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Tt w1q a Prim elertinniorht fr jVVIr'aJj.ltuSLnfn, a* 1tWix rafc%I'lumiUa11.rs,rP.;.%vm. IIVWJjP sniadow over iabor's chances to ad- favorable votes on labor's bills. labor Tuesday, as voters turned Brown,. in her concession speech,' vance joyto her. labor supporters in one o from Kathleen progressive legislation Anti-labor compromise by Demo-- away Brown's* prom- noted there remains much wvork to through the capitol next year. the most,*Contentious campaigns ise to make the dream be done to the life to crats on- legislation would ruin the waged in years. bring good Withouta pro-labor governor labor-Demfocratic alliance.- come true. every segment of the state's popula- and a Democratic majority in the Feinstein ha*s yet to claim victory, Although a united union effort to tion. Her included a .There were -splashes of sunshine and. refuses to concede campaign plan Assembly, the State Senate may be in the mid-term elections however. Huffington put labor's endorsed candidate in to create well-paid jobs for well- tempted to break the expected legis- defeat with 500,000 absentee bal- the state's highest office was frus- trained workers and rescuing educa- U.S. Senator 's lots still to count -in a close 'contest. lative gridlock. With only a slim apparent victory over Michael Huff- trated, the AFL-CIO movement re-* tion from 12 years of executive Democratic- advantage in -the Sen- Feinstein garnered.46,6 percent of mained undaunted in its quest. to ington, the Republican candidate the vote to neglect, ate, the upper house will be reluc- who ran on Huffingtonfs 45.*percent. bring a better life to all working The election results cast a Proposition 187'*'s racist dark tant to break through.with deciding t Huffington, -the Texan oil mul- anti-immigran platform, brought (Continued on Page 4)

Vol. 37-No. 44 November .11, 1994 News Unions B3race For..Scabs NLBR Talks aimed at ending San Fran- cisco's newspaper strike continued in Mayor Jordan's office this week. Hears, Some progress was made when a tentative agreement was reached late last night between one union and the newspaper publishers. Sprint Members of Machinists Local 1327, which recently joined the Conference* of Newspaper Unions, Threats. will honor the picket lines until the Workers illegally fired from La other eight unions on strike return Conexion Famili;'ar, the Spanish-lan- to work, said Business Manager guage telecommunications subsid- John Moran. A ratification date is iary, for trying to sign up with the yet to bet announced. Communications Workers of Amer- The mayor announced that pub- ica, got a boost this week as the lishers of the San Francisco Chroni- NLRB's unfair labor practices trial cle and* Examiner had agreed to formally got underway. postpone on a day to day basis, their The NLRB complaint includes threat to permanently replace 2,600 intimidating threats against workers striking workers. at La Conexion Familiar made by The publishers had.earlier noti- Sprint.supervisors. While the em- fied all striking workers they would ployers have not admitted that they be replaced if they had not reported violated the National Labor Rela- back, to work by 5 p.m. this Striking workers at the S.E. Chronicle/Exanewr 5th and Mission Streets. site confront scab van driven by a tions Act, they have agreed that cer- Wednesday. uniformed Huffmaster security guard hired by the Newspaper -Agency.Poo y.Jd ak tain facts stipulated to would not be Doug Cuthbertson,. chairman of disputed. The -stipulations could al- the The Conference unions are. seek- efght-union Conference of ing annual 3.5 percent increases, low Administrative~ Law Judge Ger- Newspaper Unions stated that man- ald Wacknov to conclude that La decision to retroactive to the 1993 expiration agement's delay firing date. Job classification issues con- Conexion Familiar managers vio- strikers was "a gesture of good faith lated the Act. in view of cerning librarians represented -by*~ progress at the table." But the Newspaper Guild Local 52, and The board i's'alleging that La he reported that the two sides re-- issues for, Conexion Familiar unlawfully mained far on issues. job security Machinist apart key Union mechanics remain closed their .San Francisco* facility Looming large in the dispute is unresolved. (Continued on Pazge 4) the publishers' plan to eliminate 150. As the jobs of Teamster Local 921 delivery November 9 deadline to !M il drivers. return to work or lose jobs ap XK. NOTICE .Last proached, several well known col-~ The California AFL-CIO Thursday,. management told umnists vowed to out a the news media that stay until % News will hencefort*h be pub- they actually fair settlement was reached. The r. ~ lished on a sought to fire no drivers and would twice -a-month columnists included Herb . / be* content to reduce jobs Caen, ~ S, basis. Rising costs have com- through Rob Morse, Stephanie Salter, Ray------pelled us temporarily to aban- attrition. However, once back at the and Art bargaining table, management made Ratto, Hoppe. don weekly publication. no