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Califoma's. unemployment rate Administration and that they are the Reagan economic, policy. It rose almost a full percentage point being offered nothing to help but julst won't work." -in October over September, from "more of the same." Representative Parren Mit hoiI 7.2% to 8.1%. This nearly doubled. Latweek when Secretary of (D-Md.),. a member of the con- the -nati-onal jobless rate increase Labor.Ray Doniov'an refused to gressional, joint econoihilc com- which went from .7.5% in Septem& -testify -before a Senate committee. mnittee, said the administration ber to 8.1% last. month, according -on -the unemployment prblem, has' underestimated the -prGblem. to U.S. -Labor Department figures, -Senator. -Edward Kenne-dy' (D- "My hunch,'" he said, "is tha't released'on November 6. Mass.) ch'aracter'ized. 'the- latest it's eventually going to gD high- AFL-CIO President Lane Kirk- national jobless figures as "the er than eight percent if' present land said American warkers have worst news for the economy is, policies are continued." been victimized by. "this. engi- the last -five years . . . We are House Speaker Thomas O'Neill neered recession" -of the Reagan' witnessing the 'disentegration of (Continued on Page 4)

Pre'sident Reagan isattempting. eBomics, is the the" 'that gov- generations. ago. have all been' "tto repeal {lie 20th Century"' Jim ornment is inherelitly isnp'ro'duv government-' contributions which' Baker,. director of AFL1CIORe- ti-ve and an enemy of prodtudion. facilitate commer'ce and increase' gion Six, told a lunche'on 'session Baker attacked this -view as or- producetivity." of the annual regional -joint con- roneos. Public schools and government ference on employmenlt and train- . He pointed out.' "Many gQvern-. training programs also have coni- ing of the California Employ- -ment. actions have 'inerea-sed the (Continued on. Page.4) ment & Training Advisory C:oun- productivity of the economy. Fo'r cil and the Combined Association example, the conetrwMn of the- of Prime Sponsor Administrators basic transportation. system, in- Unions M.-ing last- Friday at the Oakland Hyatt cluding the. -interstate -highway hotel. sYstemi local ro.ads and streets. C-riticizing tbe -conf'us:nI and airports and eVien,: stibsidies and' _ ~~~~mix.Of. -SUs Ito..,.. th,, rQailroaft.. -Q dE * anmonetary resrira guidfiig-the Administration, Baker I)uglas Fras~er, pregideinto told the 200 conference -partici- the UWA .and, m'ember. of thie-- pat that "there is no guarantee AFL-CIO executive "council, Q -that t-he windfalls provided by the behalf -of .a gro'up of 'Iseveial *Reagan tax,cuts to -the most 'for- ParleyP d major unons" and consumer or-',, tunate 'among us will be- produic- ganizations held a pr.eps-confer- tively invested." -In F* ee 5 ence this -week to annouJice legal. "Some of the wealth wrill. be Top Bay Area labor leaders and action aimed at forc'ing the Rea- consumed," he, pointed out, "somne labor historians are scheduled to gan- Administration to rehire air' of the' capital may. be used to take part in a. conference on "'San traffic controller's fired'en masse transfer production overseas Francisco Labor: Tradition and in August.: which willI cost jobs, billions 'will Change" -to be -h.eld at the Plum-b A suit, filed in "Washingto'n, undoubtedly be 'use-d for corporate eirs Local: 38.- Union'RHall at 1621 D.C. charges that -safety in air mergers, and acquistons. Capital' Market-Street. in' San Francisco on travel is. deteriorating.. as time i's also'bieing eaten up.by.-high in- and win'ter weather im-pa'ct on terest rates, which. also discour- Sat'urday, Dec.em'ber.5. the strain o'n Federal i4viat"ion age iiivestment.-" *The all-day conference, jointly Administration. .operatio.ns. The Another facet' of supply' side sponsored by the San Francisco plaintiffs a'sk tha't enough, experi-::., La-bor Council, Join't Council of -enced conltrollers .be~kehired to- Teamsters District 7 a'nd the Ino provid. a comprehefisive, -safe U.-C. Rive'rside .ternational Longshoremen's -and and efficientssytem." Studen'ts.Batk. :(Con'tinu'ed on Page 3) (CDontinued on Page,3p--), Coors.B'o'ycott The Gradua-te Student Council of the UJniversity of Califomi}a's Riverside ca'm pus has endorsed Ilabor's boycott of Coors bee'r.- Ron Balestr'ie.ri, president of the 1,300 member student. assdi6ijan.-3 saidt the GSC voted t-o bovcott all products made by Adolph Coors Co. 'and urged student associa- tions at other Universityo Sai- fornia cam,puses to do 3ireie. The'.; AFTrCIO. Executive Coun- -cil sanctioned. the Coors b6yc6tt in April -1977. after mnembe'rs of *the Brewery Worke'rs D)irectly AfS filiatedlIocal U-nio'n .366 stru k the Golden, Colo., brewery. Executi-ve Coni' ovention Repr Cites".Ecnmc RecovLery Basics The U.S. labor mov.ement en'- de'clared today on the-eve of the Jons'; and devel'opments -in the AF1.rC1O Pr'esident Lsne Kirk- nial, we.pay o urrepects to t he tered its second century with national.