C §419< Labor tWins.flSuree5ou The U.S. Supreme Court ruled of the Building and Construction Under National Labor Relations Board Chiaimma William B. Gould employment with a non-union con- unanimously. this week tha union TRades Depabmnt ofthe AFL-CIO. Board policy in -lc since the Bush suspended the processing of com- tractor. One union electrician was memnbers who take jobs with non- "It place a strog legal founidation Admi:nistration, unfair labor practices plaints pending -the Supreme Court hired. and then quickly fired. The oth- union employers for the purpose of under our organizng efforts' charges may be brought against decision. Gould said fti week the era never even got an interview oraiigthe workplace can't be Gleorine declared, xIding tha the emiployers who try to root out union board would resume processing com- The decision, written by Justice fired or oTewise retaliated against decision "vindicates the use of salt- n=nbes plaints against employers retaliating Stephen G. Beyer, states and answers even if fthy are on their union's pay- ing"'and "gives a tremnendous boost to There's been severe criticismn of againsi;t uion ognzr on thieir pay- this question: "Can a wotker be a roil. our COMEfT progimnV' which edu- fti frvom the new Republican majori- rolls. company's 'employee' within the The tactic, known as "salting',"i cates union immbers asoraies ty, and earlier this fail House GOP The court overtumed a St. Louis tenns ofthe National Labor Relations being used successfully against anti- The union-bashing Associated members attached a rider to the appeals court ruling in a case involv- Act...it, at the same time a union union contrators in the construction Builders and Contractors issued a NLRB fnigbill prhiitngth ing two Minnesot locals ofthe Inter- pays the worker to help organize the industry saeetcalling upon its right-wing processing of such. complaints. The nainlBrotherhood of Electrical company?".1 Itwas.termed "a trmendous victo- allies in Congress to pass legislation Senate* Appropriations Committee Workers that sent I11 members, Thejustices agreed thatthe answer ry 9 by Robert A. Georgine., president nullifying the decision. urgedfth board to do the policy, and two to seek including paid oraMnizers,9 isOpen"Yes:' Season On. Job Safety Employers drawn by Gov. Pete Wilson's declaration of open season on state regulations came gunning Har 'HasDefy3Pet for worker safety and health protec- tions at a Cal-OSHA Standards More than 3,000 cheering, chant- Board-hearing Wednesday in Sacra- ing construction workers and allies mento. paraded through San Francisco's Wilson has ordered all state agen- Civic Center yesterday in celebra- cies to identify regulations "exces- tion of the derailing of Gov. Pete sively burdensome" to business that Wilson's rush to dismantle prevail- can be eliminated to "'enhance Cali- ing wage. fornia's competitiveness:" They came from throughout Northern and Central Califoinia.) Cal-OSHA Reveals many in caravans of buses, for what was planned originally as a massive Ergonomics Rules, protest at the first public hearing on Sets Two Hearings Wilson's directive slashing prevail- -See 4 ing wages on public works projects. Page That hearing was canceled by a Board members-all Wilson judge who ruled Tuesday 'that Wil- appointees-heard lobbyists for cor- son had flouted state law requiring porations and*business organizations advance public notice of the impact his proposal would have upon public works projects, governments and communities that order them, and workers who do the construction. But the workers came anyhow. They roared approval when labor leaders and elected officials denounced -Wilson's transparently political motives. And then they jammed streets in a mile-long march shouting "Union Yes, Wilson No" as they circled the State Building where the governor's hearing was to have lines. been held. Tom Rankin, research director of Stan Smith, secretary *of the host the California Labor Federation, and S.F Building and Construction Maggie Robbins, state health and Trades Council, brought on a parade safety director for the Service. of speakers. Employees, responded with warn- Jack Henning, executive secre- upon prevailing wage as the latest in 'That's the governor who is a dis- for Pete Wilson's vision of our soci- ings that the responsibility of the tary-treasurer of the California a series of actions calculated to grace to our state and to our history:' ety?' Cal-OSHA Standards Board is to Labor Federation, told the crowd ingratiate the governor with the the state AFL-CIO leader declared. Johan Klehs, former Assembly inc protec workers, not enhance busi- that Pete Wilson had long Newt Gingrich wing of the GOP It Assembly Member Wally Knox, member, now chair of the State ness competitiveness. ceased to be a political moderate. follows, he said,-Wilson's support Qf D-Los Angeles, drew cheers with the Board of Equalization and, like .