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Back Off,Pt!NBIn r Trades Take on the Governor Check By JACK HENNING Executive Secretary-Treasurer California Labo6r Federation, AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney last week issued a call to arms to the faithful.

On March 25 in Washington, D.C., labor will draft a grass roots legislative and political program, approve a special per capita increase for a 12-month period, and endorse for the U.S. presidency. It is the endorsement that will stir the blood and assure full attendance. Bill Clinton should win in a walk, but no blank check, please. hndeed, this very month AFL-CIO headquarters noted that the U.S. trade balance with Mexico continues in a downward plunge. The North American Free Trade Agreement has meant predicted decline for U.S. workers. Bill Clinton wouldn't listen.. Labor had warned that U.S. capital would ravage Mexican workers for.the profit -of corporate barons. It was.painfully clear that our companies below the border would produce cheap and sell high on the Amer- ican market The American consumer would. pay the same high price for the low wage auto as for one -manufactured in Detroit. A-corporate goldmine. Unfortunately, in the -fierce NAFIA debates of 1993 the president employed raw political patronage to mus- clehisway

Over 15,000 building trades workers besieged the state capitol Feb., 14. Twice this month, California's this requirement to base the average building trades workers rose to..chal- on union and non-union scales. The The federal government relates 17,000 US. jobs lost lenge the wage-cutting plans of govemnor's proposal would inaugu- per one billion doliars in trade deficit This means that Governor Pete Wilson. First 15,000 rate massive cutthroat competition NAFITA stole 244,800 from American workers in carpenters, ironworkers, operating among contractors, pitting Califor- jobs engineers,) laborers, electricians, nia wages against much lower. rates the first -eleven months of 1995. No thanks, Mr. Presi- plumbers, and other allied. trades paid by out-of-state contractors.. In dent. C.. workers descended on the state capi- November, San Francisco Superior tol Feb. 14. Then, less than two Court Judge Wfliam Cahill told We are certain that labor's high command will come weeks* later, over 20,000 virtually Wilson to hold hearings on the to precise understandings with the president prior to shut. down southern* California con- impact of his proposed change endorsement struction on Feb. 26, as they massed before implementing it s- in front of the* state building in Los IBob Balgenorth, head of Califor- Angeles.- nia's Building and Construction The president should be informed that the wounds of Both demonstrations targeted Trades Council, told the Sacramento NAFI7A were stiil open- to mlin ofAmerican workers Wilson's announced intention to rally that the change would lower in the-disastrous November elections of .1994. Blind abolish the state's prevailing wage the average yearly income of a Cali- political devotioAt is not a worker habit- requirement Current state regula- fornia construction~ worker from tions require the state to base the $28,000 to $22,000. He mentioned Admittedly, during the past year the president has wages- paid on state building pro- two studies which found that instead stood for labor. We want more of that jects on the union scale prevailing in of saving money on construction strong each trade. Wilson would change (Continued on Page 2) I

Streets were blocked off at Broadway and First in downtown Los Angeles for a massive Thades workers marched down Sacramento's capitol mail with Jack Henning,'I turnout of constructionBackOl...Saiworkers, protesting Gov. Wilson's attack on prevailing wages. :ramento.JanitorsSois, union leaders, and public officials walking arm-in-arm to save prevailing, (ContinuedfJtom Page 1) us in Congress in DC. We need rep- costs, abolishing prevailing wage resentatives of the working people."i resulted in In Los Angeles., Dick Slawson, Union requirements actually Company com- executive secretary -of the Defyf poorer quality and delays in pleting projects. LA/Orange -County Building and Sacramento janitors4, angry over Somers managers then claimed that in Los Angeles, Doral Building The Sacramento rally was pre- Construction Trades Council, told a illegal union-busting by one of the they.had recognized Local 1 after a Maintenance, in the 1980s, before ceded by a march of thousands up cheering crowd that he would carry city's major building service con- voluntary card check. After five Justice for Janitors forced the com- the Capitol Mall, headed by leading a message into the hearing. 