- AFL-CIO's convention .Isabor moveme'nt, thei nation- and land said in his 'report -to the -creators'of our movement and w "pride -in the accomplishmnents whichopensMondayin'NewYork.' theworldsincetheJastAF".10O dele'gates. .: .dra.wcouragef-rom their achievi of the last 100 ye'ars coupled with =In its '339-page repo'rt to. the convention in 1979. Inthe'ensuing ID0,years,trade ments,, won it the face of gregre the recognition that it will re- conventi'on, the Council reviewed "No.other institution in 'Amer- 'uniodism. has tasted. bitter- de- er odds,fiercee ,hostility and mov0- quire even greater events since the Federa- commitment, major ica' has been so long tested in. feat, exulted- in-h'ard-won -vieto. rua opposia)n-than we face Uvl. energy and vision to advance tion's founding "in 1881 under -its Adversity as that instrumentfor risad. secured' astogad ay Frm t heir, struggle, M,W labor's cause in theyearsahead," initial t'itle of "Federation of Or- human- rights and social jstice. vitalrokinAmeri'canlife".. gi heconfidience that we WI the AFItIO Esecutltve" Councfl ganxized':Trades and Labor, Un- forged in Pittsburghi in l1," -A-."We celebrate our ete (Cniu -d QhPa 0 41 ARE E.SXS S0.booVuoher 't Initative WAGES 1 TO B'LAME1 Dropped Preview fr- 19U Alan 'Bonsteel, spokesman for Profeessors John Coons and FOR , two University -of California pro- Stephen Sugarmani were promot- SKY W fesso-rs, late last week announced ing the voucher plan in California ROCKE NGI :Su";vIi that they have dropped plans to to rebate parents-of children en- pulsh a private school "voucher" rolled in private schools.a portion CON.Oii initiative for the 1982 California of their- taxes to pay for, educa- STRUCTION l_ ballot. tion. 'Opponents of th.e plan in- Failure' to attract broad polit- cluding the "California AFbIXO COSTS? =_, ical and fin"ancial support, which contend the plan would seriously or the oneargumentmadeover also stopped an attempt in 1979 cripple destroy public and over again by those seeking l to qualify a similar proposal for schools system. repeal of the Davis-Bacon A'ct is l| the ballot in this was cited. In recent testimony before a that high wages are the cause _ state, of inflation in construction. 1.;. Bonsteel served notice that finan- HIouse education committee, Pres-- But. as these figures show. the _R cial' support is developing for a ident Albert Shanker of 'the Amer- truth is that labor costs are ican Federatio-n of Te-achers really the least of the problem _ I bid to place a voucher plan on iconstruction ;- 1 the ballot in 1984. stressed his organization's strong opposi-tion to -any tuition tax cred- it 1egislation. "Tuition tax credits," he said, DOLrOrers U 'would cause irreparable harm to our system of free public educa- Teaters toPa tion. They would encourage divJi- sive forces in our society and lead to a system of educational Ovrimer Wages finance that would work to the United Artists Theater Circuit, detriment of the vast majority of Inc.,, 172 -Golden 'Gate-A;ve., San Atmerican children and their par- Francisco, was ordere to,pay5 ents." maintenance employees $27,489 'ill Acr'oss. the nation in Washing- back wages under a court order ton, D.C., -voters on November 3 obtained by the UJ.S. Department resoundingly 'dfeated a tuition Construction labor won a sig- against the federal. prevrailing the DavisBaconl Act. Over --tb of Labor.- tax triedt, of up to $1,200. A sur- nificant congressional victory on wage law and its counterparts in next-few months, when the DO.)L:'. .The'U.S. D)istrict Court has vey of th cit-y's 137 precincfts November S in its fight to pre- the indivridual states. w'ill be finaling its regulationt issued a consent judgment direct- showed the prop'osal went down serve the integrity. of -t}ie Davis-. 7A -bipartsan 5542 'vote i-n the it is important that all membelrs ing the motion pic'ture theater by a margin of nearly .9 to 1. .Bacon Act from assaults by anti- 'U.S. Senate approved an atnerkd- bf'org.anized labor insst on mairn- .chain to pay the workers. back -Under the D.C. -proposal, not union management inte¢rests. buxt ment to reinstate prevailin&wage- tenance of the legislativre inteifit ovrertime compe'nsation' and'en- only .parentsbut -other relatives remains vigilant against. cont'i- .requirements for some $6.5 bil- of the -Act against repeal by a(d-. join'ed. fie corporati-on frm any or frie'nds contributing -to a nuing and determined asals lion in military construction proj- mi'nistrative -fiat. futurie violation ofd the federal child's schooling would have been ects. Representatives of the IJ.S. Regulation revi-sions are be'n law. The Labor Department had eligible'for the tax cut. If adopted,' Chamber of Conmmerce and the undertaken -as part of the Ad- sued UA for violati'on of -the over- opponents pre'dicted tax revenues .Associated Builders and Contrac- ministrati'on's general review of time provision of the Fair L^bo'r -in the district. for. support of serv-- Eward Asner tors exp'ressed d*isppihItrnet at variouLs federal regulations. Standards Act that requires that ices -would be slashed from. $50 the failure of the Reaga'n Admin- Proposed now regujations, if workers must be paid. at le'ast, one to $90 