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Iraining :sez
ienced totitfical cam nainmanaer would be
retained to direct the drive.
Volunteers will be trained at workshops in
Los Angeles on Nov. I11 and in San Francisco on Nov. 18. Henning said ti-me and
Training sessions will be held in Los place of both sessions would be announced
Angeles and San Francisco for the union shortly.
volunteers who will gather signatures for theCalifornia's highly acclaimed worker safepetition to place Cal-OSHA on the 1988 ty and healthi watchdog
agency went out of
general election ballot.
for
business
employees
-except
public
The sessions were announced by John F. on July I afte Gov. George Deukmejian
cut
of
executive
secretary-treasurer
Henning,
The
new
thie
state
from
its
budget.
funding
the California Labor Federation, as preparadecreed that private sector workers
tions continued for the campaign to restore governor
have
to rely on federal OSHA, which
would
Cal-OSHA through a- vote of the people.
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Henning also announced tat an exper-
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If delegates approve thie resolution during
the convention Oct. 26-30 'at Miatni Beach,
Fla., all AFL-CIO affiliates will be instructed . to give "'every measure of assistnce" to the Cal-OSHA campaign.
The resolution cites many of the failings of
federal OSHA, upon which private sector
workers in Califoma have been forced to
rely for health and safetyr protection since
July 1, when Gov.' George Deukmejian
removed Cal-OSHA funds from thie new
Condemation of the scuttling of CalOSHA -and of the failures of federal OSHA
will be issues for the biennial convention of
thie AFL-CIO nex't mondi, along wit nationwide support for restoration of California's
landmark worker -health and safetyf program.
A resolution to be placed before the convention by the the Califomia Labor Federa- state budget..
It says tat federal OSHA, under thie Reation calls for te noalAL-CIO to support restoration of Cal-OSHA duiough a'
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Global Picket Line~~~.
Labor Rallies~~
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Wi sberger
Of SUP Dies
Raiders.
"We intend to demonstrate Oct.
4 if this isn't resolved by then,"
Robertson said. "We'll have a
nuissive tumout of union people. "
Oct 4 is the. day club owners say
they w il resume play, using scab
playefs if the real NFL players still
-
'rare on strikce.
Walter Johnson, executive
.secretary of the San Francisco
Labor Council, confirmed thiat he
iwould lead a picket force, numbering perhaps in the thousands, if the
49ers attempt to field a team a
week from Sunday.
Plans also wer'e being laid for
Moi Wdserger, fonme ps- demonstrations in support
of thie
dent of the Saibor's Union of thie striking Rams in Orange County
Pad.l and long-dn ve prei and the Chargers at Sp Diego if
det of the {Cafflona Labor.
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California AFL-CIO unions laid association, Henning declared:
"In the name of our California
plans this week to turn out mnassive
demonstrations in support thie Labor Federation, AFL-CIO,
strikcing National Football League rersenting 1.7 million members
Players Assn. if club owners at- in our state, I wish to advise that
tempt to stage next weekend's our organztion gives one hundred percent support to your strike
games withi scabs.
John F. Henig, executive against the National Football
secretary-tre.asuirer of tet Califor- League-'o'wners.
nia Labor'-Federation, pledged sup"I)ave- Meggyesy and I willpoel ue,;dy -only, hours awork, on Xy io
f. f
In a telegram to. Gene -Upshia*. adcled, referrn associaexecutive director of the players tion's San Francisco-based western
representative.
Bill Robertson, head of te Los
Angeles County Federaition of
Labor, renewed thie pledge thie
following day in a press conference withi Sean Jones, player
representative on the Ldos Angeles
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Unon
Labor representatives persuaded
thie Los Angeles County Transportation Conunission to hold 'off
awarding a rich new light rail contract to thie union-busting Herzog
Construction Co. of. Missouri this
week.