'Tens of tractors, took to the streets Feb. 28. hours of so-called negotiations, pany to sign a union agreement. officers of state building- trades thousands of workers and their fam- A hundred, mostly-immigrant jani- Local I. signed a 3-year contract LastApril Florea called a meeting of unions, California Labor Federation ilies," he said, "won't allow Wilson -tors marched to the State Board of with no raises.. major San Francisco building man- Executive Secretary-Treasurer Jack to take money out of their pockets Equalization .Building, cleaned by The labor board investigation agers, to tell them that the secret to Henning, walking arm-in-ann with while he pushes for tax cuts for the Somers Building Maintenance found these actions illegal, despite getting out from under Local 87 con- Sacramento Mayor Joe Sema and rich." Company. efforts by the company's notorious tracts- was to sign sweetheart deals State Senator Hilda Solis, and thou- .Representatives of working peo- Fueling workers' anger was the anti-union law firm, Littler, with Daylight andLocal 1.- Building sands of construction workers, pie addressed both rallies. Hilda company's continued refusal to bar- Mendelssohn, Fastiff and Tchy, to service contractors in Los Angeles including their families and chil- Solis, the El Monte Democrat who gain with their union, Service convince board investigators other- have also threatened to bring in an dren.* On arriving at the capitol chairs the Senate Industrial Rela- Employees Local 1877, despite a wise. ""alternative union" to SEI. steps, they were told by State Senate tions Committee, and who co-chairs complaint issued a month ago by When SEW Local 1877 asked Somers Building Maintenance, President Pro-Tern Bill Lockyer that with Henning the Liveable Wage NLRB Region 20 in San Francisco. Somers management in March to with 400 workers, is the primary tar- the governor had greeted them by Coalition, told the Sacramento The labor board investigation which agree to* a -voluntary card-check get of the Justice for Janitors cam- press release, calling the assembled crowd that her mother -worked in resulted in the complaint found that recognition, the union was turned paign in Sacramento, and a key to workers "union thugs." rubber plants and that her brother is Somers management had set up an down flat. organizing- the city's building ser-- In Los Angeles, thousands of a carpenter. Tumning to state Repub- illegal company union, called Couri- Local 1 has ahistory ofraids and vice industry. Its major clients construction workers packed a licans, who have passed a wave of ers and Service Employees Local 1, sweetheart agreements with -compa- include Hewlett-Packard, the State closed-off Broadway for blocks, anti-worker bills through the state after workers began a Justice for nies which want to avoid dealing of California, the Joseph Benvenuti mounting a spirited rally in front of assembly where they enjoy a one- Janitors organizing drive with Local. with unions among their workers. Company and Foundation Health the state building. Afterwards, vote majority, she announced "we're 1877 last year. Last March, it signed a deal to repre- Plan. Using the trademark Justice union leaders went inside to testify going to kill every one of those In late August, union activists in sent thre employees of Daylight for Janitors organizing strategy of before the. state Department of bills." She and other leaders made the company discovered that an ex- Maintenance in* San Francisco. hoilding building owners responsible Industrial 'Relations, in the hearing the same pledge in Los Angeles. supervisor and the wife of another Daylight and -a non-union contrac- for the conditions of contract Jani- mandated by Judge Cahill. A sea. of hardhats cheered her supervisor were going through the tor, West Bay Building Mainte- tors, SEW Local 1877 has focused Balgenorth, who co-chaired the words. Many of them were pasted buildings cleaned by- Somers nance, then togkher took over the activity on Hewlett Packard. Sacramento rally with Jim Murphy with stickers bearing the slogan of employees at night. On--company contracts to clean buildings previous According to Mike Garcia, presi- of Ironworkers Local 118, accused the. two rallies, "Keep Fair Wages." time, they leaned on workers, pres- serviced by members of SEW Local dent of SEIU Local 1877, "Somers Wilson of "making a war on work- David Sickler, Director of AFL- swring them to sign authorization 87. and HewlettTackard have repeated- ing people, on our jobs, on decent CIO Region 6, told both rallies that cards withLocal I. 