millions. Nw Nad of istration-and the Republican Sen- implementid, "would disrupt tlhe and- one-half times 'their 'regular ate majority to help defeat the. ecnomic stability of the con- rate of pay for all 'hous-worked ill excess of 40 in a work week. ctors' Gul measure. struction indu Iy, according to Vley Counci Without iminimizirng othor thirets Woti. "They will m"n *4 re- The San Francisco regional of- This Monday Edward Asner be- to 'agnize labor's-als fromth came the 18th. -president.,of the tv n ---f',-h 4XPl01tat1Vw, cut-thrt fice of, the -Wage-Hotir D'iv'ision ilVIC' ervice Screen Actors Guild, following -Reaga Adm'''in;ation,- on -this compeitionthat forces worker* wit' nQif 'tI* -affec-ted, 58`work- certification of his election in the issue Edwa0d Carlough, przidont to work, for substandard waps. ers of, the back wages dite them. largest vote of its kinid in SAG .of th Sheet Motal-Wor Inter. *y. wWilonuro ma1w local Meanwhile members -of Theater history. William Schallert, imme- national, said, "^We thank th business, and encourage the Janitors Local 9,% SEIU, a-re in the The Central Labor Council of diate past president, of the Guild,. -Senatori-and' those m*merl of hirin 'of. untraini iIgal aliens." sixth week of their.-strike.against Fresno and Madera Counties last the Adm:inistration who had the -One U4'.and Syufy San was the top vote getter when he to buck tho aonti-labor major change being' pro- .TheOters ..in mTonth activated. .a 'community was elected to one of 14 open courago: posed would -allow much m'ore' Ftanc'tsco. While other theaters services committee; chaired. by obiby." in the have intermx national board seats from Holly- The RS erodDavis-Bacon .widespread use -of lo'wer-paid city signed. Kathi Hennigan of OPEIU Local wood. "helpers" to replace skilled con- agreen-*nts with the 'local,'these 29.. The com'mittee will provide Act req'uirs- workers employed chains "have Joind 'forces Sumi Haru was chosen as na-, on struletion- journeymen.- While such two. union families with data and re- federally, finan}ced construc- a allow some non- inl a full-scale untion-bust.mg c.am- tional recording secretary. and tion projects to be no less 'change might ferral on -financial .aid and coun- Peter Haskell as national treasur- pad union contractors to savre -a- few, paign," according to Sal Rosselli, selling, dnug addiction and -alco than the prevailmn"wg in the union -business er in the same balloting. V'ice locality involved.. dollars on wages, it will lead- to representative. holism and other s'ervi'ces not presidents chosen were Kent Mc- serious problems of -quality, .and "The. cost of living has leaped met through collective ba'rgain- Cord (LA), Larry Keith (NY),. RU'LES RE.VISION workmnaish'ip on public projects' 44.2% iat the Bay' Area' sinee our ing. Ronl Soble (LA), Ralph Bell (NY), On th,e.. administ'rative, front, 'a. and 'would deprive women and Ilast conitract, Rosselli points out:' < Ray Shilling, secretary-treas- Steve King (Chicago), Daniel recent 'proposal by the labor De- minorities of training. opport'un'i- "the highiest' inthe naation. 'We are' urer eftheCowficil, say th'at 'a Cald'well (SF), Mel Pape (Flor- partment to alter regulations gov- ties.* askiiig .only' 9.4% while these detailed assessment 'of the com-, ida), Kathryn Christopher, Mar- erning -wage standards on federal, .giant theater chainls offered'only munity- services needs of uinion vin Kaplan (LAj,Lee Zimmer construction projects amounts.to 4.3% and ha.re refused to carry members- and their families is (NY), Jessica WaIter (LA) and "repeal by administrativ6. flat of on serious ballgaining." planned. F. J. O'Neil (NY). one4of:t-.nation's most import- National officers and vice ant labor protection p rogus, .W presi- to Robert A. dents serve two year-, terms.- . according Geoirgine, Elected with Sichallert to the President of-the AFIrCIO BDuild-, 14 ing and Construction Trrades, De open Hollywoodpoitio'ns on the partment. national board ar'e John Ran'dolph, Emmet Adrews?. 6S, former Kathleen, Har'u, The proposed 'new re ulations Fr'e'eman, Kaplan,' are a: revisiontl of the rules im- general president .of t-he ASneri-- Marie Windsor, -Howard N Hes'se-: the I)avis-Bacon Act. .can Po L' WorkeBrs- Union:iwn man, John"Russell, Prank Max-. plementting vice president ermeriti1s.- of th. well, Mtz Feld,Sa'le Summers, Anlti-`union groups -long -have and-J. D. Hall. been hS at work on'their. cam.- Philip Sterli-ng. paign to. ;repeal or 'seriousl N4oveMI)r8. Elected to the 10 open. seats weakeh Davtig-Ba6on -and othier -A San IFrancLsco- nativ.e, hi -and, froimNew Yor-k ae-Cliff£ Robert-' protective labor legislation. While his wife, Elizabeth} 'had made'. son, Karen Dahle, Vincent. Be'ck, organized labor and its friends their bome in Q ntra Costa Coun- Joanna Myexs-, Joan-.Warren, Kay .cannot hope to match the'r dol- ty since: -retuitllDgto Calfforna Peters, Stan Watt, Martha Green- -lars, -they can match. andexe'e fofilowing i ei house, Leslie Shreve a'nd Rose'Ma- -their. eforts. It. isIpotn hat Adrews b1 mepesdnto rie Jun.: the A-PW[l Sari 1Dlcal suppoiters' of the Act make their in 1950" axid in In a press conaference shated positioli' cle'ar X6 boh the Admin-. 