (D* 59. Charles M. Calderon (D) 12. Dan McCorquodale (D} 32. Edward R. Royce (R) of pu-blic pensions and retirement 19. Louis J. Papan (D)* 60. Sally Tannw (D)* 14. KonMaddy(R) 34. Rubn S. Ayala (D)* funds. It was defeated by a 61 to 20. Robert W. Naylor (R)* 61. Bill Leonard (R)* 16. Wafter W. Sthorn WD* 36. Roa Presl'ay D1)* 39 percent margin. 21. Byron D. Sher (D)* 62. William H. "Btill" Lancaster 18. Gary Hart (D) .38. William A. Cravr n (R), Prop. 8, which amends the con- 22. (R)* (R)* 20. Alan Robbilns (D)* 40. Wdii P. D h(D) 23. John llos (D)* 63. Bruce (D)* stitution -to let local governments Vasconc Youno .1 .. 4, tmnsfer funds to local agencies 24. Dom'inic Coi s (D) 64. Ross Johnsn ( R)* b6sed on the aencys anticipated 2S.- Rusty Arelas (D) 6S.- Charles W. Bader (R) total revenues durig the fiscal 26. -Ptrkck Johnstn (D* "-P- Terry Goggtn (D)* Distrtit..- - year, .was approved by a'7hti 21- Ga A.- C -Wit (D) 61. -John-R.' Leis (R)* *A ia0: i- of 51 t-49 percept., 28.' Sam'Farr (D* GU-Steve Clut i(D} ~.~1. Con,way CoGlls'(D)'-i t *ch al- 29. Eric S"and (R) 69. Nolan Frimle (R)* 20 Emot rbu (R) Prop. 10,, would have 30. Jim Costaf (D)*' .70. Marian Bee (R)* lowed the legislature to let 'indi- 31. Bru Bronzan (D) 71.. Doris' Allen (R) vidual counties unify. thir. muna- 32.' Bill Jones (R) 72. Richard Robimon MD* Confirnieas St S peme Cure J cipal and justice courts with the 33. Don Rogm (R)* 73. David G. KICely (R)* superior courts i-f the voters ap- 34. Phillip D., Wyrman (R) 74. Rokm a C. Fram (R)* FRANK.K. RICHARsDSON. proved, was defeated by a 65 to 35. 7S. (R) margin. This measure would have 35. Jack (YConnelt (D) Sunny Molonnber M. KAUS eiatwuC& mc11i^2Val court1 j4111stiaes X6. Tom MecUtCie k (R) 6.Blill Bradley (R) * ~~OTTO. to V7. Cathb Wright (R)* X.Larry Stirling (R)* su-perior court justices but op- 38. Marlai W. La FoUlk (R)* 78. Lucy Kill" (D) *~ALLEN E. BROUSSARD - ponents argued that its real pt - 79. P* Chascon MD) pose was to raise the salaries of 39. Richard Katz (D)* * ~CRUZ REYNOSO muiipal court justices. 40. Tom Bane (D)* so: Steve P*ace lD) Prop. 12,, one of thie most con- troversial measures on the ballot, which direct -the Govrernor to in- form President Reagan that Cali- 9 0 fornia voters are urging immedi- 0 0 9 a-te nbegotiations- with the So'viet Uni'on -for a bilateral and veiifi- able halt to the product"n,- test- ing and deployment of all nuclear The U.S. Po,stal Service has lroht under tbe FLA who saed thie $60, million award agreed to pay $400 mllo to some, Person* by-thePr4tal will receive additional amoun}ts weapons by both countries, won oylod -from the nkew settlement. awroval by -a 52 to 48 percent 80,000 present and former em- Soice at any tim-n w ean May margin. Nuclear freeze measure -ployees. in-settlement of back pay it 1974, and May it1, , am in The Ljabor Dept. suit charged were also approved in Massachu- clam based on violations of the line for paynmft. the Posa Service with wage-hour set-ts, Montana, New Jersey, North Fai Labor Standards Act over a More ttin 80,000 postal work- violation- tht included:' D)a-kota, Rhode Island, Michigan four-year per1io. ers won a $60 million back pay * Failure to include wage ahd O>regon. But a nuclear freeze The qphour violations daft settlemenxt in 1978 through a priv- premiums such as night shift and measure in was defeated. fim May 1, 1974, when postl ate lawsuit brought wfit the en- Sunday differentials in calculat- President Reagan had urged op- and fedwal workcers wm first couragnxrnt of thir unions. ing employees' regular rates of position to -the meaures, insist- After that preoedent, Labor Sec- pay. This,resulted in underpay- ing that a freeze would increase retary Ray Momrsill filed a wage- ment of overtine. the dangers of war. But support- Publisher's Notice hour suit aga-inst thie Postal Serv- *Failure to compensae em- ers mainained that existing tech- ice on behalf of all eligible. post;al ployees for worktine exedn nology makes the halting of de- M Californla A F L - C I10 workers. 