Gov. ut toKilEgtHuUlay, Gov. Pete Wilsonfs newest attack Wilson, back in, Sacramento after tees-to abolish the requirement for worker protection thought by the day. He said employers would gain upon the eight-hour work day is be- another cross-country campaign~ overtime pay after eight hours in a Governor. It is a shameless appeal. "flexibilit' if they didn't have to ing blasted as a cynical attempt to trip, made the proposal last Friday day that, was won by California to the radical right,' his party. What pay workers time'and a half after boost his presidential prospects during a speech before the Califor- workers 84 years ago. next?" eight hours. There was talk about with the rabidly anti-worker right nia Chamber of Commerce. He said Jack Henning, ex-ecutive secre- Wilson trotted out the spurious ".changing lifestyles." wing of the Republican Paty and to he would ask the state Industrial tary-treasurer of the California La- right-wing argument that workers Outraged Democratic legislators elicit more campaign contributions Welfare Commission- consisting bor Federation said Wilsonfs action themselves want to be freed from and labor spokespersons imme- from employer organizations. of a 3 to 2 majority of his appoin- "Arepresents an incredible reversal of the restrictions of the eight-hour (ConfinuedI on Page 4) La.,,lbor s Foes Fail. To.Grab Vol 38-No. 18 O Septembr1,19 Gavel Hard-line, anti-labor Republicans failed to seize the Assembly speaker's gavel for the third time yesterday. Doris Allen, the Orange County Republican who GOP ultra conser- vatives are trying to recall, resigned the speakership and was succeeded This was Labor Day 1995 in by Brian Setencich, a Republican California: freshman from Fresno who actually At Pleasanton, the biggest picnic has' presided over the lower house of crowd ever assembled- in this state the Legislature during much of Al- for the holiday roraring approval as len's 102 days in office as her President Bill Clinton blasted Re- speaker pro tem. publican attacks upon working fam- Thirty-nine Republicans voted ilies and promised to fight for an for Curt Pringle, the new Assembly increase in the minimum wage. majority leader who temporarily At Los Angeles, Thai workers took over a spot 'on the Labor and freed from virtual slavery in an ille- Employment Committee early this gal sewing factory cheering and be- month and immediately voted ing cheered by US. trade unionists. against an employer-endorsed bill At Sacramento, union members that happened to have labor ap- spotlighting the inequities of mod- proval as well. ern America by cooking and serv- The thirty-nine Assembly Demo- ing meals to the homeless. crats voted for Setencich. So, for- At Wilmington, a miles-long pa- tunately for labor, did Allen and rade of union members and their Setencich himself families. There where howls of outrage At San Diego, brunch for hun- and frustration from ultra-right Re- dreds -of union families. public,ans who have been- trying to At Fortuna, nearly 900 miles to the north, union members converg- ing from across Del Norte and Humboldt counties to hear music, play games and share a barbecue cooked in time-honored fashion. And in communities in between nearly a score of additional events. The crowd at the 38th annual Al- ameda County Central Labor Coun- cil Labor Day Picnic in Pleasanton apparently exceeded 17,000. More than 13,000 persons eager The far-riht then moved to recall to see and hear the president 'were Allen and Democrat Mike Machado* counted going through electronic of Stockton who was targeted be- gates set up at a fenced-off meadow cause he voted for Brown. The Ma- in the county fairgrounds where chado recall was beaten back by a Clinton spoke, Secret Service per- two to one vote. sonnel told Council President Judy The hard-liners' prospects of re- Goff. Fair officials estimated that calling Setencich were unclear to- between four and five thousand day. The 6-foot 5-inch former pro- others remained outside the secu- fessional basketball player is rity area, listening to speeches over AiFL-CILO iresicient 'lInm Donahlue iroduces rresioern ISM Lilnton, wno coners at rigrnwitu JOck of the California Labor at popular enough in Fresno to'-have the public address system. Henning, executive secretary-treasurer