1977 wa deleUtd' with Schallert and :A.PWU` geea rside'nt by. ti Morgan Paul, istration and to,members of. Con- executive'.boarid 'upon: th Ad"*t -Asner vowed to fight thie -tide -f gress, ' of Francis'S..Filbey, who diEd iin ant'i-umom'sm currently abroad i'n Specifically, they should write office that May. Anldrews -ten the countr. In addition, he noted to Secretary. of Labor 'Ray- 'Don- was elect'ed to a. full'terin in 1978 that 'san actor is a worker, a den- ovran expresing fir oppositi'on. and..stepped down as president in iten of one of the.most deprivel- to administrative tampering that- November, 1980, being succeeded and degressed indu'stries" with a will weaken the protectio'ns of by Moe Biller.'. LABOR -C"ENTENNIAL WEEIK. st.'iwl' Nov.S has ben bleak economic future;- Elect6d to the AFL-CIO execu"- offecially proclaimed .Ain San Francisco boy .Maiyor .Dianne F:einsftin. Schallert, Paul and Asner joint- first Govt..Pension -tive council in the 1977 conven-' Accepting a doipy of hbt- prdclamation, from the left, are Paul- Demp ly reaffirmned their commitments M6 first 'federal -government tion at Los' Angeles, Andrei*s steri presidbnt, Sailors' IJnion of. the Pacif'ie; Jat:k.CQrovdy,- seretary. to.their sister and brothe-rs in the pernsion .was established to. assist 'served untfl the council meeting of the San Francisco Labor CounK;l, and Tim -TwomCey, SE-IU inter- Gtifld and to the, cau'se of trade wountded and-disabled R&volutionx- in August, 1981-, when he resigned national vice preeldent.. All three aremembers -of the Californ'ia AFL- uruonism in general, stressing the Mry War soldiers in 1776,, ac'cord- and was succeeded by UAW. CIO executive council. -The mayor.eited the enorme'is eontrbutions importance of unity and coopera- ing. to the'U.S. Department of La- President Do las S. Fraser. -cf the tragk union. rvement to economni'c progress, social stability afid t'io'n as SAG confronts. the 'ch-al- bji 'blication 'Labor F?irsts -in Private 'mulrnmnent was held democraitic values and cornmended organ# labor -fr Wling "a good' legsof the '80s.'. Am}er'ica.'I -this week- in Walnut Crek. neivhbor,, active andrepnsible in civic affain'- I2 --November t3, I4I ForRei-nng - -fontrollers (Continued from Page I *Assembly -Spe,aker Willie -Lewis among y. outh .age 14. /This fi- jaid-of C-EA w6rkews have' found. (Conti.nued fro' Page 1 ) -.Attorney Stephen Schlossberg, Brown, Jr., has established aa' gueclimbed-.to 20.5% /for Hi' *.employ.ment."'. Warehouhemenl's' Union; will be representinig the group,. said they *Jobs Task Force involving the1panic youth -and 42.2% f ack -As. a result of .t-he. Jobs Task -iie nothree sessions, with *seek a preliminary. injunction chairs and staff of six State As- youth. T.his.compare's to ain over- Force formed -by Sp.eakcer Brown. each fcsn na motn a8aint.the,FAA's -refusal to re-' sembly -.Committees who are all unemployment ..rate 'of 6.7%. *and weeks of work by, the parti-- era.- in San Francisco -labor his- *-ihw*atiy controllers who left, their working together to dev'elop ree- Clearly, the employment barriers cipants,' a series 6f public hear- .tory.' Admiso .fe Jobs diO- dispute between ommendations to m-eet the em->:Ifaced.- by youth .ar.e uniqu.e and *ings is bein -hold throughout the Among those scheduled to take U..t.:FAA..and the Professional Air ployment needs.of youth and wel- disproportionate to those faced state.this on.thand nxt to part in the -discussion of the his- LTraffic Conltrollers Organization fa-re recipients. by the rest. of the pop'ulation." dev.el'op further recommendations.tI n uuepopcso r (PATCPO)..There are about 11,500 Participants are Assemblymem- The Speaker -also said, "'This for state and federal action meet- ganized labor the Ba'y Area cotrollers idled by- the 'govern- bers Pat. Johnston (D-Stockton), problem, is, of 'course, being com- ing -the -needs of -the unemployd. in.- me t's refusal, to take them back chair, Select Commit.tees on Cali- plicated by Presid'ent's Reagan'-s The .Comfmittees will inve-stigatib. ae on .Hnm,eelt *.on the job. *fomnia Youth-; Chet Wray'- (D- decision to eliminate CETA nesspub- ~mpympromefaig.Fdatof~ ~~ofie~of ~ the California Labor Job return for -the Mrred con- Garden Grove), chair of the La- lic, service jobs Jor the tinem- proposals,torfitxn prolicyefCole,scetr-rasero frllers would help ensure "'time. bor and Employment Co.mmittee.; ployed. In fact, the, State. Em- ness of-eem-ploymentantpraining. -ch a rnicoLbrCucl ly p'as'wnger air "rvic'e in the Wadie Deddeh (ID-San Diego), ployment Development. Depa'rt- for the unmployd. anCrowl Mac,secretary-treasue,o safest pos'slble manner," Fraser chair -of the -Revenue anid 'Taxa- ment says only- about 3% of the declared, adding that th go'vern- tion -Committee; -Leroy Greene .. .. ~~urer! of Teamsters District 7. me*t should "*xhibit an o'unce of (D-Carmichael), chair of the Edu- .Panelists will include: Harry copassion". in 'the dispute. ca.t'ion Committee; Teresa Hughes * ~~~~~~~Bridges, retired president of the The UAW ch'ief also said the (D-L.A.),t -chair of the Postsecond- / / ~~ILWU; Jackie Walsh, retired offi- sguit argues that the -reduced level ary Edu"cation Subcommittee and * //tiC>^ / . ~~cer of the Waitresses'Union who *-of air'service caused by the walk- Bill LockFyer (D-San Leandro), =_.