-Both challenged the basic pur- "HIfis burning ambition is to be Proposition 187, aimed at Mexican declaration ""I'm proud to be union." Knox. a plaintiff in the suit that pose of the hearing, noting the polit- vice president, and so he genuflects immigrants; the attack upon affirnna- The chair of the Assembly Commit- blocked Wilson, told the crowd that ical overtones of -the governor's before the worst elements of his tive action, targeting black Ameri- tee on Labor and Employment prevailing wage affects everyboy. directive. party'" Henning declared cans, and the call for abolishing Cal- warned thatprevailing wages and the Bob Balgenorth, president of the An4d,an warned, just about .Henning described the attack ifornia's historic eight-hour day. eight-hour day "are too expensive Fed Offers Scholarship(Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) Sixty-six college scholarships tion form-,--which must be accomnpa- conditions. Contest materials papers is done by grdut students worth $500 apiece are being offered nied by a copy of the applicant'9s include suggested'reding lists and at University of California-Berkeley to graduating high school seniors in high school academic transcript other resources. under supervision of the'Center for the 46th annual scholarship awards Thursday, March 7, 1996, is the day For many,- preparing for the Labor Research and Education. program of the California Labor the two-hour examination will be examination provides the only expo- Final decisions on the winners 'U AFL-CIO. in school where a the 100 examination Federation, given every high sure to the aims and accomplish- among highest Announcement brochures qualified senior has applied. ments of the labor movement they papers are made by a panel ofjudges spelling out details of the competi- Winners will be announced early have during their entire high school including June McMahon, coordina- Es tion and application forns are being in May. The $500 awards will be for- careers. tor of labor program at the UCLA mailed to principals ofevery Califor- warded to. colleges or universities Sixty-two of the scholarships are Labor Center, John McDowell, pro- fij nia high school, public and private, designated by the winners to help co-sponsored by affiliatesofthe Cal-. fessor oflaborrelations at Los Ange- Executive Secretary-Treasurer Jack defray costs oftheir educations. ifomnia Labor Federation. Four are les Technical College; Peter Guidry, Henning of the state federation The examination is designed to provided by the federation as the labor arbitrator and former coordina- II announced this week. Seniors tor at the U.C.-Berkeley Labor Cen- grau- enable students to display knowl- Haggerty-Pitts Memorial Scholar- mme atmng in 1996 can obtain the applica- edge and understandintg of labor, ships in honor of two former execu- ter, and Leland S. Russell, tion fonns from their principals. business, industrial and goverm- tive secretary-treasurers, the late Neil and past president, California Adult and Education Council,.Bay Section. Jan. 22, 1996, is the deadline for tal issues, as Well as social, political Haggerty Tommny Pints. pogam submitting the completed applica- and economic history and current Initial of the examination The scholarship is grading (Continued on Page 4) Sweeney.ito.LeadFohs I John J. Sweeney, newly electe6d anoTrof the giant cxrPorMMtI'as Francisco Bay Area, have been Concord in Contra CoSta Couny president of the AFL-CIOi is,sched- fclte.Sweeney will start-thedy strgglng with=t success to ie- and bokddthe bidigwith Wiled to come to California- for A bt *endorsing the CaliforniA mini- ngtaecou t that expired in their bodies until loCCA13policeWga protest on Friday, Dec. 8 against per- mum wage initiative -at a breAkfst August and September. Hiflhaven arresting'-them for "unlawful. assemn- manent replacemient of' strikers, meetig in S.F. (See stay, Page 3.)- walked away fion the brann bly." Fifeen, were anested. Laterthat union-busting., refusa to bargain, 'Willie L Birownm Speaker Eni-td table June* 14. day SIklU pirotiesters blocked com- and deteioraI patient care. and. tus, of the Califomfia Assemibly and firings.and POIennUanet replace- mute-hour trafki on Willow Pass working -conditions. at Hillhaven cdiafor mayor of San Francis- mient"'with scabs,came week before Road, a nearby thoroughfare. nursing homes. co;-is to speak at the BiEhaven rally. last,when workers at five of,the Hill- The thre%-t SEIU locals. are seek- Participation by the AFL-CJO The action will be-aimed at both haven nursing homeisastuck'for-One ing a -meaningful Voice in. patient leader emphasizes- the iationWide 'flfhaven and Vencor, the long-n day to alert their communities. to. -care -and- stafig levels and safer, conrotatonover what's happening care hospital corporation with.which poverty wages,.unsafe worIng-con- more healtfulworkplaces. to patients and. workers -as. nursing' 11illhaven -was -merged* in Septem- ditions and worsening patientLcare. They -want improved benefits, home corporations vie for larger ber, creatng the second-largest-such Unioin officers.pedctdthat.unfair wages tha provide a decent sadr slices of the Medicare pie. cmayin the United States. All labor'prctice charges" would be of living,,, and an end to "English The Dec. 8 protest,.ogaizdby told, Vencor/Hillhaven has about 2,3 upheld -and. the -fired .workers~ only"q discriiainaant'the Local 250 ofthe Service Employees, retirement housing projects, 310- returfied 4to their. jobs..'H'ut 1Hi- manimigants. in the work farce. is to start at noon at'Hillhaven San nrighomes and.36 long-n haven's* -immed iatftetbviously. TheCY also are asking for immnredi- Francisco, located at Pine and Hyde care hospitalsoacross the country. is to spreadfear in an effort tobtakt ate union rcgiintruhsecret 4' Streets. From there Sweeney will FryofVencor/Hillhaven's facil- the6workers'solidaWity, ballot elections in unrgnied facil- lead the crowd about a mile along ities are in Calfornia Workers at-25 No erosion of unity was aprn ities.with no union-bashing, tactics. Pine Street to Divisadero Street of those,'who are.rprsntdby, on Nov.