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I .1 - The Contra Costa County living wage ordinance requiring payment of prevailing wages on large indus- trial projects has been upheld in Superior Court'. Judge James Marchiano rejected the challenge led by the California Manufacturers Association. T'he ordinance, passed Aug. 14 by the Contra Costa County Board November 16, 1990 of Supervisors with strong support Vol. 33-No. 45 from organized labor, is.not pre- empted by state law as claimed by the challengers, the juldge said. ."The Board of Sulpervisors has' properly exercised its police powers," Marchia.no declared. "The or'dinance is appropriate and constitutional. The opponents say they willI Negotiators from ten unions rep- appeal the ruling to a higher court. resenting 4,500 newspaper workers This was not unexpected. Greg hung on grimly at the bargaining Feere, secretary of the Contra Costa table tod'ay with the clock ticking Building and Construction Trades toward a.5 p.m. deadline to strike Council, s'aid before the case went the Mercury and News at San Jose to trial that the ordinance had been and the Chronicle, Examiner and made "4airtight." Newspaper Agency at San The ordinance had its origins in -Francisco. the problems created'during the Hiopes for a settlement before.-the reconstruction of the USX Corpora- &deadine got a setback yesterday tionss Pittsburg mill for the USS- when union negotiators who assem- POSCO joint venture. bled in the morning for their first A notoriously anti-union contrac- look at employer economic -pro- tor brought in from out of state posals were kept waiting until 9. underbid California firms and p.m. imported low-paid workers from the "We'll continue negotiating in Deep South and other areas where expectation of achieving a settle- wages and living standards are' ment," said Doug Cuthbertson, depressed. executive officer of the Northern The results were on-the job-acci- California Newspaper Guild and dents including fatalities and- heavy chair of the Confe'rence of NMews- rvnw oy rauvety, morumm vamom m Wzper wupuw demands on schools, public health paper Unions. lNewspaper worker-s pirotestng slow pace..of neodatiaons spiH onto stret outside S.F. Chr-onicle. facilities and resources. financed by "But there is an enormous taxpayers, many of whom were out wmount of ground to be covered, At the Examiner, columnist Rob ing "You Talk 'or We Walk," and it."9 of a job because of the influx of and progress has been exceedingly. Morse!s column 'was pulled out of many walked with balloons bearing Newspaper unions also faced low-wage workers. slow." the paper by senior editors when he a unity symbol. crises in three other California The supervisors acted after Bylines were withheld today on insisted that it run without his Today's S p.m. strike deadline cities this week. studying a report prepared by a Uni- all.three newspapers in a show of byline. Morse said the missing col- was announced during the rallies * At the Tribune in Oakland,. versity of Califonia economist that support for negotiating com'mittees umn was about thie byline strike. last Friday. members of all unions marched out detailed 'the drain upon public and anger over the slow pace Last Friday there -were massed "Therds no way we will allow of the plant Wednesday in a noisy facilities. ,I p-§d by employers. demonstrations outside the -news---~ 'theelWkg fo-ftEg,into and-eod l.,unch*our protest -after the -pub- Safety,---tIest-ions :surrou.nding- At the Chronicle, Herb Caen's paper plants in both San Jose. and Thanksgiving," Cuthbertson lisher, saddled with leveraged buy- heavV co'nstruction done, by ill- column appeared today with his San Francisco. declared at that timeu out debt paymenlts, announced hed trained crews is thie primary con- name blanked out. Hundreds wore badges proclaim- "The members won't stand for demand 20 percent wage cuts on cern. Opponents argued before top of earlier, concession. Judge Marchiano that the California * In Long Beach, printers at the minimum wage law~prevented the Press-Telegram got broad labor county from requiring higher-wages movement support during a rally in in the interest of public health and protest against the Knight-Ridder safety. Corpratioffs attempts to strip job Deputy County Counsel Lillian security provisions away from Fuji argued that the county can Typographical Local 650 of the require wags higher than the -state Communications Workers. rrinimum if it is necessary to do so * At Santa Rosa, management of to assure public safety. the Press Telegram scornfully The was taken a rejected the Newspaper Guild's argument step opening statement as negotiations (ContinjuedX osn Page( 4) for a new contract got under way.' A strike in San Francisco would be the first since 1968. The San Jose papers have gone a decade longer No Paper than that without a walkout. Next Week It was the 1968 San Francisco The California AFL-CIO strike that shaped the joint bargain- News will not publish next Fri- ing in which the 10 unions and four day, Nov. 23, because of the managements currently are in- Thanksgiving Holiday. volved. The next edition will be.pub- Photo. by Fnon wuc", an jos m-wsppe %mum The aim is to clean. up each lished on Friday, Nov. 30. Dennis Uyeno, left, and Bill Phillips lead union mombers denionstrating outside San Jose Mercury News. (C01rl1inuesd ovn Page 4) 0 m

