CuIiforauio'-V AFL-CIO News Published weekly bylCaliornia or Federation, AFL-CIO, JOHN F. HENNING _0 151 Nov. 13, 1970 Market Street. Fan taco California 9410eond Class e Postage Paid at a mieco, ali.Subscriptlon: $3.50 a year Executivey S.cvotary-Teasuro . Labor Paln Eyes I EDITORIAL I Murphyl Urged It will be a long, iong time before inteleuals of To Resign-lNow Legislative Plans the Left again dismiss Labor as an outmodedthe political force. For '71 Session Two years ago the intellectuals were saying that To Benefit State Formulation of plans for the Labor's political approach was simply not relevant to the "U.S. Senator George Murphy California Labor Federation's campaign struggles of contemporary America. can perform a vital service for 1971 legislative program got un- The returns of November 3 found Labor to be the all Californians by resigning and derway last week when the State necessary element of liberal success in California and letting Senator-elect J o h n V. AFL-CIO Executive Council's about the nation. Tunney gain seniority in the Legislative Committee met with Here in California the AFLrCIO did much to change Senate by filling his unexpired the 18-member Legislative Ad- term," John F. Henning, execu- the face of political power of the State AF- visory Committee at the Hilton We were essential to the victory of Senator-elect John tive officer Hotel in San Francisco to dis- times CIO, declared Monday. cuss legislation to be sought to Tunney. President Nixon came into the state three Henning pointed out that there benefit California workers and (Continued on Page 2) is ample precedent for this move consumers next year. and that it could benefit all Cali- The November 5 meeting, fornians in terms of Tunney's chaired by Federation President committee assignments and his Albin J. Gruhn, reviewed the Grand Jury Sifts immediate influence in winning policy statements and scores of government contracts for Cali- (Continued on Page 2) fornia to relieve the state's es- San lose Incident calating unemployment crisis. Charges by organized labor and other concerned citi- Henning, Executive Marm OLD Asks zens that President Nixon attempted to reap political Treasurer of the CaNhS bor Federaton,.. AF4 _ gains on-the-enre-ofUthe recent general election from the ed out that the lS bSs_ San Jose egg-throwing incident continued to simmer this Sheridan Downey, a Demurat, S.F. UIILRB Office week with these results: resigned before the- slalM The Marin County Central La- * A three-man committee of the 1970 Santa Clara (Continued on Page 4) bor Council has called for a Con- County Grand Jury has under- gressional investigation to air its taken an investigation to develop charges that the San Francisco a factual account of what hap- Rejection @1 Th rkers' Appeals office of the National Labor Re- pened. It is expected to submit lations Board has discriminated its report and recommendations, against the union in connection if any, to the full Grand Jury For Jobless Beimefits Up 50% with the 10-month-long strike at sometimes next week. $iuce 1966, a worker's chance decided in favor of the worker the San Rafael Independent- * Republican Congressman of Wi zng his rights to unem- dropped from 559 in 196 to 320 JournaL. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey has plqyment insurance by carrying in 1969 or from 14.6 percent to In lotters sent November 5 to reportedly suggested a thorough his appeal to the California Un- 8.1 percent, a drop of 4 percent. Senator Mlan Cranston, Senator- congressional investigation of employment Insurance Appeals And statistics for the first elect John V. Tunney, and 10 the incident. Board have dropped nearly 50 nine months of 1970 suggest that ff Bay Area Congressmen, the * FBI agents are known to be percent, data obtained from the the odds against the worker are Council's Secretary - Treasurer gathering information on the in- CUIAB this week has disclosed. getting worse. They show that Charles Weers charged that the cident from eyewitnesses and The CUIAB data showed that out of a total of 3,178 cases, only San Francisco NLRB office has (Continued on Page 3) the number of claimant appeals (Continued on Page 4) been "bending and bowing to the will of the struck news- paper." Job Safety Bill Tops Unfinished Business in Congress Weers charged that the San Passage of an effective Occu- cii termed the job safety-health reconvenes on Nov. 16. Francisco NLRB office has en- pational Safety & Health bill is bill "vitally necessary" to Amer- The council reiterated its sup- gaged in discrimination by giv- at the top of labor's agenda for ica's workers and the most im- port for the bill sponsored by ing "the rush rush treatment" the post-election session of the portant item in a "shocidngly Sen. Harrison A. Williams, Jr. to charges filed by the paper's 91st Congress. long" list of unfinished