such offer. A mass rally Wednesday momn Until this issue, the Califor- nia AFL-CIO News The newspaper management also ing of strikers and supporters from < i. remained is offering a 19 month wage freeze, the trade union movement greeted/ / s a followed by 2.5 percent raises. (Continued on Page 4) Huffmaster' guard, closes, gate after scab van passes through. HERE BafthesHotel,VWinsAL*-Co tPark Sheraton Boycott economic issues, the new owners, a Disneyland VWorkers precedent setting contract language Looms at San pair of Singapore-based business- will be -helpful for other unions at Ma Pedro men, have forced the union to seek Ratify New Contract the -park as well. Some 140 hotel workers, primar- a labor/community- boycott -of -the Ninety-eight percent of cashiers,- Sheraton. Hundreds of jubilant culinary cooks And* other P ily Latino immigrants and members workers, members of Hotel and culinary workers S of Hotel and Restaurant "The owners have hinted at a de- voted to accept the pact,.giving Employees certification but haven't Restaurant Employees Local 681, Local are in a attempt yet them a pay boost and increased job A 681, locked tenacious. produced any documentation," said celebrated the* ratification of a new ~ truggle with the San Pedro Sher- three year collectively security. aton's new Alberto Mejia-Moreno, the local's bargained .The.agreement,, covering about owners who insist the director of organization. contract with Disneyland Theme S workers toil a second year under a Park last 1,600 workers, was reached late at In a letter to Harbor District City. week, thus averting a pos- night before the day of expiration. F concessionary agreement initiated' Councilman sible strike. Sj by the hotel's previous owners in Rudy. Svorinich, Jr., Union,leaders saidDisney execu- Angela Keefe,.presdent of the local Union leaders called the settle- tives' initial proposals included S October, 1993.iNhe current pro- ment- an- 5 posal also calls for loss of benefits outlined prior events, "When wie impressive victory for the more take-aways than they had ever and deterioration of seniority rights. met on September 13,. the employers members, providing not onOly a three seen -beform stated they were. in the. proc*ess of percent annual* wage increase that Most workers felt strongly that. .Plans to launch a boycott against will Ahead. of the hotel are in the works. 'shopping' alternative' health care keep -wages inflation, two issues emerging from the *be- plans, but. said that would not as well as denying management a ginning of the talks were just.as im- After months of negotiations, of change their-offer. The stated free- hand. to institute contracting which only -one -day was spent on they portant as a pay increase. One of the (Cottinued oot Page. 4) out of. union jobs. Important new (Continued on Page 4) Jubilant members of United Service Employees Local 616 celebrate organizing 6000 howecare workers. "Union HomnecarWoks JInE U Alameda County homecare workers are among the fastest grow- Alameda. County Administration ongoing,fiscal crisis only. exacer- cal 616. "Their work. is.far too-valu- Workers, some*6,000 strong, voted ing sector of the health care-work building. in 0akland.O ."Now we bate.d matters. Often paycheck -able to be minimum wage jobs. wit no -benefits and no for union representation 'last week force - growing an average 30 per- ready for the bargaiifing table. It's. would be late -or there would be ar- security.. They by.-an overwhelming 10 to one* cent a year. They emerged in the time -we took -some control." bitrary reductions in hours. deserve higher pay, benefits, and re- margin. 1970's as a cost-effective alternative Like all other homecare workers, In lobbying for the- creation of a spect, and were. going to. fight 'until For the last year and a half the to hospital and nursing home care. Alameda Countys have been tradi- public,guthority, SEW was joined we get it." workers have been engaged in an Long overlooked, and weary 'inlyregarded as "indepndent by co*nsumer groups representing Richard- Sanchez, a homecare organizing campaign, part of the with low pay usually at the .mini- providers"*emnployed by -their. cli- the-elderly and disabled.' *worker for'.eight years who cares for SEIU's nationwide effort to repre- mum wage level, no. benefits, iso- ents, therefore- unable to negotiate The promise of a tax. savings.,re- disabled children,* said, Some-. sent* these historically underpaid lated and difficult working condi- collectively with a single employer. alized by keeping patients- out of' times people need just a little bit Of. workers whose wages are at the-bot- tions, arbitrary cutbacks and But legislation enacted in 1993 .counPty-mun-hospitals also helped to support. to stay in their homes. Ev- tom of the health care industry. inadequate, training, more than made. it possible for. the* County's pave the way.to set up a public-au- ery'year we can keep someone out They will seek their first contract 45,000 homecare workers'have now Board. of. Supervisors- to create*.a thority. with whicbi to bargain. of an institution we save the state with representation by Service Em- been organized by the SEIU in.. public.atort to -oversee the de- "44By helping to keep- the. elderly thousands of dollars. ployees Local 616. California. lier of homnecareI services as well and-disabled in their homes instead But -over the* last three or four The Alameda workers provide "For far too long,, we've been-just. as pobvide the crucial..role of "em- of in institutions, homnecare workers years, Supplemental Security In- care in the homes of the elderly and too easy to ignore," said. Mae -ployer" -so the*workers could' bar- make an incredible contribution to- come -(SSI) 'has been cutting 'back disabled under the state-funded and Moore, one of dozens. of hmcr gain.,for.