'This iswhatthe Daylight's manager, Al*an Florea, ly insisted on Local l's legitimacy wages, on good benefits, and on our the AFL-CIO nationally was in total company wants,' workers were told. ran the largest non-union contractor and their respect for- the workers' whole standard of living." He urged support of California's construction decision to 'choose' Local 1 over union members all over the state to workers. "An attack on your pay- SEWU. The NLRB decision clearly for the of all workers. check is an attack on every pay-. shows that Somers won't let work- fight wages check in he said in Sacra- "Sign the minimum wage petition," America," ers choose a real union." he urged. "We need a better life for mento, reminding all union mem-_ all of us, including the lowest-paid." bers of the importance of unity. Balgenorth's remarks were echoed "We have to support building trades by Tom Stapleton, of Operating workers when they defend the pre- Engineers Local 3. 'The wages of vailing wage, and- hotel workers as Datebook all workers must he they try to raise the minimum wage. go up," We can't let anti-affim*ative 'action Building Partnerships Conference: declared. "The American Dream May 6,7,8, 1996, Riviera Hotel, Palm must prevail for us all.* We can't or anti-immigrant propaganda Springs. afford 89 millionaires representing divide us, or we'll all go* down *A. Philip Randolph Institute Calif. State together." Conference: May 31-June 2, 1996, Inn at the Park, Anaheim. Executive Coundil: July 24-26, 1996, Boycott Hits New..Otani Los Angeles Hyatt Regency. Biennial Convention: July 29-31, 1996,,

Alameda Co. Central Labor Council President Judy Goff and EXecu- tive Secretary Owen Marron present their annual Unionist-of-the-Year awardCBTUto California LaborDinnerFederation head Jack Henning.set John Sturdivant,, president of -the president ofAFGE. A special award American Federation of Govern- will be given to Paul Varacalli, exec- ment Employees. (AFGE), will. utive director of United Public keynote the annual. Salute to Black Employees Local 790. Labor Dinner, sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of the In 1988, Sturdivant became the tion, $10 a year; corporate rate, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. first African-American president of $20. USPS Publication Number AFGE. As AFGE president, he 083-400. John F. Henning, exec- The dinner, to be held at the Qaland helped achieve the reform of the utive secretary-treasurer; Floyd Marriott Hotel Saturday, March 30, Ticker, editor. POSTMASTER: at 6:30 will honor Hatch Act, finally giving federal beginning p.m., employees the same right to political Send address changes to: Cali- Joe Barnes, president of Transport activity enjoyed by other workers. fornia AFL-CIO News, Mont- Workers Local 250-A, Delores Tut- gomery St., Suite 300, San Ana Alvarado, ired from the New Otani Hotel in LosAngeles last ticto- son, business representative ofLocal Tickets and information are Francisco, CA 94104. Phone, ber, stands with her daughter Alma and coworker Isidoro Ortiz, sup- 214 of the Union of Needletrades, available from Frank Taniner, vice- (415) 986-3585. FAX (415) porting HERE Local 11's call for a boycott. Industrial and Textile Employees, president ofCommunications Work- 392-.8505. Page 2 and. Andrea Brooks, national vice- ers Local 9410, at 415-777-9410. March 1,1996 Rail Wo0rkers M. VV rkar...;e, Sc.ore vow.to...DerailI 9ainst Bruc-e. Ch -.rc.h Cesar Ch.avez, who. died after two days ofgrueling cross-examina- dion by lawyers for -the notorious u BrUce Church lettuce company, was. P/sp vindicated Feb. 14 when the Arizona U.S. Congressman Tom 'Lantos East" They-.noted it would-reduce Court of Appeals threw the compa- was cheered by a packed room of the number ofrailroads in California nqy's case out. of. court. Arturo over two hundred railroad workers from three to two, adversely affect- Rodriguez, president of the United- in San Francisco Feb. 20,. as he told ing businmess and.leading to the aban- Farm Workers, called the decision. "a them that he would mount an ablut. donment of rail service. to many triumph,," and said that it would add fight to sink the proposed merger of communities. They predicted new momentum to the union's cur- the Southern Pacific and Union "enonnousjob loss in.the state