business (D-N.J.) and Rep. Dominick V. management against the union The AFL-CIO Executive Coun- that will face Congress when it Daniels (D-N.J.), which puts "re- while taking no action on bad sponsibility for establishing and faith bargaining charges ifed enforcing job safety and health by the union against the paper standards in the Dept. of La- other than to refer the charges bor." ITALi to the NLRB's Washington of- INST OF IND ppwr JJ;ST It termed the Adstration fice. UN C LtL A substiute bill "a big-business- In his letter, Weers noted that IV OF AlL AY 2521 CH1ANNI4l 1WX1 tLl 4 l 970 1 oriented measure." (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 3) Labor Panel Eyes m Marin CLO@ Ask'--. EDITORIAL I in Legislative Plans (Continued from Page 1) Probe of Bias For '71 Session to frighten the electorate into voting for Murphy. Nixon S.F. NLRB Offiee (Continued from Page 1) failed and we won. (Continued from Page 1) resolutions calling for legislative We may also cite Labor's importance in the election the counsel for the NLRB in action that were adopted by del- of Wilson Riles as Superintendent of Public Instruction. Washington instructed- the local egates to the Federation's Aug- California Labor COPE was the first statewide body of office to proceed with tho bbad ust convention and discussed political significance to endorse and speak for Riles and faith charges against the IndeF priorities to be sought during we did it at a time when only a few took his candidacy pendent-Journal last- August but the regular legislative session in seriously. that Weers had just learned hAt Sacramento which opens Mon- week-that that decision has b6eti. day, January 4. Our State AFL-CIO efforts brought progressive majori- reversed. The Advisory Committee's ties to both the State Assembly and State Senate. The As- Said Weers: im- recommendations on legislative sembly and Senate transformations would have been "The attorney for the Inde- priorities have been submitted possible without us. pendent - Journal contacted- a to the Legislative Committee Jess Unruh did not win the governorship but he cut in former NLRB attorney in Wash- which has reviewed those rec- half the victory margin Ronald Reagan had held over Pat ington and it is our firm belief ommendations and will submit Brown. Further, Unruh's committment to voter registra- that he used political influence its recommendations to the next tion gave John Tunney, Wilson Riles, and liberal legisla- to have the decision reversed." meeting of the 37-member Exec- tive candidates the sinews they needed to unseat incum- Other Charges utive Council at the Spa Hotel in bents of the Old Order. Among other things, Weer Palm Springs December 2 - 3, with the of John F. Henning, the Federa- California Labor COPE is immensely pleased charged that "at the,,.behe# returns of November 3, but our work has only begun. the publisher of the Independent- tion's executive officer, said. Journal ... the NLRB requested California labor leaders ap- and obtained" an order aimed pointed to serve on the Legisla- at requiring union officers to tive Advisory Committee this George Meany Comments answer contempt papers consist- year included: ing of nearly 300 pages of charg- James B. Booe, Vice President '70 Results es and allegations within three of CWA District 9; George E. On Election days after they were issued and Jenkins, Assistant Regional AFL-CIO President G e o r g e 'bring us together' policy by also sought to throw the unions Manager, Laborers International Meany made the following com- curbing the V i c e President's Secre- and officers named in the pro- Union; George W. Johns, ment on the 1970 general elec- vicious tongue. cee0ngq i ld_tryijalr.a y t41y ZanB?ancisep Labbor Con-- tion resitg _t-"' "No one could possibly pre- ci; ^James S. Lee, President, "To the AFL-CIO, the election some Senate friends for whom pare a defense to a case in that California State Building and results were a source of great we worked hard, especially the time, but that didn't bother the Construction Trades Council; satisfaction, with some keen dis- defeats of Senators Gore and NLRB," Weers said. John Merrit, Secretary, State appointments. Tydings. We consider the New "As a matter of fact the Culinary Alliance; Phyllis Mitch- "The results and the big turn- York senatorial results to be a NLRB brought in an out-of-town ell, Secretary, Office and Pro- out prove that the voters would disgrace. attorney especially to handle the fessional Employees Local 3. not be stampeded by: "The Administration's claim case and assigned a squad of its Anthony Ramos, Executive "The politics of fear and to victory in New York, achieved own attorneys to work nights Secretary -Treasurer, California smear practiced by Vice Presi- by cutting the political throat and during the weekend just to State Council of Carpenters; R.