-pay, -benefits,. and"working- the people of California- and save on bomecare- and it doesn't make county-run In Home Supportive workers who waited for. vote'results conditio6ns. taxpAyers millions of dollars," said sense. We should be supporting our Services program. Homecare to be announced at-- the Califoria'ss ailing economy and Plat'Ford., executive director of Lo- families and. keeping people at Thursday. home.". It is clear:- to* the.-workers and Jim H-ightower, union leadership that education and public -awareness is vital, to bringing union-won.gains to,.homecare pro- Who Killed Hedalth-Care Reform viders. "At least now we have a tool at we can us&,to for we like alot- of bills do - fresh- from' credit for killling ReformT. He man? fight thelthings Here is the scriptforpopulist Jim of Hightower's labor-friendly commen- the* country,, full of hope and prom- was. slime ail,right, *but* not sn arr I the Fat One need,". said Sanchez -Thursday's to it' That's-When* noticed vote to organize. tary that was broadcast by radio ise. But it was lied-about], .cheate- enough do. by himself.. on the -end. The. guy wearing a stations throughout the United on, tarnished and finally....lured: What.about theBig Galoot, next. Gucci loafers In March last year;,- the union got to His thousand-dollar suit, States on Tuesday, Oct. 18: down, a dark corridor in the Con- him:. Bill' Clinton. finger and a smarmy smile: Mr. Insurance a boost. when it won a -key court and'. prints Were,- l1over the-corpse, but I'. decision. $6 mrillion in Tuesday's the name. Jim Tuesday- gress Murdered.* Company. He winked and tried -to awarding Could tell' by his. grief,...he* just me a hundred-dollar bill,. back pay, for homecare. workers There are a lot of stories on Ten-forty-eight, PM ..Down- didn't-have murder *in hist' heart. slip- statewide. The ruled that the but this is a tegy..h 'judge Hightower Radio, story town.. I was called to-the 5th Pre- Then there was the sweaty one, Yeah, hes money state *had- vio*lated the FairLabor .murder: "Who Killed Health- to at In a. of... .cinct* look 'some mugs... at me:. Bob Dole He* had behind..the murder. ct we twithheld Care Reform?" was an bunch.-. glowering. Standards A line-up....It ugly murder written all over. his. ugly You4heard it here on14 Hightower homecare workers' pay during the Just the facts, ma'am- We know* .On the far right was. the jumpy:. mug He hated -Reform and hated Radio. jft.. the old story: 'Political 1990. and *1992* state budget how it- happened. An inside job, one. ("The Newt" they' alled- him, everyone who Wasn't already cow gridlock*and corporate.gred impasses. deep -inside the Capitol building. Newt Gingrich. Odd guy,- claimed ered -for. health care. lock.....That's who killed Health The SEIU"s California Homecare Health Reform had come to the city he *was the, murderer.. "Wanted" -But was he -just- a stooge, the hit Workers Campaign currentlyha Care Reform*. similar. organizing drives underway in. Los. Angeles, where more than 20,000 workers. have signed up. for News from.Chin'sLabor -representation-by Local 434-B. CamPS. Drives are also on Slave labor is thriving in China's there is a system.Of mcieyto wrote, mteant- 14 hours of' daily A trip to Ben Franklin- outlets *ir focusing workers gulag system according to recent destroy the people,"7 Wu said, in back*-breaking labor under -the Pleasanton and Reno by.Wu re- in..San Facso Manin, Contra smuggled reports coming out of a. e to labor vealed a match to the. labels Costa;-- Fresno, Sacramento and referenc China's system. ;watchful eye of guards. "Many-.in- perfect* around the. state. Chinese labor camp. Despite a U.S. "In the past 40 years;- millions of mates, including myself, their smuggled out by Chen showing,up othier counties law prohibiting the importation. of people have- disappeared into this* hands. and. feet squashed by big on artificial flowers for sale-in the goods -made with forced labor, machine." stones, stained with blood and puss, stores. Universal claimed-no knowl- * Datebook products made in these camps still. Wu's report contains a smuggled have to labor as usual. As a conse--- edge -of Chinese labor- conditions flow freely to this country, says letter from an inmate of *China's quence,) many* inmates were crip- and the production.of the flowers Harry- Wu, a resident scholar at Guangdong province, sent to.him pled for life." the, distributor buys.. Stanford University who's been by democracy activists working Nevertheless,. many of these AFL-CIO staffer, Jeff Fielder working for years to expose. the. with his foundation. "Inmates are same prisoners. were forced to make who is on the foundation's-executive Publisher's Notice prison labor system.