Federation, during'Labor Day picnic been elected as a Republican in an cheered as Jack Hen- Pleasanton. Also pictured are Rep. Ron Deilums, right, and Owen Marron and Judy Goff, executive district They wildly and of Alameda Central Labor Council. overwhelmingly Democratic ning, executive secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer president sponsoring County whose voters are not likely to be of the California Labor Federation, in plentiful supply. John Sweeney, Machinists, and Lenore Miller, elected officials including Rep. Ron impressed by right-wing rhetoric. introduced AFL-CIO President Tom president of the Service Employees president of the Retail, Wholesale Delums,, Lieut. Gov. Gray Davis, Allen stepped down with a blast Donahue who, in mmr, introduced and candidate for the national AFL- and Department Store Employees. State Controller Kathleen Connell, at what she called "the fringe ele- CIO presidency, -was there. So were Senator Barbara Boxer spoke, 'Superintendent of Public Instruction ment of my party" as well as at George Kourpias, president of the heading a group of labor-supported (Continued on Page 3) (Continued (on Page 4) Global Unionism at Convention Support is growing for AFL-CIO by'delegates to the national Build- cluding Smith, presented arguments coalition of labor- organizations sponsorship of an international ing Trades convention. in favor of its resolution. from the many nations affected by meeting on global unionism, which It follows. Henning's call for "A4Multinational -corporations are multinational activity can defend first was proposed by Executive global unionism, which -brought too big, powerful and mobile to be the interests of the world's Secretary-Treasurer Jack Henning cheering state,AFL-CIO delegates effectively countered -by individual workers...."11: of the California Labor Federation. to their feet at last'year's California nation-based labor movements," .The resolution itself notes that The AFL-CIO Building and Con- convention and sparked nationwide the committee stated. "The four the North American Free Trade struction Tkades Department is urg- comment. largest of them possessed an unbe- Agreement (NAFITA) and the Gen- inp action by the national federa- The.Building Trades resolution lievable $28 trillion in assets in 1993 eral Agreement on Trade and Tariffs tion's biennial convention next "...joins calls upon the AFL-CIO to - more than four times the size of (GATT) not only will cost Ameri- month in New York City A resolu- convene a convention -of all unions the entire U.S. economy. can workers hundreds of thousands *rA tion submitted by Stan Smith, se- in the free world to "They employ more than of jobs, -but also will allow Corpo- 0 now-prevailing directly. creteary-treasurer of the San Fran- be held in Washington, D.C., in or- 73 million people - a labor force rate America open access to the cisco Building and Construction der to formulate a global union re- comparable to Japan's. They.pit cheap labor markets of other coun- Trades Council - closely parallel- sponse to the globalization of capi- worker against worker by roaming tries and exploitation of those ing one submitted earlier by the tal by multinational corporations."91 the world and continhuously seeking workers. California federation - was The BCTD Committee on Do- to pay the lowest possible wage. It calls exportation of American adopted unanimously on Aug. 29 mestic and International Affairs, in- The committee believes that only a (Continued on Page 4) Brige arc fofHath Car In a'powerful affirmation of care workers and consumer advo- health care as a human right, some cates to the Parc '55 Hotel in San 10,000 marchers crossed the Francisco. Golden Gate Bridge Aug. 20 to de- mand a national health care system Ralph Nader- was a principal. and protest dwindling patient ser- speaker vices,* downgrading of medical workers' jobs, burgeoning hospital "Patent safety standards are un- industry profits and cuts in public der the.greatest attack in our life- funding. times," said Rose Ann DeMoro, ex- Jesse Jackson, carrying a billow- ecutive director of the California ing American flag, led the way Nurses Association, which co-spon- along with Sal Roselli, president-of sored the conference along with the the sponsoring Health Care Workers National