40 hours a week in conditions News (ISSN: OM-OM80) Ispub where ployment, production and testing lished wely excep durin The additioha S400 million s'et- employees.wr expected of nuclear weapons sufficien-tly tlement will come from a contin- or allowed to work lfonger hours the weeks of the Thanksgiving, -but were not paid for thern be- verifiable through the 'use of seis- Christmas a n d N e w Years gency fund' the Post-al Service mic devices and infrared photo- h.lida'ys by the Califo- la La- esta-blished after its Iiability for cause the overtime had not been graphic techniques. bor Federation, AFL-CIQ,' M four years of underpayments be- -authorized in advance. Examples Prop. 13, which was backed by Market Stroot, San Francisoo, came -obvious. would be a letter carrer delayed conservationists bDut opposed by C-alif. 9"103. Second class ao; Top officials of the Letter Car- in completing a- route by bad landowners and growers, would a i d at San riers and the Post-al Workers wel- weather or an unusual-ly heaivy dams or di- age p Francisco, or $7.35, depending on job classi- have barred further Calif. -Subscription: S2t*S a -comed the settlement. ageement load, or a window cebrk serving versi-ons from thie Eel, Klamath, still in line -at closin time. fication, for each two-week pay well year. USPS Publication Num. whi&h was rmehe}d in negotiations people period worced between May 1974 Smith and Trinity Rivers as ber 083"400. John F. Henning, -between the Labor Dept. and the * Failur-e to pay workers for as part of the American River. exocutive secretary treasurr; and May 1978. It was defeated by a-65 to 35 per-. Postal Service an-d aip'provred by required training or- for study Former with servrice -Glenn Martin, eiNtor. POT U.S. Disrict Judge Aubrey-M. time' -in memorizing postal employees cent margin. MA S T ER: Sendl address durin fthat perioDd -have been -ask- Prop tS, an initiative measure Robinon, Jr. "scherme" to mneet the requie 'ed to check -withb-their last place change to: Califo-iia AFL- ments of the to' require the registration 'of CIO News, MS Markt St., Swit It include's -payments. for some job. of emnployment at the Postal Serv- hngwas defeated by a. 63 310, San Francisc, CA "103. claims that were still being liti- Most workers affected by the ice to determnine -their eligibility -to 37 percent -vote.. gated', so mayof" the -persons settlement will receive eit-her $6.30 for back pay. is I Notembar S, 1982 'C0ORPOR'ATIOIVS, TE,'RRIFI,

By CHARLES JESZECK ------~------~ ' - -- . ~ -.U.S. inter n toaecononuc premi.nenehidekd - ~Rn"rch Ditr - (EditorsyNote-The folowin9ss the ext.ofmarkedly since, 1945. -Political' shihts in .develoig...... t Cabliforia L*rFW rdns AFL-CIO an- drs rsne Charles Jeszeck, Re. nations have erod U.S. domiation of many..markets."".- searchDirectrof te Calior7ua ab1Sr edersand cut our access to raw materials a-t che-ap prices., I...think by now working people are well -a-ware, of tion, AL-CIO,at an ll day onfer.nce on"The as nations developed modern,. the'utter failure ofReaganomics. Budget cuts and high Economic Impact of Plant.Clos'ures"! soonsored, :Meanwhile,pat s*mnforeign - interest rates have- put over 11,000,000 people directly- -by-theCalit6rniaLabor'Fediet-ationattheHilton ptlsok h . cOneyac hl etoe a OUt- of work,, 6.6.million people oninvolutary part time Hotel tnSanFrancsco, Octobe?" 18.)tion of avai'lable funds- military production . employment and dicuraged 1.5 million more. people into rathev from.-even bothering,to look for work. - ~~~~~~~~~~thanfor peacetime investment. As a result, more. Meanwhile, bushleSS Dakuties are at the highest Over, 00 workers. If you counted closures affecting less tcnalyefcin frinimsadsteady inroad4' level since the -1930's, averaging. over 500 a week na- -than 100 workers, this number would'double. into 'major U.S. consumer markets. during the late,. Like the rest of America.-'the industries hit hardest 60an70.liinsfedntrtoalcm t-: tionally. Already scores of Savins and LLoans Associa- tion will continue. t'io'ns have failed throughout thse country only to be.