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'Gwen Moore COPESnw1:ar c late Kathleen Brown has the endorse- arneda County for controller, the of- ment of the Labor Feder- Pilgrimage re-ener- fice that Davis is leaving to run for ation for governor in the June 7 pfl- gizes the UFW lieutenant governor. mary election. Page 4 Delegates acted on recommenda- Brown, currently state treasurer, I tions from the federation7s Execu- was selected Wednesday as some tive Council that were presented to 500 delegates representing more attorney general, State Senator Art them Wednesday by Executive Sec- than two million members of Cali- Tonres for state insurance commis- retary-Treasurer Jack Henning. fornia AFL-CIO unions convened sioner, and Assembly Member De- There was spirited debate, and in San Francisco for the pre- lamne Eastin for superintendent of Executive. Council recommenda- primary endorsing. convenion f public instruction. tions were set aside in several of the the federationfs Committee on Polit- State Senator David Roberti, rid- long list of races for seats in the ical Education (COPE). ing high on his sweeping victory the Legislature. was endorsed day before against a recall election But Executive Council recom- Dianne Feinstein for reelection to a full term as U.S. sponsored by assault weapon advo- mendations were upheld in all of the Senator. cates, was nominated for the trea- votes should be The delegates endorsed State principal. races. NAFTA forgiven, surer office that is being vacated by This included congressional but these were swept away as dele- Controller Gray Davis for lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Brown. crowded to the governor, Member Gwen races. The delegates voted to with- gates microphones Assembly There is a dual endorsement of hold endorsements from all 14 of to demand that labor stand firm. Dielaine Eastin Moore for Secretary of State, As- Assembly Member Rusty Areias ."We must hold Member Tom 'for the Democrats in the House of Rep- their feet to the sembly Umberg and Supervisor Don Perata of Al- resentatives who abandoned labor fire," declared Jim Quillin, execu- and voted in favor of the North tive secretary-treasurer of the Cali- American Free Trade Agreement fornia Conference of Machinists. last November even though each of "They understood that NAFTA was them had been placed in office with a life and death matter for the labor COPE backing. movement." The Executive Council unani- Stan Smith, head of the San mously approved a policy statement Francisco Building and Construc- last December calling upon affili- tion Trades Council, declared that ates to withhold all support, includ- Representative Barbara Pelosi's vote ing financial contributions and vol- for NAFTA did workers more in- unteer campaign work, frQm any jury than all of the votes she has member of Congress who voted for cast in favor of labor during her ten- NAFTA, regardless of his or her ure in Congress. past record on labor issues. Henning There were reminders that it'-was told the delegates Wednesday that Representative who the Executive Council had reaf- fed President Bill Clinton the line firmed that policy about "4muscle-bound, arm-twist- There were arguments from a ing" tactics by trade unionists op- handful of delegates that the pro- (Continued on Page 2) Two New VPs Join [~xectiveCouni 91 Two new vice presidents of the S California Labor Federation were Fed supports single t electedoni.Pgthis week by the Executive payer health care. I 13 Elected, sworn in and seated as S members of the Executive Council as an at-large vice president of the *Z on Monday in San Francisco were: state-AFL-CIO. Last month he suc- S 0 Mike Quevedo, Jr., business ceeded Bravo as head of the La- S manager of the borers in Southern California. 