{ _ )y ~is current-ly' serving on the five- .out and firings 'i's crippling the chair of the Human Services ( _ ,) ~~~~member State Industrial Welfare -activities of officers and staff 'of Committee. -Te members, along ..M bommission; Claude, Jinkerson,- :ii union "'and is likely to haive .with their staff and staff from the retired secretary-treasurer of Re- .a.-harmful, effect 'on the countws Speaker's office and Assembly of- * .. .~~~~~~tailClerks Loal 648 and. fo'rmer, hbo.r relations'.and economy. fice of research, have been seek- n ~~~~~~~~~~~~presidentof the Sa'n F"rancisco ..-When the YLRA's dec&tffica- mg creative solutions, to the prob- ,F' .. -ton 'of .PA4TCO over the ~~~~~~LaborCouncil; Richard .Liebes, -dispute .lIems, of the. unemployed. 20* retired res.e...archdirector of Serv- W*wasAfiirmed by federal courts, In. organ'zn this effort the AFL,I0- 'Lane.te rk- > ...... ~~~~~~~ice E:mployees Local -2; Mtie *Speakcer' said, "The' unemnploy-. ti - . ~~~~~~~~~Jackson, international v'ice presi- .lai-tedthe-Reagan Adminis- ment pr9oblm.m-am'ong -our -youth - - i . ~~~~~~dent of the Ladies. ;U.tion. to --relent and -begin re- *is g Garm'ent.Work-, Wring th -veter.an controllers. growing, In 1980 it was 18Q2% * /,; /.: ,. .: .ers -Uno;.-Wendell. PShilli"psg re- cordl_ w"aaainst kKtS' j07wi ~~~~~~ti.red -seeretwry-treasurer of the wick* .N their fami. .~~~~a t WAL J^ff,*#^ ~~~~~~BakeWagor Drivers Union; and $i{e,ald, -Ilould,not be. ju-S- t VU'#6S /z,MB -. -Vince Couartn.ey, forer executive * t//y/ > w~eretv of Civil Service.Associ- * Whdle p.ersisting .-in ref-usal 'to za r - 7gti yX,. ~~~~ation Local.400. --.. zvr*,irelansportation Secr.etary * 1{t 5^=is sIj~~~~abor historians sheduled. to Dre* LeRis `4acknowledges -the ...... X ^ffi.ZS ~ta.ke part iclude: 'David Selvin, *_ls ad consquX.t reduc-' *g - .itb ~editor of Northern California La-, -tioun in snrice hbave"'produced- *- 's/, ~~~~bo,and author of several books on *.'9 ~~for. -bothi airlines :ald AFIXICS Maritime Trades De- * ' ¢ Ig~~~~~~~~~jbor -history; Professor. -David. partment' rece.ntly called on -Con- .- -. _ '.: ~~~~~~~~~Brody,of the University -of Cali-- ..grs. o..pass -legislation that. _ .- R ~~~~~~~~forniaat Dav ;, Professor .-Rbert wou.ld p.rohibit: the construction of. S#o - _ . . ~~~~~~~~C.herny, of San Francisco. State...... : ..S. .a_val -vessels Ln foreig shi' @7 .e : ~~~~~.University; and. Michaael Kazin *..rdsi zaf .g--that 'tI*; -sli.. - - .; 9 . .~~and Professor. Jules...... -TyielboDth P_-A .6rec on..th.hnm lt Safety Net9 a- of" San Francisc6'State' Uni-; jeono un.bsigoslat . ..of .which are.preenly m*.6. ::^t-' 'Tha ~~~~~~~~versity. M. hefel'o Amrcnlao - - lll~~~~~~~~~Te openling sessionl will deal America is in.dire- need of a *:* s ^ .~~ with~ conditions -bt the tmof the "shipbuilding capability that-can S. e-n ^p ce.ntury, th.e development of labor. meet -the na.tibn's need for the .... _ . . . ~~~~~~unions and 'the class in, production o6f privately owed _ working' commercial -vessels and maintain CSUCon Ta-Ss Force ~~~~~~~the'19th centur-y -as.'well as th'e ..£on is being soordat * . . ~~~~~~~~organizing boom in 1900 01, the. .sSkta&t -November-- ll the tlie governmen't's requirement for Rading to the Governior's cai ber 18-the dav USe hiring freeze wa.terfront strfike in 19401 -and the by navral - * eotrl Labor Councilaof: San Joa- vessels which are requisite- for a- tw*o rcnt cut in this .is.set -to end. polftical., and economic ,conse- *quin a.nd Calavers Counties. The for t.he strefigth: 'an'd s'ecurity" of' year's.unallocat.ed-budget funds, While.the exact makeup -of the quece of this industrial battle. *\m6eting will -provide mate.rials, *the country, he'said.. last monodh the' California State. tas'k force is unclear. at this time, .T eodsssnwl etr "That' capability 'is in serious-9 'Universit. ad Colleges'. ChAncel' it will consist of CSUC .and ideas: for me.eting challenges" trouble camplus "laborleaders of the 1930's "who will .b ..WW7-rdon emplgoyer-s and con- right.. now. -It is essential tor's Office set a temporary hir- p.res-idents, student rqpresentA- discuss "conditions in San Fran- that every effort. be made to de-. irg. freeze anld established a ta.sk tive.s, Academit -Senate -repS and.ccod gth raxee and the. *.'Rarid,.pflnts. Will study union- .vel.op .enhance seapow,er force 16 determnine.how,the uni- vairious a.dministrators, "accordingsi,-ei3.enrlsrk n utW._ in. the Calffornia Central of .the.. U.S. Passage of this bill versity -is to survive. this latest o am-mstra.ionsp.kes. .. t.SQs-thei organzn drives of that time. .