ifthis rent wave of organizing and contract Pacific railroads. He called on Pres- transaction is approved." campaigns. ident Clinton to his mind: make.up Lantos called the "a In the 1980S, the United Farm "Either you're- in the middle *merger Workers initiated a boycott of Red between workers and nefarious, ugly, profit-driven giant corpora- scheme."' He, noted that Coach lettuce, Bruce Church's pre- tions, or you come. on over to our rightwing mier brand, because the company side," he said. candidate Pat.Buchanan was -win- 'had an share of the. vote systemnatically abused -its work- .UP and SP filed a petition with ning increasing ers and made numnerous_ efforts to the Interstate Co6mmerce Commis- in the Republican primaries by in on break the union. sion November 30, 1995, announc- "66zeroing the globalization of To- stop the boycott, Bruce their intention to* their the economy and the lack of patrio- ing join tism the elite."' Church, one of the most anti-union 36,000 miles of track, creating the by corporate Lantos corporations imagriculture, filed suit largest railroad in the U.S. Accord- called on the Clinton administration to defend the economic agAinst*the United Farm Workers. ing to Joel Parker, vice-president of interests of The went to workers like those caught in the company Arizona to Farmworker women and their children sexual the- Transportation Communication. make its case because Californial's protested -harassment, Union, the company has informed UP/SP merger. "We have to see that. Labor illegal firings and* had conditions at C.P. Meilland Inc. in Shafter' the administration is on our side,9" he Agricultural Relations Act the union that 5000 jobs would.be does not prohibit consumer boy- eliminated said. "I want him to bust his gut to in the process, leaving cotts,.and the union is*,not covered company in Shafter, protesting The of those none at all in San Francisco, where Prevent this merger. This is going to the National importance con- be a high-visibility battle."" by Labor Relations Act low pay, bad conditions, and sexu- tracts was also highlighted* this hundreds of SP employees present- In Arizona, Bruce Church -found a al harassment. Workers at ly work. C.R. month by the refusal of the legisla- Protests have alrady greeted-the Judge who was so partial to the com- Meilland voted for UFW repre- ture to protect farm-workers from. While railroad workers face huge merger at hearings in Texas., Utah pany that he told jurors to find the sentation 175-114 in December. job losses, SPexecutives filed a dec- exposure to methyl bromide, a -soil- and Nevada; before the Surface boycott unlawful without examiing The company responded by firing fumigant. Numerous cases of laration with the Securities and Transportation Board. The. board the truth of any statements the union 20 employees, and filing objec- bromide Exchange Commission, make made methyl poisoning have outlining will- its ruling in August. in during boycott activities. No tions to the election which the been documented in recent. years, golden parachutes of $22 million in the meantime, unions, consumers boycott activity ever took place in union calls "frivolous." but State severance benefits, and $15.7 mil- and Senate- Republicans'and a shippers. are demanding con- tha state. Sexual harassment charges sur- few rural Democrats bent to grower lion in. retention benefits, for compa- gressional hearings, and. plan to The Arizona judge imposed a faced recently when a C.P. Meilland ny executives.. the of pressure, and voted Feb. 22 to allow brig merger as well before the penalty $2.9 miliion, which had worker said that she was fired for the chemnical's continued use. The .At the San Francisco rally and California. Public Utilities Commis- climbed to $3.7 milion by. the time refusing the sexual demands of her press conference, Lantos and Con- sion. Key tio the is' the court of acted. The union AssembW.s Republican majority sinking merger. appeals supervisor, after months ofunwanted bad previously voted on similar gressmember Nancy Pelosi released slowing down the approval process, raised funds from supporters around advances. Workers responded Feb. lines. a letter they have written to Presi- Pelosi Parker the Lantos, and told work- country, and received commit- 13 by marching through the workers' Rodriguez noted that many dent Clinton, calling on him to "step ers in San Francisco. This. would ments of financial aid from other barrio ofShafter, a small San in and not allow the UP/SP the. Justice. Joaquin