But union leaders were dismayed to discover that a leading
"liberal"' Southern California law
firm, headed by a one-time national chairperson of the Democratic Party, was bombarding the
commission with technical, hairsplittin'g arguments in an attempt to
discredit labor's documentation o'f
Herzog's history of prevailing
tige alk with strikers on picket line at RedPeter -Casel4 at left ill photo above, sis
secretowy of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, wood Relince- Tractor Co. in Cotati. In photo at
and Ibmhi Kahn, fourth from left, jot geerl ot, Federico Rlcafort, president of the Federasecretaryg of the Bangladesh Railway Employee tion of PhiHippine Teachers, join pikkd line.
22Countries inMarch~~~~m
solidarity with U. S. workers visit to Cotati gave tem a chance
to observe some of the more
fighting for their rights.
They grabbed picket signs and quirky aspects of labor law in this
fell in beside te C:alifomas, country.
qUeStiOning them closely abOUt the There is no economic issue in
iSSUeS and te, COndUCt Of the the strike, according to Don
Strike.
Crosatto, research direr of the
The StrikerS Were PleaSed too.
Machinists' Califori Conference.
"We are very proud tat teSe
The Redwood-Reliance workdiStinguiShed labor leaderS haVe ers, teir fonner representatives in
ChOSen to visit this Strike,," sad Ed the National Assn. of Independent
LOgUe, directing business repre- Unions and the Machinists all want
of Machinists - .and Aer-os'ace sentative Of 'MaChiniStS D istrict recognition opf the LAM.
1 15. "ThiS haS been a real shot in
-Workers.
But the company has refused to
The visitors, who are tourig the the arm to morale."
The ViSitOrS, comin frOm five go along, promising' to tie the
U.S. under the auspices of te
AFL-CIO, obviously were pleased coniinents, -are in te U.S.. to.stdy workers up for as long as possible
(Continued on Page 4J
at the opportunity to -deinonstrate American' labor relations. Their'
Union chants in accents of 22
foreign countries echoed across a
picket line at Cotitti last week as a
bus load of visiting trade union
leaders took tixe out to nurch
beside striking Americans.
Sixty-five employees of- Redwood-Reliance Traler Co. at
Cotati have been striking since July 9 to enforce -their right to disband an independent union and
join thie International Association
ai
aon nLA
wage law violations.
The law firm lined up on te.
other side is Manatt, Phelps,
Rothenberg and Phillips, headed
by Charles Manatt, forTner national Democratic leader, and
replete withi lawyers influential in
Califomia Democratic Pa- y affairs.
At issue before the comnission
Tuesday was the Herzog firm's
$.12 million bid to lay rails on the
line beinig built between downtown
Los Angeles and. Long Beach.
Herzog had bid 28 percent
below te designing engineers'
estimates of what thie job - should
cost -at prevailing wage rates.
William L. Waggoner, business
mantager of Operating-Eng'urs
Local 12, had warned in advance
of the session thiat Herzog. apparently wa's planning to nmake upthie dollar diffierence by -using
phony front mnorty and -disadvantaged subcontractors and by
flooding te project withi imnported
labor working at.much less thian
thie prevailing Southiemr California
wage rates. The warnings were
backed up by spokespersons for
laborers Local 507 and the
Southemn California District Council of Laborers.
John Richardson of thie Labor
Research Group speaking for te
unions, told thie commssion Wednesday that Herzog has a long history of-prevailing wage violations-HEe said -at least two of Herzog's
subctactors a d to be
phony fronts, and$he warned thiat
the Missouri firmn has brought in
out-of-state labor, pricipally fTom
depressed regions in thie South.
The imported labor charges are
more tan conjecture,' Richardson
said. The commission already has
awarded Herzog a $43 million
light rail contract, and Richardson
Wtonfniu'ed o* Pige 4)
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There weIre 10,056,520 boxes of San Joa- in cold storage -spell. a crisis if not a
The boycott of Californa table grapes is
a's the grape harvest.mve
quin
hold
to
Count grapes in cold storage on Aug. disaster
San
Valley
growers
Joaquin
forcing
millions of boxes ill cold storage in an effort '31.acc'ordiixnIg to thie Federal-State Market north. At some point, observers said'. grapes
News Servii e. .This was up ab6ut 15 percent will have to be taken out of storage faster
to keep prices up
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from 670} i'n oold storage on te an thiey can be sold.