* 14 when hundreds of trade such as.harassment,intiidation or where the rally, will start at 1 p.m. SEIU*LCals.:22 in Sacramento, .399- unionists and.spprtrsmarched on,. inerogtinsbymagent John J. Sweeney outside Hillhaven Pine 'Towers, in. Los Angeles and 2509* i6heSan- Hillaven'srginl e&latesa HIllhven has b*aged that 1994 was "the most successful yea?' in its history Van=o said in its report to s.tockholders that it "'achieved record Labor ArchivesPaaGl fiaca results" last year. Revenues of the newly merged copo atinmr rnigat more dthan $2 billion a The Labor Archives and Research Center. at priesering historical matraan making thm SouthwestULbor StudesAssociation, 'ever a yea. VancorHifllhaven ,'is touting San Francisco State University will celebrate its available to researchers, the- news media, stu- strong.spore of theu'archives, served as chief itself as'A1"vertcally itgae"sin- 10th anniversary with a gala benefit dinner Fri- dents, facuty and the public. lobbyist at Sacrmntoin 1984 when the Legis- gle-source pmbvider ofnursing home day, Feb. 23,, at the Sheraton Paace Hotel lature to and care to health mainte- The etn of the union addedfunds the S.F. State libiary bud- long-rn minutes,. office files, get to establish the new faciit. nance organizations anxious to The evening will start with a reception at 6:30 correspondence, oral histories, photographs, increaseprofits by pushing patients p.m. Dinner will be. at 7:30 p.m., with the newsletters, bUons,'ribbons -and othewmaerals Lynn Bonfield, archives -director, noted this -out ofregular hospitals. anniversary observances to follow, including collected and listed in guides to dat total, in the week that the Palace Hotel rooms in which the. acknowledgment of the growth and prgress of archivist's mode of measure, more tO,00 aniesr dinner and reeto are to be held the archives since its founding a decade ago by linear feet have been renovated by union workers. Nevada AFL-CIO the labor movement, historians., archivists, uni*- versity administrators and working men and The anniversary dinner programn will include rickets are'$100. Ponnal finwitations"will be Backs Good Boss women. presntaionof the annual Lifetim-Achieve- mfailed shortly. Detals can be obtainied, fro)m mnt Award of the Southwest Labor Studies MAry O'Shea & Associates', Who arehadig Claude.Ifflackie" Evans, execu- It has become a major repository for artifact Association, which will be holding its annual dinner arrngmets at (415) 777-2340, orfrixm tive secretary-tmaurer of the Neva- anti records of the labor movement, collecting, conference that week at San Francisco Stat. Bonfield at the Archives, (415) 564-3606. da AFL-CI, is urging. unions and union members to patronize the Sahara Hotel at Las Vegast because the new owner is William Bennett, a. certified good guy and friend of labor. Nets.Stock Down;LabrsU Bennett former CEO'of' Circus More allegations about Newt the FEC has identified $6450 in wasput-Othuwekeygroups:Age 30- tax increase.because ofelmnto Gingrich's political slush fund and contibutions to by Miller* Gingrich 4 e of $32.3-'billion-fromd-Ithe Earned its right-wing contributors surfaced and Gingrich's GOPac. That sumn,- 50vdoot'nneedTh.ai,Poufhw oesm Incomne Tax Credit thisweekaspolls 9howingadropin while considerable by most people'ts not'c6nftsedl6%"by-'news media reports Meanwile, reportsamesurfacing. Republican popularity raised hopes. saRdsi;, is dwarfed by the multi- paining1 the budget debate as a pett of a private indlustry'task force on. for labor's allies in the 1996' elec-~ million dollar advance Gingrich got squabble between President Clinton workcers'9compensaionm meeting tions. from publishing mnagnate Rupert and the Republicans. under the asie ofGingich. First, the Federal Election Com- Murdoch as a down payment 'on Faftyeigtpercent said the pr- BurauofNaioalAffairs mission released documents show- books not yet written at about the dent should veto GOP sam the budget, the group-consists ofbusiness execu-says. ing that Ginich's GOPac Republi- time Gingrich was ran- dn and only 32 percent said Clinton tives,.'isurancwe industry leaders, can political action committee ille- taxleilto worth hundreds 'of should give in and sign it Seventy- dtors,and otherswit lnacia gally spent more than $250,000 to millions .of.dollars -to' Murdoch"s magazne, bodatand. six pretsi the'..Republicans IntrtIn waer ijre. The: chair get the Georgia representative newspaper, should cnpoieWith the p~i is sadto bWtRicharfd-Scnishy..pWds- Datebook reelected in a close race in 1990. book publishing eire dent ofHealthSouth. Polls show dent..A'mrnee17.'retspvdo Execwtive Council:. Jan. 23-24,19, Then yesterday the FEC, which is Republican. populari- the GOP saIngfinn. A--report otindby tbe,AR-. S..F. Airport Hilton Hotel. suing GOPac in federal court laid ty is droppig, whetherin reaction to Bits Ofinoatn about the Pre-Prinnary COPE ConmntIon: actions or aO1 says the group is considering Jan. out evidence that Gingrich tried to such because people me GOP budget continue to angerordi- propoals1telimnatewatersComp 259 1996, S.F. Airport Hilton Hotel. influence the Environmental Protec- perceiving exactly-what the GOP nary Anmicans-t vaunted $245 entirely gigx replace it with a'medis- A. Philip 9RandlhIsiueClf tion Agency on behalf of, a big