054O7*&- EDITORIAL A4N;.

By JACK HENNING Indeed, -under Speaker "Gingrich..the..House-has ica. in the name of corporate plunder. Executive Secretary-Treasurer been-a kndof 9gOenment in.Wiig He would bilk the. poor for;the needs of the -rich. Californida Labor Federation, AFL-CIO From the first day of his ascendancy he. sought. He has-waged unceasng War on workerss; the unem- abolition of the reformist cApitls with. Which' ployed, theAdsabled, the ill-housed and all who, suffer And comes it.now: the race for the White House Franklin Roosevelt saved a sundered, sikn nation. the-bare*existence. that flows from the American.way and'all that it means for nation and worid. Concealment is not the. Gingrich* style. He paws- Of cooking the economy. With* the election less than* four. months.distant, for power beyond his-office. ArTesisting Caliia could tiNoebr tri the polls find Bill Clinton leading by 20 points and. In bold cAndor he has reversed the progressive nate the and all that itembodies. Ours. more. of ent... Gingrich reign agenda govenm is the-largest-state delegation. A matter.of comfort inasmuch as the AFL-CIO in He would- restore, the autocracy of wealth that March gave Clinton a mousing endorsement at a one- emasculated-social democracy in the high-hat-days of A commanding mAjority of- our.-52 congressional day national convention. Harding-Coolidge-Hoover; districts must vote Democratic if the House is to find November will also Judge Senate and House. The Class war with a Republican face.,. liberation. Republican sweep of 1994 resulted. in divided gov- From the cemeteries of. conservatism he has Labor must lead t1he revolution. of'thought We ernment with both houses in daily confrontation with' dragged the- muddied. doctrines of- the* Robber. have seldomlhad a more. solemn- political duty. the president. Barons who controlled much of 19th Century Amer"- Adios.,

Vol. 39-No.Convention9 t cloen :rajuly.19, 1996 History will be in the making 10:15 *a.m.. Tuesday Henning is when delegates. representing some scheduled to follow immediately two million union members assemn- with his final biennial report. ble on Monday, July 29, at the Los Fraternal Delegate Peter. Sams, Angeles Hyatt Regency.for the 21st secretary of the Labour Council of biennial convention ofthe California New. South Wales, will speak at Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Australian Before they depart, the delegates council,. based in Sydney, and- the will have elected successors -to Jack Caliornia Labor Federation tradi- Henning, executive* secretary-trea- tionally exchange delegates to. each surer-for 26. years,* and'Albin. J. other's..conventions. GSruhn, president for 36 year-s.;Boih Nuts and jxOolts. business will get leaders are retiring at the moment of under way Monday when. delegates adjournment, which is -scheduled for begin deciding issues brought before Wednesday evening, July 31, after them by committees. delegates convene as the state Com- Speakers will be interspersed mittee On Political Education among -policy debates -throughout (COPE) to decide endorsements of the convention. candidates and ballot propositions Speaking on Monday afternoon for the Nov. 5 general election. will be President Arturo Rodriguez Art Pulaski, executive secretary of the'United- Farm Workers -, Chair of the San Mateo Labor Council, is Art Torres of the California- Democ- to be- nominated for Henning's ratic Party, State $enate President office, and Tom Rankin, federation Pro. Tern Bill Lockyer, and Richard research director and lobbyist, for Katz, chair of the Assembly Dembc- Gruhn's when nominations open at 3 ratic Caucus. p.m. on Tuesday. No -other candi- Lieut. Gov. Gray Davis is to dates are announced. If no -contests speak at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Marilyn develop, Pulaski and Rankin will be Sneidennan.. director.of the AFL- elected at that time. Otherwise, elec- CIO Department-of Field *Services, tions will start at 2:45 p.m. Wednes- is due at 11 a.m. Lloyd W Aubry, Jr., day. Executive- Secretary-Ireasurer Jack Hening,59left, and President Albin J. Gnihm both are retiring from-lead- director of, the state Department of A tribute to Henning and Gmuhn ership of the-California Labor Federation at the conclusioin of-the 21st biennial convention. Industrial- Relations, will be- given- on Tuesday evening will draw dele- the microphone at 2:30 p.m.- Tues- gates to the nearby:Los Angeles Bilt- order at 10 a.m. on July 29 by events will get under way. keynot*e address at 1 a.m. Executive day.. more Hotel. Both will receive Crys- Miguel Contreras, executive secre- L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan is Vice President Linda Chavez- Wednesday morning speakers.-are. tal Award statuettes at the annual tary-treasurer of the Los Angeles to 'address the delegates at- 10:15.. Thompson of -the AFL-CIO speaks, President Bob Balgenorth ofthe State dinner benefiting We Do the Work, County Federation- of Labor. Con- Gruhn will speak at 10:.30. Senator at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. Building and Co"nstructionti rades the .public broadcasting television treras will turn the gavel over to Barbara Boxer is due at 10:45. Chairma William B. Gould IV Council. of California,. President senies. Gruhn- after* opening ceremonies, AFL-CIO President John J. of the. National Labor Relations Charles McDonald of the AFL-CIO and scheduled will The convention is to be called to closely convention Sweeney deliver the convention Board is to deliver a major address at (Continued on Page 4) Living Wae is Poposition21 The. Liveable Wage Initiative income, household income and indi- The report further energized short 'of what California's working raising California's..mrinimaum wage vidual earni'ng*s all showed the gap trade unioni*sts,-community. groups, poor -require. is Proposition 210 on the November to. be widening more rapidly in. Cal-. consumer advocates, religious* orga- Proposition .210 would raise the L~ ~ general election ballot.