Coachella Valey growers got thielowest ..............
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same
The boycott has had enormous impact,
prices in a decade when tey, underestimated
shlpents wre do
Total Sar.n Joaqui
thie impact of thie boycott and sent thieir
n dthe impact is going to be even graer in
grapes to market, as usual earlier tis four' perceinnit from. last year as of te same emnsaed"oeberrsi.
date.
sunmner.
Furdiemiore, it was noted, Califonna
Grapes c;an be held in cold storage for up grapes
San Joaquin growers, forewarned,- have
held pedbas too long in cold storage
Schreer
harvest'
after
Dnths
kept teir prices at approximhately thie same to two mc
to -compete late in the season with
have
will
levels as last year by holding their crop off pointed outit. This customarily is done to
arved from Chile.
newly.
gmpes
fresh
which
the market, according to Ken Schroeder, lengthen ehe season. -during
stores.
te
in
available
new
The
.boycott of California tabl'e
reseach analyst with the United Farm grapes are,
But the inmillions of extra boxes piling up grapes -dubbed te "Wmth -of Grapes"'
Growers of America.
IC97
Joyaqun-himnsweedw
waselaunched by the OMW wit
purpose.
Teulo ddt
dagr0 .mwkes
pesticildesidnspsd
Spaw~ns S.F
eafleting
"Los Angeles workers who struckb
finishing plant in defi-ance
of deportation treats brought -the'ir
plea for justice to Sa Francisco
this week.
Some of the 180 who struck
Id-ea'l Dyeing and Finishing Co.last March. traveled north to hand
out leflets in front. of -a posh
women's. store. that sells garments
sewn from fabric supplied ..by
a fabric
OSHA, which 'the California'
Labor Federation is preparing to
place onl the 1988 ge'neral election
ballot.
FORUM delegates agreed also
to seek a fulll-'time organizer to
marshal refiree,8 forces for .1988
political canmpaignsl. They noted
that 50 C:alifomnia unions -now haveretiree clubs, and that seven -of the
s.tate's central labor council have
The purpose is tec satne A's it
-was when the workers struck Ideal
Jack Hennling, head of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.
Henning told the 350 persons,
present that Bork's doctrine of
original intent could be thie instrument for undoing virtually all
worker protections.
"There is not a word in the Constitution protecting workers' rights
to organz an obranwt
ty thtt i nimany instances depended
upon slave labor, had no concept
of an indusuia -society and therefore no "original intent" to provide for workers in such. a society.
Ter woamin wassonde.b
""It is on -tfhat -fragile base that all
federal labor law depends,". He.n-.
ning declared.
"SWe are vulnerable," he added,
pointing out that the ""intellectual
underworld" in Congress' employed Bork's -original intenit line 'of
reasoning for decades to hold back
-civil rights legislation..
'The awards to Nutcher and Burgess came as Art Pulaski, executive secretary of thie S'an Mateo
County Central Labor Council,
aesegrDe
Mori
SUP's~~~
age of 80. He had been in ill health
for several years.
.John F. Henning, executive
secretary-treasurer of thie Californi Labor Federtion"'called Weisberger "a creative part of die great
tradition of 'te Sailors' Union of
te Pacific.'" Henning, who is' on a
tree-nation speakinlg tour, commented by telephone from New
Zealand.
"All of his adult life was
devoted to the advance of
American seamen," Henig said.
"In their cause, -he achieved'-conditions of employmient unmatched in
the world of sea-going labor.
''He was a stalwart of the
California Labor Federation,i having succeeded Harry Lundeberg oni
the Executive C'ouncil of thie AFL
just 30 years ago."" Henning continued.