con- budget proposals mean for most billion tax cut for example. aye" under which wodrei would be State Confernew: April 26-28, tributor who was facing suit over Americans.. rwarded for not 19969.lum at the Par, Anaheim. asbestos contamination. The richest would benefit imme- reotigijuiies& Executive Council: July 24-26, 1996 A recent USA Today/CNN diaftely fo tax breaks There would be The Missouri real Gallup Poll found- GOP support capital gains co-payments by Los Angeles Hyatt Regency. contributor, and changes affecting big and prof- injured workersfor nmedical.hatw- Biennial Comention: July 29-31, 1996, estate operator Miller Nichols, droppinig 5 percent in just two itable crorations. The break for ment,'*and enclosed a weeks. Democrats led Republicans praettotaldisability $10,000 check along with families with children wouldn't go would. be aoihd Publisher'sNtc his letter telling Gingrich what he when the question, which party into effect until lat next year. And wanted from the EPA. Altogether would you support for Cnrs? The California AFL-CIO New lower-income Americans will get a Labor (ISSN: 006060) is publishbed Ethnic,. Group twice a month exep t igthe Sets -Holiday Party wtsofThSs-htChrist- Facut Union Leader-mourned The San Francisco 'Ethnic and. mas and New- Year's holidays A memorial was held Wednesday University Council and Hillel Foun- ,HarvArd and. Broolyn College, and Labor SupportCoalition will hold its by the California Labor at Davis for Professor Paul Good- dation, a U.C.-Davis Jewish student the U.C.-Davis in -Federation-. AFL-CIO, 417 joined faculty 41h annual holiday celebration fium Moutgouitr St., Suite 300, San man of the History Department of 1965. is specialty was hisnoy of 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, at the University of California at Davis Francisco, CA 9410. Second Goodman was a leader in the the,Arly American republic, and he UNITE Hall, 600,Howard-Street dam posa d at San Fn- who 24 years ago was elected.the union's successful fightto give Uni- als6 taught cnpraiveU.S-Euo- Sponsors include local,hptr first of the- -w"NCaml4hivlidm uscrp president University versity -of California faculty mem-. pean history and.-apopular class of ofthe AsianAmerican.Fdeatonof. tiong $1, a year; corport rate, Council of the California Federation bers access to their own.personnel his own in on the Holocaust He Union Memnbers, Asian Pacific.. $2t USFS PublicationNumber ofTeachers. files and to open the WAademic tenure. was a fruetAotrbuo to news- American Labor-Alliance, A. Philip 093-40. John FK Henning exoc- Goodman died of lung cancer on evaluation process., paprsan scholarly journal. His. Randolph Isiue Ctoi Labor native ses,etary-raurger; Floyd Oct 6athisbhomeinElCerrito.He Born and reaed in Brooklyn, he third book waspulseshry Commite, Coalition. of Black TKkw adfr PflTASTER: was 61. There me no immediate sur- was the only son of Rus_smirnii- before his dai Duade Unionists, Coalitiaifof Labor -Send addrn chasme to: Call- ViVors. grants. He worked summers during A decade ago he beganendowing Union Women, FederatiRon .Of fomnia AFL-CIO News, Mont- He was remembered at the his youth at a Catskils resort operat-, fth Eugene V Ebs,Fellowship, for Retired Union Mmer,Gay/LAS- gomery -St., Suite 300, San memorxial forhis years ofunion lead- ed by an.aunt and uncle where he graduate students in history at U.C> bian LAbor Alliance, Jewish Labor Francisco, CA 94. Phone, ership, his commnitinentto socialjus- acquired sill with the mnoi that Davis. He cniud to teach.part- Comwmitee and Labor Cowrcil for ice-and his passion for imparting-the he frequently demonstrate-d in Latr im afkerhis rtemnin 1993 and LatinlAeianAdant lessons of history. The Sacramento years at'Davis. with songs ofthe civil endowed the Emne Ainebn Labor Chorus sang d6ring 'the rights movement chair in Jewish Histor, named,for San. Mateo fete. memorial, which was held at Putah Goodman was gradUated frM t Swiss IstorIin who mc*ed- to San Mao Labor Counils 1hol- WSl Creek Lodge on the U.C.-Davis Comell, obtained master's and doc- theWarsaw ghetto durin WorldWar iday party is set for 11:30a.m Dec. Uin Camnpus under auspices of the AFT tor's degrees at Harvard, taught at il and documented Nazi actions. 8., at the S.E. Airport.Hilton HoteL Page 2 December 1,199S Mmin WNage ttikef,totaecAeI are. Raising the California MiniMUM reward. hard. work. At its. present wage through a ballot propositiont Sweeney to-Discuss WagelInitiative $4.25 level, t. minimum. wage next year will generate a.bonus for punishes hard work and consigns taxpaiyers in the fonn of reduced President John. Sweeney. of the'AFL-CIO Union leaders* and rank-;and-file. members tenslobf'thousands to welfare depen- welfare, data fromn state agencies call for all-out shows. will trade union support of the have been invited to hear the newly-elected minimum wage initiative during a breakfast AFL-CIO President tell why. an- adequate Furthiermore, the analysis'disre- Welfare savings of at least $21 for at the minimum- gards.the.'6tipple effect" of. a mini- a are meeting set Friday, Dec. 8, Holiday wage is a* defiing issue for labor in' mum increase the million. year expected because Ini on wage upon wage of reduced payments under.the Aid Union Square, 480 Sutter St. in San, the crucial 1996 elections. and welfare entitlements of recipi- to Families with Dependent CIl- Francisco. The event is.sponsored by the central labor. ents earning slightly more, and addi- dren pormfor. some. 42,000 Breakfast is totstart at 7:30 .a.m. -Sweeney councils. of the San Francisco Bay Area- and. tiooa savings realized when higher breadwinners who qualify forAFDC by Local 516 of Display and.