-.aley-, c'om'battin.g union-busting would give the induistriv the' posi- round .;f cuts. .UPC' President£ 1ngLo strongly -throgh legal' -strategy and re- tive signal it needs tD begin,gear- U.nited.Pfiofessors of California. objeced to.leavng emloyeeor- 'he thir.d.and final -se.ssion of sarc,h,. educafion .an communa- ing up "he added. (UPC) Pr.esident.'Stewart Long gan.izao rersettie out.t of -;the- conference wvi'1 focus 'on the , and dealn wh the issue In testimnony before. the Seapow- noted. that this. latest caut comes. * the-discssio. i thw memersX .06h ker'en strike of the 1970's thugh'.6rnization and strikes. .er Subcomnmittee, of -the House on. top of t.bis. .y6ar"s- 'aIready. fatandhs ..caile Xr a wit:..whin -the context of economic . he.onfer.ence will be held at Armed- Services..`CDmmittee1,- Di**.o- meaier C-SUC.-.,b.udget whkh.;S. $7- at}.c^nfe".with.t¢.d ta anid technolo.gical change- in San :-Park Inn,. 1005..' -Nort-h E!l zak :said:..i mut..b recogwzf *mill10 lesthan4--ast ye-ares-:.u-dg- *iQn t4dscs the. propose u Faco..nd proset o h o , in. $k.bn ^. .6yoem-- thbla.t U.S.ahsl y,aids:p a:.ru lal: A-. .aqt.ord.. *1; <.ltlMon- j..iilbe- i.zfon *,r,o,le our.:g..tiona itdefnse p.o.s .liX. JA.."th.£:ieTriStes' ..X*- critieWd ..0gUC d For furthe~r inf matin, .-phone L .t6- 4. pm :an .from : ,,ur.,.ai, g thi"t,}is gig,l,ation',- q|l#d t: - ,...... ,..tab*. hig.. ".. (41s?.49,i3 .- 469-1604.. U 100 .Noibr 19. The. :iwoid secure.:A-he DRliY.'Of S- o ...: addia.yer fif.VOW...... respoo-...-:.- . -...... -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7 f0- 0i..-o. -: ..A.g beni- ;XlEd fflZ~~~777 7 * eot M.eseei future -coin-: e..ts..tVA uni.vd .S"..'.,ba> ,.,..;~~~~~~~. I.ficts an .t,tber.iis' a...-jlaring. demoice. professin. Ttie union is O.*.-need, ui th,e VoS .Nav.y., for -aS,..,.-.affaX .WI*et -AireaFed- vaw*ded*inxhp ..ei*1 i TiSa and theAFL- rns "A.-.ng 1ead -f..eand. aw.,ell- ''=-1 3~~~~~~~~~~~~M'1F-geDs .ua,*..-.:e.1.iPXiic Laborylda I rs tr.ained ,ir, e s.crueial fr W*i incate' hp.. -bonstr c. on,.,. e*ft ucod Zt c;yi cX -@ rlkiv Sbl" liy b L- that dm 0stsw v . *{t <:lf 940. S*.n cl#zps VIifona- |~~~~~~if a- ft ~ ~ ~~ metatEltat--wt haphar-. .zard.. balW ¢ aL.?- ; h8embl ~yComlite WWI'lh=.*uleteDNm Long'. 4hii*d--;thAt in fact.the C0 Jos two. percent cut amounts to four' Orange man Art Torres .n.d.rs (>LA.~~~~~~~~~~_10) chit- .Chairman Ch}et Wray (D-Gar- percent for ed.ucational;.institu- MpAS-TER. ule-irnd..nvUop.tao ats n *.den Grovre) -of' the' State Assem- tions. 'Since the fall. term. is al- oIx rate mttiers.ch *by. Labir & Employrment-- Com- ready ufd.erw'ay .and fund.s,-av'e Adsourm-rpoitn Lero-Geee( mittee has -slated'a. heanng of his - been comantted for the-.. -term, Way,~~ at~§:Oav-~ ~ ~~~hrsmistrtn.d_ .. mati i du mpoyeegiatw0e.m panel on the -subject',} '*Ecohomic the:budget..cut wi-ll Wut *itlx ,double .o wrkemb loyertaxn-teefo Agri-d Impact of- .Ifidohinese -Re.fugees fore in-1the.sping-term. *on the Orange Gou-nty Job' Mar-- -Concemning the ..XGvernior's. two ul.- an c't t d t'. a d Met." The sessio.n 'will- open at Oere6ent cut,6back, th":.eCSUC.ad- othrU maters 10 a.m. Novembe'r 17 in the. Civic minwisttion's .:tak .force mus't Auditori.um, 80200. 'Westminster. .pro.duce a report ohislov the cuts Avenue,, We.9tnfstmer'. Asiloldd1bedsrlldbyNovem- .a.. 'ENGNER-EDECES' :- u6cessful' unio In te-980s, sucsflnn of worlksbiops ftiuising +on. organ- organizing mean reaching out-to +izing "roadbl6ekss" in 'par.icular- women workers -++now 43% of work.stw anfd the 'problems the workforce and+ 88% unorgan- of buliglinsupport among ized. on. way and differenit of women work- from D as in most indus- A coniference groups (Continiued Page .In Caliona, dataiais provided by State' EDD means to organize the unorgan- ers, including' clerical- wrorlk*+ (D-Mass.) told the For'dham Busi- trial states,, the warkers' harJest officials in'Bakers"ield who point 'ized- female workcforce- will be. service workers, p,rofessio.nal.bd ness Conference in New York 'on hit by the economic d:ownturn out that people'from the. midwest held D.Iecember 12, from 9a.m. blue-collar -women. .A +spei.- Friday that the current recession were in the manufacturi'ng and and east are movincr into the area .to 3.+p.m. at 33 GDugh Street in .workshow.ill 1ooca the +pr.o!) is a "deliberate and conscious construction sectors, according to to fimd jobs, driving up the job- San Franc+isco. The conferen:!e i3 -lems- anId ,*spe+OSt4;Sfor women policy of th}e Reagan Administra-. Bill Lawson, public information less ra'e, there a full percentage !co-spo)n3ored by the San Francisco' organizing in t-he public`sctor.