- often beaten until they -are blood- artificial -flowers -at night. Chen sent board, said,""We. don't,have an) The California AFL-CIO In 1992, China an evidence that knew. a mat- signed* agree- stained all over, collapse or lose: the foundation three self-adhesivP they Itfs ) News (ISSN: .0008-0802)- is pub- ment to stop importing goods pro- consciousness,." wrote the prisoner, U.S.. dollar price tag labels with his ter.for. investation.*" US.-CustomTi; lishied *weelyexcept during the duced by its labor camps. That was Chen,Bokong, a 30 year old teacher.. letter bearing the_ nameof Ben officials knew nothing of-the.atf weeks *of Thanksgiving, followed by President Clinton's sup- "Several -times I was beaten by the Franklin -Stores and its-. supplier, cial.flower case and.promised*tc Christmas and New Year's holi- port to give China a most favored team leader. I am constantly ex- Universal SunRay,.a. Missouri- look into the-matter. Officials at the days. by. the California Labor nation.status this year, and the as- posed to' terror", based*,wholesaler of artificial ~Chinese ebsyhave-reportedl., Federation.,. AFL-CIO, 417 surance by Administration officials 'Cheni tooklterrific risks in smug- flOwers. told. some members of the.U.S. me- Montgomery .St., Suite 300, that China's prison-labor goods had gling out his letter "I -understand dia -that the- flowers were-not madc San Francisco, CA 94104. See- ceased. Until been dif- by onid class at San recently,,-it's that once my letter is published, I prisoners. Francisco,postage.*paidCalif..'-Individual ficult to identify links between the might be persecuted even more PhOto Figures on China's prison popula- Chinese labor system and the U.S. Qops, seem to be subscription,- $10"-a year; cor- harshly. I might'even be- killed. But tion. shrouded in mys- USPS Publica- markets. I have no Mix-Up porate rate, $20. choice."7 tery. Officially. the governmeni tion Number 083-400. John E Wu has just released two reports The Laogai Research Fouindation The page one picture in last claims- only -one million. inmates,It Hejmning,, executive secretary- through his Laogai Research Foun- has requested..the Clinton adminis- Friday's issue qf the* California* Wu,, however, takes issue with, tha trasrer; -Floyd Mhckr,, editor. dation, documenting- the import of tration appeal. to the Chinese gov- AFL-CIO*News by error iden- number.. Officih-1l-figures,..he says,e POSTMASTER: Send address green tea and lartificial flowers pro- ernment to release Chen.* tified the driver of an auto as- a do not include' men-and women ld changes, to: California AFL- duced by prison- labor. "Laogai" is Chen was serving a 3-year sen- scab. He was -in- Fact Ci-opeil- Chen who are being "re-educated'. CIO News,. 417 Montgomery the name for what the Chinese gov- 'hoping6to through.th&labor. Nor -are person tence for his pro-democracy- activ- Ating 'longshoreman- 19 ',St*, suite 300, *San Francisco, ernment calls its labor ""reform" ities in 199 when -he.escaped to stop the unloading-of paper counted-who',are held in detention, CA 94104. Phone, (415) system. Wu is a victim of the sys- Hong Kong' only -to-be deported mistknybeieved* to -be des- tem, having spent almost.20-years China the authorities. Of tined for the -S.F Chronicle and 986-3585. FAX,1 (415)* 392-350. back.to by i9 toiling in these*.camps. course, he landed back in the labor Examiiner The- picketers were* "People have to know that at the camp. for more '"education." cheering him on before, the line core of China's human rights -issue Working in a stone quarry, Chen' was removed. Page 2 - oemerU Here Are-the -New Line-ujPS U.S. Senator Boldltype indicates COPE-endorsed candidates** DianneFeimstein OD)) Congress (Subject to* absentee-ballot count) Dist. 13. Fortney..(Nte) Stark. (D) 14.* Anna~Eshoo (D). I.Franl- Riggs (R) 15.' 2. Wally Hlerger (R) Nor(m-Mnea(D),. State --Offices 3.*..,* 16. () VieFazio -(D) 17. Sam Fan John -Doolittle (R -(D) Governor Controller. Superintendent o 4.. 18. Gary A. Condit ( (R) .5. Robert Matsui (D). KtAthlen Connell () Public Instruction- 6. .Lynnwolsey (D) 19.. '(R) NDwneEastn (Non-parisan) 7. George Miller (D) -20.0 -Cal..Dooley .(D)- '..8. Nancy* Pelosi (D) 21. (R) Lieutenant 9. Ronald V. Deliums (D) 22. (R) Treasurer 23. Elton- Gallegly (R). Governor* Matt Fong (R). Commissioner 10. Bill Baker(R 24.' nton (D Charles Quackenbush- (R) 11. (R) C.. Beilenson. () 12. Ibm Lantos (D) 25. Howard McKeon (R). 26. -Howard L.. Berman.(D) .27. (R). Secretary 28... David -Dreier (R) Of -State StateAssembly 29. .Henry WAhman (D). Bill Jones 17. Michael J.. Machado (D) 50. Martha'M,.