- inIn1Vali4Ant-s%_41HOrnla,nareo-j f1thaLflbe in1L UaoxrssetiVy mrnLPllUdUUaLUIlll9,#fofimhaina' nr_w#Pr- mer~ged with st'ronger thrifts to maintain depositor- essing -and warehousing -steel.. auto, rubber, timber, IMPACT'OF REAGAN'S POL-ICIES: coiiidence. Large fi.n are starting to fold -as well'. cannig, etc. No area of the state has been spared. The Reagan response to the decline in lJ.S. eco-.:". Braniff and -the Wickes Company, Perm Square Bank -It is also important ho note tha'twhite collar induF nomic preeminece and thle growth of internationat. as well as Speter Red Ball have already folded. In- economic competition has- been'to rdstibut income.'. .temto Harvestor, Pan Am, World and a signifi- to the -corporate -community, deregulate the. economny~'. canlt number of,Fortune 500 firms are teeterig on: adto let high interest rates banrupt -the weak firms-,~ the brink of islvency- s ". .Thosenon which have *n- < -in effect, to let market mechanism .be ..the sole. Given a period of -stagnation as serious as this one, orally outpe rmodn the U.S. economy means-'to restructure'and revitalize the U.S.'economy. :.... bankruptcies,-layoffs and plant closures will continue inR recent-e. harve governments This strategy, while i-t places severe burden' on work--. to occur in ever greater numbers. which intemne. much more exten- ers and; their communities, leaves no -room for any. But undercutting the Reagan stagnati-on 'is a more democratic input, from -these constituencies. secular phenomenon of te -deindustrializtion of ively iti epc well as t This strategy of reprivatiz-ing the economy Ls par-, America. During 'the last .15 years;- even during less providing greter' lao kF prom ticularly' -ironic when it is nloted -that those nations...,. serious -economic periods, conpmpes seem to be clos- t etons frtheir emplye.Y" -which have generally outperformed the U.S. economy: ing more plants and offices and shfiftin investment in recent years have govenuents which--,nterven6' funds wihgreater anldgreater rapidity. much more extensively in the marketplace -as well as.- HIow -serious-is this deindustrializing phenomenon? labor market for their_-. is lack tries are not irnmune to shutdowns as-Blue Shield's providing greater protectios One problem minswering this question -the o9f actions, in San Francisco have 'demonstrated. And, working ecitzenryr. hard data -oil plant'shutdowns. In a real sense today, given recent tecnological 'changes, the nuber of vwhite collar jobs moved and lost will increase drama-, CORPORA4TIONS TERRIFIED ... .. tically during the 1980s. As Reaganomics continues to floundr, public dis-:. cussion about some sort of national econmic plan-:. i "..ivee r'cnen -technologia AS we said e'arlier, plants -have alw-ys been closed, -ning has increased. This grow'n pblic debate about:.:L cha S. the number of white colr- -but why do closures today seem to be occurr'ing with answer we have nationail plamnng or reindustrialization is why theco- 10bsW. -mo-ved o1st will incma ( greater frequency? To this questi'on, porate community is so terrified of plant closure legis- dI eal during. the 1980s."' to look at some structural changes which have been lation. occurring -in the U.S. economy over the past 50 years. P-Plant closure legislation fits in well with a policy of:. and the historical cont-ext, n- which these changes have greater state intervention in the economy It'repre"' ocurd. sen-ts a popular response from working peopl which; we am. where {he- D#ate of Labor was in 19130 The first important structural change has been. when people were .16sin jobs by the millions, yetn"o- the' revolution in -transpor-tation and communication. govornnent statite were being collected. on the'un- Chan'ges in transportation have weakened the neces-: employed. sity to keep production in clos proximity to major, "Recent devaropmefts in Commu Yet even..the limited data collec-ted has shown that markets. (Jumbo Jets, and an e'xtens'ive national high-, ication have allO'W*d corporabn to-{: .l*down- aliindiA .a serionomic pheno;~ way. network have both. eroded this pepessitr.) conto ,rduction- throug'h th t menon.. Skmtrisok. -a p r a MI- -and Recent .developments X communication have al-. B.arry Il e. f, - , ea ii a lowed 'orprations to.