- ifornia than in the rest. ofthe countrr. nizations 4nd other* Liveable Wage California Minimum wage $1.50 in That announcement came this In 1969, California. ranked.21st^.i Coalition. activists campaigning for two -steps fo the. current $4.24 to week. Also this week came a report inequality ofhousehold income. But passage of Proposition.210.. $5.7 by March of198 restoring showing. that. California's working byA1989, -.this .state-ranked behind It was cited as fuirther proof that 81 percent of the purchasing power poor are plunging rapidly into:deep- only Mississippi,Louisiana, Texas, the minimum wage increase lost since 1979. er poverty. New Mexico and New York approved by the U.S. Senate falls far The Senate'measure.would restore The income gap -is widening only 48 pecent of the purchasing more rapidly in this state than in the power lost over the Same period of rest of. the nation, according- to the IWC Spurnstegislators on 8-Kr. Day. time. It.would raise the federal -mini- st-Udy announced -Monday by, the mum--also $425-90- cents in two Public Policy. Institute. of California, Members of -the Industrial WelfAre, Commission. steps'to $5.15 by July Of 1997. a non-partisan, think tank based in brushed asidea strongly worded* demand by Demo- -And the Senate. measure. still San Francisco,. cratic. legiltr o'es n eit reparing to. must be.reconciled withAthe much The findings are confirmed. by abolish California's landmark eight-hour day. worse House ofRepresentatives ver- nearly every measure of inequality, page,4 Sion, which,'has loopholes that according to. the study. Family (Continued on Page 4) 4ICI'R ish dfA'x''L3e''"I.EE" *Remember the outrage.that land-- t ives.rose 21 percent fr-om the year ed BankBofA.EX-Bo'sof America. op.the,.-state, nan ni befreli-up to $702,298. AFL-CIO boycott list when people..- fctsonstock options CE 's.Rafrag 30p ~ns an.Altouth ti learned that Richard M. Rosenberg weeincomplete, -it. appears presid6nt,-chairman-and CEOfqwas' Chaief executive* officersi.of Amercas lagest .-nnual survey..by Bu*sin*e,SSWeekmaaie. 'aditional'. compensation .proved, to paid 'more than $2A4 million:durn corporatiohs -gave,. tesivsamlive 30 Al COpay *d e.20 corportions with'- be a. bonanza.for. executives during 1992 at the same time that- he waS perchtpy hke i 199, icreasn their total of te higes t'nounced iyoffs wendt up . e 1995.The .Chronicle said1exc turning. the bank's tellers into part- salary and long-temtn *ompensatIono* n verIcnt utives- who exercised at'least part of timers. without health- care or pen- age-.of $3.75 million. In'.1980,-te averag e COayhek as theiroptions...pocketed.-a rmedian sions and was cting their pay toA. 2tmSas as' .the. profit of $930,864 apiece. 'Thih.was fr of the M6eanwhle,tW- averag&Arntrican. 'ftory $625,000,'Wbich WaSA4A mucjjh action $17,000,atyear they was one Worker Lat CO ee up. 69. percent above the oefa had been averaging? worker beingpadRjst percent-more last, average fachtory f hesame cma year in' '1994,-aecoding'to the-avetragin*tg.141 timesa nuchWorers.s proitexcuivs Now take a look.at 1995: Rosen- last..yearithan ieskealize.don'.stock options.th berg, who retired at the-end&-of year before. -December, was paid $11,983,870 i sands of its employees ildown below corporate compensation and outspo-' over. vvhai Colenx was pini GapCOMllr .Drexler, "6non-botion". compensation last the poverty line.. ken advocaite ofexecutfi*v*e*.account-* 1994.{ Iwdtsn-refuted reportrthat his- year, includin*g saary, 'bouses, 'Unknown is' how many,Mill00 -aiiy Old:.the Chronicle.. 'Thee .The laressisscateed h ugh- salary exceeds the total-paid-to-All.Of long-term, incentives and'gatso morRoenbrg illcollect .When seetm to be no end, to'tmg,fsei out-the corpott dwueb.tiid-wor1d-.workers who..sew0his restricted stock, but not counting he6exercises hisaccumulatedfoptions', The surey focused on- corpora- company's garmients, took,an eight stock options., to purchase.Bof shares at,prices far six BofA execuitives...got raises in tionsi ~aqatee nNorthiern cal- percent.,'cut last' year. down- to: That's up. 235 percent.frm.1994, below market value., non-opion.'incom-e exceeding- 227 Of the 264- executives suir- $2,1021,647.I accordi-gto te -San:Fraciso.. IfS..yet.andher.dionrak of .percent styet'.-The lowfestpido ~4-~-rno~ thai~ Nt In'*.orry about..Diser Choile'2th.-annual "surv*ey of the. massive,-npOecedented,ki%aisfer .thesix*got $3,447,984. One'of'te, in excess t 1 millionlastheesltl'hac ht'a' of. wtalthfrom9iithdeportthrih formerBofA -vicecharma Sa ottocqutlgotins in thrdwoldpayroll Will ex.ceed.,his. corporate. executive *comTpensation.