alternatives exist to methyl bro- merger give Department a unions, t urne possible pay- Valley agricultural. town, to the com- mide, which is.so.poisonou-s -that and the next round of major rail chance to intervene on anti-trust menit,-Neetels,payment Of pany office. were mergers it is to in the They joined by even the U.S. military has.aban- likely inspire grounds. such a large sumn would have made workers at two other rose companies doned its use. -The chemical has continuation of the union"'s current where workers have successfully also been linked to the destruction campaigns very difficult- Bruce organized and won union of the Church contracts earth's ozone layer,:Which Labor's Jim,Woo and other agribusiness giants -Bear Creek Production. Co. and protects life on the planet from Montebello Rose. Co. deadly ultraviolet rays. "This vote -.Meilland was- the 13th straight .will come back to haunt.legisla- union election victory in the UFW's tors," Rodriguez said,,"who will Succums at .51 current drive, which has also led to have to justify how he or she voted the signing of more than two'dozen for its further use- when alternatives California trade -unionists 'were 1981 until he left in- 1993. He was contracts. were readily* available.," saddened to leam of the death ofJim founding chairnan of the SRO Wood, executive secretary-treasurer Housing Corporation, a member-of of the Los Angeles County Federa- the State Office Building Authority, dion of Labor, on Feb. 18, after a and served a number ofcivic organi- n and Mm.fage.-Campaig long hard-fought 'baffle. with zations, including. United Way., lung cancer. Wood served the feder- Progress LA and the Los Angeles ation for over 20 years, first as assis- Convention Center Task Force. tant director of the Committee on "Jim Wood exercised great influ- Gathers Momentum. Political Education, then as assistant ence over the downtown redevelop- to then-secretary Bill Robertson, and ment of Los Angeles, which he tried finally as head of the federation to use. for the benefit of the city's The drive to qualify the mini- and -Textile Employees and the* One union, the United Domestic since June of 1993. He was a vice- working- people,"" said Jack Hen- mum wage initiative. got a big shot State, County and* Municipal Workers (AFSCME) has fulfilled its president of the California Labor ning, executive secretary-tasurer in the arm from the AFL-CIO Employees. State Senator Hilda pledge of .2,500 signatures, and is Federation.* of the state labor federation. "He nationally this week. The national Solis, co-chair of the coalition,* has still going strong. The Gold Coast Wood was appointed to represent had great talent and a great heart. federation's executive council, donated $35,000. The Food and District Council of and mee in Bal Carpenters labor in numerous civic bodies in .Wood was origiinally active in the ting Harbour, voted to put. Commercial Workers are assessing SEIU Local 434B are close to reach- Lo)s Angeles. 'Mayor Tom Bradley Communications Workers of Amer- up $50,000. and to send a letter- to each member in the state 50.cents a ing. their -goals. In addition to Orafted him to the Community ica. His wife, Janice Wood, is a every international union urging month, and Pipe Trades. District unions, some of the hottest signa- Redevelopment Agency in 1977, CWA vice-president and member of them to do likewise. AFL-CIO Pres- Council 16 $1.50 per member. ture-gatherers include- chapters of where he served as chairman from its national Executive Board.* ident John Sweeney, whose slogan After getting off to a slow- start, for young Democrats and the Chicano, months has been "America needs signature-gathering has been pick- student group, Movimniento Esmu- a'-raise," complimented the unions ing up.steam.* "Unions recognize dantil Chicano de Aztlan, as well as and community organizations of that the time is now or never," said California. Sweatshop Watch. for taking the initiative. statewide. coordinator Richard Two big problems still present He outlined the stakes involved Holober. At the building tradesr"pre- obstacles to in the campaign's.success. the state, whose electoral votes vailing wage rally in, Sacramento, First, many unions have yet to report will be crucial in electing the next over 8,000 signatures were-collect- the number of signatures they have president California Labor Federa- ed, with more fi-rm the rally which tion -collected.0 Second, petitions are not Executive Secretary-Treasurer followed in downt6wn Los Angeles.. being