52n Video display terminal workcers, Aug. 27 by Supervisor Nancy risks including muscular-skeletal childbirth disorders. There is no union leaders and occupational Walker with support of seven of the strain, eyesuain and headaches. In requiremenlt for the electro-mag- healthi and safety experts are sched- other 10 members of the board that this, it resembles le-gislation spon- netic radiation screening thiat manu- uled to testify when the San Fran- governs the combined City and sored by the California Labor Fed-i facturers must provide on computer cisco- VDT Worker Safety Ordi- County of San Francisco. Since eration that has failed in- the past terminals they sell in a number of nance is put to its final public then, employer and industry opposi- five sessions of the Legislature in European countries. hearng on TUesday, NMov. 20, before tion has become intense. the face of massive lobbying oppo- So far, no VDT worker protec- a committee of the Board of TuesdaYs hearing is before the sition from thie samne -employer and tion law in- this country has sur- 5. s Supervisors. board's Committee on City Ser- industry interests 'that are lined up vived emnployer-industry attacks. In r ' Opposition is. certain from vices, which is chaired by Angela aganst the ordinance. Suffolk County, New Yorkc, where a employer groups and representa- Alioto and includes Wendy Nelder The San Francisco ordinance similar ordinance was overturned in tives of the computer and elec- and Richard Hongisto. It is to open would recommend trnsfer for preg- a lawsuit, ernployers' thretned to tronics industries. A number of at 10 a.m. in Room 228 at City nant workers to less hazardous work move VDT jobs -to otbr,Jurxdc amendments are expected to be Hall. and would mandate studies con- tions where n'o such presented. If they approve it, thie ordinance cerning linkage of VDTs with. tions exist. -- The ordi'nance, if adopted, will will go to the fiill Board of Super-, reproductive problems. In Contr Costa: CountY,:-VDT be the on)ly such worker protection visors for a first reading on Dec 3 But it is silent on low-ftequency ordiniance was shelved after the law in the country. and' a vote as ealy as Dec.- lO. electro-magnetic radiation, which county board heard objecios firom It was drafted by the labor-led The ordliftce "would mandate 'researchers increasingly are focus- corporafions that-have located VDT VDT Coalition and was introduced remedies to VDT-related health ing upon as a cause of cancer and data processing work there. Vea 0 m A strike- of nearly 10 'months at of both local unions, declared that patronagye from the other union- room Excalibur Hotel agreed to Binionss Horseshoe Casino in down- "We deeply hope the settlement was "in the be'st bsing establishmrents. union conditions for its town' Las 2,450 Vegas has ended with rat- that the remaining interests of our members, down- Included are the Imperial Maace, employees, the HERE campaigners ification of a new contract substan- town Las Vegas,- and the whole owned the the pointed but. tially improved over the "last and Las Vegas -by Englestad family;, who community." Elardi family's Frontier Hotel; the The Horseshoe s'ettlement gives final offer" that drove union emploers Arnold added: Stardust, Fremont, EI Dorado, Cali- workers out onto the picket lines have'not yet signed back jobs with full senority to all of last Jan. 27. "We are very satisfied and com- fornia Club and Sam's Town, oper- the workers Binion said had been new contracts for fortable with it. We look forward to ated by Bill Boyd, and Gaughan "6permanently replaced." This Members of Culinary Workers Bar- Local 226'and Bartenders Local 165 thei.r employees working with Jack Binion to put the' family properties including the wipes out a National Labor Rela- of the Hotel now will dlo so Horseshoe back in the unique posi- bary Coast, Gold Coast, El Cortez, tions Board ceomplaint against the Employees and Restau- tion as Union Gold rant Employees International Union Thus com- it long enjoyed a successful Plaza, Western, Spike Horseshoe. quickly. . and Nevada Club. were Las Vegas institution... The new contract, which runs returning to' their jobs this munity cannot 6 weekend. &We deeply hope that the The HERE campaign against until May 31, 1994, restores health stand another Las and Union leaders called it a major remaining Vegas employers themn has brought howls of protest welfare benefits and increases victory in the, campaign against round ofstrife and who have not yet signed new con- in recent weeks. A video tape enti- employer contributions to maintain at hotels and discord.' tracts for their employeeIs'now will tled "Above the Law" showing them. union-busting casinos do so This can- operated by five old-line Las Vegas -Jim Arnold quickly. c.ommunity abuses of customers and workers Subcontracting concessions that families, in the downtown not stand another round of strife alike has been widely distributed by Binion tried to forc'e upon the mostly Secretary-Treasurer, .and discord." unions are area. HERE Local 226 HERE. gone. A chain restaurant The break came with dramatic Support by Californians, who The union has warned that l9th brought in to handle work formerly swiftness. The international make up nearly two thirds of the Century