- evenwihteut And it's $9.5 million more thatook tht'"'ak .gplace tod[Wyin the&U&rt chief finnial'.officer Lewis W. .1994cmly 70 executives offthesamhecmesain ed Stes Coleifm, tthe edof group of corporations tope$1 TeConcerptdthtszk home in 1992, just. before. the -Iwo;*alsoWquit ptins lastyer announcement inTFebruary of 1993 k_.1iOpigry gS. "9G1 e the -year,. was pid$11,9,58 milliin ' ~ D~lrireceived CystA,pbl eofanestero Tasawhppinig-525prenas 'The n~edinpayfor he 26 exe-,would'net him..:$27.7 -ilo ih that BofA was:pushing tens.ofthou- "* " . 'valuation,,,theChroificle.said. IHEO+LDCCOAD]Mt$J If'Gap"sstOcktehnains ashotas*it has been'* in teps's Yer CMeas Nail-Ing' stock Drexler's .1995. -options,could IDQL W be worth hundreds of milfionsg-of. ia. 1'> dbllait.by the tme he decides -to 'Nike * exercise themn, theChronicle said.- Nike,'which pays Michael Jordan $20 million to draw attention to its Moore Leads shoes, is getting some unwanted publicity. CaifornaAR First, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was refused. entry to one of Nike's noto- Douglas Moore. was-- reelecte rious Indonesian factories where- he. president...,Of the California State tried to inspect -labor conditions this Chapt.er of tfr A. Philip Randolph week., Institute: during the orgaization's Next, an Indonesian woman fired' 15th-annual conference. for trying to organize a Nike factory Also eletd.by delegates during' comes to San Francisco July. 24 and. sessions.At Inn at the-Park. Anaheim, 25 on a nationwide. tour'-demanding were MArshall Walker, III. first vice presiet Eric Harvy,"seconidvic president;. Claire CaldWell, treasurer; Barbara Banford,, recording, secre- tary, and Geraldine .Willey-, corre- sponding secretary Named. as trustees were Dorothy FortieP,r, Jamnes UOgg-WO and L,awanna Preston. Speakers. included Jack Henning, executive..secretary-treasurer. of,the California ILAbor. Federation;.Nor-' even. thiepitiful- Indonesian.L- .,are lured fomcountryside -into- Resposibility. man Hill;. nationaL ipresident of mum,4.brutAly--long hours, horific sweatshops. At Chicago.thpm*ewas.an*effort.to APR, and Kent Wong, prident-of working conditions, police suppres- In, New .York City she. held a- get MiChael Jordantotalk,Abouit his. APALA. services. siV&fokerirtet,and the bro- -news (c-ne-cealongwitVlE '20,million.'Nike"endosmnel The ccrnference wasIopened 'by knoms.and heartbreak-that result theN34onL.Labori Cornitt*e, -and- Themonytr orpratonpays Jr Don 'Labor Cicih Sukaesih, the Indonesian when* the Interfaith on ,Hightoer:9-California worker fifed by Nike, is to speak at workes-mostly."woen-I ..Center' h.Coqro0e dan is said to- be- enough .to,raise Federation field representative and noon Wednesday in front of Ath- every impoverishedlNike.wodger.t state APRI coordinator.. lete's Foot, a store on San Francis- aliving wage CO'S Market Street that*sells a pair of BOtt Empis Oakland,aqe Fromn S.E. Sukaesih'goestoOe imported Nikes for more* money Officials ofthe Gold6n Gate6Wr- Labor Ciini retnfiiMd-fhemthat gonfifor.final stop At Nik,'corporate. Datebook than the who make them earn heaqurtrsoutside Portlandwhee people hiors basketball team had plenty to.Sotsis -on. the- state' AFL-CIO1 Executive- Coundh: July 24726, 1996, in a month. On Thursday she-speaks- eat-anddrinkatthedinne.r.partythey boycott listOte invited ges she'll1 seek a. meeting with CEO LosAnels who has amassed a yatt Regency. at 8 p.m. at New College of Califor- thrW*Wednesday nightat Scotts ini showed.,up.. but refused to -cross a Philip Knight Bienial*Convenntion: July 29-3 1, 1996t mia. Oaland's Jack-. London-*Square to picket line. fortune estimated at $5 billion. mak-- Los Angeles* Hyatt Regencdy. Her two-week u.S. tour is adding celebrate- their new $140--million '."Ibs demonstrates the effective- ing .shoes .dirt -'cheap*overseas-and new fuel to the flames of consumner arena,-deal withf the-CitY of Oakland. ness of labor's -boycott weapont, selling themattoppie*in the outrage that -recently have- scorched iand County of-Alameda. Marron said. and other developed coutrties. -Publisher's Notice such exploiters of overseas labor as In*4ted guests including 'elected Scotis is* the. only Oaland restau- It was Knight-Who6told'a New *TileCaIfforoba AFL-CIO--News GMP Inc., and Kathie Lee Gifford officials invbolved in'the.arenA. deal rant.on the boYcotls The owner York columnist recently that Nike' (ISSN: 000840802). i*spublished. and her Wal-Mart.clothing line. started canceling as soona'as"Execti- agreed to honor'anr existing contract sub-poverty, wages were justiied twice.msOhexcept during.:dte* Sukaesih has in tive Mar- with. HERE Local28we he because VwAes-.a.f.hk Christ- spoken Washing- Secretary-Treasurer Owen took people were lin*ing.,up at his mas and New Year's holidays ton, Db.C., telling--ofillegal pay be.low. ron of the Alameda County CenwtlO.:over 11 yeraojbt soon rngd corygates bj. th*e. California Labor* Federation~ AFL-CIO,-41 Montgomnery.St., Suite 300, San Francisco,0- CA .94104g. S&cond JohnWal irpe.h.ters clas.ostgepaid at San Fran- cbc,alt4nliidalsubrip-- Services were held July. 12- for private in'the Marine'Cors,Which the Crpntets'.Trust Fund. tn,$10 a year; corporate rate, John.L. Watts.,-formner executive sec- soon. sent him to.*officer candidate Retuninglto the union':in 1964, In 1980 he was ele ted Presign 4201* USPS Publication Number reayof the Bay Counties District school and put lieutenant's barg back .he 'became Catpentersapl)prentice and- chairman, -of teBoOrd:o h 083-4=.John'FRHnin,exec- Council' of Carpenters, who.died on. his ,shouilders.-.He served In the- cooiffinator"fithsO.