-Allied- paiy -encourages currently., unem- their will speA at 8:15 on the initiative -the Live- the'Sign, ployed.recipients.to seek ,because miimum-wage jobs. able -of 1996. Crafts Union.- wok. don't pay enough to support their Wage Act 10.I, economists who earlier dependents. endorsed a miimum wage increase Earlier, 101 leading, American. were speakfig specifically about the. economists endorsed a minimum Wage Act of 1*996-calls, for raiinga plan is to. start gathering signatures. The $21 Million animal estimated federal- wage, which currently- is wage increase. The group, including the,current-$4.25 minmumWage to after the holidays, according to Jack AFDC savings would be-halfin stae'- identical with California's. at $4.25 three Nobel laureates and seven for- $5 on March 1, 1997, and .to $5375 Henning,, executive secretary-flea- money. and half. in funds fromn'the per hour. mer Presidents ofthe American Eco- on March 1, 1998. surer of the Calfornia Labor Feder- federal govermn=t. *Their statement .Was released nomics Association,. said- a raise It is being readied for. next year's ation and president of the Board of :The Department -of Social' Ser-' through' two Washington-based would ease. the widening gap general election ballot by. the newly Directors of the Liveable Wage vices, which provided theda, research organizations, the Center between rich and poor and benefit established. Liveable* Wage Coali- coalition. acknowledges, that the: estimate is on Budget and Policy and the Eco- the economy. tion,-which includes labor,-commnu- About 42,000 families will have very conservative-perhaps 20' pe- nomic Policy Institute. Signers. The welfare savings estimates are nity activist, human rights -and reli- AFDC payments reduced ifthe min- cent beldw real4. This is due toth included Robert Gibbons and derived from facts and figures the. giousoIUNizV kns imutin wage is. increased to $5375.* failure of many AFDC reciienii 'to Nobel Laureate Kenneth J.* Arrow attorny general is expected to use in The attepy.gnra srequirod This,ij the.numnber of*households in report hourfly eaimingson -forms they: of Stanford; Clair Brown, Michael peaiga statement of the imrqact toprpr a ballot tide and summary which a. breadwinn&r works at the fill out to receive welfare entitle- Reich. and Eugene Smolensky of passage-ofthemimu wage initia- icuiga fiscal impact statement minimu but still qualifis for wel- ments. University of Califomia-Berkeley, tive will have upon the. cost of gov;- by the 'middle, of December. After fare because ivncoe isn't enough to Tb,.sindngbolsters the argu- Sanford A. Jacoby of UCLA, and eent tat petitions to place the initiative keep his or her dependents clothed, mentadvacedby.-initiative propo- Peggy Musgrave and Richard A. The initiative-entitled Living on the ballot. will be printed. The sheltired and fed. nents that a raise is required tW Musgrave of U,-C.!-Santa.Cruz. Ba Unions eg Affirmative Ation The labor movement's abiding Council, and Owen Marron,- execu- commitment to* social justice, and'. tive secretary-treasurer ofthe council the part persistent unemployment and.vice president of the California- plays in the rise of racist scapegoat- Labor Federation. ing were major themes as several. hundred trade unionists convened in* A panel discussion on.afrmtv action -in labor unions,jollowed by a the Oakland Federal Building Audi- between torium lastmonth for an all-day con- spirited exchange panelists ference on affirmative action. -- and aMdencecdompleredthenorninag Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Oak-' session. land, declared in a keynote address. The conference turned to a series* that the dearth of moetr,i-' of -workshops -aftrlunch'-at which getary and fiscal policies capable of the speaker, Eva Jefferson- Patterson Moving the country toward full of the Lawyers Committee for Civil employment underlies new chal- Rights .of the. San Francisco Bay lenges to affirmative action in Cali- Area, was introduced. by Kerry fomia. Newkirk,- president of the East Bay SEI'ssl Caach sealck utfr finnaive actionat Oaklandtconference. ""We need to be smart enough -to Chapter, of the. Coalition 'of Labor understand the strategy of scape- Union Women. oraiigaround afirave and, Caionian for. Justice: Fill-.. goating.. .to have us'. fighting over A in- Jerry ference concluded with a discussion the jobs," Dellum said. workshop implementing, immigration issues were TOM iga,Labor/Neighbor and Fran of. afirmative action stratgies led by affimative action programis was*-led Csekey, SEWIUbLcal -1877;,.Mila Buchanan' Davis Howard of Executive Secretary-Treasurer Richard Oakland. Black EqualRigts.