frontier tactics employed done by union Imembers will have to union, tourists to was an which had committed its resources coming Nevada, by the old-line owners is undermin- operate union. Gone also are cut- ing, meetings at Chicago, according factor, to Jim to halting the anti-union drive, to reports from Las Vegas. important according ing efforts of glitzy new hotels on backs in overtime and holiday pay. DuPont, California coordinator for the Las Vegas strip to promote the Wage increases generally exceed played a major role. Binion said Gov. Bob Miller of the international uniorfs Las President Ed Hanley of HERE Vegas city as a family resort destination. those at other Las Vegas establish- Nevada helped bring them together. campaign. While the operators targeted by ments, union leaders said. Higher and casino owner Jack Binion ham-' Secretary-Treasurer Jim Arnold He urged California-trade union- mered out the basic agreements dur- the video used security guards to raises for non-tipped members were of Local 226, speaking for officers ists to continue withholding their intimidate workers, the new, 4,000- accepted.I Lehman and Nack Dramat~~~~~~~atWn CAItrsi Have Twin Boys Twin sons were born last Friday, Dorene Ludwig, known for the Ameri- trade unionists how to eliminate sexual rently are particip'ating in the UCLA Nov. 9, to Rayna Lehman, director can Living History Theater performances harassment in the workplace, according to Labor Center's "As Others See Us"' pro- of community services for the San she presents to labor audiences, is the Gloria Busman of the Labor Center. gram, a day-long exploration of popular Mateo County Central Labor Coun- 1990-91 recipient of the Lucy and Harry Ludwig received her master's degree in perceptions of labor. cil, and Bill Nack, assistant busi- at the UCLA fine arts at UCLA. ness manager of the Santa Clara & Lang Internship Center for During her acting "As Others -See Us". is scheduled to be San Benito Counties Building and Labor Research and Education. career, she has served as rank and file presented from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Construction Trades Council. activist and as a leader in the The award includes a $10,000 grant to performing Saturday, Dec. 8, at Local 1157 of the arts unions. United Food and Commercial Workers in Patrick Adam Nack-Lehman was enable the recipient to spend three months born at 8:22 p.m. weighing six at'the center with UCLA Much of'her work has focused on work- Rialto. working faculty women7s issues. She is the founder and pounds, six ounces. Benjamin Ter- members on a project of,benefit to the ing The internship, established in 1935, is rence Nack-Lehman followed 18 labor movement. first president of the Interguild Womerfs funded by a bequest from the late Lucy minutes later at five pounds, 13 Caucus;. and Harry Lang, activists in the Interna- ounces. will use the to Ludwig fellowship pre- Ludwig and other ac'tors from the tional Ladies' Garment Workers and in The dramatic material for use in American boys, described as "perfect, pare showing Living History Theater cur- human rights causes. healthy, beautiful babies," went home last Monday to the family res- idence at 2102 Almaden Rd., Apt. 101, San CA TVTarget: High TechFamilies~m.0 Jose, 95125-2190.

"High Tech Families," the * Vivian Vasquez, a single In California, "High Tech Fami- Trade unionists should contact December Public Broadcasting Sys- mother who finds it to necessary liee" is scheduled to be telecast over other PBS stations about their plans Executive CouncDl Standing Committee on tem production of We Do the Work, put her children to bed fully dressed KPBS, San Diego, at Ill p.m. on for telecasting the show. Legslation and Legislative Advisory focuses on workers trying to survive, on week nights so that she -can Dec. 3; San at 8:30 Conunittee of California Labor Fed- KCSM, Mateo, We Do the Work is a in Silicon Valley. deliver them to the day care center p.m. on Dec. 4; KQEC, San Fran- monthly eration: 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, program about issues, perspectives Holiday Inn-Financial District, San Rosana De Soto, star of the films by 6 a.m. and get to her own job by cisco, Dec. 12at8:30p.m.;KQED, 7 a.m. and.culture in the American work- Francisco " La Bamba" and " Stand and San Francisco, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. place. It is produced independently Deliver," is the narrator. The show * Dave Main, an engineer who 27, and KCET, Los Angeles, on by the California Working Group, Executive Council of the California Labor is scheduled so far on Public Dec. 29. Federation: Dec. 4 and 5, Palm Broad- discovers after working three 60- Inc., of Berkeley, with sponsorship Springs Marquis Hotel, Palm Springs. casting System stations in San hour weeks for a computer develop- The documentary also will be of the Film Arts Foundation. Diego, Los Angeles, Sonoma ment co?mpany that the employer broadcast over KCRB, Santa Rosa. Annual Trade Union School of the Califor- County and the San Francisco Bay has no money to pay him. Showings are scheduled by PBS sta- California Working Group for- nia Labor Federation: Feb. 3-8, Area. tions in Washington,' D.C.; Prov- merly produced a show by that 1991, Hotel El Rancho Resort Confer- * John Bolten, a microwave tech- incetown, R.lI.; Flint, Mich.; Char- name with focus on this state. The ence Center, West Sacramento. tech workers who tell their nician who had to take his to High family leston, Ill..; Philadelphia, and the organization can be reached at (415) Central Labor Counil Conference: Feb. stories include: a homeless shelter after a layoff. Nebraska PBS Networlc. 