-N=an Isco0and Intern.ational.'Foundcation -'of ttlve smcetary-treasurer;. Floyd July 7 at the age of 81 South Pacific -from-1942* to 1946. Sanl Miteoo areas. Employee Benefit Ptis, .the,ln :Ihdcer, editok. POSTMASTER: He graduated -in 1932 -fromh retunfing as a major* with mnydec- ISWats as*Chosen asdi9talwt to fthe 1Mme of the CarpentersUttion t Sa.3id -address changes to: Cali- Burlingame High School'where he orations.' executive eeay ofthe.BEviy'Cities hold that posion." f0fonaAF-CONews, .417 was football captaini,--honor student Watts Joined Carpenters Local Ditrict Council-**of Carpej arsi in He- is survived b i ie Montgomery. St., Suite' 300, And student:body -president, and 162 in.- San Mateo shortly a;fterhi 1967. In, 1970hbewas-elecw d execu-;Marge,with whomnhe' traveled 'ad Span Francisco., CA 94104. went on to earn a degree at Univer-. discharge.firmthe Marines..Anid tiye secretary-himself servir,g in that ejydgmadenin irtiemn Phone,. (415).986-3585. FAX. sity ofOrego*naits well As recognition worked'a a carpenter, frmn n offic&until 1982.,c wsci-hakhan PFunerl services Were heldt at fth (415) -392-8505.. 'as -a scholar-and athlet. superinte,ndent until. he.,was'7recalled Of th 6Northern-Califrmiis Coun- Church ofJesuxCrist of.Latter flay Even though he caime away from to, acive dutyin. 1953._He spent the' ties CofrneBoard,--apl retc- Saints, in Pcfc.The:.family has Oregon with an,Armny Reserve sec- next*-e*ra yunrstraining IMatines", ship omiin&adchiifrigan of suggested meriantributiontto ond ieutenat'fs conmission.-earned. in- tankWarfare.- fiiceship Mid Peninsula-Hospice Foundation, 'SPA. through ROTC, Watts -enflisted as a In 1958 le eame the. first city CounciL.and,lrom 19175:'uinkti 1982,..65 ElCAtinoRe.lMeloaiC *fliinffarflocamou a post he held. a member ofthe -Corporat&Board of. 94025. Page 2 maaee?Belnmt july 1f9i 199 Adopt-a-Family*-Programrca DetoitAnniversr The 2,000 newspaper workers on a free-year wage freeze and give up. goon-security guards was laid on. strike in Detroit for a solid year. are more than 1,000* jobs,'because the Scabs and goons got the two defending the rights of union mem- News and Free Press argued that papers back on -the streets after a bers everywhere in the country, they were operating in the red. By fashion, but about 60 percent of the Executive Secretary-Treasurer Jack 1994 the joint operating agreement subscribers have canceled, and more Henning of the California Labor was returning a profit of$56 million, than 1,100 regular -advertisers have Federation said this week. more than $1 million a week. pulled out '"We must support them. through In 1995, with profits projected at Even though they have refused to the AFL-CIO Adopt-a-Fanmily, Pro- about $100 million, the Detroit allow any- independent audits; the gram," the California leader papers came to the bargaining table two corporations are known. to have declared. "The two biggest newspa- with demands for health care- roll- spent in -excess'of $150 million on per publishers in the United State backs, contracting-out ofmany jobs,. their union-busting ventur. have picked this fighr because they and reduction* of other Jobs to part- They can- afford -it. Gannett believe that if unions can be broken time,) no-benefit status. claims to be the biggest publisher in in Detroit, they can be broken any- The publishers' purpose quickly the country .because it owns 'more where in the United States...--They became apparent: busting their. newspapers than anybody *else. must not succeed. Our support will employees' unions* without regard to Knight-Ridder makes -the same 'enable the strikers to win." the cost in cash-or damage to the two 'claim on the grounds that while it It was on July 13, 1995, that,four' newspapers, and without-concern for ownsfewer papers- than Gannett; its unions* struck the. Free Press, and the families or community. daily*circulation is greater because it News, owned by -the Gannett and Gannett and-Knight-Ridder -con- owns more big. Kiight-Ridder. corporations, *and tinue to refuse to return to the bar- Apparently Gannettnewspapers.**-and Knight- their Detroit Newspaper Agency, gaining table despite pl&as from reli- Ridder feel they'll -come out ahead publishing both papers off the same gious and political leaders and com- by intimidating thousands. of work- presses under a federally approved munity activists. ers on their other publications, who Detroit newspaper strike is a family affair for joint operating agreement. Plane-loads.of. scabs were- flown might otherwise protest Against low whose son joi!shi on the picket lie. The unions---Teamsters, Com- mn, many recruited from. non-union pyadinferior benefits. tary-Treasurer Richard,L Truruka, tional unions,- locals. , federations munications Workers, Newspaper Gannett and Knight-Ridder newspa-' 'TeDeiroit -Adopt-a-Family" and Executive Vice President Linda and individuals are being- asked to Guild and Graphic Communica- pers or drafted out ofmanagement-in program was-laumohd-by AFL-CIO Cha&ez-Thompson. pledge regular contributions until the tions-had agreed. in 1992'to accept their organized shops. An anny of President.John ..Sweeney, Secre- Councils, national and intemna- strike ends and strikers' regular.famn-, ily incomes are restored.' Informati6n on the program can be obtained- from the AFL-CIO Department of Community'- Ser- vices, (202) 637-5,190.. Tethird rouind of increases in workers' compensation* benefits These too.advanced in thre steps, with higher raises going t okr -Details also canbe obtained firm went into effect this month thanks to the 1993 reforms negotiated by with the higher percentages- of disability. the Metropolitan. Council of News- the California Labor Federation. For those with permanent disabilities ranging from 15 to(475pr paper Unions, 150'MichiganwAve., The maximum temporary benefit has. risen from,$448 to $490 a cent, the maximum. weekly benefit went to. $160 -for' thosetnurdo Detroit MI, 48226.7The.council can week for incurred on or 1 of this or 1 be reached by. phone at (313)'965- on-the-job injuries after.July -year.. -after Jul1y 1L This.