-Escutia (D) Xavier B (R) Dist. 51. .Curtis-R. 30. ecerra (D) 1. Dan- Hauser 18. Michae,l Sweeney'I-(D). ITlicker, Jr., (D) (D) 19. Jackie. 52. Wdlard **H. Murray, Jr. 31. MatthewG. 4,Maritinez (0) 2' Tom Woods (R) Speier (D) 32.. Julian-C. .Dixon .(D)- Bernie Richter 20.- Liz Figueroa (D) (D) Attorney General (R) 21. Byron D.. Slier (D) 53. Debra Bowen. (D) 33. Lucille Roybal-Ailard (D) Dan Lungren (R) 4. David Knowles (R)- *54., Bety Karnette.(D) .5. Barbara Alby (R) 22, John Vasconcellos.(D) 34. ateban Torres -(D) 23. Dominic L. Cortese (D) 55. JaiaM.. McDonald .(D) 35. (9)* 6i. Kerry Mazzoi*d (D) 24. Jim Cunneen (R) .56. Phil Hawkins (R) 7. Valerie K. Brown (9) 57. *Martin Gallegos (D) *.36.- (D) State Board 8. TOM Hnia (9) 25. George fHouse.,-Jr (R) 37. WaIter R. 14cker III (9) 9. 26. Sal Cannella' (D) 58.- Grace FE Napolitanto (D) Phillip Isenberg *(9) 27. Bruce McPherson. (R) 59. Richard Mountjoy (R) 38.- Steve-Horn (R) of Equalization 10. Larry Bowler (R) 39. Ed (R) 11. Bob*Campbell(9 28. Peter. Frusetta. (R) 60.. Paul Horcher-(R)- Royce Dist. 12. John L. Burton (9) 29. _Chuck *Poochigian *(R) 61. Fred Aguiar (R) 40. Jerry Lewis (R) 1. Johan Kiebs (D) 13. Willie L. -Brown,* Jr. (D)' 30. Brian Setencich (R) 62. Joe Baca (D) .41. Jay- Kim. (R) 2. Dean Andal (R) 14. Tom Bates 31. Cruz M., Bustamanfte (D). 63. Jim. Brulte:(R) 42.- E.- Jr. (B) 32. Thce (R) Ted George Brown,. (D) 3. Ernest Dronenburg, Jr. (R) 15. Richard Rainey (R) Harvey 64. Weggeland (R)- 43. ..(R) 4. Brad Sherman (D) 16 Barbara Lee (9),. 33.. Tom Bordonaro (R) 65. Brett Granlund (R) 34. Keith Ol1berg (R) 66. Bruce. Thompson (R) 44. (R) 35. Brooks Firestone* (R) 67. Doris Allen (R). 45. Dana Rhbce R 36. ..Win. Knight (R) 68. Curt Pringle (R) 46. Robert Dornan (R); 37. Nao Takasugi-,(RD) 69. Jim. Morrissey (R). Cox 38. Paula 47.. Christopher (R) State Senate Boland (R) 70. -Marilyn Brewer (R) 48. (R)- Dist. 39.' Richard Katz (0i) 71. ,Mickey Conroy (R) 24. Hilda S( 40. Barbara Fidmn(9) 72. Ross Jdhnson (R) .49-.-Brian -Bilbray (R) 2. Mike ThOnPso(D) 26. Diane E,L wsts.im (D) Fle 9 4. Maurice Johannessen(R 28. Ralph -C 41. Sheika-JamesiKnehi (D). 73. -Bill. Morrow (R) 50. Bob 6. Leroy,:F. Greene (9) *29. RichardI 42. -WSly -Kn-(D) 74.- Howard Kaloogian (R), 51. Randy Cunningham* (R). 8.. Quentin Kopp'.(1)3.Chre 43.-Jame6s.Rogab(R) 75. JawGoldsmnith' (RY- 526 Dncan lunt& Rf 10. Bill Lockyer .(9) 32. 44. Bill Hoge(R 76. SsnA.. Davis .(D) to count Ruben:-E Baldwin *Subjeat abientee- balot. 12. Dick -Monteith (R) '34. Rob.Hurrtt -(R) 45.. AntonioNVillAraigpsat.(9) 77. Steve (R)' 14. Keni Maddy (R) 36. Ray HayMues (R) 46. Louis caidera '(D) 78. -Deirdre (Dede) Alpert. (D) 16., Jim Costa (9) 38. William A. Craven (R) 47. Kevin Muray(w 719. -Deniise -MorewmEDucheny- Prop.187'9s- 18. Jack O'Connell (D) 40. Steve Peaee(D) 48.6 Marguerite Archte-HudsOn (D) 20. Herschel Rosenthal (B) 80. Jim Battin (R) 22. Richard G,.-Pdmanco(D) *Special Election 49. Diane Martinez (D) *Subject, to absentee ballot count DecaturUnions'3-.Front.Btl Three strikes at Decatur, Illinois 700 workers', members ofthe Paper-, in the Midwest heartland. ing the Staley corn-presn have brought nationwide attentjon workers Union,) were. locked out of The lockout was- preceded- by the and strun alagebane' pc claim-- to this town of 80,000 people. The work by the Staley Manufacturing tragic death'ofJim Beals, a member. ing the bridge as the."ore -sMe- disputes have taken on an interna- Co. which is -owned-by State. Farm of Paperworkers Local 7837.) -whc-r-mori Viaduct in1eor )f Jim tional tone because ownershipin Insurance, Tate Corp.,-a was, killed after -being forced, to Beals.7 Staley workerswr able to &JLyle ed volves American, British and Japa- British-owned. firm, 'and Acher- work in dangerous conditions,. eert a decisinanon by" nor. the of re- Co.-to It remained centerpiece nese multinationals. Daniel Midlands. 'Staley processes United union demonstrators. the uninie MillerBrwn his' campaign 'from..beginning to Nearly 15 months ago, more than agricultural products, mainly.corn, centl massed on a bridge oelo- so sn tlyscr we ener in, end. its brewing. process. Wilson was able to r*e-arrange the Rally -participants -then-marched field- .gn to the Bridgestone/Firestone plant, playing during.his camnpai United with -Prop.* 187. by taking -the focus one of several struck by the away from CAliforniA long falter- Rubber Workers nationwide, and ing economy and exploiting instead then to a busy. intersection near the voters' fears and'biases that illegal CAtierpillarplant,.where. they_ sat. immigrants were destroying .their down--anid- tied up- traffic. for more state. than an hour. The racist notion that education,, In June, more than 1,000 United welfare. and non-emergency health Auto Workers struck the.American- care should be withheld'from illegal owned-Caterpillar plant in response immigrants in California found its to the company's-demands for. wage resting place. at the.ballot box Thes- rollbacks .anid'other*concessions. daywinn handily. This,- despite Some 17,OOOAuto*Workers are,in- heavy oppo.sition*from, labor and its volved- fnationwide-strike, allies