549-0775. I1I and 12, 1991, Radisson Hotel, S.F. International Airport. Tenth annual California State Conferwenc FoodDrie Ilustate Fired Levi's of the A. Philip Randolph Intitute: March 21-24, 1991, Cathedral Hill VVorkers Fast Hotel, S.F IHItel1Workr'Pih Three workers fired when Levi Strauss closed a plant in San Antonio, Texas, and exported their Publishees Notice Thanksgiving food donations turned over to United jobs to Costa Rica were scheduled The California AFL-CIO News Way Agen- said, "We want Mr. Castleton (of to begin a fast at the front were collected yesterday outside the cies to help needy families on the Hilton management) to come' today (MSN: 0008080) is published Anaheim Hilton and Towers Hotel .door of the corporatiofs- headquar- weekly except the weeks of Thanksgiving Day. out of the shadows and take so'me ters in San Francisco. during to dramatize the fact that full-time responsibility for settling a fair con- T alin, Christmas and workers employed at that posh hos- "As people working together, we Maria Sixtos, Frances Estrello New Year's holidays by the Cali- want the community to know-we tract. My co-workers can't make it and Evangelina Salas said telry are living below the poverty in Orange County on these wages."' they fornia Labor Federatk ,' line. care about those less fortunate than would remain on Levi Strauss's CIO, 417 Montgomery St., Suite us," said Nelson Rivas, a room ser- The wage reopener began last doorstep for three days to dramatize 300, San Francisco, CA 94104. It was part of the campaign by vice waiter and a member of the March. It will go to arbitration next the plight of more than 1,100 Second class postage paid at San Local 681 of the Hotel and Restau- negotiating committee. "It is only month if theres no agreement. workers fired at San Antonio. Simi- Francisco, Calif.-Individual rant Employees to get Hilton man- fair that the hotel do the same." "When we began this process, lar demonstrations were to begin subscription, $10 a year; cor- agement to negotiate during a con- Janine Licausi, a-housekeeper the hotel indicated that it wanted to today in Los Angeles, San Antonio porate rate, S20. USPS Publica- tract wage reopener. and negotiating committee member, negotiate a long-term agreement," and Albuquerque. tion Number 0(40. John F. Beyer said. Spokespersons for the Plant Clo- Henning, executive secretary- "Fully a third of our members at treasurer; Floyd Tucker, editor. the Hilton are less than $5 "But they turned a deaf ear when sures ,Project and Bay Area Labor earning Committee on Central America, PO)STMASTER: Send address an hour and therefore are forced to Presidential they realized that our members Oagsto: Califomnia'AFL-CIO live in in our were not to settle for low who are assisting the three women, poverty community Vrew of Labor going said workers who News, 417 Montgomery St., Suite even though they work 40 hours wages and outdated practices,"' the averaged $8 per "The right to join a union of hour in San Antonio are being 300 San Fmnico, CA' 94104. every week," said Steven Beyer, oneI's choice is union president continued. Pthome, (415) 986&3585. of Local 681. "The Hilton unquestioned replaced by workers earning only president today and is sanctioned and "We feel the thousands of dollars ,$25 a week in Costa Rica. .1,wcmmm shou..d be ashamed of paying pov- now seem to on protected by law."' they willing spend So far, they said, Levi's has 'A erty wages in Orange County." an arbitration would be better spent -Harry S. Truman refused to taLk about severance ben- VMl"MLMw. Food collected yesterday-is being on a fair deal for their employees."' efits withi the laid-off workcers. ,ri;wrcwcLc.w- 'a- Page 2 November 16, 1990 ,A, Philip-, do' rok-in linik Union? into, which: ft.l d ~+Normnan Hill prsidli:o h wrot in -is ri.inlly synicatd ing t1f6iexa,bofniv &s-inhove- of' SleepingC-ar'PP''t';ssi institu'te Raindolph fJ`-d to column:-n: ments was th vis as a~bronze Mmgd,:cite 1tknMph'js,-:Pk Y. aeW a6vi _-df biak d "Al iTt:igle-handedly, Ra'n- 6uit "o the fouinder- of thie Brohr -."Randolph "Was a pione'ering .uni.ogi.stis,: pr'a-sedtRaiido!ph's dofph p-ers'u'aded Prskents Frank- -ho6d of Sl ing Car Porters. was *f.orc'e..in the'.struggh6 for .fadikll unsmevq.commitment to detno linbE. Roosevelt and~Hartry SZ Tru- uvieaiUnion Station i'n Ws&;- -equafity. -and' &eceionic.justic-e', man'topso pas.s. *m aog laws against ingtoi D.C.