4~District Council of Laborers and Valenzuela succeeds his brother, L, vice president of the Laborers Inter- John Valenzuela, as state AFL-CIO nationai Union 01 North America. vice president for District 5. MVikeVVeeo, Jr. Leo Valenzuela 0 Leo Valenzuela, business man- The resignation of Bravo and fore the elections of their successors AFL-CIOIIS Committee on Political ager of Laborers Local 585 of Ven- John Valenzuela, both of whom re- as the council convened in advance Education tura (COPE). County. tired, were accepted with regrets by of election en- Leo Valenzuela a Quevedo succeeds Louie Bravo Wednesday's primary is native Amer- the Executive Council shortly be- dorsing convention of the state (Continued on Page 3) State Offices Governor Congress Kathleen Brown (D) Controller Superintendent of Rusty Areias (D) Public Instruction U.S. Senator 22. Marty Stone (D) Don Perata (D) 23. Kevin Delaine Eastin Dianne Feinstein (D) Ready (D) Lieutenant (Dual) 24. No Endorsement Governor 25. No Endorsement Davis House of Gray (D) Attorney General Insurance 26. No Endorsement Tom Umberg (D) Commissioner Representatives 27. Doug Kahn (D) Art Torres (D) Secretary Dist. 28. No Endorsement Of State 29. (D) Gwen Moore (D) 1. Dan Hamburg (D) Board ol fEqualization 2. Mary Jacobs (D) 30. No Endorsement Dist. 3. No Endorsement 31. Matthew G. Martinez (D) Treasurer 1.- Johan Klehs (D) 3. Ernest Dronenburg, Jr. (R) 32. Julian C. Dixon (D) David Roberti (D) 2. Robert Presley (D) 4. (D) 4. Katie Hirning (D) 5. No Endorsement 33. No Endorsement 6. (D) 34. No Endorsement 7. George Miller (D) 35. (D) 8. No Endorsement 36. (D) 9. Ronald V Dellums (D) 37. Walter R. Tucker III (D) Endorsements... 38. No Endorsement 10. Ellen Schwartz (D) (Confinued from Page 1 question was called. Congress. Tim Horan (D) 39. R.O. (Bob) Davis (D) posing NAFTA. Henning, closing debate, told the "When they voted for NAFTA (Dual) 40. Kevin J. Biggers (D) were lined up delegates that NAF1rA should not be Delegates waiting they knowingly struck at the heart 11. A. 41. Richard Waldron (D) to add their denunciations when the dismissed as merely another vote in of our labor movement by voting to Randy Perry (D) send American jobs to Mexico,"' the 12. Tom Lantos (D) 42. No Endorsement state AFL-CIO leader declared. '13. Fortney (Pete) Stark (D) 43. Mark A. Takano (D) There was overwhelming affir- 14. No Endorsement 44. Steve Clute (D) Propositions mation of the Executive Council 15. No Endorsement 45. Brett Williamson (D) recommendation to cut off labor en- 16. Tom McEnery (D) 46. Michael Farber (D) PROPOSITION 175, restoring the renters' credit against state dorsements for all 14 of those who (D) 47. Gary Kingsbury (D) income taxes ...... voted for NAFTA. YES (Dual) 48. Andrei Leschick (D) Included are Representatives Vic 17. No Endorsement PROPOSITION 176, local Robert Norm 49. Lynn A. Schenk (D) prohibiting governmental agencies Fazio, Matsui., Min- 18. A. Condit from levying business taxes based upon a percentage, of etta, , Richard Lehman, Gary (D) 50. (D) 19. No Endorsement payroll or gross receipts upon nonprofit organizations YES Calvin Dooley, Anthony Beilenson, 51. Rita K. Tamerius (D) Howard Berman,, , 20. No Endorsement 52.' Brian Cochran (D) PROPOSITION 177, exempting from taxation the value of Lucille Roybal-Allard, Esteban 21. John L. Evans (D) Art Edelman (P&F) property improvements added to make the property more Torres, George E. Brown, Pelosi accessible to disabled persons...... YES and Eschoo. The