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Increase 30% - ,n'ey1,3ews A thirty percent increase in the number of youth entering appren- ticeship tramiing in California in- dustry was reported this week by Ernest B. Webb, Director of the State Department of Industrial Re- lations. He also disclosed that he has ap- THOS. L. PITYS Published by California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO pealed to U. S. Secretary of Labor Executive ,T Willard Wirtz to initiate action at Secretary-Treasurer I the Federal level to encourage more apprenticeslip opportunities in three areas of federal spending, P.L 78 Extension Bill Headed for Senate Floor; Renewed "action which would have a signifi- cant and immediate impact in cre- Battle Over Bracero Program Anticipated ating more training openings for Despite the refusal of the House of Representatives in May to extend minority youth." Publie Law 78 beyond its December 31, 1963 expiration date, the Agri- Webb said 11,139 new appren- culture Committee of the U.S. Senate this week approved a straight one- tices were registered by the Divi- year continuation of the bracero program. sion of Apprenticeship Standards The Senate measure is expected to be reported to the floor almost over ithe fiscal year just ended, a immediately where labor and lib- gain of about 2,600 over the aver- eral forces are girding for battle Treasurer Thos. L. Pitts last Fn- age for each of the past two fiscal against agribusiness groups seek- day directed a strong letter to Cali- years. ing renewal of the much abused fornia Senators Thomas H. Kuchel The increase was noted in a re- farm labor program. and Clair Engle, expressing "deep port on the results of June Ap- The Senate Committee's acition concern" over the impending action prenticeship Month, during which was reported to the Federation this 'by the Senate Aiculture Commit- a reicord 1,725 new apprentices Wednesday by Congressman Jeffrey tee. were placed in California industry. Cohelan, (D., Alameda County), who "Tis (the bracero program) i a This compares to a previous high led the battle in the House to matter that has aroused. not only Of :1,577 during June, 1959. Last a 2-year extension bill in May. Co- the labor movement," Pitts de- year, 1,233 new apprentices were helan indicated that while the dcared, "but also many citizens and registered as a result of June ap- House forc were alert religious groups throughout the prenticeship -promotional activity, to the developing situation, an all- state and nation." Webb said. out effort wias necessary on the The state labor leader pointed A steady increase in the number Senate floor to prevent revival of out that the House action to ter- of active apprentices has ibeen re- the Rouse-defeated- legislation. minate PPublic Law 78 "miTrored flected -over the past ten years, he In anticdpation of the Senate broad public revulsion over the un- (Continued on Page 4) move, state AFLICIO Secretary- precedented indignities in agribusi- ness' lalbor - maniagement relation- shlips ibred 'by this 'temporary' pro- Budget-Tax Hassle Threatens gram since 1951." Pitts reminded Kuchel and Engle In Special Legislative Session of the numerous injuries and in- A stalemate in the Senate involving Governor Brown's supplemental (Continued on page 2) budget recommendations and features of his revenue acceleration pro- gram has dimmed hopes for quick adjournment of the special session of the state Legislature. oioperation Urged on Twelve Republican state Senators are stading fast in a move to block twothirds approval of the Gover- th bug bil i t Inion Labor Census nor's supplemenlltal b)udget, desitte bank and corporation bill passes." The State Department of Industrial Senate action taken this Tuesday Relationa has started its 68th annual FLASH-The tax bill census cif labor unions. approving Brown's $147 million controversial union official who receives the revenuerevenueprogramrogram -nminus t-hethe in-m- Senate(SB 5-O'Sullivan),on Tuesday whichby a closepassed22.14the OrganinEveryed Labor Questionnaire is being come tax the Governor this urged by Director Ernest B. Webb to withholding proposal, but vote, was sent -to Ie and return it as soon as pos- including (the Republiean-opposed Tuesday by the Assembly along with sible. Tihe Questionnaire was mailed July measure to -speed up the colection portions of Brown's tax program de- 1 by thie Division of Labor Statistics and of bank and corporation francise sivned to speed up insurance tax col- ResarcEh to more than 3,600 union lo- lections. A new effort will be made on cals thrcIughout California. tues,taxes. Monday by Brown's supporters in the The Questionnaire furnishes basic in- Senator John F. McCarthy ?f Senate to break the budget deadlock. formatio'n on the strength of Califoria's Marm iCounty, minority leader m labor -eovement, and the results are sun-m the upper house, has threatened on Governor Brown 1lTIT DUD dIeach year in the Division's an- behalf of the Republicans that (Continued on >aoe 5IL LIBRAR ert, "Union Labor in California." P.L. 78 Extension Bill Headed For Senate Floor (Continued from Page 1) to icomprehend the short-term ef- Federation testimony before the dignities inflicted upon braeeros fect upon availability of workers in Department of Labor, which Pitts and domestic farm workers alike. any