--: - Kirdelaied.. An o"Utgtadin. "R~andolphclearly -serves as a racial discrimination. His tactic: the IrSsident -Dne Kirkcland-of the. ftrade union kade.r and a. pioneer of guide for -our tinw," Hill -said. theat of-huge marhes on Wishing- AF;L-CIO toldAhie crowd thiat -gath- the -civil tights: move'ment, ft'n-. Secretary-Treasurer Tom Don- ton, of which he drg'anized five - ete fo the univeiling cereFnonies: d .ph brught these two movemnats ohue of the AFL-CIO, said-that' inciuding the 1963 march fo.r jobs "'It:is ebntirely -fitting that this' togfir and- ea is essential to the "'this dignified, wise, kind.man. and freeom." sculpture.wsill permianently stand in health 4iin vi-tality of AnrieniA. changed the -nation." It -was du'ring 1963-march, it aplace where'A. Philip Randolph's Fie,&ric O`Neal, brmeri AFL- -Lenore Miller, president of the was noted, thiat Dr.. Martin Ltuther vision of empowerment foun.d its' CIO vice cheitn air offihe Retail', Wholesale and Deparment King, Jr., 'delivered his.fanmous "I earliest nuanifestation.. A., Philip Randolph Memorialf Store.Union and chair of the AF;L- have a dreams'speech. "It Wwa here in this railroad st- Committee, spoke of Randolphs's CIO Civil Rights Co'mmittee., The larger-t-han-life bust by tion and'in stations across America work to end di&riminafion' within pledg'ed to "do what ~.Randolph sculptor Ed D%Wght.is poart of the taPhlRandolp firs set the task ,the trade -un'ion movement dur"ing wanted us to do., which is to merge AF;L-CIO1-plan to to''estalish a per- of securing those -initial 'mode'st th ye'ar's he serkved as. an AFL-CIO the'dreas of the labor and civil manent -memorial in Randolph's gains for the metnbers-of-the union vc presklent- and m ebrof,te rights movements. name.. he founded." federatioifs Executive Council.- The 'caion was noted outside Also part of the project ils a tra'v- .A. Philip Radof bust in Union President Richard.. Kilroy of the ."He hWd a rare -ability to control the labor movement as well. Court- eling exhibit witb.pain'ti,ngs depic't- TransportationsCommunfications his emotions," O'Neal -sa'id. land M'illoy of the Washington Post ing Randolph's lifea

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Cesar Ch'avez, president of-the United Farm. nationals -in the Ulnited States and the preserva- 'Workers of America, has received the order of *tion of Mexican culture." The awards .were the-Aguila Azteca -Aztec Eagle -the high- -authorized by the Mexican Congress. est awvard .that the-govemrnment of Mexic'o can -Honored along with- Chvzwre Americo The controversy-over. contract- fi'rings afid ai long string, of addi- bes'tow 'upon persons who' are noct citiz.ens oyf P.aredes", a professor. at the University ofTexas, ing-out of health, services at tional acts of harassment,' and. that c'ountry. . .anid Julian Zamora of Colorado, a sociologist Alameda County Jail heated up this because Prison Health Services, *Chavez and two professors received the and former professor.. week -because of the firing of-two Inc., had refused ever since the Sep- 'medal from Presid.ent Carlos Salinas de Gotari -The medals, authorized by the Mexican union-activist nurses. tember election vic'tory to schedule oyf Mexico during, ceremonies in Mexico Cit.y. Coingress, were presented by t'he president dur- Te nurses were fired- by Pr'ison contract'negotiat'ions or to -provide. All iree were- ho)nored for "their efforts' in' ing ceremonies at Los Pinos, the Mexican He'alth Services,. Inc.,. the Eas't basic information esserntial to col- defense of th'e hulman of Mex'ican. White House. Coast firm that wa hired by the lective bargaining. tights' Alanieda County ft d-of Super- visr in 1988 to run clinics at the. The.supervisors. have mostly kept place -on the agenda of the super- dampen down the flames of This is what happened to Smith, countyls Santa Rita Prison in L'iver- a low profile since they ignored visors' next meeting and the fil1- the lice'nsed vocational nurse who trade union warnlings ab'out th-e' controversy. more.a -d 'itS)Y,thFity.l ing of the unfair labor-practices- ..,-The-o m=v W--_ wa-4i4ed be'ca,use -s-omebody down'to'wn Oakland. company's record and,turned thejail is some effect. talk with the union about harass- a "er diem" shift on'to the work over to Pri-son Hlealth Services charges having slipped Charges are trumped-up, accord- Prison Health Serv'ices this week ment of members who led the fight schedule when she was not w'rking ing 'to. the unionx representing the -at an original price that obviously finally. agreed to me'et ujnion nego- for representation.' and then failed to.tell her"about i't. was offered as a loss-leader.. Aitr tiatbrs Dec. 14 and to ther of the Harris, the nurse who examined nurses, a joint council of Serv'ice the now i-s supply Among.other things, many Employees Locals 250. and 616. renegotiations, price, up information that the law says they activists have bden redtuced to "64per the jail employee with -cardiac to $21 million on a two-year should have. This took soon diem" staus was was Julie Harris, a registered nurse, contract. place and their forrner regu- symptoms, told her offense ostensibly was fired because she -after the supervisors- instructed the lar work dlays have been assigned to a violation of company procedures. examined a jail matron suffering But the union's demand for a county. admi-nistrator to try to new hires.