0% The 1.7 million-mem'ber Califor- nia AFL-CIO sorted, out its primary election priorities Thurs- day as state COPE Convention delegates voted on endorsements of 170 candidates and propositions. Agreement did not come easily for the 500 delegates from nearly 300 unions, councils anld central bodies affiliated with the Califor- nia Labor Federation. There w'as argument on the floor 0-u---- All the Endorsements, Pages 2 and 3 l over 21 of the endorsements recommended to the convention by the federation Executive Council, Cornelius Wall of ILGWU, left, and Dolores Huerta of UFW which spenlt the first three days of challenge endorsements. the week in interviews, discussion was backPed by the AFL-CIO four challenged by a delegate. So were and -debate along with its advisor years ago when he lost to the cur- endorsements -of such long-time committee of labor leaders; rent Republican governor by a labor allies as Assembly Speaker Labor's ticket is led by its guber- fraction of one percent of the total Willie L. Brown and State Sen. natorial candidate, Mayor Tom vote. Bill Lockyer of Hayward. Bradley of Los Angeles, who also Bradley's endorsement was (Continued on Page 3) James L. Quillin of the Machinists joins in convention debate. Vol-29-No. 14 April 11,9 1986 !'A Trade unio'nists were told Tburs- to do everything -we can V. elect that can make Nov. 4 day they help candidates co'iiieAd to vidpess, A bill to let, -employers -mpose drug-use'tests -on virtually all "the beginning of the end of this prosperity,. coM-Vissiotf and of a California workers was shunted off to interim study and obscurity political age spite" by joining justice... ." its author several in the news media national campaign for "family, Other, speakers also told the Wednesday after gaining days country, union and jobs." delegate's assembled at the. San spotlight. The call to political arms was Francisco Airport Hilton Hlotel Sen. Nick Petris, D-Oakldand, gave notice as a herng opened of sounded by John Perkins, national that the need for political action is the iffeverent reception the bill would get from the Democratic ma- AFL-CIO Cope director, who was urgent. jority on the Senate Industrial Relations Committee. keyrnote speaker at the California The Rev.- Cecil Williams of San Petris proflfered a specimen bottle to the bill's- author, Sen. John Labor Federation's pre-primary Francisco, saying heS would deliver Seymour, R-Anahei, and s'uggested thiat Seymour and all his wit- election COPE endorsinlg conven- no invocation aimed at makeing the nlesses provide samples to take out for testing so thiat others on the tion. crowd feel comfortable, urged the comtniitee cold detqFnmine their conditions before-evaluatin% Ctifiejr Perkins told the 500 delegates,. de&k&ts -o plan 16rr. E:iWon and testimoniy. ~~ "There's no election year in which' then "go do it." This was and a of thie the stakes are anything but high for John F. Henning, executive declined, pa.rade proponlents began praising us. But on a scale of one to ten, rd measure. Among. them were representatives of thie Califom7ia secretar-treasurer. of the Califor- Chamnber of te California Mdanufacturers Assn. and a say the 1986 elections are an nia Labor Federation,-- told the Commerce, eleven. group callin itself thie "Commttee on Moral Concerns." delegates: The chainman, Sen. Bill Greene, D-L.A., grew noticeably im- "We-you, I and millions of our "We can change the course of as thie testimony trade course of patient progressed. brothers and sister California anld affect the At one point, Greene asked whether emplo'yers were not compe- unionists-have to get this country John Perkins the nation if we- but mobilize our tent to evraluate a workei's perfonnance without.such tests. in gear again and moving members and union famnilies for 'If it isn!t affecting my performance, whos business is it any- forward," Perkins declared. clip coupons and those who bend the primary and general elections way," Greene demanded. "This is-still America,, isnDt it?" "The outrages committed by this their backs-... between the ex- of 1986. ." Republican administration ecutive suite and, thie assembly Albin J. Gruhn, president of the Opponents never got a chance to testify before thie Seymour federation,b said as he C"1Wed the measure, SB'2175, was shunted to te obscurity. of interim study. devastate millions of workin-g line." of thie California d of a number of Americans and their families," But, he warned, "A much convenltion into --sess'ion: . Represeitifi-ve's AFL-CIO Perkins said, citing polarization of greater outrage would be for us by "Organized labor can and must (Conti'nued on Page 4) who default to let this continue, to fail