labor market when wages, said "accurately portray the ter- Nothing, he said, focuses the net result more tersely than ithe recent fringe ibenefits and employment rible price that the bracero pro- words of the California Welfare security become depressed in com- gram has exacted from the families Study Commission: parison wi;th competing industries." of Cialifornia's agricultural work- "California's almost 150,000 In each of these areas, it was ers." farm laborers and their families pointed out that "irrefutable evi- Pitts appealed to Kuchel and En- are the 'one occupational group dence is at hand demonstrating that gle to "do everything in your pow- in California so deeply locked in major forward strides are quite er at this time to prevent a resur- poverty that it is set off from practical, with beneficial results rection of the bracero program." all others.' " for growers as well as their em- Local labor movements have also Pitts added: ployees in terms of enlarging and been alerted by the Federation "This remains the situation in stabilizing the state's domestic la- concerning the incipient battle on 1963 despite recent administrative bor forice while upgrading and di- the Senate floor. Wires and com- efforts to give some semblance of versifying its skill content." munications to Kuchel and Engle meaning to the law's purported Kuchel and Engle were for- are being urged in opposition to guarantees against any adverse ef- warded two documents containing any extension of P.L. 78. fecits upon domestic workers' wages, working conditions, and em- ployment opportunities. The con- tinuation of the lopsided bargain- ing relationships nurtured by a 'Move Together,' Meany Urges NAACP government - guaranteed abundance AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany, in a message to the recen,t con- of cheap foreign agricultural labor, vention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored enjoying tenure in this country People, reiterated ithe federation's call for a strong fair employ- only at the whim of the employer, ment practices law covering boith management and lalbor. would constitute a shameful retreat Meany noted that the federal government is now taking steps from the House's courageous initia- long urged by the AFL-CIO "to put the force of law behind the tive toward removing an ugly blot labor movement's own fight against discrimination." from America's image at home and "These are welcome steps," he declared, "but they must quickly abroad." be reinforced by a federal equal employment opportunities law In answer to grower assertions that applies to all enterprises engaged in commerce, and to all that domestic workers are not avail- unions as well." able, Pitts quoted a recent state- ment by !State Senator Albert S. Meany recalled that in his message to last year's NAACP gather- Rodda as follows: ing, he had predicted that the nation stood "on the threshold of "Braceros protect management, a full and final breakthrough to the achievement of truly equal rights and management, therefore, is for all citizens-true equality for every American to develop his own not required or forced to ration- talents to the utmost, in the direction he freely chooses." alize its employment of labor. This prediction, he observed, has 'been "dramatically supported" Supply and demand cease to by events of the past 12 months. While there has been "ugly strife" operate in the normal sense and in some parts of the South, he noted, there has also ibeen, "in shining the market fails to act as a de- contrast," a peaceful revolution in other areas, such as Durham, terminant of the price for labor. Charlotte, Atlanta, Clemson University, and in norithern communi- An equivalent situation from the ties which have moved to, correct "'injustices that were previously farmers' point of view would be ignored." to have a 'supplemental' supply Many barriers remain to be overcome in achieving full equality, of Mexican strawberries hanging Meany said, and not the leas-t of them is the national shortage of over each day's strawberry mar- jobs, "quite apart from racial considerations." ket. Perhaps, in the long run, "If equal opportunity is to be meaningful," he said, "there must there might not be any but sup- also 'be enough opportunities for everyone." plemental Mexican strawberries Still, he declared, the "full and final breakthrough" is not only in the market." in prospect, "it is well under way," and while not yet a total victory, Relating this to domestic work- "it makes total victory both inevitable and close at hand." ers, Pitts said "nothing could be "Let us now move forward together," he urged, "the Negro more patently unfair or more dead- community, the labor movement, the federal government and the ly in its impact upon the social and great majority of decent Americans whose voices have too often economic prospects of farm work- ibeen drowned out by extremists-let us move forward together ers than the continuation of a sup- under law, iand with unrelenting pressure for stronger laws where plementary supply of bracero labor they are needed, to the ultimate culmination of the American prom- hanging over the labor market." ise of life, liberty and the pursuit of shared equally by Pitts advised the Senators that happiness, it doesn't "take mizch imagination everyone in the land we love."