Federation. of Canadian Local 250 of the Service Em - Nurses -Unions. ployees, as the miles-long mobiliza- ""Hardly a day passes without tion filed across the famous span new reports .of patients who have from San Francisco to Marn had the wrong foot cut off, have County and back on a foggy Sunday been given the wrong medication, morning. or hae -been improperly- removed Thousands more waited at Fort from life-saving devices," Demoro Scott in the Presidio of San Fran- said. cisco where speakers commented on the nation's health care crisis and "T'his is happening while hospi- an all-star lineup of musicians and tals are eliminatig2o replacing reg- entertainers performed in free con- istered nurses and other skilled care cert into the early evening. providers and are finding ways to The speakers' message was clear: evade safety regulations. Yet -these Patients before profits. same hospitals. are making record Roselli pointed out that health profits." care is the most profitable industry in the United States for the sixth The Presidio concert treated SalRoeli,let,Jesse Jackson, Shirley Ware anmd Assembly Member Barbara Lee. lead bridge walkers to straight year. Moilization- marchers. across Golden Gate- Bridge. performances by "Your health care is at risk; it's Tito Puente and his Orquestra with diven by profits," the union leader suffering in -the* name of high care have no -health care in**surance, and Yolanda Duke, -Reffon, Quee Ida told the crowd. "The health care in- profits.. The homes are taking on Other speAers criticized hospital more and more ofthem are wrorking and her Zydeco Band, Ronnie Gil- dustry in a calculated way is re- hospital patients too sick for the "6restructuring" that is turning poor who can't earn enough to raise bert, The Five Blind Boys of*Ala- defining the very definition of nor- staff to handle, he charged. skilled nursing functions ovedr to un- themselves and their families above bama, and True Margrit. mal care. The corporate. health Jesse Jackson told the .crowd at trained personnel and is increas- the. poverty line. industry is systematically making the Presidio rally that the combined ingly farming out patient services to Principal sponsors of the march higher mortality rates and reduced salaries of the health care industry's low-bidding contractors. To make matters.worse, Republi- and concert were Health Care access to far fewer services normal ten best-paid executives amount to can plans to; cutt'projected Medicaid. Workers Local 250, California. more than-the entire total Even as Jackson, Rosell1i and are, Nurses Association, North Ameri- to the American consumer." country's others outlined the the spending expected to deprive as Those remarks were backed budget for* AIDS research. problems, many as 'nine million additional can Health Care Workers Network, up federal government prepared. to re- today as 1,800 SEIU health care ""The fact of the matter is that we Americans of coverage, by -the year 1199 National Health,and- Human lease figures showing that another Services Udt6n. workers prepared to walk off the job can do without those ten CEOs, million Americans have lost allI 2002. Employees NYC, at 25 Hillhaven homes throughout who make $2.4 billion," Jackson 1199PA., SEWU; SEWU*Local- 535, health care in the yma since the col- The bridge.'m.arch and Presidio 1199C,, AFSCME, Califor- the state tomorrow morning. declared.* "We cannot do without of President Clinton's effort to District The issue, Roselli said, is that pa- lapse rally climaxed a two-day interna- nia Association of Interns and Resi- nurses. We cannot do without day enact universal coverae An esti- tional. healt care that tient care at the chain's facilities is care. We cannot do without home *h conference- dents, the San Francisco Indepen- mated 43.4 million Americans now drew hundreds of nurses, health dent, and'station KMEL.