- is up from $154 as of July last*yea,$18i 1478 and FAX at 965- That's,$154 a week more tha the maximum,an injured California 1994, and $140 prior to.passage of the reforms. by (313) could collect as pay replacement before the reforms.- The maximumnweekly benefit for disabilities between 25a6. 7 1477. "It is clear today that we made the right decision-when we proposed percent rose to $170 this year up from, $158. a year ago..F Isaii in 1993 to spread benefit increases over three years," said Jack. Hen- ties ranging from_70 to 99.75 percent; the.weekly niaximumicrae ILWU ning, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation. to $230 this -year, up ftrm $198.- The maximum temporary disability benefit went fitm--$336 to Forthose withdAisabilities. ofless tha 14.75 percent; the(aiu To vote On $406 on July 1,..1994, and to $448 on July-i of-last year weel benefit-will re=*ain a 10 Permanent disability-benefits also increased.significantly Juy 1. The maximnum life. pension benefit goes to $154 a week fo 14 kContract Agreement on renewal of the West Coast Longshore Contract -was Union MSterCr wrd-s..Schoa rship.. announced WednesdayI in a joint statement. by- President Brian Sixteen California union mem- Salvador Garcia, South Gate, a Glendale, daughter ofAnna Nguyen, Edward Dolores, AWU Local 165. McWilliams of the International bers and children of members have member of SEW Local.434. SEWU Local 660; Adriara Molina, Michael Garibay, Chino, son of Longhoremen's and Warehouse- received study grants worth $2-1,000 There are six winners of -$1,000* Altadena, Daughter of Juan Molina, Ronald Garibay of CWA Local men's Union and William E. Coday, in the annual Union MasterCard awards: Jelene Britten, San Juan Laborers Local 300, and. Shoba 9505, received a $500 award. chairman of the Pacific Maritime Scholarship Awards. Capistrano, daughter ofDonald Brit- Narayan, Los Angeles, daughter' of More than* 10,000 apiat Association. They are among 108 recipients ten, Ironworkers. Local, 433; Sara. Annapurni Narayan,* SEW Local sought scholayships this- year. Thbe The ILWU scheduled its ratifica- who shared a total of $152,000 in Chandler, B3akersfield, daughter of 723. winners were evaluated on the basis tion caucus for Monday, July.22, and scholarships funded by Union Mas- Sara Thomas-*Chandler, SEW Local Awards of $750-apiece went to of academic achievement,, social' voting by members in August. PMA terCard, one of the benefits provided 700; Ann-Louise Hermele, Simi'Val- Kitty Cheung, San. Francisco, awareness, financial need and aware- member companies will vote. on a by the AFL-CIO's Union Privilege ley, daughter Of Howard Hermele, daughter of Yuet Ming- Rita Ko., ness of and. commitment'to labor.. date.to be announced. program. The awards are for study at Mail Handlers Local 103, and Sally SEIU Local. 250,. arid-Felicia Judge's included representatives ofthe The uniyersities, tre-year contract; retroac- colleges, community Hermele, SEW Local 535; Giao Le, Dolores, San. Jose,, daughter of United Negro College Fund, Ameni- tive to July 1' of last year, covers colleges and trade schools. can Association ofState Colleges and .ports in California, Oregon and The top -California winner with Uni*rsities, National' Association Of Washington. It raises basic long- $3,000 is Katherine Schroth of San union Privilege Changes Banks Independent Colleges -and Universi- shore and clerk pay $2 in the first Jose, daughter of* Margaret Orchard The Union MasterCard- Will be hold because of its, experience in ties, and the American Association of year -to $24.68, with $1 more due- in Schroth of SEWU Local 616. switched from Bank of New York lending to workers, 'its customer Community and.Junior Colleges.- the second year. There are raises also A $2,000 award went to Han- (Delaware)- to Household Interna- service capabilities,. and a more More than $637,000 has been in skill rate.differentials, the largest Chun Liang, San Diego, son of Tze tional, AFL-CIO. Union Privilege flexkible. approval -'process. that is awarded since the Union Master- being a boost -from 6.75 percent to H. Liang of CWA Local 9509.* has announced. expected to. enable more members Card Scholarships were. established 20 percent for longshoremen operat- Four Californians received For now,. cardholders sol con- to obtain the -Union MasterCard, five years ago. All' members. of ing cranes.and container loaders.. $1,500 apiece..' They are- Stella tinue to use their current Union Mas- according to spokesperson Deborah unions participating- in the* Union ILWU achieved jurisdiction over !Qheng of San Francisco, a member terCards. They will receive letters by D. Davis. MasterCard -Program, and their chil- drayage of cargo containers between of Bricklayers Local 3; LaConte September detailing the*changes. Household will pay royalties to dren, -are eligible apply whether -or Dill, Los Angeles, daughter ofDebra However, Household 'International' the AFL-CIO. It also has agreed to a not they carry-onhe of the cards. Sterling of SEW Local 660; Grego- will assume responsibility'for billing union sensitivity statement that.sup- Applications. for the 1997 awards- ry Francis, Pleasanton, son ofDanny and customer serVice on Aug.'16. ports the rights *of workers to orga- will be available- in September.