- However, it. long has been common from cardiac symptoms and advised practice for jail nurses 'to examine her to immediately leave work and Booklt Expains orker' Com jailers as well as prisoners, and the get herslf to a doctor. company never posted any instruc- tions on the subject, Fwlower said. Janet Smith, a licensed voca- in California workcers Jurisdiction over -the clinics tional -nurse, was -filred after she Chanlges injured workers pu'rsuing, workers' employers. and explains- the task jail compensation resulting from last compensation cla"ims. Administra- assigned.to a special commission was shared by.Locals 250 and 616 failed to report for a shift that -was reform are laid out prior to 1988, when the on the work schedule after year's legislation tive changes are explained, and the named to study the rate-setting supervisors posted in plain language in a new bdoklet author warnings about dif- process. decided to privatize the work. Some Smith had gone home fhrn her pre- i,ncludes nurss were into vious workc. publishe by the Institute of Indus- ficulties that still haven't been The booklet-can be ordered from bumped positions day's trial Relations at University of Cati- ironed out. - the Center-for Labor Research and in other county departments. Those The real reason the two women fornia-Berlceley. Education, Institute of Industrial who sttyed with the jails organized were fired is that both were leadrs "Workers' Compensation: A Poyer analyzes the new advances Relations, University of California, the'mselves and new hires and won in the organizing campaign' that Workers' Guide to the California and cites -the need for furthe'r 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA' an NLRB election in September'. resulted in -an overwheln'ing vote is written improvement of low benefit levels, Until this week, Prison Health System"' by Bruce.Poyer of administrative 94720. for SETU representation,' according of the Center for Labor Research. reduction high The cost is $S apiece for. one -to Services had declined to acknowl- to. Marilyn Flower, a Local 616 and Education, atX the institutie., costs, and achievement of greater 20 copies and S4 apiece for, orders edge either -the union victory or representaive that unions administrative efficiency in han- demands fof informnation anid bar- Ways cnhelpinjqred claims. of 21 or more copies. The center The unilon has filed unfair labor workcers" are described. dling injured wor.eers pays for postage and handling. gaining dates. The company, bae practices charges with the National The guide details the new benefit- One section tells how workers' Checks should be made payable to in Delaware, -operates.in a number Labor Rnations Board over the two levels and outlines basic rights of compensation rates are set for .U.C. .Regents. of states. in. the Deep South. CLUW Fi~~~~~~~~~ndFeea Tace HutI

The Coalition of Labo.- Union sive tax system requiring those who of Trends in Fedral Tax Analysis "To make. matters worse, work- than families earning more than Women haspublished the results of earn the- most to pay the most,," Policy." The findings, published in ing women who. make less money $92,000. a study.it commissioned on the Miller said. pamphlet form, sliow: are taxed proportion'ally more,"" the of federal tax'es work- "No one. likes paying taxes, but' impact upon CLUW targets excise taxes,, CLUTW report wans. soffe taxes are fairer -than ing women.' which take of * Abo-ut 60 percent of the others," Jarger portions nationss minimum wage jobs now the report c'oncludes. It cites pro- What it shows "should outrage inc'om'es -of the poo'r than of the The report compares' a single rich. are held by women, and the federal wo'man with a six-year-old son gressive income taxes under which all wtorking women," CLUW minimum wvage has lost a third of the more earned, the more is paid. declared. concludes: earning $8,000 a year to a profes- The report its value to inflation in the past 10. sional, couple earning salaries "The ta burden should fall on -Our study clearly demonstrates If your household in}come is less years. wlho can aflford it, not upon than $10,000, a adding up to $100,000 and dis- .people -that working women and single you're probably covelrs that the -single mother pays single mothers o'r women living in mothers--are shouldering an uinfair- wtoman. * More than a third -of the fami- it lies headed by women are living in 14 times more. of her'-income on poverty," says. tax burden," declared Joyce D. Mil- If you work for.minimurn wage,' excise txs than does the Miller women to of a woman. professio- urged woilcing ler, -national president CLIJW. yourte probably na' c'oupk'. call 'senators -and representatives make this If a woman, e * A chiAd in a family headed by a "We cant let Congress yousre- you probably. Federal also are' during August while they-are home situation, worse by raising excise pay more than your fair share of woman is fi.ve ti.mes more likely to payroll'taxes frt congressional rees. taxes or other unfair, flat~taxes. taxes. spend his-o'r her-for'mative years harder on single mothers. The study below the poverty. linf. than 'is, a found fthat single Woking mothers "Tell ftm you think it-is. timf-e to I'Tlhe study shows the need fo'r CLU.W's stu'dy was en-titled chiild who ha.s both -a mother and a paid neay i8 percent more of:their put. fairness bwdk into our itax sys-, our naion-to adopt a 'more progres- ""Women and Children First:. An. fither.' paycheck on, Soial Seuritytae eem," 'Miller said. viT _ 16 1 ho-3 Carol Tady, left, Oakland Tribune Guild Unit. chair, talks to-TV Executive Secretary-lTeasurer Bil Roberto of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor tells Long reportuers. -as unon members protest.' Beach Press-Telegram printers that they have support of -labor movemient.