Executive Council policy PROPOSITION 178., exempting from taxation property im- statement of last December calls for The delegates acted on endorse- public universities and colleges. provements installed for the purpose of water conservation concentrating labor's resources on ments for the entire State Assembly the of California Demo- and for the half of the Delegates recommended "6yes" ...... No Recommendation majority State Senate votes as well on crats who voted NAFTA in seats-those in even-numbered dis- Proposition 175, against renters' tax credit; 176, tax on non- PROPOSITION 179, mandating a sentence of 20 years to life the House of Representatives. tricts-that are on the ballot this Endorsed for State Board of profit organizations; 177, access for upon conviction of second-degree murder committed in a year. the disabled, and 180, park land drive-by No Recommendation Equalization were Democrats Johan bonds. shooting...... Klehs, Robert Presley and Brad They recommended "Yes" votes PROPOSITION 180, authorizing almost $2 billion in bonds Sherman in the First., Second and on Proposition IA, the Earthquake They made no recommendations Fourth districts and Er- Relief and Seismic Retrofit Bond on 178, water conserva- for lands, historic sites, wildlife areas and forests Republican Proposition park nest J. Dronenburg in the Fourth Act; Proposition lB, safe schools tion tax exclusions, or 179, manda- ...... YES District. bonds, and IC, bonds to upgrade tory sentences for drive-by slayings. PROPOSITION 1A, authorizing $2 billion in bonds for earth- quake relief in Southern California and seismic retrofitting of public structures and transportation facilities throughout Keynoter: Ask Members to Help the state...... YES Keynote speaker Frank C. Lay "Forty-seven percent of union tives and right-to-work forces in his PROPOSITION 111, authorizing $1 billion for construction offered advice for union leaders members say they have never been Rocky Mountain region are certain and improvement of public schools...... YES seeking ways to fight back against asked to do anything," Lay said, to crop up in California. "They right-wing attacks upon the labor citing extensive new surveys. 'Ask never quit,," he observed. PROPOSITION IC, authorizing $900 million to strengthen, movement. your members to help. We have tre- But labor has the resources to upgrade and build public colleges and universities through- ""Go to your members," Lay, mendous untapped resources." fight back, he added. out the state ...... YES who is director of AFL-CIO Region Lay warned that anti-union initia- "This year we have a chance to XI, told COPE endorsing conven- tives ultra-conserva- repeal right-to-work in Wyoming." tion delegates Wednesday. sponsored by Datebook Joint Legislative Conference: May 23-25, Radisson Hotel, Sacramento. State Assembly Executive Council pre-convention meet- Dist. ing: July 22-24, Radisson Hotel. 1. Dan Hauser (D) 15. Open (D) 27. Bill Monning (D) 52. Willard H. Murray, Jr. (D) Sacramento. 2James Bainbridge (D) Open (R) 28. Mike Graves (D) 53. Debra Bowen (D) Biennial Convention of the California 3. No Endorsement 16. Barbara Lee (D),. 29. Michael E. O'Hare (D) Labor Federation: July 25-29, 54. Betty Karnette (D) Radisson Hotel, Sacramento. 