-The FrancisFlightof CWA Local 9423;Aand wtendan'Union Privilege selected Hue tsRFghtrnze. deadline will be jan.. 31,1997. United Airlines' insistence 'upon because few are able or willing to* eign. dom-iiing. United',s-proposal. a mean-spirie campaign of export- basing fight attendants in foreign be uprooted, tihe foreign domicile Was silent on-that issue,) but. the comn- 'ing U.S."fight, attendant-jobs over- cities is casting an ominous shadow policy effectively shuts them out of pany's 'actions-spoke louder. than seas," Kitses said. "The*most*desir- over contract negotiations, spokes- the'most desirable and best-Paying* Words: able -and best-paying Jobs'are going 'council 11. Persons for the Association of Flight flights-those. that used to* be Simultaneously wth the to foreign nationals- who' do*not con- Bothi company and.union propos- Attendants said this'week. staffed by flight attendants with exchange of -proposals, United tribute to the,U.S'. tax base.!" als willbe laid out for*AFA members. The issue is called foreign domi- high -seniority, according to Paula annbunced' it -soon 'would 'establish Foreign domiciles or overseas durinig "road shoW".conducted by ciles. What it means is that cabin Kitses, -chairperson of the Legisla- two more foreign*doiesa maintenance ofaircraft are, not issues the. union's bargaining- committee,* Crews on flights between the U.S. tive Affairs/Political Action Com- Frankfurt and Tokyo.* These would for pilots and- machinists. Th10se which-includes one Califomnia ffight and foreign domicile cities are made mittee for AFA Council -11 atSa bring -the total to seven., Already unionspartcipate in*United's Em- attendant, VKAthy Hutchins of Coun- up entirely of attendants who reside Francisco. estab*lished are domiciles itLondon, ploye Stock Ownership Plaht cil 11 -inS.F in the foreign cities. When contra proposals were Paris,'Hong Kong., Taipai-and Santi- Aside from -the fbreign domicile Sessions -Will be held during Since U.S. citizens faced work exchanged July -10,in. Chicago,- the ago. question, Unitd's9contract. propos- August -at. San. Francisco -and Los Visa and residence restrictions, and AFA called upon United to halt for- "UnitedAirlines has-beenWaging als are replete with demands forfroll- AiOgeles,* Bader said. July 19, 1996 Page 3 IWVC-Spurns Leg9islators on 8-Hr. Day Democratic legislators called est of workers, but you are acting on ment of Corrections engineer named tures irnc]luding those of Senate Pres- Also cited was rejection of a upon the Industrial Welfare Comn- behalf of employers. Elimitnating the in May to one of the two labor seats. ident F3ro)Temn Bill Lockyer, AsseM- Republican-sponsored bill that mission to ".(cease and desist" will meanai was today eight-hour day massive Empty the labor seat from bly Q~ ,cus Chair Richard Katz , would have overridden the existing preparing to abolish California's his- transfer of wealth from workers to which Bob Hanna, former president Senate,Inidustrial Relations Commit- IWC wage orders that require daily toric eight-hour day. employers." of the California State Council of tee Cf ir Hilda Solis and Wally overtime after eight hours. It was .Commissioners responded with Chairperson Robyn Black Carpenters, resigned last month Knox, vho chaired the Assembly after this bill was blocked that the comments about a need to provide responded that it would bx prejudi- when the commission first approved Conmm litt(ee on Labor and Employ- governor asked his IWC appointees employers with "flexibility" and cial to workers if employei,rs shifted and then reversed itself and rejected ment uiintiilthe Republicans took con- to start removing eight-hour- assertions that workers wish to be their businesses to state.s where his motion to delay action for further trol. day requirements from the wage free to work beyond eight hours a employees can be worke d 12 or study. It w submitted by Dion Aroner, orders. day without overtime pay. more hours a day without overtime Also empty was the employer adminiistrative assistant to Assembly They plunged ahead, appointing pay as long as they don't exceed 40 seat -from which Douglas Cornford Member Tom Bates. "In the light of this decisive wage boards to make recommenda- hours a week. She also assi erted that was ejected Wednesday when the 4"W 'believe the Legislature has action, using limited IWC General tions on the overtime regulations she was persuaded by testinniony dur- one-year anniversary of his appoint- been dLeCisive in its actions clearly Fund resources to repeal the eight- that Gov. Pete Wilson has asked ing hearings.that most worlkers want ment by Wilson without Sen- indicati its intent to hour day is misguided," the letter passed ling preserve the continued. them to repeal. "flexibility." ate confirmation. Cornford was crit- eight-hiour day as the standard for Tom Rankin, research director of The IWC is down to thiree mem- icized during confimation hearings determ.iining overtime premium pay "Your $427,000 annual budget the California