"We will always remember his
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weaxeninMg 01 Ule AgnlcululmU alUDOr xea-
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The Commnerce Clause of thie
Constitution, inserted to Vontrol
state tariff practices, was the basis
for te Sherman Ant-Trust Act,
employers," Henninlg said, point- thie Clayton Act, the LaGuardia
ing out that the founding fathers, Act and thie Wagner Act., Henning
waamg ws souned bycoming from an agricultural socie- continued.
The
Morris Weisberger, retired
presidenlt of thie Sailors' Union of
te Pacific and a 22-year vice
president -of te Califomxia Labor
Federation, died Wednesday at te
Pa
tions Act and the Agricultural Labor, Rdi
tions Board. It has becom vim"aN m
possible to negotiate new collectivre braning agreentnt or enforce Ing COnhM-c,
under thie imnsltOn f Goy. Gedre
Deukhine.
establisW'dFORUM chapters.
-Photo by.Beano Sakind.
FORUM. delegates called for D)elege eam registered by, from left, Eleanor HIZ s V.irgin
full su'p'port of Lt. Gov. Leo T. Borke and Elsie Howerton.
McCarthy -in his campwgn to
unseat 'Republican Sen. Pete health care.
next year, and, endorsed health
Wilson.
care Iegislation -by -Rep. Ron
-The convention also:
They sent off hundreds of post
* Endorsed peace- marches, D)ellums, D-Oakland..
cards urging Senate 'rejection of which -it sad-helped. bring about
*Cailed for. protectd'on of penJudge Bork's. nomination for the. the p'ending- U.S-Russia -.summit sions...
U.S. -Supreme -Court.
meeting. i
*Urged that. monpey -earmarkied
i, Endo.rsed. -a .Califarnia. f the;.- SW. Wars'.. pr?oject 'be
The convention. keynote speaker'
campaign.
was Su= K. Kinoy of thie Villiers Legis'laturee -resolution-in favor-ofv divereted. to ftid'u'ciie.,
dft
P o. Si',~rgopowi6Sal* * t vret fi~~u%ed* that
They 0laced top pri6rity on supspocilly i wn ation
iion
.ilc,are b lcdon,th ballot
port of the initiative- to re'store Cal-
San Mateo County COPE honored two campaign volunteers and
heard a warning of the danger
posed by -Supreme Court nominee
Robert Bork during its annual banquet last week at the San Francisco
Airport Hilton Hotel.
The honors went to COPli volunteers Norm Nutcher, Sheetmetal
Workers Local 104, and Angie
.Burgess, Cominunications Work-
a tw(,o-fold.
,,TlheUF acted also inpr tes
0
Retired trade unionists played
leading roles in thie 10th annual
convention of the California Congress 'of Seniors, which drew 400
delegates to the Oalcland Airport.
Hilton Hotel last week.
Political action was -the, theme.
George Sandy, president of CCS,
declared in his, report to the
delegates that the 1988 elections
"6must center on peace, an arms
control agreement with the Soviet
Union, a national healt act, full
employm'ent and a determination
to cleanse our country of thie
lawbreakers in high office.''
Federation of Retired Union
Member (FORUM) deleg'ates,
holding teir own -meeting during
the CCS convention, agreed to call
a statewide emergency -conference
to prepare for thie 1988. election
V
to te
b
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independent spirit, his intelligence, Dempster noted tat Weisberger Authority and member of te U.S.
his ever-present sense of -humor had -continued after retirement to Public Health Service National
and his total commitinent to thie serve as "a valued advisor to the Advisory Council on Medical,
mission of union labor."
union to which he had devoted so Derntal, Optometric -and Podi;iWc
Paul Dempster, his successor as many inovative and distinguished 'Education.
presidlent of te SUP, mourned thie Ye-"
loss of "a mentor and a dear
friend."
Den-ipster said, "I respected him
in every way. He was a good
leader, lik a loving fathier..
Weisberger, born in Cleveland,.
Ohio, went to sea at the age of'19.