-2- Budget-Tax Hassle Threatens FLSA AND EQUAL PAY Special Session of Legislature IMPROVEMENTS LAUDED (Continued from Page 1) proposals was a reduction from On the occasion of the Fair Labor that the 12 Republicans are "hold- $30 to $6 million for state salary Standards Act's 25th anniversary, ing for ransom the wellbeing of increases, the smaller amount being Secretary of Labor W. Willard thousands of Californians. The price restricted to state employees mak- Wirtz recently noted that about they want us to pay is to capitulate to the state Chamber of Com- ing less than $500 a month. $500 million a year will be added merce." The Senate, however, hias also re- to the paychecks of more than 3 The State Chamber of Commerce duced from $117,000 *to $75,000 million workers after the 1961 Con- and corporate interests are leading the 'amount contained in the sup- gressional amendments to the fed- the fight against the bank and cor- plemental budget for enforcement of the new Rumford Fair Housing eral wage and hour law go into ef- poration tax acceleration bill, which fect on September 3, 1963. would produce an estimated $82.7 law. Senator Burns, who led the million in the current fiscal year. drive to cut this item before the An overtime standard will also These same forces, supported by Senate Finance Committee, said be invoked on that day in relation upper house Republicans and sev- $75,000 is enough for a "trial run" to workers, mostly in retail and eral key Democrats in the Senate, in the enforcement of the law. service establishments, b r o u g h t including Majority Leader Hugh M. Edward Howden, Chief of the under FLSA for the first time by Burns, are credited with having al- Department of Indusitrial Relations' the 1961 amendments. This is ex- ready defeated the Governor's in- Fair Employment Practices Divi- pected to result in either additional come tax withholding proposal. sion, unsuccessfully urged the iCom- employment or added income for Elimination of the withholding mittee to approve the $117,000. He about 3.6 million employees who proposal, however, does not affect said a total of 111/2 persons were will receive time-and-a-half pre- the current budget balancing proW proposed, including five field repre- mium pay for overtime work ex- lem since its proposed effective sentatives. The Committee was ad- ceeding 44 hours a week. This date was January 1965. Brown, vised New York has a similar law provision is the first step toward nevertheless, is still supporting the and although it covers only 40 per- establishing a 40-hour overtime doomed measure because it would cent of the state housing as against standard for all workers protected contribute some $50 million on a 70 percent under the California by FLSA. permanent basis toward the fiscal law, it budgets $500,000 a year for By the fall of 1965, the law's re- solvency of thie state in future fiscal enforcement. quirements of at least $1.25 an years. Assembly Action Pending hour, and time-and-a-half premium The price being demanded by rates after 40 hours a week, will Senate Republican leaders in the In the Assembly, the Governor's supplementary state budget propos- apply to more than 28 million work- present stalemate is removal of the Al- ers. FLSA coverage presently ap- acceleration feature of the bank als remain substantially intact. plies to only 24 million wage earn- and corporation tax measure while though the lower house has held up ers. retaining a provision in the bill to action on key money items pend- end present installment payments ing Senate clearance of the supple- Wirtz also cited the Equal Pay after the tax becomes due. But the mental ,budget, the Assembly lead- Act of 1963 as a constructive bill on the Governor's desk for sig- ership has indicated that it will not amendment of FLSA. Becoming ef- nature contains both features. become a "rubber stamp" for the fective generally on July 11, 1964, Senate. this measure provides that employ- Stakes High The Senate's reduced version of ers subject to the FLSA's minimum At stake in the budget-tax hassle the Governor's supplemental budg- wage provisions shall not discrim- are funds for salary increases for et will undoubtedly be thrown in- inate on the basis of sex in the pay- state employees, $40 million in new to free conference committee be- ment of wages. It covers every money for public schools, $2.8 mil- tween the two houses, once the up- establishment where an employer lion for the rehabilitation of crip- per house deadlock is broken. has such workers. pled children, $2 million for the A pamphlet containing high- Short-Doyle iMental Health pro- There are indications in the of the Pay Act of gram, $50,000 to get the state's lower house that the Assembly may lights Equal not be giving up on the Governor's 1963, signed into law by President Automation Commission started, Kennedy on June 10, has been and a supplemental appropriation income tax withholding plan de- issued by the U. Sw. Department of for administration of the new Rum- feated by the Senate. The Assem- ford Fair Housing Act, along with bly may try to revive -this measure Labor. other programs essential to Califor- along with another item in the Briefly explaining coverage of nmia's growth and prosperity. Governor's tax program dropped the new statute and its enforce- The supplemental budget tied up in the Senate that would remove ment provisions, the pamphlet is on the Senate floor has already the income tax liabilities of some available from the regional office been cut back from the $114 mil- 850,000 iCalifornilans in the low in- of the Labor Department's Wage lion proposed by the Governor to *ome brackets who pay a tax of less and Hour and Public Contracts approximately $85 million. The big- than $5 iasindividuals and less than Division, 630 Sansome Street, Room gest Senate slash in the Governor's $10 as married couples. 