- *tion." officer for. th'e Employment. De- point higher than a year ago. Labor Council'-the San Francisco Each +w+orks;hop discussion' will+ "The economic fate. of the great- velopment Department. "6We are taking over some c-f Coalition of Labor Union_ Women, +be led by+experienced, *ganizers .est democracy in the history of Last month the number of man- the natbnl's unemployment," sai l Iand the Labor' Studies Program, and u.instaff +repree aives the world depends on a novel, ufacturing jobs in California ee- Judy 'Yudico, alternate manaqer '-San Firancisco CommuIiity Col- .who as-will provide: a -general unproven theory called 'supoly clin'ed 38,500, Lawson said, whil-e of the southside Bakersfield EDD District. orientation to the of O'Neill .construction employment fell by Mlege legal aspects, side' econom'ics," 'pointel office. The conference will open with organizing an}d the basic proce- out. 4,900. "We're seeing a non-tradi+ioanal dures- an In the face of the unem- Overall, more than lOO,OOO0 peo- Ia panel of current unlion orga'n- in organiizing campaign. rising influx of -people from o"her states ;izers discussing+ how unions can The con-fer+ence is free and open ployrnent, the Speaker said, "'It's ple were added to the state's un- su-h as New York and Ala,-ka, tim-e for the to face emploViment rolls, as the total develop'effective- organzn stra- to all. A buffet lunch will be president and from the midwest," she de- te'gies and address the, eoncern available for +$3 for those -Who facts. This may. be a -'slight' re- number, of jobless. jumped hm clared.. cession to President Reagan; to 820,,000 to 932,,000. +of today's working +woman. In- pre4egister. To register for the- work it is a Layoffs in. U.S. ma"nufacturing eluded on the panel will be or- conference and for more iSorma- the guv out of per- COMPOUNDED increased from August to Septem- *ganizers and staff from the SEIU, 1ion, call or write Sue Cobble, l sonal disaster." ia s.-eooi Califri'DM onmi s down. bar while new hires declined, ac- bTeamsters ARItCI Re !on 6, Labor+-Studies Prga Coord'in- The October statistics reflect a was -the: of the'na- in over largely result. cording to preliminary figures re- and others. +ator, 33+ough.Street, Sani Vran~- highest jobless picture tio'nal recession, economws.s said, leasod this week by the "federal After a buffet lunch, conference cisco, CA 94103. Telephone: (415) six years.. and 'was compounded by...the Bureau of Labor Statistics. participants will have their choice +239-3090, bet'ween 9 -and 5'. The October rate is the highest state's depr.essed real es-tate mar- since 'May, 1975 and promptedi ket and stagnlant aerospace and Jan'et L. Norwood, federal com- electronics industr'ies. missione'r of labor. sta'isties, to ad- D3ifficulties in those industries vise a congressi6nal committee, were -offset somewhat by in- "The.October statistics refleeot a creases in the. number -of jobs in .substantial deter'ioration in labor' white collar market. The nega~tive sienals many profes'sions., from- so many important indica- Employment -in California's servK tors provi4le'clear evidence of a' ice industr'ies grew by 4.6 dur- (Continuedl from Page 1 ha've -a positive role, in. our S3Ci- tors organi ation represents prime substantial weakening in the em- ing October', Lawson said,an tributed heavily to. the productivi-' ety" B3aker- stressed. sponsors in .California, Nevada-, situiation." educational employment jumped Speakers from- the legis- Arizona and t4e Pacif'ic Islands. ~ployment -a increase ty -of the work force, he pointe I 'sta-te MAore thani 8.S' m-illion Amorl 49,000 3lightl,y higher out. lature, conigressional' atta^zhes,- The groups. principal" purpose is cans werCoutof work in October, than.that. expeeted at the. begin- state and local govern-ment offi- to initiate, promote and implernent the largest number of peopl'e nlng of the 1980 school year. Ac- For true,, lasting prbsperity it cials, organi'zed labor- and com- progiress'iv'e and creat'ive employ: without jobs since 1939. DepaOt- cording to EDD, 140,000 people is essential the country .follow munity groups took- part in dis- ment'. and.- train'ing'activiti T Mont analysfts noted that the 8.S were added to California's labor policies '"whi'ch create jobs in- cussions' over the two-.days'. The CETA Adirisry CounSI} seft's as rnillion figure must be weighed force -in Oetober, mostly women, stead of destroying them," Baker' conference theme ws' 'E p!oy- the'State'-iEpomnt and train- against a labor force that has ex- youth and m'igrants to the. state conltends, addhiag,"'sWe should re-. ment and Training in.,.he 1980s.: ing GOI*c#l,,: -man.datei under panded sharply. In the last four new seeking employment. tum t6 the goals and principles New Directions and 'Relat'ion- CEbTA -to gvis the Gwovenor on' decades.- Another focus on the California of 'the Humphrey-Hawkins Act for Ships." emploYme-nt and training pro- The Bureau of Labor Statistics balanted grwith and full employ- The prune sponsors a.dministra- gram.,, said the 'job'less 'rate among mnent.' -blacks reached 16.7 -percent, the Sort ourse"on Th cons'equ'ences of thea Ad- secondi consecutitve record month- ministrati'on's reactionary polizies. ly high. ComparalRht go beyond economic ones, -he cau- DISCOUitGED tioned. TRhe 8.5 millian figure does not' Set in'San Js "M furtr'shifting .of the re. includ'e I million unem'ployed who wards of society upward. on the have become too discouraged to A one-day' L;abor Stud'ies, minu- econom"ic scale, while shifting th-9 seek a job'.