Roberti's Far-Reaching Victor ae 4 'Gwen Moore COPESnw1:ar c late Kathleen Brown has the endorse- arneda County for controller, the of- ment of the California 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. Dianne Feinstein 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 Anna Eshoo 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 Southern California 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. Henry Waxman (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. Brad Sherman (D) 4. Katie Hirning (D) 5. No Endorsement 33. No Endorsement 6. Lynn Woolsey (D) 34. No Endorsement 7. George Miller (D) 35. Maxine Waters (D) 8. No Endorsement 36. Jane Harman (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 Zoe Lofgren (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, Sam Farr, Richard Lehman, Gary (D) 50. Bob Filner (D) 19. No Endorsement payroll or gross receipts upon nonprofit organizations YES Calvin Dooley, Anthony Beilenson, 51. Rita K. Tamerius (D) Howard Berman,, Xavier Becerra, 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.