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(CoI^fiIIII( d.1iJ(n Pa,ge / ) ally considered to be the second will be 'used in -ways that actually nia Labor- Federation; Bill Robert- Press Democrat by the New York unionfs non-economic contract mat- largest newspaper company. in improve.the financial condition of son, executive secretaty-treasusrer of Times. ters first, and then bring them -to the America, running closely behind the newspaper. the L;.A. County federation, wvho "SIf there is to be labor peace, table together to negotiate a pack- Gannett. "We cannot -accept the loss of also is a vice president of the Cali- your hostile intentio-ns must be age of wages, benefits and other There wvere no such figures avail- one-fifth of our income at a time fornia labor Federation; Mary Yunt, altered'," Smith told management economic'matters applicable to all. able for the Examiner, owned by the when executives are promoted with secretary-treasurer of the Orange negotiators. "Labor produces your a 'turnaround' Central Labor and Participants are Bay Area Typo- Hearst Corporation, or the (;hroni- salary increases and County Council, profits under your management. We graphical Local 21 of the Communi- cle, published by heirs of the consulting company is paid tens of Hal Garvin, trustee of the L.A. see no reason why the balance of cations Workers, Janitors Local 21 Theriot-brothers who founded it 125 thousands of dollars a week." Community College District. the past must be altered. . of the Service Employees, N;orthern years, ago. At Long Beach, the printers are At the prosperous Santa Rosa H6owever, industry. analysts ag'ree the only union still without a con- Press Democrat, confrontation "If our contract is threatened, we California Newspaper Guild Local will fight with everything'at our dis- 52, San Jose Gulild Local 98, News- both properties are profitable tract following two years of crisis came as Northern California News- despite recent business downturns during which the Knight-Ridde'r paper Guild members commenced posal. This i's our livelihood -our paper Drivers Locals 921 and 926 qualit'y of life, our homes, our of the Teamsters, Northemn Califor- and drops in advertising. Corporation brought in teams of negotiations for their 18th contract At the Oakland Tribune, unions union-busting lawvyers. in the 38 years since the newspaper spouses, our children. nia. Mailers Local 15 of the Team- '*We will,-resist efforts to sters, Web Press Local 4. of the already have given up concessions Featured speakers at last week's was organized. your estimated 'to be worth a total of solidarity rally included Harry Unit Chair Chris Smith declared diminish our lifestyles, drive us Graphic Arts Union, Paper HIan- from and from our diers Local 24 and News Vendors $11.5 million sinc-e 1983 when the Ibsen, international v'ice president that a "clear chill" had settled over thie-newspaper - o us have lived here Llocal 468. -newspape-r -was p shased 'by --of he -On"mre*& Worke,rs -once-cordia1.1abor-maagrement .lms. Many Robert Maynard from' the Gannett and 'a vice president of the. Califor- relationls since the purchase of the far longer than The New York Strike preparations also 'are a Corporation through a leveraged Times. If your-attitude persists, we joint undertaking. Signs were buyout. must shift the battdeground to the stacked last night in a vacant store. There also liave been staff reduc- Liin Wae. churches, meeting halls, shopping building on Misgion street one block tions through early retirement and malls and streets. from the cluster of buildings shared skilled persons, the attorneys. -by the Chronicle, Examiner and layoffs. (Cstntintiedfraitn PtJ,ge I) "But such a fight is not neces- A statement distributed during argued. sary. If the company is willing to their jointly owned New;spaper the demonstration further by attorney Tom Adam's, Contractors on industrial con- which handles all Wednesday deal with u}s fairly, we can quickly Agency, produc- declared: representing trade unions. struction projects costing $500,000 reach'an agreement,)" Smith added. tion, advertising, delivery and other "Despite these millions ofdollars "In this county there are (oil) or more are required to pay prevail- non-editorial functions under the refineries and Ther'e was sarcastic applause in concessions, Tribzune manage- chemical companlies ing wages. side of the joint operating agreement that has ment has not been able to keep the right next to residential neighbor- The ordinance applies only to from the management V) table. been in effect since the early 1960s. newspaper financially stable nor hoods, Adams told the court. unincorporated areas. This includes 'The San Jose morning Mercury offer any incentives to offset our "The county wants to make sure the sites of the- big Unocal refinery Company spokesperson. Mike and evening News accounted for