I thie countery between "those NewJobless(ContinuedPayon Page BillI Advances A new version ofthe unemploy- weakcened. agencies advanced. benefits for persons who otherwise ment insurance benefit bill vetoed * The bill to establish a com- * A requirement that nursing would be cut off by a sunset law. last year by the governor passed its parable worth commiss'ion was homes spend part of Medi-Call Action on the new unemploy- ;.i first- legislative committee test on delayed until next Wednesday. cost of living raises on patient care ment insurance benefit bill served Wednesday. * Coordination of comparable got committee approval. to illustrate for the COPE r. .3, These other actions affecting worth efforts by state enforcement * Continuation of disability delec a6 political reality con- -1 working men and women also fionOtng California workers in 1986., X., were talcen this week at Sacramen- to as 500 AFL-CIO COPE dele- Council Condemns UC Violence The vote was 6-2. Every Repub- gates gathered at San Francisco to The Alamneda County Central The statement, proposed by lican present tn'ed to kill the .;k> consider how best to uase labor's Lator Council unanimously AFSCME Local 3211, which rep- measure. All the Democrats voted political clout in the June primary: adopted a resolution this week con- resents UC-Berkeley clerical em- for it. 1~ 9 Consideration of the-Califor- demning the University of Califor- ployees, ". ..condemns the uni- Thirty-eight states and the nia labor Federation's new VDT- nia's violent response to demon- versity's actions involving destruc- District of Columbia now have .7 users' bill was delayed.a week. strations at Berkeley against in- tion of the shanty town and arrest higher maximum weekly unem- * Separate VDT protections for vestment of university funds in of protestors and the unnecessary ployment benefilts than does college employees got commiteee firms doing business in South and violent use of police against Califomnia, which for years was '4-. approval after being severely Africa. demonstrators.'"I (Continued on Page 4) t:Tr;-~~~Hite i)0 N6nd : 9 2 t : . wr -fDq* aiidX ''' ''''''t ~ S i ,..,,,^ ...,y,...uka :2@4+Z(4'B'2%7~~~~~.(i ;;} l~~~~Eh ,H2.a,'TmBts'():',)' N,one'', ''''., 14- "Johan:Klehs (i). Nbo lS5 Wayne. Bennett -Nonre - 16. Art- Agnos (i) No*.- <--: l7 ~~~Will.ie L. Brow-n (i). n-: .:---- 18. Dlain Eastin.Ne-;.-- Jack Henning addresses convention. At',right, Lor-etta Mahoney listsi delkgates as' Al Grq4n.checks. roster. 19 ~-Jackie Speier (Dual).- -* . 20 Kevin Kell'y Nn-- 21 Byron Sher (i) None- --: 22 Brent N. ventura -None. 23 John Vasconcellos (i) Now (Continuedfrom Page 1J .rak¢-ours once more a sharing an (Qranston. .. '24 Donminic Corese(i--: be the glue -to bringdte;trulyl-iberal caringnation.-; "?kw., rd be derelict ifI failed-to a 25 Rusty Ameas (i) NoW andprogressive fbtces'of ur:''omm- Perkins -sa'id victory while not, pont oib tat* a great senator is- 26; -: Pattick, rSoitt- Ni munities, state and nation together easily achiqved, is easily defined. enhanced by a 'great governor, and 27 Gar Condit (i) 'None in a unified political and econonuc He..-a.id. it .will consist of taking that's te rub: Califomia does not 28 :Saun Farr (i). None crusade." -thqto- fde -UJnited" ..States ha've a great govemnor. But you, can 29 Robert Weber Nlone Organizie labor's r'espionsibiljity. e o of -te '-hads' .of mnaugural,,- one next January, 30 Jim Costa, (i) None "oadgroups unbet achde-Rpgic -ti tra-c'onservatives and Mayor Tom Bradley." 31 Bruce -Bronzan (i),Nn powrer of 'an exploitive economy..S ti h :ad of He wamned a'gainst te careless- 32 Opn-<. :Nofie : and p'olitical syste'm also wasa ZsW here in-a§oin .ness tat enabled followers ofLyn- .33 Tom 1pallmatter .None'... thieme of Perkine lceynote speech. e0ig o Bradl:ey as don LaRouche to snatch Demora- .34 No Recommnendation Nonie "We are the sh}op st-e'wards -for tic nominations in Illinois, saying 35 Jack OUConfiell (i) None gom'r. " millions ofmiddle class Amherica'ns :-*fad of Cali. rn'ia"s tere -axuefor anybody 36 Frank Nekimiken '-Nofie and for te.just plain people ofour,~ i snr ever. to-be surpnised bjy dwn agai'n. 37 -Open. ...... -:- lo e land,". he:said. "If we do not act'. -¢491e,Xnlon- :n He spoke. of .lthe. dt 38 . pn40 None nobody -will do what"s nlecessary to te favo'r and reelect Alan "restock7 te House of Represen- 39 Rihard Katz (i)' None z;kdza tati.ves, where the Demcratic ma-- 40 Tom -Bane (i) None jorsity has been "diluted by 40.or 50 41 p~~~pen None boll weevils who wear thie label of 42 No Recomumendt'ion None-. ..... I)emocat, but vote like Republi- 43' .Terry _tiedpman -.:.None ,., - c .. ... 44 -Tom Hayden (i) None He.