-Advo- Damiita t Coali- Jack Henning of the California by Logan, Thomas, SEIU Local 61 and Jay cates/Californians- for Affirmative tion of Black,Trade Unionists. Frreflghters;, Warren 'C.W."' Jones Bradshaw, Bay Counties District Action. LAbor Federation denounced the and Robert Briant IBEW Local Participants in the sponsoring Pete Wilson AdMinistration's attacks councud or Carpenters. Communliity, -Wyatt Closs, -director..of the Labor- -for 595,. and-Kristy Senmrsheirm SEIU activists pAticiatn in a workshop Cofmmittee Affirmative upon afinaive action as politically Local 715. Human- Rights Departnmt of the Action include- the AlaaCounty inspred. The state AFL-CIO leader on grassroots ognzn and coali- ' Service Employees, led a worksh.op Central Labor Council, Alamd called for a boycott of any corpora- On hand for the workshop on tioin building included Mark Toney,.n. oeo-oeogaiin.Te9 o. County Building and Constuction, tion that contributes funds to the Photo Exhibition TrAdes,CxOincil, local chpesOfft anti-affirmative action initiative that to. BenefitImigrant Workers A. Philip Randolph Isttut, Asian right-wingers are hying to quafy Ashow ofphotographs by David tographs taken during the past eight immg-nt in a tim of finasingly Pacific American Labor 'Alliance, for next year's general election bal- Bacon will -be p)resented Jan. 15 years documenting lives of workers stident anti-im-Migrant. hysteria,., Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, lot through Feb. 28 at the Berkeley on*-both sides of the U.S.-Mexico Jack Henning, executive secretariy- Coalition of Labor Union Women, The event sponsored by the Bay Store Gallery for the benefit of the border. Purposes, in addition to ris- ftreaurer of tfr California Labor and Labor Council for Latin Amieri- Area-based Labor Committee for. Coalition of Imirnta-Refugee ing money for the coalition, are to Federation, is a tmMer of a spon- and can- Advancement, along with San Affimative Action, was called to Rights Services. engender respc and understanding, soring-conamiuteof persons promi- Francisco State University Labor order by,Judy Goff, president of the Mexican Workers is .the title of of the contributions of Mexican nent in. labor and the arts formed to exhibition. It Studies ~nmnt and Joint Coun- Alameda County central Labor the- includes pho- workers and to help win support for support the exhibition.. cil 2 of ftSrieEpoes Initiative Petition TargetsTecp 5'. Any ballotprostn pushed by about -what schools do or don't do:, employee unions by mandtingS&- requrmet attedanc funingfor any child i a group that calls itself 'CARE" and called'tright to worke" conditions. But the 'initiative also would grades twothUghIFI six who flunksa- decorats its.sainr with a sketch Also being peae is anoTe *Invalidate collective brann "reduce union*nmpl by protec- reading testand who fails torespond ofa cute lite one-room school house voucher initiative similar to Proposi- arEMnS by allowing schools. to ing -a teacher's right to work,"1facili- satisfactorilylto an individual. class- must be -oo for education, right?', tion 174, rejected by liforniia vot- contract with private "Individuals or tate- dismissal-'-of 'nstisfactory' room/qnihome instructional Plan. Wrong,. warns Mary Bergan, ers two years ago, that would siphon cmaisfor prvisOf Fpersonal fteachers,and permit-scholduns It goes* on.-Big school ditrct preientoftheCalfornia Federation public fundshfompublic schools into servrce* tratiors- to buy. serview as well as would be encourged to tweak up OfTeachers and vice presdentof the private schools. * Mandat- tierit pay" totaling at goods fomtVprvate vendors." into smaller districts with separate California Labor Federaion. But the more wofnso=meops- least 15 percent of the total.-school It Would have: the StateBoardof Sgoremng boards. "It's fth most honendous anti- is the one*sponsore by CARE- budget be set aside for teachers who IEdA io-tke with gubernato- CF -has -identified-heavy baker teacher, ani-school employee pro- California AllicetoDReform Edu- please the administMaion. rial aponte-4ire apaf party .of-the faed'Prositon -174,school posal I've seen itr years,"BU cation. This initiative, dubbed "Edu- e End-dues checkofffIr teache to. devise !"an-obj.ev, mcie vuhrpropositionamoing the peo- says:" (It)*seeks to identif teachers cation Accountability.-Act," woukd: and school eMloyee Unions scored -tsting.system." Pupils.*who ple leading the chare-.t CAREs and other school pernnmel as the *ti away- tenure and make 'CARE"'* cites soxm -W ith fail- the tst wouldbe held -vem in tunon-busting iitiative. source ofedUcaion.'sprbes teceswho cros supervsos or which nobody coulddiare such 10th grade until fthy attain a parsing. This years new voucher- initia- "It trades on ignorance and school board UMmberS subject to fir- as "establish high.aaei stan- scoce.- tive, meanhile,, is being pShd by a rherCUW*About what we doas iivid- ing without due process or appeal. dards 'and rigorous- testing," and There is a prVison for stIpjtg group. calling itself 'Californians for ual poesoil and as a union and e Bust teacher and school "estoblish high. school gauto away atdhdofthe state averagedailty- December 1,1995 -Page 3 onomicsIIRulinvied . The long-awaited proposal for But labor representatives who the cumbersome process involving When Standards Board mem- second hearing at Sacramento a workplace ergonomics safety were able to lay hands on the pro- the so-called "general duty" provi- bers ignored the legislative man- rather than at San Francisco as standard finally surfaced today, posal today indicated they were sions of the California Labor date, the state AFL-CIO federation proposed by the state AFL-CIO setting off a scramble to determine concerned over whether the stan- Code, which her union has filed suit and won the court order leader. whether the Cal-OSHA Standards dard would be specific enough to invoked to require correction or that is forcing the board to act. board had a Meanwhile, a Republican effort put lump of coal