4. Charles W Fish (D) 17. Michael JI Machado (D) 30. Bryn Allison Batrich (D) 55. Juanita M. McDonald (D) Mark A. Norberg (D) 18. Michael Sweeney (D) Marc Scalzo (D) 56. Bob Epple (D) (Dual) 19. Jackie Speier (D) (Dual) 57. Martin Gallegos (D) Publisher's Notice 5. Linda Davis (D) 20. Liz Figueroa (D) 31. Cruz M. Bustamante (D) 58. Grace F Napolitano (D) The California AFL-CIO 6. Vivien Bronshvag (D) Bob Livengood (D) 32. Jack Keally (D) 59. Margalo Ashley-Farrand (D) News (ISSN: 0008-0802) is pub- 1. Valerie K. Brown (D) (Dual) 33. John B. Ashbaugh (D) 60. No Endorsement lished weekly except during the 8. Tom Hannigan (D) 21. Byron D. Sher (D) 34. Timothy G. Hauk (D) 61. No Endorsement weeks of Thanksgiving, 9. Phillip Isenberg (D) 22. John Vasconcellos (D) 35. Bob Ream (D) 62. Joe Baca (D) Christmas and New Year's holi- 10. T. Kathleen Wishnick (D) 23. Dominic L. Cortese (D) 36. No Endorsement (D) 63. Richard Edwards (D) days by the California Labor 11. Bob Campbell (D) 24. Ed Foglia (D) 37. Dorothy S. Maron (D) 64. Roberta (Bobbi) Meyer (D) Federation., AFL-CIQ 417 Mont- 12. John L. Burton (D) 25. Margaret E. Snyder (D) 38. Josh A. Arce (D) 65. Ruthee Goldkorn (D) gomery St., Suite 300, San 13. Willie L. Brown, Jr. (D) 26. Sal Cannella (D) 39. Richard Katz (D) 66. David Hendrick (D) F;:ancisco, CA 94104. Second 14. Tom Bates (D) (No Republican Candidate) 40. Barbara Friedman (D) class postage paid at San Fran- 67. Jonathan Woolf-Willis (D) Calif. -Indivdual 41. Open (D) 68. Iry Pickler (D) cisco, subscrip- No Endorsement (R) tion, $10 a year; corporate rate, 69. Mike Metzler (D) $20. USPS Publication Number 42. Wally Knox (D) 70. Jim Toledano (D) State Senate 43. (D) 083-400. John F. Henning, execu- Dist. 71. Jeanne Costales (D) tive secretary-treasurer; Floyd Julia L. Wu (R) 72. Allan L. Dollison (D) 2. Mike Thompson (D) 22. Richard G. Polanco (D) 44. Bruce Philpott (D) I.bcker, editor. POSTMASTER: 4. Michael H. McGowan (D) 24. Hilda Solis (D) 73. Lee Walker (D) Send address changes to: Cali- 45. Antonio Villaraigosa (D) 74. Poppy DeMarco Dennis (D) fornia AFL-CIO 417 Mont- 6. Leroy E Greene (D) 26. Diane E. Watson (D) 46. Louis Caldera (D) News, 8. Patrick C. Fitzgerald (D) 28. Ralph C. Dills (D) Fred Clayton (R) gomery St., Suite 300, San 47. Open (D) 75. Katherine Wodehouse (D) Francisco, CA 94104. Phone, 10. Bill Lockyer (D) 30. Charles M. Calderon (D) No Endorsement (R) 12. Dan McCorquodale (D) 32. Ruben S. Ayala (D) 76. Susan A. Davis (D) (415) 986-3585. FAX, (415) 34. Donna L. Chessen (D) 48. Marguerite Archie-Hudson 77. Tom 392-8505. 14. Open (D) (D) Connolly (D) No Endorsement (R) 36. Kay Ceniceros (D) 78. Deirdre (Dede) Alpert (D) 16. Jim Costa (D) 38. No Endorsement (D) 49. Diane Martinez (D) 50. Martha M. Escutia 79. Denise Moreno Ducheny (D) 18. Jack O'Connell (D) William A. Craven (R) (D) j 20. Herschel Rosenthal (D) 40. Steve Peace (D) 51. Curtis R. Tucker, Jr. (D) 80. Julie Bornstein (D) UA

Page 2 April 15, 1994 Wollard of Marilyn Thi-Counties addresses convention; SEWU's Paul Varacaili makes a point Next in line is Bob Jim Quillin of the Machinists debates. are Tim Dixon of EBEW Local 40 awaits his turn at Waiting Stan the mike. Balgenorth, State Buidin and Construction Ilrades. Smith, S.FE Building Trades, and Greg Solkovitz, UTLA. Delegates in Action There were moments of daa as delegates repre- senting the more than two ffIllion members -of Califor- nia AFL-CIO unions debated primary election endorsements during-the convention of the state Committee on Political Education (COPE) last Wednes- day at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco. More than 500 participated, frequently lining up several deep Executive Secretary-Treasurker at floor microphones waiting Jack Henning presents Executive their turns to speak. Council's reconmmendations.

Machinist Nick Antone speaks under watchful eye of Sgt.-at-Arms Claire Caidwell, Transport Workers Local 250-A. Waiting are Fed Vice Presidents Jim Wood and Jerry Cemins, who confers with Tim Cremins.