1 7._ C?.uake Re.tr e Ge... Uilio-n TLLItinoimmigrant-.+: . emptoyees -.C01 ano-2 -1* -2 6, otA'O 2 courage solidoarity -these closely- parallels two self-starting available to pay the costs. BMP Construction Co. of Em- workers," declared Mike Munoz, Carpenter organizing drives by im- eryville, rebelling against poverty director of organizing for the Bay migrant workers in Southern Cali- Proposals for an initial pay and demeaning, dangerous con- Area District Council of Carpen- fornia: the successful- campaign by contract ditions in the earthquake retrofit in- ters. "These are the people who are still- are being put together But drywallers and the on-going'cam- Munoz indicated they certainly-will dustry, have voted for representation took themselves out on strike last paign by framers. Three organizers by the International Brotherhood of June and forced BMP to rehire address issues that welded -BMP co- from Carpenters* Local 2236 are workers into.a union. Included Carpenters. workers who had been fired for be- deeplj involved: Jay Bradshaw, are .Some 110 workers voted over- ing pro-union. They organized significant improvement in pay now whelmingly for Carpenters Local Manny Sores and Luis- Solares. averaging Abouit $6'an hour, health themselves. from. the bottomi up." it is watched the 2236 in an election supervised by The successful was being closely by care, an end to such 'Abuses **As Datebook campaign entire seismic retrofit -withheld to the National Labor Relations Board like a page out of strategy sessions industry, wages pay for tools. and SaeyNet 'f1aiing: Sept. 24, District Aug. 31 at 15 BMP job sites around held which is riding a wave of prosperity, equipment broken on the job, and Council-of during the California Labor just now with earthquake safety.re-* Carpenters, Monterey the San Francisco Bay Area. Federation's conference- on organiz- protection aginst itmidation-over Executive Council: Oct. 6, Radisson "I can't say enough about the. ing held Aug. 25 in Los It quirements mandating costly reno- injury reports and claims.-for over- Hotel,. Sacramento. Angeles. vations and loans and bond revenues timne pay. Executive Council: Jan. 23-24, 1996, S.E- Airport Hilton Hotel. Pre-Primnary COPE Convent*ion: Jan. 25, 1996, S.F Airport Hilton Hotel. Executive Council: July 24-26, 1996, Lo)s Angeles Hyaftt Regency CSEA Leader at Tabl.e Biennial Convention: July 29-31, 1996, Stays. Los Angeles Hyatt Regency. The Wilson Administration has tempting to terminate Kenny's leave. Judge Warren issued a temporary was demonstrated early in the been told it cannot force a Califor- PERB charged that barring Kenny order and ordered nia State Employees Association restraining attor-- confrontation. Publishes Notice from the bargaining table would neys to return to court on Sept. 20 The California AFL-CIO leader away from the bargaining ta- deny CSEA its right to represent for a on a CSEA has paid Kenny's wages ble in the midst of crucial contract hearing permanent News (ISSN*: 0008-4802) is pub- members. injunction. and benefits ever since the leader lished twice a month ecp negotiations covering 82,000 civil Local 1000 was granted -leave under -terms of service workers. CSEA, of the Service during the weeks of Thanksgiv- 4(The states claim that there is an Employees, charged that canceling the expired collective bargaining ing, Christmas*.and New Year% Perry Kenny, director of CSEN's operational need for Kenny to stay Kenny's leave was an attempt to co- contract. holidaYs by the California La.. Civil Service Division, had been or- at work is a pretext," declared a erce the union into a the bor Federation,, AFL-CIQ 417 dered to withdraw quick andun When union suggested that from negotia- PERB attorney. "In so doing, the acceptable contract settlement. the savings should be used to hirdta Montgomery St., Suite 300, tions and report back to his*job as a state has shown an anti-union. mo- The egregious nature of the ad- substitute San.Francisco, CA 94104. Sec- teacher at Soledad teacher,, Department of Prison. Un- tivation'. We say this breaks the ministration's claim that "6opera- Corrections officials said the money ond class postage paid at San specified "operational needs!" 're- ground rules the stite and CSEA tional needs"' required the union had gone into "salary. savings" and Francisco, CaliE.-Individual quired Kenny's immediate return to agreed to in July and is a reprisal." leader's return to a prison classroom was. not available" subscription, $10 a* year; cor- the prison classroom, according to porate rate, $20. USPS'Publica- administration officials. dion Number 083-400. John E But Judge Earl Warren, Jr., Henning, executive .secretary- brushed that contention aside in Affirmative Aiion. Conference Nov.11 treasurr; Flo d hcer, editor# Sacramento Superior Court and or- POSTMASTER: Send address dered the state Strategies for fighting the so- Jack.