in enforce safety in the myriad jobs it replacement of computer work Board members, labor's Christmas stocking. is supposed to cover. stations at where employer- to get the Standards Board off the newspapers friendly appointees of Republican hook by repealing the mandate of One small victory was assured: "It's not going to be satisfacto- employees suffered virtual epi- Gov. Pete set aside find- demics of repetitive stress Wilson, the Legislature remains very much the Standards Board announced that ry if it does not enable the swift injuries. ings from its own hearings, legisla- alive at the State Capitol. it would hold two public hearings, abatement of ergonomically haz- The Legislature, acting after a tive debates and a blue-ribbon com- one in Los Angeles on Jan. 18 and ardous conditions," said Assembly Bill 50 by Ross job 10-year campaign for ergonomic mittee of experts and started from who the other in San Francisco on Jan. Larkie Gildersleeve, administra- scratch on the Johnson, R-Orange County, safeguards led by the California proposed standard. now is in the Senate, is'scheduled 23. Earlier, the board drew protests tive officer at Northern California Labor from Federation, last year ordered The decision to hold only one to be voted upon in January on the labor by insisting that it would Newspaper Guild. the board to enact a standard to hold a before com- hearing was criticized by Henning Assembly floor, where the GOP single hearing Gildersleeve the Standards protect all workers from in October as a "breach plying with a court order to enact an said. injuries early of majority is expected to prevail. So Board's responsibility is to come and disability caused by repetitive faith." The board yielded on this far, the Democrats have enough ergonomics standard as mandated with far better by the Legislature. up something than trauma and related problems. point, although it scheduled the votes to kill it in the Senate. Prevailing VWage Open Season (Continuedfrom Page 1) - (Continuedfrom Page 1) State Building and Construction "How about that, all you workers Plaintiffs in the suit include the all of the safety requirements under another Republican governor had Trades Council of California, who are women or people of color- County of Alameda, City of Oak- attack Wednesday originated with shut it down," Rankin declared. praised Knox and other Democratic does that seem fair to you?" Levitt land," Directors John M. Gioia, Ken- the Legislature and therefore are out "Californians want effective health legislators for beating back attacks asked. "Pete Wilson isn't interested neth H. Simmons, Nancy J. Nadel of the hands of the Standards Board. and safety regulations, stronger than in for women and In an effort to ".(cool down the those on prevailing wage at Sacramento. jobs minorities. and Mary Selkirk of the East Bay provided by the federal gov- What Pete Wilson is interested in is Municipal Utility District; Klehs and anti-regulation fever spreading out ernment. The voters support it."9 "When he lost in the Legislature, lowering wages and busting unions." Brad Sherman of the Board of of the governor's office,"" Rankin Rankin pointed out that not even Wilson tried an end run," Balgenorth Canceled with Equalization; National Electrical cited the 1973 California Occupa- the 1992 report -of Gov. Wilson's said. "But he ignored the rules and along yesterday's tional S.F was one Contractors Association; Los Safety and Health Act and its own commission on competitiveness we won this round. "You've got to hearing scheduled for Ange- of safe Monday in L.A. Labor leaders have les County Chapter of Service Lath- promise and healthful work cited Cal-OSHA health and safety let this governor know that you are ing, Inc.; Azteca Construction, Inc.; places. standards as any kind of a burden on taxpayers too and that will called off a protest rally that was "Nowhere does the statute you fight scheduled for L.A. State Building and Construction speak the California economy. In fact, he to save your wages." of enhanced competitiveness as a argued, effective workplace health The temporary restraining order Council of California, and several criteria for health and Donna Levitt, senior business individuals including Knox. setting safety and safety regulations can help busi- of Local 22, was issued Tuesday in S.F Superior standards,," the state AFL-CIO repre- nesses by reducing the cost of work- agent Carpenters point- Court William It was filed by Stephen P. Berzon, ed out that Wilson has said lower pay by Judge Cahill. Both sentative said. ers'9compensation. sides are due back in court on Lowell Finley, Jeffiry B. Demain "Californians sent a on public works projects would Dec. strong and "These employers have the 19 for a hearing on changing the and Scott A Kronland of Altshuler, clear message in 1988 when they opportunity every month of the year attract women and minorities to con- Berzon, Nusshaum, Berzon & Rubin struction jobs. restraining order into an injunction. overwhelmingly approved Proposi- to come before you at your regular of S.F tion 97 and restored Cal-OSHA after meetings and propose new standards or changes in old ones or ask for variances where there are hard- ships,"' Rankin said. "There is no The Scholarsh4 Co-Sponsors valid reason for the governor to order Four of the 66 scholarships to be awarded in the 1996 California International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 45, a special