Ray Trujiflo of the Iron Workers speaks at attended Katie Quan, Garment Workers. Andrea Montoya, CWA microphone by Fed Supports Single-PayerIniitvSgt.-at-Arms Vincent Sullivan, Sailors Union of the Pacific. The California Labor Federation Marron, executive secretary- Council called this week for a one- at all. Vice President Steve is backing the single-payer health treasurer of the Alameda County in action Nutter, care initiative and is urging all attil- year delay any leading to- The same corporate voices that, western regional director of the In- Central Labor Council, presented a ward ratification of the newly nego- clamored a year ago for of iates to help place it on the state- himself and passage ternational Ladies' Garment petition signed by the tiated General Agreement on Tariffs the North American Free Trade Workers made the wide general election ballot next executive officers of four other cen- and Union, motion to November. Trade (GATT) to give the Agreement now are calling for call for a in tral bodies in the San Francisco Bay American an delay implementing The Executive Council of the public opportunity to speedy ratification of GATT. GATT. Area. Signing the petition were consider and debate the impact. A multi-page "advertorial" sec- state AFL-CIO federation went on Walter Johnson, S.F Labor Council; In other actions this week, the record this week in San Francisco The new GATT would throw tion in today's national edition of the Executive Council: Art Pulaski, San Mateo; Steve Ro- open the American market to during meetings held in advance of prod- New York Times sings the praises * Called upon Congress and the berti, Contra Costa, and Amy ucts from hundreds of additional of GATT in the same style that Wednesday's COPE pre-primary Dean, South Bay. All five of the Clinton Administration to act im- election convention. low-wage, third-world countries NAFTA was pushed in controver- to maintain a endorsing councils have endorsed single payer. where labor standards and sial mediately healthy, via- The single-payer plan is pat- worker special sections that the Times ble merchant fleet and a In another action, the Executive protections are minimal if exist carried last U.S.-flag terned after Canada's national health they year. broad domestic shipyard and ma- care system. The Clinton Adminis- rine industrial base. tration's Health Security Act, which * Voted on the motion of Vice the national AFL-CIO is backing, Vice President Mary Bergan, president provides states with the option of res..idents. (Continuedfrom Page 1) of the California Federation of establishing single-payer plans. tion Trades Counc*il, and member the international union appointed Teachers, to urge central labor Single-payer legislation is before ican activist as well as a 31-year and past secretary-treasurer of the him acting business manager bodies to become involved in local Congress, and AFL-CIO President member and leader of Laborers Lo- Ventura County Chapter of the La- The members subsequently school board elections because of Lane Kirkland has announced that cal 585. bor Council for Latin American elected and repeatedly re-elected the impact these boards have upon it and- the Clinton Health Security He is chairman of the board of Advancement. him business manager, and Quev- union school employees. Act both meet labor's criteria for the Oak Brook Park Chumash In- Valenzuela and his wife, Mary, edo held that office unitl he re- acceptable health care reform. How- dian Corporation, which is building reside at Port Hueneme. They have signed last March 31 to succeed * Endorsed the NASA proposal ever, the single payer legislation has a $3 million cultural center on 427 four children. Bravo as head of the Southern Cali- to build a $2 billion wind tunnel relatively few supporters in acres at Thousand Oaks. Quevedo started as a construc- fornia District Council. He was complex in California for use by the Congress. Valenzuela became a field repre- tion laborer and member of Locale president of the district council be- nation's aircraft industry. None of the proposals being sentative with Local 585 in 1979 af- 300 with a summer job in 1953. By fore being named to the business * Endorsed the United Farm pushed by the insurance and health ter 16 years as a construction worker 1956, he was working full-time as a manager position. Workers' 350-mile march up the care industries as substitutes for the and was elected business manager hod carrier. Last month Quevedo was named Central Valley to Sacramento -and Clinton plan would permit states to in 1985. He was elected to the Executive 10th vice president of the interna- called upon union members to join operate their own single-payer He is chair of the Ventura Unit of Board of Local 300 in 1969, serving tional union. in the last leg of the march from systems. the