sacrifices. those residents are Protected," he at Rodeo, the Shell and Tosco refin- Tobener called Smith's remarks a about $73 million of the '$247 mil- "We are not prepared to give added. eries near Martinez, and the USS- "canned speech." lion profit reported -last year by the them more of our earnings until Requirinlg prevailing wages will POSCDO plant itself at Pittsburg, as "If your feelings are hurt, I don't Knight-Ridder corporation, gener- they -demonstrate that those savings help guarantee that work is done by well as other industries. care," he said. Book Review Utah Finally Pine Oraie' Str Delght Honors Joe Hill, The 75th anniversary of Joe Hill's death before a Utah firing BREAD UPON THE WATERS. successful strike in thie L.A. gar- to be there, that new.and potential began a tradition of workers' cul-, squad was to be commemorated BY ROSE PESOTTA; ILR-PRESS, ment industry 'and formed a new members would not congregate tural activities which is unparalleled Sunday evening, No.v. 19, with a CORNELL UNIVE-RSITY, 1987. garment workcens local. there after work. This, she felt, -in the labor movement. Candlelight vigil in the park that Organizing in San Francisco, would inhibit organizing efforts. Rose Pesotta started one of the now occupies the site of the old By Nina Fendel Pesotta describes the resistance she Her first act as an or'ganizer was to first union education departments in Utah State Penitentiary. .encountered from local labor convene a group of volunteers to the country. She made innovative Bread Upon the Waters, by Rose leaders when she attempted to orga- spruce the place up.. The anniversary observances 'and imaginative use of radio public- I in Utah with a concert Pesotta, is a lively, first-hand nize sweatshops with Chinese and music. 'She felt that began Sept. account of labor organizing in the' workers. Pesott paid a lot of attention to ity many at Sugarhlouse Park including such a creating a sense of family and a traditional labor picket lines were famfous of Joe Hill garment trades. Pesotta, Ukrai- As her enorrnous talents devel- so she a singers 'songs by -nian went to work as a spirit of unity when she organized. boring, organized picket as Pete Seeger and Utah Phillips. -immigrat, oped, Pesotta was frequently lent line featuring garment wolcers wear- teenager in thie sweatshops of I*w out by her union to assist in other She felt it was important that union members' families understand the ing their craions. The -parade of was Earl Robinson, York and joined thie ILGWU a few~ organizing struggles. She helped women workers Participating years after' the fire. the trades union bust- reasons for the struggle when a wearing evening author of "Joe Hill," the song that Triangle building fight strike was She gowns got-lots of attention and Her natural talent as an organizer ing tactics. She was active with. the beginning. orga- has pre'served Hill's martyrdom in nized events for members' children', helped build public support for the the memories of millions. quickly becanw apparent. With'thle UAW in organizing the Fisher Body to attend. strike. union7s support, she attended the strike. spouses and parents first Union Women's Summer Pesotta7s account of her years She felt that unlion events should Rose Pesotta!s story is a delight The -activities this weekend School at Bry-n Mawr. In the 1930's, with the ILGWU provides wonder- provide high quality refreshments and an inspiration. It helps us included a conference at Unriversity the ILGWUJ hired het as a fulll-time ful insight into a- womnarfs view of along w"ith speeches, so that newly remember thiat there are many dif- of Utah entitled "Don't Mourn, oganxer. D g the 30's and 40's, organizing. Once, upon entering a organized workcers would know ta ferent ways to organize and that if Organize: Joe -Hill, the IWW and sliwaffe olywoman vice presi- union hall in a town in which she their union cared about thieir minds we are craive in our approaches, Westem Labor Militancy.,, dent. of thie.lLGWUJ. was about to launch an orghnizing and their p'hysical well-being.. we increase our chances of success. In me -o her. first major cam- campaign, Pesotta berated local Pesotta c'onsidered cultural and Nina Fendel is regional represen- :Isottasucceed in orga-- leaders-for having a- halllwhichwa social events.-important ways of tative frthe California Faculty Original -Union Label :dtvem workers -Mexican, uninvitinlg aIid neglected looking.. drawing. members in and! making Association. She is a member of The union label was first used by li;a'n, Russia'n, Jewish and Ameri- She felt that ifthe union hall did not them feel connected to-the union. Local 3 of the National Writers. the Cigar Makers' In'ternational can-born. They cared out the first draw people in and make them want The ILGWUJ, under her influence, Union.' Union 'in San Francisco in 1874. 1]4e 4 November 16, 1990