Labor Federation, bers-all Wilson appointe(es-fromn for his opposition to adjusting the in the state of California," the legis- can scarcely afford the approximate- urged them to heed the legislators. its full strength of five.AAll three minimum wage. latorssstated. ly $130,000 it will take to move Rankin pointed out that IWC is voted to go ahead in compliance There was no action on minimum The.y pointed to legislative rejec- ahead with this ill-advised plan. The charged by the Legislature with cor- with Wilson's request. wage. at this morning's IWC session tion ot,fGov. Wilson's proposal to Legislature is the proper forum for recting situations that are prejudicial Present were Black,w.rho occu- even though the wage board impan- budgett$274,000 and four personnel determining any significant changes to working Californians. pies one of the two manageiment rep- eled to make recommendations has years fifor rule-making to administra- in policy with regard to the eight- 'The eight-hour day is not preju- resentative seats; John TV4cCarthy, delivered its report. tively "(reform" 14 wage orders hour day. Once again, we ur ge dicial to workers," Rankin insisted. the supposedly neutral public mem- The Democratic legislators' letter requiriii ng overtime after eight hours you to immediately abandon is ber, and Sayed T. Alam,Ca arrived this with 30 in a dal "You are supposed to act in the inter- Depart- morning signa- ty. action." Prop 210 0 0 (Continuedfr-om Page 1) Dinner would exclude as many as 870,000 wage punishes hard work. Increas- Henning-Gruhn Californians. ing it will reward work." "The Senate raise is a down pay- Purchasing power of the $4.25 ment.," said Jack Henning, executive minimum wage is at a 40-year low. Draws Labor Leaders Secretary-treasurer of the California Its value has dropped, 26 percent in Labor Federation and president of the past eight years alone. More than three dozen presidents of national and vice president of the federation in 1940 and president. the liveahie Wage Coalition. "This The $8.,840 that a full-time mini- international AFL-CIO unions have joined the Dinner in 1960. November California voters can mum wage worker earns at the cur- Committee for the tribute to Jack Henning and Albin AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney heads the list complete the process by passing the rent $4.25 is $4,000 below the J. Gruhn, retiring executive secretary-treasurer and of national and international union presidents who Living Wage Initiative." poverty level for a family of three. president of the California Labor Federation, which have signed onto the dinner committee. The federal proposal would An increase would benefit the will be held Sept. 6 at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel.' U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein mean only $10,300 a year for a full- entire community as well as the ,The dinner, sponsored by the federation's Execu- are on the list of state and national elected officials time minimum wage worker with workers and families directly tive Council, is shaping up as the biggest California who have added their names. Others include Lieut. two dependents-for instance a sin- involved, coalition leaders pointed labor event in memory. Proceeds will benefit the-cam- Gov. Gray Davis, Superintendent of Public Instruc- gle parent with two children. On out this week. paign for passage of Proposition 210, the minimum tion Delaine Eastin, State Controller Kathleen Con-' $10,300 a year, such a family would Because minimum wage work- wage increase on the November general election bal- nell, State Sen. President Pro Tern Bill Lockyer, Sen. left $2,680 below the poverty line. ers spend their entire paychecks on lot. Hilda Solis and Assembly Democratic Leader "The cost of living in California food, clothing and other necessities, The tribute will open with a reception at 6:30 p.m. Richard Katz. is much higher than in states like Proposition 210 would pump new Dinner at 7:30 will be followed by a program high- S.F Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., former speaker of Alabama and Mississippi," said money directly into the economy. lighting the honorees' years of service to California the Assembly, is on the committee list along with Art The chief economist of the state wage eamners. Torres, chair of the California Democratic Party. Franchise Tax Board estimates that Henning has been executive secretary-treasurer of Dinner tickets can be reserved by phoning Rick $8 billion a year would be pul into the state AFL-CIO federation since 1970. He's been Wathen at (916) 848-7747 or Lou Segal at (310) 276- the pockets of wage earners, increas- with the federation since 1949 with leaves of absence 5876. Siegel is taking reservations for message spaces ing sales and profits for private busi- for state and federal service. in the commemorative journal that will be distributed nesses, boosting taxes for public Gruhn, a union activist since 1934, was elected at the dinner. agencies and creating new jobs. Two Study Years For Labor Parly The established Labor 'This means that taxpayers are newly "A labor party has to be an iden- respond to the program, and running tacit assumption by Democrats that subsidizing low-wage employers Party will concentrate for two years tifiable organization with candidates candidates only after "recruiting and labor has no place else to go. who don't their workers on recruitment