throDughout the campaign. against Caerpillar..in..a At least ei'ght lawsuits to test The following*.month,'1,250 187's co6nstitutionality in, state and United- Rubber Workers. struck the federal courts were filed the. day fol- Bridgestonie/Firestone plant in defi- lowing the- election. ance of 'concessions demanded by In San Fracsc,Sperior Court the company's Japanese owners. Judge Stuart Pollack issued a tem- The company's- demands include porary restraining. order pr*ohibiting cuts in health care coverage and public-,schools. from enforcing the continuous plant operattions., Man- propos.ition requirement expelling agers.have begun hiring repae school children*w.ho. are illegal tlwstikingLR aliens.' mnnt workers for Labor's Yes. endotsemnent.. of the* members.- singlepaer :healthi- plan--initiative, Striking workers in Decatur, U.involved in dsutsat Cterpila,AE ae n ngsOuiein Broa4 suppo*rt and solidarity was front of in asowof- determination to thecourxse ad Proposition 186 denied' by vo-. marchin Staley headquarters stay infar4onrts have been displayed-.by fthelabor' ters as- it Iwent.down to deea,- and Members- of the UAW, Paperworkers. and Rubber:..Mrkers. areafctdby thesIrikes.1Th Oc.15 march movement and in.communities Proposition, 184,-,.the so-called drew some s,ooo trade uionists.- Noice were. generally weR-behaved, unlike a June-25 rally, when demon-* across the -country. including' the "'three strikes!" initiative was ap- straftor' peacefu acts-of civil disobedience were nut with ppegan- riot sicks.& San.- Francisco Bay -Area. proved-contrary to labOr's position. November H,1M4 Page'3 Elections...0 (Continued from Page 1) Kathleen Connell, COPE's vote lead out of over 106,000 ballots lionaire, voting only 17 percent right Sabs cast. choice for State Controller, did well (Continued on labor issues in Congress, prom- in her first from Page 1) Most of the non-union newspaper try for public office, with Republican Richard Mountjoy scabs arrived to work under ised voters he would do nothing in a over as they carriers have refused to deliver the the Senate, and 28 million victory reactionary Republi- was a winner in both his 59th As- heavy San Francisco police'escort. spent can Tom McClintock, a former As- sembly District and the 29th Senate scab papers and hundreds of stores dollars of his own money during the To date, only eight of 2,600 strikers are refusing to sell the papers. semblyman with a 90 percent anti- District. He will vacate the Assem- have crossed picket lines. campaign. labor voting record. bly seat. Strike leaders are urging the public Trade unionists, determined to Strike headquarters reports that to the Can- Connell, a business professional, boycott newspapers. keep both the state's U.S. Senate *In the State Senate, the Federa- 200 advertisers have pulled out of cellation cards are available at Strike seats Democratic, worked is licensed to practice as a pension tion's Committee on Political Edu- the newspapers in support of the tirelessly fund advisor Her new Headquarters by phoning (415) for Feinstein's reelection by contrib- office will cation made 18 endorsements in 20 strike or due to dissatisfaction with -882-9173. uting thousands of volunteer hours automatically put her on the boards contests. Fourteen of those pre- the two newspapers' inability to of the multi-billion dollar Public The striking unions are: Team- to the campaign. vailed, giving Democrats a 21-17 reach their pre-strike readership. sters Local 15 and 921, Newspaper Democrat Davis' in Employees Retirement System and majority over Republicans. These include Nordstrom, Kaiser Gray victory State Teachers Retirement Guild Local 52, CWA 'llpographi- the Lieutenant Governor's race over System. Two independents, Quentin Kopp Permanente, American Express, cal Local 21, Service Employees Cathie means She favors a California first policy of San Francisco and,Lucy Killea of Delta Airlines, Radio Shack, WW~- Republican Wright for investments Local 87, Web Pressmen Local 4, the state will continue to have a by the retirement San Diego promise to be key votes greens, Ross-Dress-for-Less, and Local 24, and News I Paperhandlers, Governor and Lt. Governor from funds, prevailing wages on public on bills important to working peo- Mason McDuffie Realtors. works Vendors Local 468. two different parties, a situation that projects, universal health ple in the next legislative session. care coverage, collective bargaining * Democrats in California's has persisted for 20 years. con- statement in the face the will have to face rights for public employees and retained a slim di'sappoint- iation, these COPE-endorsed Delaine Eastin gressional delegation results: in a concerns, and the AFL-CIO will be strong Cal-OSHA enforcement. 