Tni-Counties Central Labor until 1974 when the union was beset Quevedo and his wife, Rebecca, Southside Park in Sacramento to the The Executive Council actect tis Council, vice president of the Ven- with internal strife. Four years later, have three children and two' State Capitol on Sunday, April 24. week after Vice President Owen tura County Building and Construc- with Local 300 under trusteeship, grandchildren. (See story, Page 4.) April 15, 1994 Page 3 International President Mike Goodwin of the Office and Professional OPEIU contingent jong the UFW pilgrimage last.Sundyicue,folftDanVlpini-Allen, Local Employees, left, is introduced by UFW President Arturo Rodriguez 3; JeffRusich, international representative; Georgia CallahnDbs oa 9 n ui CellyofLocal6i.n during pilgrimage lunch stop birthday party for Dolores Huerta. Boston,EnelrgizesUdaughter of the unions late president, john Kly ThePilgcrimnagieUnited Farm Workers' pere- refocusing its energies on organiz- on Thursday of Easter Week, grinacion, a 350-mile, 24-day ing to bring them the protections Chavez' birthday They are to arrive march up the Central Valley, draws and benefits of collective bargaining at the State Capitol on the first anni- ever-larger crowds of unorganized contracts. versary of his death. workers and sympathetic supporters More than 10,000 authorization Supporters from across the coun- of field workers' rights as it nears its cards had been signed as of last destination at the State Capitol. try have been showing up to march Tuesday by workers drawn out of a day or even a few hours with the It concludes on April 24, a week the fields to the programs held in from Sunday, with a triumphal UFW's pilgrims in the bright Cali- farming communities where the fornia sunshine. march one a half miles from Sacra- marchers stop each night along their mento's Southside Park to*the steps way. Last weekend International Presi- of the State Capitol where thou- "We are collecting from 500 to dent Michael Goodwin of the Office sands are expected to join President 600 cards every night," First Vice and Professional Employees Arturo Rodriguez in rededicating President Dolores -Huerta told fel- brought a group of marchers that the union to the goals that its foun- low delegates Wednesday at the represented OPEIU Locals 6 in der, Cesar Chavez, set three dec- California Labor Federation's pre- Boston, 153. in New York, 537 in ades ago. primary election COPE endorsing , 174-in Hollywood, 29 The peregrinacion-pilgrimage convention. in Oaland and 3 in San Francisco. in English-has been stunningly Renewing the union's dedication The final day's march on April 24 successful in achieving its goal of to the goals of Cesar Chavez also is promises to be spectacular. Execu- reaching unorganized farm workers Dolores Huerta displays T-shirt presented as marchers paused enroute a primary objective. The marchers tive Secretary-Treasurer Jack Hen- with the message that the UFW is to Sacramento to observe her 65th birthday. left the UFW's 40 Acres at Delano ning this week asked all affiliates of the California Labor Federation to mobilize members to take part in the march and rally on the steps of Roberti: A for All the State Capitol. Victory "This dramatic event has cap- State Senator David Roberti this tured the imagination of the pub- predicted weapons extremists angry because he authored actions on election day. lic," declared. "We need week that his victory in last Tuesday's recall the 1989 law that made California the first state Henning election will make it easier for The day after the election Roberti won the to take advantage of the concern of legislators in the nation to ban military-style assault endorsement the public towards the plea for jus- across the country to vote without fear of The. National Rifle Association and of the state AFL-CIO,s Commit- weapons. tee on Political Education tice by the Farm Workers." the fire arms backed the recall. It was (COPE) for the of- reprisals. industry fice of state treasurer. "Let this victory tonight inspire all law- endorsed as well the state The march was endorsed this by Republican,Party, week the Executive Council of makers in our country to vote their consciences which hoped to take over the seat that Roberti The recall attempt drew national support by and not their Roberti declared at an from gun interests, the Na- the state federation in a resolution fears," will vacate at year's end because of term including powerful out that election celebration after ballots were tional Rifle Association, while law enforce- pointing under Republican night limitations. governors George and counted in the 20th Senate District in the San Labor rallied to Roberti's defense because of ment officials, victims of gun- violence, church Deukmejian and leaders and Pete Wilson, enforcement of the Fernando