and organizing who commit themselves body and mobilizing workers with sufficient Tony Mazzochi, formner head of pay enough before in money to keep themselves and their deciding 1998 when and soul to our organization,"~ GratL collective resources to take on -an the Oil, Chem-ical and Atomic Work- children fed, clothed and housed," how to start running candidates for argued. electoral system dominated by cor- ers and founder of Labor Party Holober out. are elective office. One spokesperson for the oppo- porations and the wealthy." Advocates, put it this way: 'This is pointed 'Taxpayers That decision came keeping workers available to such after two site-and prevailing-view was The party's 16-point program the only movement where they'll days of heated debate during the Carl Rosen, president of UE District aims at refraining the national debate give you money, you can kick them employers. The current minimum party's founding convention last Council 11I in Chicago, who argued on economic issues. It calls for guar- in the ass, and they'll come back and month in Cleveland. Taking part that the Labor Party has yet to estab-, anteed jobs for all workers at a living give you more money. They were Convention... were some 1,300 delegates repre- lish anywhere. wage, universal health care, free never afraid of us." (Continuedfrom Page 1) senting unions, locals, councils and "We have to organize first then education, and an end to corporate Delegates came from United chapters of Labor Party Advocates, run candidates," Rosen said. "If we, dom-ination of the political process. Mine Workers, Brotherhood of Union Privilege Program, Dave Sick- the run we'll director of party's predecessor organization. candidates now, get It supports affirmative action, Maintenance of Way Employees, ler, AFL-CIO Region VI, Luisa Gratz, president of Los and we'll never recov- and State Sen. Hilda Solis, chair of slaughtered supports full rights for all, and American Federation of Govern- Angeles'Local 26 of the Internation- er." opposed discrimination based upon ment Employees, ILWVU, OCAW, the Industrial Relations Committee. al Longshoremen's and Warehouse- The eventual called Steve Rosenthal, director of the compromise race, gender, sexual orientation, lan- locals of many additional unions, a men's Union, put one side of the for recruitment of members based guage, citizenship, immigration sta- number of centtral labor councils, AFL-CIO Political Action Depart- argument into the form of a motion will address the COPE endors- year-round political activity focusing tus, and other circumstances. the California State Council of Car- ment, allowing the party to field candidates on the Obvious was session on party's program, requiring throughout dissatis- penters, and the unaffiliated UE and ing Wednesday evening. in the Nov. 5 general election. candidates and office-holders to faction with what was described as a California Nurses Association. Embatiled EOC WVorkers WViniup :)r1 The Economic Opportunity as unconscionable EOC's refusal to But the agency's* management organization. Mayor Brown is one of them. So Council of San Francisco is under negotiate in good faith. Sen. Barbara balked when workers in additional And, the agency is, claiming that are District Attorney Terence Halli- fire for using a labor law technicali- Boxer has urged the council to nego- bargaining units organized and the presence of elected officials on its nan, Public Defender Jeff Brown , ty as an excuse for refusing to recog- tiate in good faith. union sought to negotiate for them. board of directors means it cannot be Municipal Judge John Deerman,, nize and negotiate with a union rep- And Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., When CalPro Local 2345 filed an brought to the bargaining table under Sheriff Michael Hennessey, and S.E resenting workers who provide a has wamned that the anti-union stance unfair labor practices charge with the California's Public Employment Ciiy College Director Lawrence variety of services to the poor. is jeopardizing years of good work. National Labor Relations Board, Relations Act. Wong, among,others. A resolution urging EOC to cease Local 2345 of Califomnia Profes- EOC management retaliated by cut- The NLRB argument is under "It -is scandalous for this non- union bashing has been passed unan- sional Employees, an affiliate of the ting off negotiations for renewal of appeal; the PERB argument is on profit, public service agency to imously by the S.F Board of Super- International Brotherhood of Painters its existing. contracts. hold. engage in hard-line, union-busting visors, which since 1964 has desig- and Allied Trades, has negotiated EOC contends that it doesn't Meanwhile, the union is appeal- actions," said Christopher Graeber nated the council the local communi- three consecutive contracts with EOC have to talk to any union. It argues ing to public officials who sit on the of CalPro. "We expect the public ty action agency and charged it with covering workers who weatherize that it is exempt from the National EOC board, none of whom seem the officials who have been dragged into addressing problems of poverty. poor people's homes and provide day Labor Relations Act and NLRB least bit pleased about being em- this dispute to straighten out EOC's Rep. Tom Lantos has denounced care services for working poor. action because it is a quasi-public broiled in EOC's gambit. managers." Page 4Juy1,96 July 19, 1996