-. controL.produptiQn throughout... -c,ao.ileol.. by lP :..4 s. e^ that bten fac-: 1W,.6, .,orNew..^ad s..hoe 120 joiw,."' the-world without physticlally-eliln pxs Ztt or-ids witqou hyicl be!n ic ., ` tory -or office. For exdample,- -Ford -Motor .,Company-,..: i.' ca oto i pfsi ml y f l ost every.18 J*b creatE by private..sectr i- from its headquarters in- Dearborn- Mich., can control vestment.: line inl -from A-ustralia to West: Q plzes fro~~~m CuUlo r om I'e For,the -so called Fzvtbekt th industrial corridlor speeds as'sembly plants. neo to Nlew III Gerrnany. These'changes have. -allowed corporations to...o. which stretches frmM York, jobs exercise a greater centralization :of control over prod-' were lost for every 100 jobs created during tha-t period. itself to As a furffr illustration of the long terrn erosion of uction while -permitting -production b6come,;, jobSd, Akron, once the. ti're' capital of. the world more decerntralized.: bhio~, Aother 'im'portant factor "i'S the path of product produced 2 out of- every 3 tires in 1930. Today the city frames the issue of -eloures in ternifti workers':>..,,-- accounts for 1%-of total U.S. tire production. Tcle-s and -the. general pac'e of -technical innovation. plant. As, an indulstry matures'. technological. innova-tion al~- right's and clemocratic input in-to corporai4 decisiont...y ESvena the southern part of te U.S. hlas not escaped Such. legislation has a. proven tkrecord' this n. tmnon.. While only. 80 lows firms to become -less dependenlt on the skilled- making. plant.shutdow phe jobs workforces it nleeded for production, allow-, in. other nations and even in- some UJ.S. 8e. ... were being lost for every 100 jobs being created be- originally nati6n like Great. Ger*> -tween: and ing 'firm's to shift produr-tion to new loca-tions more European, Britaha-~,-_st 1969-16,...older heavy manufacturing plants easily. many, France, Belgium and Italy alread provide:,. fim located in the South have actually had. a gt.e"abtr worker rotectons in the areas of -dawsnotifica-,- probability of closing. thn those in 'other r'egions Good. examples: of these developments. a-re the tex- -itons ofplantit shutdowns, severane pa+oation. RecerAow, the south'-has'stffered a number of closuires tile industry-'s regional'shift from the northern 'to the- of the U.S. due to the of rights and accs orlvn corporat wrd an in. oil'rffiink?.a'nd al-uminumn procesing. southern part development. have done so for yearscCvdla has laws;:u..,.-.providing.-' Gtven tb eeiy of the situation, Califoma's automatic' looms and Cad-am com ixerprocesses in advan.-e -notice to'employees and severance.!pay and-,; has albo heaivy m.anufact.uring. These 4ka1tin :raee U.S. firms to Employment D#velopment Department begun Wnrea'se- in WIower -drea phrovrne.'of Quebec has suppleente,the (Cana--.:. to collec data'on. Pant. closures. Over te -past three - production wage throughout din law with even greater worker protection1s. years, -tley -estimate ftht o'ver 100,000 jobs have been -tl -world. i.; .-. -we hav6 Wisconsin requires employes with over- l100 em- lost in -Califoriua, due -to plant closures, a-nd the de- Coupled with 1he-Abv6 developments also -to two monts advance n0ticeo:---f a plant..' partent only -counts Iayoffs tand -closures -affecting witnessed a grwngcncrtion of:economic power:.- -'ployees give aiid centralization of. production control. closur to diplaced workers. Mai eur mploy-,. In other words,, most. industrxesno have fewer ers. withi ove'r- lQ0 workers to provide seve'rsce pay to and Ilarger firms than they.. did' 40 years ago, and- workers displad6d byapatsadw.XeCity of GOP...Canihe Got there now. ex'ists a large nurnber'of 'conglomerates: Pliaelphia has 'recently implement-eda.odnce- which'ex-tend across many industries. Often conglom- recquiring two months advance. notice twokrs af- in Instead ift' fe ted by a planlt shutdown.: i eaes don't. inves newv capacitv. theDs American fins like Hewlett Packard and Safeway, Some 196. resources from viable firms- and plants to financee- corporate political action committees rep- other more profitable expans'io'ns in other firms and which vigorously fight plant closure leg,islition in the.: resenting oil, gaPs-and energy interests had, almedy industries both domestically and iriternationally. U.S., have operated profitably uinder such-'-rovisions: donated $6 miGllbn- to C*gesional candidates as of in Europe for years. -t5 OCtbr. 