-Henning, executive secre- tion initiative that seek to dividela- changes to: California AFL- to continue the leave called California Civil Initia- of the 417 of absence that Kenny has been on Rights tary-treasurer California La- bor and divert atention from the CIO *News, Montgomery tive and other attacks upon affirma- bor Federation,* is scheduled to be real crises facing California- wage- St., Suite 300, San Francisco, since he was -elected Civil Service 94104. director in 1991. tive.action will be explored during a the keynote speaker Workshops earners, oaizersmd.sai CA Phone, (415) conference 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur- will focus on implementing affIima- Informnation can be obtained from 966-3585. FAx.,(45 392850. Judge Warren sustained a charge day, Nov. 11, at the Federal-Building tive Acton porm as well as the state Public Re- op- Judy Goff, .(510) 632-4242; Josie by Employment in Oakland under sponsorship ofthe posing* ight-wing attacks like last Camacho, (415) 441-2500, and lations Board that the administra- Labor Committee for Affirmative year's Proposition 187 and this tion was acting in bad faith by at- Damnita Davis Howard or Kerry KU)M Action. year's proposed* anti-affirmnative ac-. Ne=wkirk at (510) .893-8766. Page 2 Setebe 1 0"99 Thai workers freed from slave labor sewing factory are guests at L.A. President John Sweeney of the Service Employees greesfo evr tteLsA Labor Day. ngeles brunch. (Continuedfrom Page 1) Many on the speakers' platform, County Federation of Labor's an- Delaine Eastin, State Senate Presi- Donahue and Sweeney among nual Pancake Breakfast and dent Pro Tern Bill Lockyer and As- them, had flown to Alameda Festival. sembly Speaker Emeritus Willie L. County directly from Los.Angeles The emotional after in the L.A. highlight of the Brown, Jr. participating Los Angeles event was Executive Secretary-Treasurer Jim Wood's in- troduction of 55 of* the Thai gar- ment workers liberated only days earlier from imprisonment and ser- vitude in an illegal sewing factory at El Monte. Wood presented a*check for $2,500 for the Thai workers' legal defense fund and pointed out that Its thumbs up for this year's version of the Humboldt-Del Norte Labor their experience underscores the Day barbecue., which cooked all night at Rohner Park in Fortuna. importance of unions in protecting workers from exploitation. recognition in Los Angeles County didate for mayor of San Francisco. He called the group 1995 heroes The Wilmington parade took its Speakers also included Linda of Labor. "This is why we are thousands of participants to Ban- Chavez-Thompson, candidate for here," Wood declared. "Nobody ning Park for barbecue, entertain- executive vice president of the should be subjected to these condi- ment, and speeches by elected offi- AFL-CIO, and Henning of the Cali- tions, and we need to make it stop. cials and labor leaders. fornia Labor Federation. "A vibrant and resurgent labor William Gould, new chair of the The S.F Conference of News- movement is the best way -the National Labor Relations Board, paper Unions also celebrated Labor only way -to protect workers from was the principal speaker at the San Day early, holding its annual unity exploitation and ensure decent Francisco Labor Council's Labor picnic on Sunday in Glen Park with wages and essential health cover- Day brunch, which launched the food music and games. age," Wood declared. holiday weekend on Friday At Sacramento, trade unionists The theme of this year's event, morning. donned aprons for the second con- held again on the campus of L.A. There was an ovation when Sec- secutive year and cooked and Trade-Technical College -was retary-Treasurer Walter Johnson in- served food to the needy at Loaves "New Faces of Labor." Honored troduced Willie L. Brown, Jr., and Fishes in the capital city. were members of immigrant minor- speaker emeritus of the California While the food serving replaces ities who recently have won union Assembly and labor's endorsed can- the Sacramento Labor Council's huge annual picnics in William Land Park, The Tom Kenny Labor Day Golf