turnedin to the central offices. ,Jack Henning underscored the point, The campaign- estimates that over Campaign. organizers emphasize saying-"this iitiative will provide an 175,000 have been collected so far. both and actual reason .that reports petitions important for millions of "(We're making: progress,. but we must be turned. in every Fiday, with- working families to go to the polls. have to massively accelerate this out voter turnout couldmake fail. Increasing progam,".)I Holober said. "Tune ig San' Francisc:o campaigners got a a difference to the- whole country."1 getting very short." big boost when MayorWillie Brown The Liveable Wage Coalition has To facilitate collection, seven and received five city supervisors atteqjded a large. donations from staff memnbers,-a deputy .campaign. press* conference to amiounce their unions., including $50,000 each fo director and two directors have'been. the Service support Feb., 27. Brown told Employees State Coun- hired for the two. main-offices in San reorer-ta his mother had been a cil and the CaliforniaTeachersAsso- Francisco,and Los Angeles. In addi- domestic worker throughout his banuas mmnimum wage iarmworker Laura Conile coilects San fran- ciation, and $25,000 each from the field- staff have been- -in mu dion, hired youth, earning often less than mini-L disco Mayor Willie Brown's signature on themi wage petition. Union Of Needletrades, Industial Sacramento and Fresno. mum wage. March 1,1996 -ftVe3 Storm -Clouds Brew Detroit Strikers Over State CaPitIol Hold the Line In the midst of a Republican protection regulations. 41-36 - relaxes time limits for Detroit newspaper strikers are that Knight-Ridder and Gannett onslaught on workers' rights and * AB 572 (Goldsmilth), passed employers who want to deny work- appealing to trade unionists around want to use the strike as a pretext to protections, the Califomnia Labor 42-36 - prohibits the statc from hay- ers' compensation claims for occu-! the country to continue their support make Detroit a one-newspaper Federation is calling on unions ing stricter health ands;afety stan- pational diseases or repetitive for the Adopt-A-Family program, town. across the state to send delegates to dards than those of the f4ederal gov- motion injuries. which has provided them indispen- The strike started July 13, over Sacramento for its annual three-day erment. *AB 1105 (Aguiar), passed 41- sible help during their long struggle. an employer take-it-or-leave-it con- legislative conference. It will be * AB 1195 (Morriss(ey), passed 31 - makes it more difficult for After six months on the picketlines, cession offer. Despite numerous held in conjunction with the State 41-36 - weakens protecti,ions against workers to claim workers' compen- strikers at the Detroit Free Press and unfair labor practices complaints by Building and Construction Trades occupational lead poisonJing. sation in cases of cumulative trau- Detroit News have confounded the the NLRB, John Jaske, management Council from May 20 to 22, at the * AB 1729 (Morrow), passed 42- ma. national media blackout on news of negotiator, has told public officials Radisson Hotel Sacramento. 33 - makes health and st-afety audits 9 AB 1106 (Aguiar), passed 41- their strike by cutting deeply into and community supporters that the Past conferences have rallied privileged and inadmisszable as- evi- 33 - increases the control by circulation and advertising revenues strikers have been permanently Democratic majorities in the State dence. employers over the treatment of at the struck papers. According to replaced by 1,400 strikebreakers, Assembly and Senate to push for- *AB 1847 (House), P"assed 42-32 injured workers under the workers' Roger Kerson, the strike's commu- who the companies refuse to dis- ward legislation protecting the inter- - lowers fines from $75( to $50 for compensation managed care pro- nications director, circulation has miss. ests of the state's workers, and to inadequate field sanitation facilities, gram. plunged 25%, and the papers have The strike has been made addi- halt the passage of anti-labor pro- e AB 1394 (Poochigi[an), passed e AB 1288 (Kaloogian), passed lost 800 advertisers. tionally bitter by the continued oper- posals. This year, however, the leg- 4 1-34 - makes workers' compensa- 45-26 - makes public officials ineli- In January, the Free Press ation of the papers' printing plant ih islative picture was changed drasti- tion referees, who are cuifrently civil gible for workers' compensation, announced losses of $46 million. suburban