13, accrding to a study conducted by thie U.S. POLICIES SPUJR CLOSURES Efforts in California to institute such-)-`-ectioins Citizens' Labor-Energy:Coalition, a'n organization com- -Government policies have enc'ouraged this growing., are simply. an attempt to bring Californdi into the. posed of AFIZCIOimions and community orgatos concentration and centralizaition of industry. Acceler- pos-twar era' of industrial relations'.. One of the biggest- recipients of thie largesse of the ated depreciation all'owances provide the greatest ben-- So fakr over,20 states have inetroduced -lant closure' oil and e-nergy c.ompanies was San Diego Mayor Peter efits to the companies wvith the largest, liability .and legislatio'n axid. thlese bills ar'e 'slowly buit: adily, ad-` Wilson thie Republican candidate for t-he U.S. Senate,, the. Reagan tax' changes on ta'x credits leasing and vanci-ng in the 'political'poes although-:,none have: who got $9139341.. depreciation further enhance this, benefit'.'' becomne law yet. .. Other-Califori recipients inc'luded: State -&nator Firms th-at close pl-ants- and/or shift equlipment can Th}ese me'asures provide access. to -.important, Milton. Marks, $47,675; Bill Kennedy, $33,775; Dennis also wrrite off the costs on their taxes.. Lax anti-trst.- arena for. the -growing plant closure mVement', -an' -McQuaid, $27,475;.and 'Micumbent. Congressmen- John e4forcement also encourages wasteful corporate merge- ar,ena in which. -this burgeoning movement...can chal- Rousselot, $53,825 a'nd'Don-Clausen, $30,900., ers, as the U.S. Steel-AMarathon Oil anid Dupont-Conoco lenge .the corporate commui fo 6hse W;^ic'worker, Oil' and Bendix-Marrietta-United Technologies'Allied rights, raise. public roncciousness aroufid-'--he 'isue 7lhe- study, based.on reports; filed with the Federal assist Election. Comm'ission, showed that 12 U.S. Sena-te can- fiasco will attest. -of. plant shtutdowns, and workers-:-it foew didates, all Republicans except Senator.Lloyd Bentsen -These structural changes must. al80 be viewed these protections-'and for- corporate rsbltyat' (D-Texas), received .a total of-$60,000 or more each within the historical context of the U.S. postwar era.. the bargaininglarble and in the local1 cooni fromn-the off.-and energy PACs.- Their contributions -to Wilson made himn Number 6-on the list. The study also-,found that 17 candidates -for the House of -Representatives15 Republicans and 2 Dem- .ocrats-received cohtributions of $25,000 or more from the ol'and gas PACs. .No"mbw 5, § Labormbacked W#Ainners of Legislat'ive Seats Factory WVorkers One Year" Older And $1.18 Short, BLS-Data-Show "Anoth}er year older and $1.'18 pernt -whe gross weeky pay short" *s Ofi way U.S. factory for -the average factory worker workers can s-um up the mpact September was at an average of th ate Bureau- of La-bor 0inOf $268.66 in curret dollars or Staistics report showing a two $166.87 in consant l977, dollars. tenffiof. one pereen monthly This compares to $168.05 in 1977, ris in thie Consu-mer Price Index constant dollars a year e-arlier, or San-d a onetenth i onre percent $1.18 less in -purchasing power.. -drop in average weekly eangns9 'The September monthly in- in September. crease in retail prices raised -the. That's ibecause over the last 12 Consumer Price Index 4.9 per- -monf, real wekly earigs cent higher than the.yearearlier Ihave declined.nine-tenthis of one level.