review."' Labor Federation competition are sponsored by the federation as the Hollywood "'his board's concern in promul- Haggerty-Pitts Memorial Scholarships in honor of two former execu- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 302, gating standards should be safety of tive secretaries, Neil Haggerty and Thomas Pitts. Pleasant Hill, (two scholarships) workers, not profit of employers. The other 62 are co-sponsored by local unions or groups of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union You should be concentrating on unions affiliated with the federation. The co-sponsors are: No. 340, Sacramento emerging new issues, such as the AFGE Local 2391 (Labor Dept.), San Francisco Laborers International Union of North America, Local 89, long-overdue ergonomics standards AFT College Guild, Local 1521, Los Angeles-Jean Trapnell San Diego and not on attempts to tear down Memorial Scholarship Laborers International Union of North America, Local 270, existing regulations." American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Robert H. Medina Memorial Scholarship Francisco- Willard Waterman Memorial Scholarship Los Angeles Union Label Council-Los Angeles County Berkeley Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1078 Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Scholars Butchers' Union, Local 120., Oakland Main County Labor Council California Conference of Machinists Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Southern California (Continuedfrom Page 1) California Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO Ports Council-Jkames Tatum Memorial Scholarship administered by the Standing Com- California Federation of Teachers., AFT, AFL-CIO-Jaimes Newspaper Guild Locals of California mittee on Education of the state Herndon Memorial Scholarship Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers., Local 1794,, CFT, AFT, AFL-CIO federation under the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, Costa Mesa direction of President Albin J. Sacramento Northern California District Council of Laborers-Lee Lalor Gruhn. California State Council of Carpenters Memorial Scholarship Mary Bergan, president of the Carpenters Ladies Auxiliary of California State Council Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workerg International Union, AFL- California Federation of Teachers, California State Council of Culinary Workers, Bartenders and CIO, Local 1-675, Carson-Kenneth E. Lord Memorial chairs the committee. Other mem- Hotel Service Employees Scholarship bers *of the Standing Comm-ittee are California State Theatrical Federation Plumbers, Steamnfitters and Refrigeration Fitters, UA Local 393, Val Connolly, San Mateo; Steve California State Theatrical Federation- William K. Howard San Jose Edney, Wilmington; Gunnar Lunde- Memorial Scholarship Sailors Union of the Pacific-Harry Lundeberg Memorial berg, San Francisco; Loretta Communications Workers of America, Local 9400, Scholarship AAzmAay,QnSana%rsa; DA,&rdC. Paramount-Alice E. Peck Memorial Scholarship San Francisco Fire Fighters Local No. 798-Robert E Communications Workers of America, Local 9400, Callahan Memorial Scholarship Paramount- William C. Demers Memorial Scholarship San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties Central Labor Council, Communications Workers of America, Local 9505 Arcadia- Stockton Michael Pencall Memorial Scholarship San Jose Fir Fighters Local 230 Communications Workers of America., Northern California and Sign, Display and Allied Crafts Union., Local 510, Nevada Council-Shirley Damico & Art Mattie Memorial San Francisco-Richard Wendelt Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Sonoma, Mendocino & Lake Counties Central Labor Council Communications Workers of America, Southern California South Bay Labor Council, San Jose Council-George W Gorman Memorial Scholarship Southern California District Council of Carpenters Communications Workers of America, Southern California Southern California District Council of Laborers Council-Michael Corcoran Memorial Scholarship Southern California Painters and Allied Trades District Engineers & Scientists of California, MEBA, (AFL-CIO)- Council 36-Roderick MacKenzie Memorial Scholarships (2) as well as to high school principals. Judith T Kehrlein Memorial Scholarship State Building & Construction Trades Council of California- Richard W Memorial Any affiliate of the Federation Federation of Retired Union Members (FORUM), A Council of Mansfield Scholarship to a schol- Theatrical Local San wishing co-sponsor $500 the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Stage Employees I.A.TS.E., 16, arship award may do so prior to the AFL-CIO Francisco deadline. U.A. Local 38, Plumbers & U.A. Local April 1,)1996 Hotel Employees, Restaurant Employees Union Local 19, Steamfitters; 38, Winners in the 1995 competition .San Jose-Jkames H. Dixon Sr. Memorial Scholarship Plumbers & Steamnfitters Scholarship Trust Fund, San Francisco-Joseph P. Mazzola Memorial Scholarships (2) were selected from 2,)357 applicants. Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union of San Further information also can be ^ United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 428, AFL-CIO, 1;egof%TLocal no3 obtained by writing to Education Committee., California Labor Feder- ation, 417 Montgomery St. Ste. 300., San Francisco, CA 94104, attention of President Albin J. Gruhn.

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