Sterling Heights, where cally by the emergence of a one-vote servants, appointed. unemployment or disability benefits According to strikers, a dozen top picketers' have been repeatedly Republican majority in the Assem- e AB 1474 (Pringle), passed 41- for a psychiatric injury, and public officials of Knight-Ridder and Gan- attacked by the police and company bly, and the reduction of the Senate's 34 - allows employer:-s to force employees ineligible for them if the nett, which own the struck papers, thugs working for the notorious Democratic majority. injured workers to use a company injury resulted from a criminal act. unloaded millions of dollars of stock Vance International security fim. In "The fate of millions of Califor- doctor for up to one yeatr, instead of * AB 1365 (Knowles), passed 42- in the months before the announce- one of the latest incidents, John Cas- nia workers are hanging by incredi- the present 30 days. 36 - makes injured workers ineligi- ment. tine, chair of the Newspaper Guild bly slim margins in Sacramento," o AB 1650 (Morrss(,ey), passed ble for workers' compensation if The edition of the weekend fol- chapter at the Free Press, was beaten declared Jack Henning, executive 43-35 - requires workerrsreceiving their jobs didn't cause more than lowing Thanksgiving, which tradi- by a guard outside the Free Press secretary-treasurer of the Califomnia workers' compensation tto report all 50% of their injury. tionally carries the year's biggest building Jan. 21. These attacks have Labor Federation, as he called on other income to the insuirance com- In addition to these, bills intro- advertising, had 42 percent fewer provoked discussion of a national unions to make a major commitment pany. duced by Republicans into' the pages of ads than it did a year march in Detroit. to participating in the conference. 9 AB 1749 (Knowles), passed 41- Assembly at the last minute includ- before. Strikers have found thou- Strikers' morale has been boost- "If there was ever a situation in 31 - deducts the cost offvocational ed AB 3376 (Margett), a right-to- sands of dumped papers, and deliv- ed by the success of the Detroit Sun- which lobbying activity by unions rehabilitation from an in jured work- work bill for public employees, and ered them to advertisers to show day Joumnal, which they write and and workers could make a differ- er's permanent disability award. other measures weakening workers' where their media dollars are going. produce. In addition, well-known ence, this is it." 9 AB 1961 (House),p; assed 41-36 compensation, contracting out more The papers were hit with another labor strategist Eddie Burke has As of February 23, the last day - eliminates the requirerrient that the jobs, and crediting tips against mini- blow in November, when a class- been assigned by the AFL-CIO to for introducing bills into the current Industrial'Welfare Comnrlission print mum wages. action, anti-trust lawsuit was filed by help strike efforts. Burke was origi- legislative session., Republicans had new wage orders, malil them to All of these bills have to be former city mayor Coleman Young nally a member of the United Mine brought forward a wide array of pro- employers, or meet witi ,the Occu- approved by the Senate, where the and councilperson Maryann Mahaf- Workers, where he played a key role posals which would reverse decades pational Health and Stan(lards Board Democratic majority consists of 3 fey. Like San Francisco and other in the successful Pittston strike, of progress for Califomnia labor. By before issuing a wage or-der. votes. In addition, most have to pass cities, the two supposedly compet- including the occupation of the January, the Assembly had already * AB 656 (Brulte), pawssed 41-34 - through the Senate Industrial Rela- ing newspapers have a joint operat- Moss Three coal processing plant. passed the following proposals: weakens the protection against the tions Committee, chaired by Sen. ing agreement allowing them to The Adopt-A-Family program 9AB 398 (Aguiar), passed 41-34 abuse of independent coinitractor sta- Hilda Solis (D-El Monte). Solis has share production facilities and costs. can be reached at the AFL-CIO - repeals overtime pay for hourly tus for truckers. declared her commitment to doing The suit alleges that the JOA has a Department of Community Services employees working more than 8 * AB 525 (Aguiar), passed 41-34 - everything possible to prevent the secret amendment allowing a single at 202-637-5190, and the communi- hours in one day. makes most taxi drivers'i edition of the papers in the event of cations department of the strike at m ~ ~ ~ou^fromi~~%1,frmge- "e * AB 50 (Johnson), passed 41-38 contractors, and keeps the a strike. Speculation has been rife 313-965-1478. - eliminates the requirement that the ting unemployment benel state develop an ergonomics stan- * AB 1 (Aguiar), pas dard for workers to prevent repeti- makes prison inmates r Congress. 