329, San Francisco 11. -3- Apprenticeship AFL*CIO Building Trades leaders Increases 30% (Continued from Page 1) Endorse Plan to Avoid Bias said, with a total of 22,125 appren- ,tices in training at the end of the A four-point program to avoid have referral set-ups are to racial discrimination in member- refer qualified job applicants 1962-63 fiscal year compared to ship and job referrals has been only 16,851 ten years ago-a gain unanimously endorsed by the presi- without discrimination. of 5,274 active apprentices. dents of 18 national and interna- * Qualified applicants for ap- "The year-to-year increase is sig- tional unions affiliated with the prenticeship programs are to nificant," Webb said, "especially AFL-CIO Building and Construc- be accepted and referred by in view of persistently high levels tion Trades Department. locals without discrimination. of unemployment and lagging eco- nomic growth." The union leaders asserted that A spokesman for the building "positive steps to create more jobs" trades said that this program had He attributed ithe gains to in- for the entire work force are essen- been adopted as a policy of the creased activity iby the state's joint tial to assure equal employment op- AFL-CIO Building Trades Depart- labor - management apprenticeship portunities. But, they said, "we ment and that "the expectation is ,committtees and to a concerted ef- recognize the government's interest that it will be followed up by the fort by the Division of Apprentice- national unions." ship Standards to develop new in- and its duty to correct economic dustry programs. More than 500 injustice and we pledge our good The union leaders' statement new apprentices have been placed faith to work toward the goal." noted that some of the criticism of in training over the last year, Webb Then they set forth the following hiring practices in the construction said, as a result of new programs four-point program: industry indicated "a serious lack for operating engineers and sur- * Local unions are urged to ac- of knowledge of the facts." veyors. cept as members any applicant They explained that most build- "While we can be proud of this who meets the required qual- ing trades journeymen have come progress," Webb said, "we cannot ifications regardless of race, up through apprenticeship training be content with it. creed, color or national origin. programs, and the selection of ap- "If we are to meet the needs of * Locals operating under an ex- prentices "is based upon many fac- the record number of youth enter- clusive hiring hail set-upi are tors, most of which are totally un- ing the labor market each year, we to list and refer job appli- related to any form of discrimina- must do more. This is especially cants in compliance with ap- tion because of race, creed, color true with respect to the problems plicable l a w and contract or national origin." of minority youth, where a general terms without identification of The number of apprentices ad- shortage of on-the-job training op- the worker's race, creed, color mitted to the trades each year is portunities is the biggest obstacle or national origin and without geared to available job opportuni- in.the way of bringing more minor- discrimination. ties and, when compared to the ity youth into the skilled icrafts." * Locals that do not have ex- number of unemployed youth, it Webb saild he has asked the Sec- clusive hiring halls but do has a relatively minor impact on retary of Labor to consider federal overall joblessness. action to: iof apprenticeship programs in The 18 unions participating in 1--Require defense contractors the federal civil service, such the drive to avoid racial discrimina- receiving federal funds for as at army bases where large tion are the Carpenters, Asbestos training reimbiursement to numbers of craftsmen are Workers, Boilermakers, Bricklay- devote a portion of their empiloyed. ers, International Brotherhood of training program to appren- Webb said he is "confident the Electrical Workers, Elevator Con- Iticeship. Secretary will give thorough con- structors, 0 p e r a t i n g Engineers, 2-Encourage Federal P u b 1 i c sideration to these suggestions, Granite Cutters, Iron Workers, Hod- Works contractors to train a which will create greater oppor- carriers, Lathers, Marble and Tile minimum number of 'appren- tunities for the youth of our nation Setters, Painters, Plasterers, tices based on a realistic ap- and state in line with the declared Plumbers and Pipefitters, Roofers, ,prentice-to-journeyman ratio. poilicies of President Kennedy -and Sheetmetal Workers, and Stone 3-Encourage the establishment Governor Brown." Cutters.

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