DAN McCORQUODALE GARY HART LLOYD CONNELLY Calif At=L10- Calls Parley Defeats Dan O'Keefe Santa Barbara's Senator Wins Assembly Seat OnIntnernat'ional Afirs (Continued from Page 1) thle -htel by -phoning (415.) 771-1400- as well -as a registration form was before November 18 and. specify- senlt to. all federation affiliates on Ing that you plan to a-ttend the. October 21. conrferenc&e in order to qualify -for Participants must make their thie convention rate of $68 single hotel reservations diretly with or $97 single iin tlhe Hilton Tower. Walk-round Safet Pay Upel by Caifornia Court In the first C-alifornia case of ti-on in an inspection but basd it's its kind, Judge Mucus 'uelker of refusal to pay te workers on t1he Iong Beach Municipal Court has fact that th}e law did not alIso -re- determnmed thiat Texaco, Inc. vi- quire "walk-around pay." olated anti-retaliatary provisions Several previous Federal Court JOHAN KLEllS TOM'HAYDEN ART TORRES 'of the California Occupa-tional decisions h-ad als failed to uphold 14th Dist. Assemblyman 44th Dist. Winner Moves up to Senator Safety and Health Act when the the right to walk-around pay.. cornpany refued to pay four of But the Division.of'Labor Stand- its employees for thieir par-ticipa- ards Enforcement manardthat StateFed ails ain f Si tion in a worksite safety and because state law forWId a'n em- health inspection. fpIo y er fro discrimii,a*ing%e The tatDiisin o£-Lubaraganstany emplo-yee -who exer- 0 Stand-ards -Enforcement brought c isor} the case against Texaco with the California O^cpainaiohtst Safertbeaft assace of CAL/OSHA on ben- ielhAc,w n pay (Continued from Page 1 ) race was 3,,M,713 for Deukmej"ian Dennis McQuaid in the 6th Dis- -half of Thomas Lind, Rudy Peary, fm h eaoepo that legislative leadership will be to 3,721,418 for Br-adley, _a differ- trict; Assemblyman Richard Leh- Robert Hilliker, and Hamd. Cook exe.rei3ed their right to represenentwb more important than ever in pro- ence of 52,295, or less than one man of Sanger trounced Republi- followin a six-month long CAL/ 80£elw mlye g a tectin the rights of all California percent of the -total vote cast for. .can Adrian C. Fondse in the 18th OSHA inspection at Texao'ss Wl- OL0H npcinvaae workers during an era of moun}t- Governor. District-; Assemblyman Howard mingtoan refnwy. -state law. -1ing unemployment and economic Noting that Demoera-ts now hold Berman clobbered Republican Hal A-i4 'Paf ^rA T I distress," he said. a 25. to 15 majority in the S-ta-te Phillips in. the 26th District; As- Curren-t state law provides thiat 0SHA's Divis'io-'n' of. O6palo In referring to Governor Brown's Senate and a 48 to 32 majority in semblyman Mel Levine of Santa employiee representatives must- be Saeyand Health conunended loss of the U.S. Senate seat to San -the Assembly, HIenning said: Monica beat Republican Bart all-owed to participate, -along with Judge Tucker's!decision as an 'im- I)iego Mayor , Hen- "Deukmejian is obviously a pri- Christensen in -the 27th District; management representa-tives, in or-tant reminder to Cali-fornia ning said t-hat Governor Brown oner of -the legislature." Esteban "Ed" Torres, a La Puen- a CAL/OHA inspection. workers that they. c=t be pena- "bore the scars of eight years of He also said that the massive te cornmunity leader, defeated Re- Texaco did not deny thi-s lea] lized for their participation in. job incumbexncy." attempts, by thie Reagan Adminis- publican Paul Jackson in the 34th bas-.is -for employees' partic'ipa- safety and he-alth activrities. The incumbency factor and tration and the National Conserva- District; and , chairman money were major factors in Wil- tive Political Action Committee to of the San Diego County Board of son Riles defeat by Bill Honig in "'knock such veteran Congressmen Supervisors, defeated Republican Transport Unio'ns.Call fr OntoDay t-he race for Sta-te Superiintendent -as Phil Burton and Ron Dellumns Shirley Gissendannaer in the 44th of Public Instruction, he said, not- out of the box failed primarily be- District. WVorldwide Boycott of Poland ing that Riles was seeking a fourth cause of organized labor's get-out- Other labDr victories were The executive jboard of the In- industrial action in support aA term -and that- Honig outspent the-vote efforts. scored when incumbent Dernocrat ternational T-ransport