Tournament was held as usual on the Saturday before Labor Day, and the annual softball tourna- ment took place on Sunday. Napa-Solano and Contra Costa Building Trades Councils co-spon- sored a Labor Day picnic at Marine World Africa USA in Vallejo, shar- ing that facility with the Napa- Solano Central Labor Council for the day Victory in the Northern Califor- nia grocery strike was celebrated at Delaveaga Park in Santa Cruz dur- ing the annual picnic of the Santa Cruz County Central Labor Council. up hamburgers to the homeless at Sacramentoar,folet RecrdcrwdchersPrsienRecodheesPesidntcowd BiliD Cintnlito atPlasntn.Servinga Orange County Central Labor Plesanon.Joe Jones, Richard hilton and Ron morgan, Council held its Labor Day brunch at Inn at the Park in Anahiem. iSv S ~. -var It ~ __ -SF San Bernardino-Riverside Coun- ties Central Labor Council took "Standing up for America's Work- ing Families" as the theme for its Labor Day Brunch. Some two thousand trade union- ists and family members assembled at Anderson River Park near Red- ding for the annual picnic of the Five Counties Central Labor

fifth annual softball tournament at Banner-bearers lead as thouSandS march throught WRlngton in L.A.-Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition Labor'*Day****''parade Santa Maria. September 15, 1995 Page 3 'C Gov. Pete Wilsonds announcement GOP anti-worker agenda. An ex- since. Jerry Brown wAs governor overruleAthe comh- that he will tell the Industrial -Legislature can state law that says it must be ade- state. ception -came in 1988 when the late Wilsonk,refused -to reappoint mission but.rarely does. quate to- provide any California Welfare Commission* to abolish the Muriel Morse of Los Angeles., then. the comumission eight-hour day confirms the total Morse,-who was Today the. commission: was in* worker4with "the proerstndrdof GovernorStacksftheIthe' public mhemnber, brok-e ,With the chAir.* Fresno the third in. a se- politicization of that body and aban- conducting- livingv. administration and voted along with Jhe, IWC ., established during the ries of public hearings through donment of its original mission as the to raise the* of Gov. minimum. wage.hear- of California7s labor representatives Progressive administraton which it is supposed to determine Additional. guardian working minimum wage to its current $4.25 Hiram Johnson, has. Jurisdiction whether there is evidence- that the ings are scheduled. for Oct. 20. at poor. level, the only increase approved over..worker protection. rules. The the Sacramento. in Room 102 of the. Transformation of the five-mem- $4.25mnmmwage.satiMfes. states 'TWin Towers Building at 714 ber commission began with appoin- St.-andNov. l3 inLosAglsn tees of Gov. George Deukmajian Room 1138- of the State Building at and accelerated with members ap-- Eigt-our Day... 107 South Broadway. Both hearinjgs pointed by Wilson. But until now are to and (Continued from Page 1) said.* it is9 a open--at.11a.m. continue the IWC has kept up appearances utons who think. good idea,." until. 5. p.. unless all testimony is by conducting ostensibly impartial diately called a Capitol News Con- Assembly. Membet John. Burton Lockyer-._observed. heard ..earlier public hearings on minimum wage ference to denounce the governor's of San Francisco called it ""another and hours and overtime regulations proposal. one of Pete Wilson's deals to help Also bacIng -labor at-the.Capitol Earlier hearings were held at San before announcing decisions* almost Wally Knox, chair of the Assem- his presidential campaign and get news conference were ..Assembly. Francisco. and San Diego. The- Los invariably damaging to workers. bly Committee on* Labor and Em- money from the special interest. Democrats Mike Sween,ey, Hay- Angeles hearing was added to' the ployment, accused Wilson of mak- forces." ward; Cruz Bustamante, Mariposa;, schedule after protests by the Cali- Nro-worker -votes from the two Kevin..Murray, Diane' fornia Labor Federation and As- commissioners representing labor ing a "backdoor. attempt"% to repeal Senate President Pro Temn Bill Culver.City; the eight-hour day through-the reg- Martinez., Alhambra; Joe Baca, San sembly Member Wally Knox, have been tolerated, but the IWC1 Lockyer of Hayward told the nw Bernardino.; Denise Ducheny, D-L.A., chair