Valley. the senator's consistent support of progressive community gun control advo- state Agricultural Labor Relations The recall backers got the small voter turn- legislation during nearly three decades at Sac- cates came to Roberti"s defense. Act and other worker protection out that was part of their strategy, but Roberti ramento. Trade unionists turned out to ring "They (the NRA) wanted to take credit for a laws has been lax, putting farm still took 58 percent of the ballots cast. doorbells for him on two labor mobilization victory," Roberti declared. "Now they can take workers in worse circumstances Roberti was targeted for retribution by days, and dozens took part in get-out-the-vote credit for a great, big defeat."9 than they suffered more than two decades ago. Bi-Partisan Suport for TwoFd.il S Two bills sponsored by the Cali- pointed out that there was no equip- Leonard argued that the bill Committee with labor support in- or even annoying 'workers or fornia Labor Federation won bipar- ment to be tagged when manage- would make it possible to compare cluding testimony from more than managers. tisan approval Wednesday in the ment of The Oaks card room and efficiency of public employees and two dozen members of the Glass, "We still object,," Holober told State Senate Industrial Relations restaurant in Emeryville challenged private employees. Committee Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Al- the committee after acknowledging Committee. a Cal-OSHA order to abate a tuber- members, with the exception of lied Workers concerning cata- amendments intended to narrow the Approved was Senate Bill 1464 culosis hazard last year and left em- Rosenthal, went along with it after strophic job loss in the bottle manu- scope of the bill. by Milton Marks, D-San Francisco, ployees - and customers-ex- Chairperson Pat Johnston, D-Stock- facturing industry. which would ."However well intended this prevent unscrupulous posed throughout the appeal ton, persuaded the author to accept SB 1622 by Dan McCorquodale, of from to oper- piece legislation is, however real employers continuing process. amendments guaranteeing other D-Modesto, would, among other the need, it remains far too broad in ate with hazards to worker safety or Also approved with bipartisan state jobs to any workers displaced things, improve subsidies for recyc- health cited Cal-OSHA scope and could be* used to inhibit by during support was SB 1412 by Herschel in the experiment and to require that ling centers. legal activities of union organizers, the often lengthy appeal process. Rosenthal, D-L.A., requiring em- any private operator undertaking Joe Mitchell, area director for the Richard Holober, assistant re- environmentalists, political activ- ployers to let job applicants see the the work pay comparable wages and GMP, led the union delegation and ists, or even dissident stock- search director for the California reports on medical examinations benefits to ensure that results of the the " told presented principal testimony. holders, the state AFL-CIO repre- Labor Federation, committee that are required as a condition of comparison would not be skewed Holober urged approval on behalf of sentative said. members that the measure is needed employment. There was no debate. by poverty-level wages. the state AFL-CIO. to protect workers and the public in One measure opposed by labor On the side of the Barry Broad of the-Teamsters and Arguing against SB 1750 were Assembly of SEIU also warned cases where employers refuse to cleared the Industrial Relations State Capitol, a bill that labor Davenport abate hazards without Holober, Alan Davenport of the that the bill was too broad is scope. exhausting Committee. State Council of warned will imperil free speech the appeal process or when "Yellow this was SB 1750 the Service Em- came after by Bill ployees, and Larry Androcetti of passed the Judiciary Committee. Committee approval tags" hung on dangerous equipment Leonard, R-Upland, which would Assembly Bill 68X by Deirdre the chair., Phil Isenberg, D-Sacra- Cal-OSHA are authorize the out to California State Employees by inspectors farming private Association. Alpert, D-San Diego., aims at head- mento, exacted from Alpert a insufficient. operators the processing of up to 15 ing off workplace violence by en- pledge to offer further amendments Noting that Gov. Pete Wilson percent of the claims for workers' A billreapn portions of the abling employers to obtain. injunc- attempting to limit its scope to legit- cited the yellow tag option in veto- compensation benefits filed by state' bottle recycling law cleared the Sen- tions against persons involved in imate concerns about potential ing a similar bill last year, Holober employees. ate Natural Resources and Wildlife such actions as stalking, threatening workplace violence. Page 4 April 15,, 1994