27 to 25 advantage over ing "Unfortunately, prevailed in a non-partisan race for Republi- great number of races, disgusted vo- doing its utmost to see that they do Superintendent of Public Instruction 0 Loss of a Democratic majority cans. Nationwide,-there were huge in the Assembly is considered the Republican gains in the U.S. House ters decided to throw the rascals IN. so promptly and effectively."" over the Governor's 'Chosen candi- "But the problems of the country COPE-endorsed candidates won date for that post, Maureen Di- second most devastating blow for of Representatives. Pundits are call- labor and its allies after Kathleen ing the first Republican control of remain, and yesterday's results pro- in three of the four State Board of Marco who linked herself in televi- vide no evidence that working peo- Equalization districts on the ballot. sion campaign ads to conservative Brown's defeat in the battle for the Congress in 40 years a "sea change"' have for office. The in the that the burden of ple given up hope better Democrats Johan Klehs and Brad Republicans, Bill Jones, who was governor's line-up puts government safer Sherman were elected now stands at 40 on the GOP The loss of com- bealth"care, workplaces and along with elected Secretary of State, and Assembly Demo- key fairer treatment on the crats to mittee chairs Democrats job. Republican Ernest Dronenburg, Jr. Charles- Quackenbush, who defe- 40 Republicans. by is ex- want relief from former Democratic Even that to have a on "They declining Only Assembly- ated COPE-endorsed Art Torres in tally, however, remains pected heavy impact s and economic inse- man Robert to in doubt. COPE-endorsed workers across the wage growing Presley's loss Repub- the Insurance Commissioner Betty country. Members of the 104th Con- lican Dean Andal a Karnette is on to a slim curity. prevented holding 64 gress, regardless of their party affil- COPE in these contests. Park@0contest. The national AFL-CIO issued a sweep (Continuedfrom Page 1) popcorn, ice cream and balloons. Hotel 0 of them concerned- Ecklund was one of 18 members on (Continuedfrom Page 1) a $20 a month co-payment for indi- the union's the union's committee for a hotel in San Francisco. struggle to prevent Disneyland from bargaining were willing to open some financial vidual coverage, $30 for one depen- hiring non-union subcontractors for which hammered out the agreement records to the union, but would not dent and $40 for two or more de- While their $12 million invest- those and voted unanimously to present it consider recommendations pendents, with no dental coverage. ment at the San Pedro Sheraton is culinary jobs, particularly in to the any the cafeterias. The problem membership. made based on a union audit. Of the hotel's tipped work force, expected to pay off in the medium The union had won a four and long term, the union's position emerged this summer when Disney- percent "Because of the owners' contin- about 35 percent of all workers, wage boost with the last contract in most earn about $5 an hour. A ma- is that the hotel's workers should not land managers attempted to contract ued intransigence, our members out some jobs to outside non-union 1991. Although the members were jority of the non-tipped workers have to bear the, burden of poverty to maintain that have voted to call for a labor/com- wages and substandard benefits vendors. Protest from the union hal- hoping increase, of the Sheraton. We earn $6 to $7 an hour. The most the three raise seemed munity boycott lucrative are in while the investors wait for their ted that plan but management ad- percent pal- are and to receive jobs housekeeping, atable. "I think it's the best requesting expect which $6.14 an hour. The payoff., mitted it had been considering con- probably sanction for this -boycott from the bring tracting out for the -future. After we could have got for the way the union had already agreed to a one In January this year, the Los An- is said Longshoremen's Union, Teamsters, long discussion during negotiations, economy today," Gerald County Federation of year wage freeze in July 1993. geles City Council unanimously ap- Lueders, a kitchen worker at the The new owners, KentJana Widj- proved the sale of the Sheraton after New Orleans restaurant. aja and Tirtomulyadi Sulistyo, have last minute negotiations to save Additional contract advances formed a partnership called C/P union jobs then at stake. "We were concern improved seniority rights, Forward Corp. which represents reassured by the prospective owners overtime, shift and days off prefer- substantial capital in Indonesia and that they had the' employees' best ences; better definitions on job sta- Singapore. The new owners have interest in mind," said Councilman tus and descriptions; improvements strong ties to international markets Svorinich, Jr. Union representatives in the culinary apprenticeship pro- and are expected to draw business- told council members they sup- gram; limitations on the use of sus- men and tourists from all over Asia. ported the sale after a meeting with pensions for discipline, the possi- They have controlling shares in the new owners who promised that bility of four day, 10 hour shifts in Crown Prince Hotels in Singapore, a new contract would be negotiated. some areas, and increased vacation Penang and Kuala Lumpur. They Now that promise has gone are now reported to be