of the Labor and Em- majority composed of-two employer ulatory process after a Republican media reporters he was "very dis- bill to do the ..samne thing was Chula Vista; John Vasconcellos, ployrnent Committee,. that failure to members and one supposedly repre- appointed." that.the govern*lor would San Jose;- Willard take defeatd. is Murray, Para- .testimony in. that city would senting the general public'has think killing the. eight-hour day mount; Richard Katz, Panorama ignore. the largest concentration of marched consistently in lock-step "It is an act of questionable legal- wise. public policy City; Liz Figueroa,, Fremont., and low-wa*ge manufacturing-workers in with.Republican governors and the ity and real inhumanity," Knox "He- may have. some big contrib- Sheila Kuehl, Encino. the United States.N Legislature.. (Continuedfi-oin Page ~ moved his bill after the state.AIFL- Pringle, whose ambitions' she and CIO federation won the court order Setencich derailed yesterday. telling the standards board to stop ""Mr. Pringle has displayed him- Stalling. self to be a very untruthful young The standards board has an-. man, a very untrustworthy young nounced it will hold a-public hear- man," Allen declared. ing Jan. 18 in Los Angeles on. an Turning to others on the GOP erooic tnar1rfedi0e sIdeofteuesh e sponse to the court order The Janu- dyuedbe- ary date is *significant. If Johnson "'viraeubhavirRepbliansandaasadofyourourac- succeeds in getting AB 50-through' tions and your lack of ability to get the Senate today without an urgency behind a Republican speaker, a wo- designation, the measure will be- man Republican speaker," she said. cm a nJn ,i lnyo Meanwhile, the fate of key labor time for the standards board to can- bills was in doubt as the Legislature cel the Jan. 18 hearing. Otherwise, Assembly Members Phil Isenberg, left,nonoVillaraigosa, Wafly Knt-and Martmin Gallegos- lurched toward the adjournment the measure will be. carried over to that was expected to come in the next year's session of the early hours of Saturday. Legislature. Although Assembly Bill 50- the measure aimed negating the One of two bills prompted by dis- Assemby Demoras California Labor Federation's court covery of Thai women held as vir- victory on a Cal-OSHA ergonomics tual slave laborers in a sewing fac- safety standard - was amended to tory at El Monte advanced, ease Senate passage, it was not clear although its chances of Assembly Push.the. Union.Labe whether its Republican sponsors passage before adjournment re- The four Democratic members of legos, Irwindale. to overcome maimed uncertain. The legislator decried the failure would be able get pro- the Assembly Committee on Labor Knox. said parents who:insist *on of state and federal enforcement cedural obstacles. Senate Bill 1350 by Hilda Solis, and Employment launched the La- the. union label when chil-T;_- was the clause buying agencies to find and eradicate oper- Removed urgency D-El Monte, who.chairs the Senate bor.Day weekend by holding a dren7s back-to-school clothes are ations like the El Monte slave labor that would have made AB 50 effec- Committee- on Labor- and Emnploy-* news conference at the-StateCapitol an effective for but would have re- sharing. strategy factory *in timely fashion. But par- tive immediately ment, would appropriate $2.5 mil- to denounce garment industry up Uncov- a two-thirds for cleaning ugly sweatshops. -ents and other concerned shoppers quired majority lion in new funds for the -Depart- sweatshops and urge buyers to look ered this summer in California., can. take action on their own, he passage. However, the author, then- ment of* Industrial Relations to for the union label. Member and now Senator '"It used to be),,that welfelt com- .said.. Assembly increase enforcement of labor laws Joining Committee Chair Wally. fortable buying crlothes. 