- course which wil teach "Basics burdens downw'ard Is -an injustice "For the' second straight of Comparable Worth Collective and:' is a reversal of the.gradual' month,"1 the'department said, "a Bargaining" is being offered- on but steady progress that has ben. sizab-le rise in unemploymen.t took Saturday; December 5, at San made toward busilding. a- m'ore de- place among bluecolla'r workers, Jose City College. The co'urse, co cent soc;ety," Baker concluded' whose October.-rate of 11 percent sponsored' by the ,Central -Labor. *JSociety cannot be organized was at its highest -point this year." Council of'. Santa Clara County purely for ieconomic'p'urposes and. Unemployment 'ros'e last year and the Coalition of Labor Union govrernment should not establish in every.eatpgJory--covered in the Women (CLUW), witl focus on. .as its. primary purpose .the In--e government's household survey.. .ways. women can use. trade unsion' crease of.profits,.s! Teen-age unemploy'ment also in-, techniques to achievie higher pay. creased markedlv- to 20.6 percent-1 and greater benefits on-'the j'ob. He pointed-out that it is a legiti- U'p 1.3 percentage points from The class 'is open to everyone mate function of governumen-t V re-:- September and the highest in.-six without. charge a'nd Wil be con- strain, the power -of. corporat-ions,- years, ad-46-7-pereen't of black ducted from .9 a.m. to 4 p.m.' at to protect the rights-.of workers teen-aggers, -aged 16-19, were out the San Jose City College Fa-zulty and consumers,,.and to foster the Vofok -- Lounge., Child care wll. bei avail- "dignty and self r'espect" whic'h- :Calif*omPa's8.t-% r'ate icompared able throughprior arrangement Jobs bring- to workers and.-their with. Ohio's 106.4Yo, -Michigan's .by calli-ng -the -Labor Studies Pro- fa'milies in. addition. to:monet;ary'- 12.7%, PennsyJvaniags 8.6% and gram -of the school at (408) 298. inc'om'e.. ; Illinois' 8.3%. 2181, exte'nion. 3904. "Govern'ment -can -and- sh6ud:- Executive Coun~~~~~~~~~~~~~cil'sConventgion.Rpr (Cont.inued from Page 1) .faster 'than the Consu'er Price workers, awvay from, .1low- 'd oea-olit-ica-l d-enmci -' e l hgr,tin prevail,because, as George-Meany Index as a. whole. Other-neces'si- middle-inco'me. Anierica ,s tothe e -ve .i : sad, 'Labor nlever gives up,'" ties -food, shelter and medical pockets of the 'wealthy and big .iTa-ta:kA OAtihtaxt::* - S u *,- Kirkldand declared. care -continued to rise at near- corporations,''. the C ounc il .mu't-fogs -on'-the' Jic¢i-:W. oted- ihtt .4>V Abe report pointed out that al- ly the CPI average rate, the r'e .charged. iniflation: Thesoai, coss f rof:& followed P . though, compuisory open-shop ad- port noted. "Inl the likely event" that the energy;- fodd,-health' care,hbus- Reagan's:plhns,l t- -vocates capaigned in- 11 states As a result,- with wage-incr.,eases Reagan -program "Ifalilstto lift. the ing and interet iatiB.:- -curity. programs-,Mas. for enactment of 'so-called, right trailing behinid living co.sts, the Americ'an economy out of reces- * Economic :grogW.th -and pro-'. nea.sure. -b.rought "a:tin to work laws o'ver the last two squeeze on wrorkers' paychecks' sionanry high unemploynment and ductivit' muist 'be' rased by a retreat.' v years, they were completely un- cont'inues fails to 'reduce inflati4ion," the comprhensive re'industrdaliStAton Bf t-d hh .zlt successful. The report said that more-than Council said that both. theCon- prgrami including. effectivem direct.W ww*. It al0 noe that .the loisla. one mil'l;on jobs willI -b lost di. gress and the Americain people. ployment a.nd training prWams. h9 J-iszlo tures in California, Now Jersey, rectly beause of fA Rea'gn Ad. "must be -prepared foir drastic *. International trade and: in- CIOWill-Aotb il*t .if4:con and Now York enacted 1aw -au. ministration's S40 billMon .1982 actior:."' vseiint pol'icies -must -give much t niwi.4 Aa'Wo.b thorizi-n'g neptiatiios on 4ency budpf cuts and more will -be The Couneil proposes. a compre- more weight to tU.S. interests. ;h p lrow .the srpr shop clauses in public.employ desfroyed by -tw oc'onda'ry ripple hensive program to overrcome in- Te Council's report also pr-. fo-no,r ofl:4 ow union contracts during the same flafion and rebuild th'e UJ.S. econ- vided analyses and rmcominedafi- -.1hri h ory period Budglet euts- oolcentrated in the omy -based, on the fo.11owJiing prem-, tions in the areas. -of monetary Tea empaie its -cPAV On. the Mfation. fronit, the report nation's baic -social and public ises: .-POlicies, international. trade and. vic-tion tW-~-health e r . " said, rs.pricesrs13.4 percent m-1 'investnment.programs, along with *0 Econom'ic -p'rogresssand so- taxc jutice a.n covere a. broad only cotled-s."hpt1 19799, by 12.5. percent in 1980 and the "shollow promises"..of the chal ju}stice -go ha.rid in haand. Fair' ag of other, sp'ecific issues cost containment negafftoo`pby- 10 percent over the 12 months Reagan economic. program, are ness and efficiency 'ar4-e not in rang g from housihg .,ener& and sicHan ee secheduiles 'and,-. uldfi endin'g int JMy.this year. Energy elements of - a massive.transfer conflictl. - the'envonnxt to fair jabor -and -ately,-m a...ationa heailth w costs -escalated at a rate far of wealth and income-away from * i mployinent is.i.amoral,. occupational. safety ah4 beWalth amice.program."I *wp.4,