16. Zoe Lofgren (D) 36. Jane Harman (D) 17. Sam Farr (D) 37. Open (D) 18. Gary Condit (D) 38. Rick Zbur (D) 19. Paul Barile (D) 39. R.O. (Bob) Davis (D) Dist.- 20. Open (DI) 40. Robert Conaway (D) Propositions 1. Open (D) 21. Deborah Vollmer (D) 41 Richard Waldron, (D) 2. Roberts Brandon (D) 22. Walter Capps (D) 42. Geo. R. Brown, Jr. (D) Proposition 192, makes bridges safe...... YES 3. Vic Fazio (D) 23. Robert Unruhe (D) 43.* Guy Kimbrough (D) Proposition 193, property tax break for grandchildren...... YES 4. Katie Hirning (D) 24. Brad Sherman (D) 44. Anita Rufus (D) Proposition 194, denies prison labor U.I. benefits...... NO 5. Robert Matsui (D) 25. Diane Trautman(D) 45. Sally Alexander (D) Proposition 195, death penalty crimes...... No Recommendation 6. Lynn Woolsey (D) 26. Howard Berman (D) 46. Open (D) Proposition 196, death penalty crimes...... No Recommendation 7. George Miller (D) 27. Barry Gordon (D) Kathy H. Smith (R) Proposition 197, mountain lions..*...... No Recommendation 8. Nancy Pelosi (D) 28. David Levering (D) 47. Tmna Louise Laine (D) Proposition 198, anti-labor primary election rules...... NO 9. Ronald Dellums (D) 29. Henry Waxman (D) 48. Dan Farell (D) Proposition 199, no rent control on mobile homes...... NO 10. Ellen Tauscher (D) 30. Xavier Becerra (D) 49. Peter Navarro (D) Proposition 200, establishes bogus no-fault auto insurance...... NO 11. Jason Silva (D) 31. Matthew Martinez (D) Nancy Casady (D) Proposition 201, weakens pension plan protections...... NO 12. Tom Lantos (D) 32. Julian Dixon (D) (Dual) Proposition 202, limits rights in personal injury cases...... NO 13. Fortn6y Stark (D) 33. Lucille Roybal;-Allard (D) 50. Bob Filner (D) Proposition 203, provides needed school construction...... YES 14. Anna Eshoo (D) 34. Open (D) 51. Rita Tamerius (D) 35. Maxine Waters 52. fOrnia15. None Assembly (D) Open (D) Dist. 10. Matt Moretti (D) 18. Michael Sweeney (D) 36. David Cochran (D) 59. Open (D) 1. Open (D) 11. George Miller (D) 19. Lou Papan (D) (Dual) 37. Jess Herrerra (D) 60. Clair Harmony (R) 2. John Growney (D) 12. Kevin Shelley (D) Madolyn Agrimonti (D) 38. Jon Lauritzen (D) 61. None 3. Irene Perry. (D) 13. Carole Migden (D) 20. Liz Figueroa (D) 39. Open (D) 62. Joe Baca (D) 4. Erike L. Young (D) 14. Mark Friedman (D) (Dual) 21. Ted Lempert (D) 40. Bob Hertzberg (D) 63. None 5. Eileen Burke-Trent (D) Dion Louise Aroner (D) 22. Elaine White Alquist (D 41. Sheila James Kuehl (D) 64. Grace Slocum (D) 6. Kerry Mazzoni (D) 15. Gail Murray (D) Trixie Johnson (D) (Dual) 42. Wally Knox (D) 65. Shirley Morton (D) 7. Valerie Brown (D) 16. Don Perata (D) (Dual) 23. Mike Honda (D) (Dual)43 Scott Wildman (D) 8. Helen Thomson (D) Dezie Woods-Jones (D) Ken Yeager (D) 66. Patsy Hockersmith (D) 9. Bill Camp (D) 17. Michael Machado (D) 24. No Dem on Ballot 44. Jack Scott (D) 67. None 25. Ed Elliott (D) 45. Antonio Villaraigosa, (D) 68. Audrey Gibson (D) 26. Dennis Cardoza (D) 46. Louis Caldera (D), 69. Lou Correa (D) State Sena.te. 27. Fred Keeley (D) 47. Kevin Murray (D) 70. Shirley W. Palley (D) Dist. 19. John Birke (D) 28. Mike Graves (D) 48. Open (D) 71. Jack Roberts (D) 1. Thomas Romero (D) 21. Adam Schiff (D) 29. Mike 49. Diane Martinez (D) 72. No Dem on Ballot 23. Tom McGonigle (D) 3. John L. Burton (D) Hayden (D) 30. No Dem on Ballot 50. Martha Escutia, (D) 73. Robert Wilberg (D) 5. Patrick Johnston (D) 25. Teresa Hughes (D) 51. Open (D) 74. No Dem on Ballot 7. Jeff Smith (D) 27. Betty Kamette (D) Brian Setencich (R) 31. Cruz Bustamante (D) 52. Carl Washington (D) 75. Open (D) 9. Barbara Lee (D) 29. No Dem on Ballot 76. Susan A. Davis (D) Bob Campbell (D) (Dual) 31. Gary George (D) 32. John Hulpke (D) 53. Debra Bowen (D) 11. Sher 33. None Roy Ashburn (R) 54. Open (D) 77. Janet Gastil. (D) Byron (D) 55. Richard (Dick) Floyd (D) 78. Howard Wayne (D) 13. John Vasconcellos (D) 35. None 33. et adr D 56. Havice (D) 15. Areias 37. None (D Sally 79. Denise Moreno Ducheny (D Rusty (D) 34. BettyLnderseLionel 57. Martin Gallegos (D) 17. Steven Figueroa (D) 39. Dede Alpert (D) 35. one58. Grace.Napolitano (D) 80. 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