cash-out negotiating unfulfilled. agement'1)s proposal for a two-tier provisions. wage structure, strongly resisted by union negotiators. Debate persisted on this point for two months and Sprint.. nearly provoked the first strike at Disneyland in 10 years. Disneyland (Continuedfrom Page 1) of La Conexion Familiar super- will never have a union,... Cerritos cards from 70 percent of the em- had proposed wages for new hires to avoid unionization and that em- visors Arturo Joya, Laura Cerritos said there would be layoffs, there ployees, and a representation elec- after November 1 be at ployers made over 50 illegal state- and Norma Cejas. Other persons would be no more work, that Sprint tion had been scheduled for July 22. capped ments that include threats of $7.50 an hour. The top rate for most repri- named are former employees of the would close down La Conexion Fa- The company fired 235 workers of the union food service workers at sal, interrogations,- and promises of company. miliar and never reopen it, ...'Cer- and closed its doors on July 14. the is benefits to some employees. Just a few of them follow: ritos said the supervisors had to ex- park $8.95. Ultimately, nego- The held before tiators agreed new employees would proceedings * "In about mid-March, at La plain this to employees so they Two Job have the same top scale but it would Judge Wacknov, will include pleas Conexion Familiar's facility, Arturo would know what would happen if a Openings to seek remedies to the em- ... take them twice as long to reach it require Joya came up to telemarketer De- union came in,,..6 At SEWU Local 535 ployers to permanently reopen the bbie Casiano and had a conversation * "On an unknown as former employees. date some- Two job openings have been an- San Francisco facility, offer all fired with her, ... Joya asked if Casiano The local had threatened to orga- time after May 1, Laura Cerritos nounced by Service Employees Lo- workers immediate reinstatement to ... nize a boycott of the theme park if was for the union, Joya said that had a conversation with her assis- their former jobs and conditions of is a non-union cal 535 which represents 15,000 so- Disneyland proceeded with plans to Sprint organization tant,, Sandra Lobos, in the same cial service and health workers in replace the union cafeteria workers. employment, including backpay, as and doesn't deal with unions,.. room with La Conexion Familiar well as a broad cease and desist or- said that the who the public and private sectors "We were just exploring the ideal,"1 Joya employees employee Karla Gomez,, and in a California. Both are der preventing the employers from were for the union would be fired, voice throughout. said John McClintock, a manage- loud enough to be overheard contract positions. further with the of . interfering rights and they wouldn't be there ... ment spokesman. long, by Gomez, Cerritos said to The local is seeking someone to employees to unionize. Joya said that Sprint is not going to Lobos that if the comes "We fought hard for what we union in edit and oversee production of its " The agreed upon points that re- allow a union in La Conexion Fa- there, La Conexion Familiar closes said Sandi who sells 1 got,) Eckland, latetovrosaleain~ If%the statewide newspaper, a four-page miliar, .. the doors and doesn't open again, tabloid from the 0 "On about April 5, Laura Cer- CertssI tILbosthtate currently produced Sexual Harassment ritos met with Maria Diaz in Cer- Hearing on Nov.16 ritos' office at-the La Conexion Fa- The cost and effect of sexual ha- miliar facility, ... When Diaz rassment in state government work- arrived, Cerritos slammed her desk places and the effectiveness of ha- with her hand and, in a hostile rassment curbs legislated in 1992 voice, loudly said that she was fed and 1993 will be examined Nov. 16 up with Maria Diaz in the womnen's at Sacramento during an interim restroom, trying to organize em- hearing of the Ass.-mbly Committee ployees to support the union to fight on Consumer Protection, Govern- for their commissions. mental Efficiency and Economic * "On an unknown date some- Development. * Threats to fire employees who time after May I,. Laura Cerritos.) at ployers from further violating the supported the union.. La Conexion;Familiar's facility, met rights of its workers. Assembly Member Jackie Spear, W statements that the view date is set for December 16. D-South San Francisco, will chair Making with supervisors, managers., and The case was argued on October company would never bargain with LCF employee- Karen 13 before District Court Contact Kerry Newkirk, Execu- the hearing, which is scheduled for Gomez,..0 Judge tive SEIU Local 535 at the union. Cerritos said it, was important that Vaughn Walker, and a decision is Assistant, 9:30 a.m. to4 p.m. in Room 126 of 661 - 27th St., Oakland, CA 94612. the State Capitol. The factual stipulations released the supervisors understand that pending.. by the-NLRB related to the conduct Spitis a -non-unioncompany, n CWA had collected authorization The phone 'Is (510) 893-8766. Page 4 Nuvmber IU. 194