Workers' Solidarity an-d its 'im-prsnecd Riles by better than 3 to 1, -ac- Califom}ia AFIXIO COPE-en- Tom Lantos won reelertion in the Federation, representting 4.4 mil- 'leader, Lech Wale-ga, .will be di.i-. cording to the latest reports. dorsed candidates for statewide 11lth D)istrict in S'an, Mateo C-oun- li;an workers in 83 countries, h-as rected a'g-alist all Polish aircrafft Henning pointed out that Cali- offices wii~ng election include.: ty by drub-bbing Republican Bill -called for a one-day worldw"ide and vessels going to or coming fornia AFL-CIO-backed candidates Leo McCarthy as Lieutenant Gov- Roy-er for the second tie in a boycot-t Nov. 10 in support of Po -from Poland. won all statewfide posts except the ernor; John VEan De Kamp as At- row an-d when freshm-an Congress- lish -workers. The trade union secretariat in Governor's office and increased tomIey General; Jesse M. Unruh clucks 14 U.S. affiliates. are -man Matthw "Marty" Martinez Tbe%.- boycott coinCides with the T-hey t-he liberal majority in the state's as State Treasurer; March Fong defea-ted right-wing Congressman represented on the lAP? board by from 22 Eu as. Secretary of State; and second annversay of the regis- congressional delegation John Rousselot in -tfhe 30th Dis- tration of Pola'nd's suspe-nded President Thomas W.'Gleason of Democrats and 21 Republicans to Kenneth Cory as State Controller'. trict in San Gabriel the Longshoremen; John Peter- 28 Democrats-and 1;7 In races, Valley. Solidaty trade union by a War- Republicans. congressional Assem-. Democrats won 40 paul, vice presi'dent of the Machin- "Labor's all-out participiation in blyman Douglas H. Bosco ousted Nationally, saw court. ists, and J. F. Otero, vice presi-' the and veteran Republican Congressman Republican seats and Republicans marginal congressional won 7 D>emocratic seatts, changing The ITF bvoycott, wnhich is view- dent of the Railway & Airline state legislative districts made I)on Clausen in the lst I)istrict; ed as a first step tDward wider Clerks. "the decisive d-ifference," he said. Marin County Supervisor Barbara t-he composition of the House from With all precincts reporting, the Boxer saved a -Democrat,ic seat 241 Democrats and 192 Republi- latest tally in the guberna-torial w h en she defeated Republican cans to 267 :to 166. On an overall basis, Califomia AFL-CIO COPE endorsed 148 can- didates and 104, or 70 percent, were 'Victorious. The Republican Party suffered a net loss of four congressional seats plus. the loss of both of the two additional seats that California re- ceived as a resul-t of t-e reappor- didate, refired Republican Senator Gray Davis in the 43rd; To-m Hay- tionment following the 1980 census. Dn O'Keefe in the 12th District. den in the 44th; Bturt Morgolin in -In State Senate races, six Cali- In the 80 member Sta-te Asse-m- .the 45th; GIGria Molina in -the fornia AFIXCIO-backed Democrat- bly, the Democr-ats lost one seat 56th; C5harles M. W. deron in the ic Assemblymen were successful bupt still m-aintained a healthy ma- 59th; Steve Clute in te 68t; Lucy inltheir -bids for upper house seats. jority of 48 Deznocrats to 32 Re- Killea in t-he 78th; and, Steve They are Leroy F. Greene in the pulblicans. Peace in -the 80th. 6th Senate District; Bill Lockyer New Cali-fonua AFL-CIO en- In additi-on, all four of the Cali- in te 10th; Gary Hart in the 18th; dorsed Assemrbly mem,bers in- fornia Supreme Court Justices Her'chel Ros'ethal in the 22nd; clude: Dan Hauser in the 2nd Dis- backed for conrfirmatiDn by the Art Torres in fth 24th; and Wadie trict; Lloyd G. Connelly in t-he California AFL - CIO were con- P. Deddeh in the 40th. 6t.h; Phillip Isen;berg ill the 10th; firmned and the three- laboren- In addition, Dan McCorquodale, Johan Klehs i-n thie 14th; Rusty dorsed members of 'the State a m e m b e r of the Santa Clara Areias in the .25th; in B-oard of Equalization Conway County Board of Supervisors and the 27-th; Bruce BAronzan in the, Collis, Bill Bennet-t -and Richard. a. California AFL-CIO-backed can- 31st; Jack O'Connell in'the 35th; Nevins -we-re reelected. Pass 4 maoaw 5, 1982