'Ma-de in Ross Johnson, R-Fullerton, still in the garment: industry. Only two Knox of Los Angeles on a stage set- "It's We need for have to a the USA,'." Knox -told the.'news simple. to.shop would scrape together Senators,* Republican hard-liners with a giant union label and blown- union-label -clothes for our children. two-thirds of a media. reporters. ("But the slave-la- majority approval Robb Hurtt of Garden Grove and up- of scenes from* clothes are made in him to the photos, recently, bor. sewing factory found- in. El- Union-label *fa- waiver authorizing bring David Kelley of San Diego, voted raided. sweatshops were Phil Isen- cilities. where have a- amended measure back for action Monte- has shown us that 'Made in workers say against the bill. berg, Sacramento.;. Antonio- Vil- theUSN. also can. mean 'Madeina over their cOnditions and* wages. today. L.A., and Martin Gal- are not in The bill would erase legislation Stalled in the Senate, until next laraigosa.. sweatshop., They made sweatshops." requiring the Cal-OSHA Standards year is SB 399 by Solis, which Board to approve an ergonomics would make the companies Whose*. workplace standard. The state AFL- labels go into garments sewn in Gobal m. with Union.is CIO federation won a.court order sweatshops jointly liable along requiring the Cal-OSHA Standards sewing contractors for wages and (Continuedfromn Page 1) nothing to lose but their chains, a America today,"' the state AFL-CIO Board to obey that law. Johnson penalties. jobs by corporations that have- re- vision that faded with the collapse leader warned. ceived billions of'dollars worth*of of fatalIly flawed* political in the communism. "There should originate,, subsidies and tax...breaks "nothing leadership ofthe*AFL-CIO, a call to less than treason.")*. Samuel Gompers' proposal 80 the uni*ons of'the world for the only Henning's original *call for an years ago of an International Labor. answer'that is noble:-global-'union- AFL-CIO conference on global Organization proved to be "Acough ism is. the answer -to* global unionismn.was sounded during. the medicine for cancer of the. throat,"" 20th. binnial convention of the Cal- Henning said. "Nothing -more." capitalism. In "Thlegoa unionism convention ifornia Labor Federation in.July of the .1950s labor nationalism must at the Hotel in and left the could be realized. It be apm last. year Radisson global capitalism* Inter- proacJhed if iw are -to see a restora- Sacramento. national. Confederation of Free tion* of the American labor At such -a world-wide Trade Unions "helpless, however move- the International Longshoremen's nia crops. -meeting, ment to the* influence and authority andWarhosemn'sUnon,40 Henning said, ...there could be well-intentioned,." Henning said. The bill was scheduled to be is and power tha it once had. If there North Point St. at. Fisherman's heard the Senate Health charted ftreaies *and. accords of.de- "Global. .capitalism ruling is to be a' we to -before fense the canni- restoration,. have got Wharf. Committee at noon it to.*ban and.abolish confrot global emeritus of the today...What balism that beco6mes necessary capitalism.") Brown-, speaker seeks is a third reprieve for users HERE,Loal30. Henningconcluded -his appeal: California Assembly and a staunch and manufacturers of the two when capital controls..the respective ally of labor for more than three societies of the. world." "We were never meant to be beg- psiie.Lgsainamda il Local 30-of* gars at the table of wealth. We were decades at the State Capitol, has i- He added. the 'Hotel'Emloyees been endorsed by the San Francisco piitde.aLgsont taime ,"Gktbal unionism is the answer and Restaurant Employees at San never.meant- to be the apostles of Labor Council-Committee on Politi- cinghsinnhedtagasos*theceiic to global capitalism There,is, no Diego is. accepting'Applications for labor ciannibalism on the World cal Education (COPE) and the Safi casha9184ee8n4h.bos other answer the position.of organiingdirector.- stage. We were meant fbr a higher Francisco Building and Construc- The, California Labor Federation,- Henning, -in his -1994 speech, Resumes should*-be sent to.Secr.e-. destiny. We -were never meant to be tion* Trades Council. United Farm Workers, Teamsters traced historic a tempt*tocope.with tary-Treasurer Jef L. Eatchel at* 121 the lieutenants.of capitalism., We San werenever;ant to Tickets are $25. They can be ob and California Rural Legal Assis- global capitalism, includfing Karl Juniper St., Diego,-.CA-9210. be.the pall- tamned by phoning (415) 543-3283. tance all are strongly.opposed to SB Marx's stirring call to. workers of The FAX number is (619) bearers of the workers*of the the world to unite because they.had 233-4394. world." Page 4M September 15, 199