In 1936 'he become'an officer of
thie SUP, serving at San Francisco
and Honolulu.
He was SUP port agent at New
York, serving as thie -union's East
Coast and Gulf Coastreesn
tative, from 1938 until 1957, when
he was -elected to succeed thie late
Weisberger's' 80th birdhday last
month was recognized -i a resolution by te Califoma Assembly
and another one by -the. -Seafarers
International Un'ion of Nort
America, wit which thie SUP long
has bee'n affi'liated.
His lotig career included service
in many capacities in the labor
movement and in
ganizaions
community
or-
During his tenure on thie East
Coast, he was legislative representati've for thie SUP and SIU.- He
to thie ]Interwas a U. S.
Harry -Lundeberg as secmMar- national Labordelegate
'and to
0raito
traurer-, as the top office then a number of ineraioa con-was called.
ferences on safety of life at se.
He reired in 1978 aftr 21 'years
Weisberger also was a conmmisat thie helm of thie union' that
reshapedM seamen's lives aftr is sioner of te San Francisco .Port
member of the .San
foundling at San Frnio in '1885. Authority. World
TrWe'Center
A statem'ent issued yesterday by. Fracisco
He headed te San Francisco
Maritime Trades Port Council,
was a member 'of te Coast Guard
Security Appeals Board .and
member of. the Board of Pilot
Commissioners for the Bays of San.
Francisco, San Pablo and Suisn.
He was 'direco of. the San Fr'ancisco Chapter,. Israel Histadnit.
Weisberger is survived 'by his
wife, Ann; dagtr Ruth and
son, Eugene, all of San Francisco.
Services -are to be held at-ll,
a.m. Monday, Sept. 28,. at S'w
Mortuary, 1501 Divisadero St.,
San Francisco. Interment will be at
Olivet M'emorial Park,-Cla
The family' has reue.sted tiat
dcnation's in lieu of flo'wers be sent
to The 'Histadrat Fund, cmr -of
Sailors" Unif)n, of the Pacific, 450
Harson St,San Francisco, CA
94105.
in March:, -to force the company to
beirgain a -c'ontract-wi-th'the.Intrna-~
-tio'nl Ladis' Garment Wotkcs'
Union.
At that time, Steve Nutter,
regionial director of the -ILGWU,
said the Ideal workers had -set out
to prove -three points: that new- arrivals. from L"Utn Arnerica.-O.an,
ah-moit i.aorganize,- that tey -can
strike, and that they
w'in,
vice.
Nutterl,
presid6t.:-of.: the
Califomnia -Lab6r, FederiiQi,-sai
~.the,tiktm- had pro*.
In*WC'1WO.OOPf
reported that- names -of 500 -politically active trade un'io-nists had
been' matched in the county.COPE
computer with Bz-quent voters to
provide more effective targting of
election campaign efforts.Pulaski presented 17 additional
hon,orees withi buttons signifying
25 hours of COPE voluntcer work.
Freedom' Song.Netwvork provided
labor songs during te program.
Comic Paddy. Mom'ssey did politica -satire.
Dateb-ook
Exeutive Coucl, AIoiLAbor
iVedrationf Oct. 1415,- Konoci Harbor Inn KdseyvMle. Lske Conty.Trade Union Schooli Nov. 8-13,
Hyatt Regency, Los A_gk.
Western Workers Labor Heritage
Festvl: Jan. 15-17, 1988, DeAnza
C_,kvqCopt.
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FedOSHA Failed
Tunnel Workers Sa
More details of federal OSHIA
was two
if
1
additional weeks after
failings have come to light in te tese formns were filed out and
walce of a heaig held last week in -retumed before a federal OSHAl
Lassen County by the State
Assembly Labor and Employment Job site, he said.
_
Committe.
Rischat" FIloyd'
One witness told Commite
Chainman Richard Floyd thiat he
gave federal OSHA co'mpliance offilcers a long list of safety violations at the Muck Valley water tunnlel being built on thie Pitt River by
a non-union contractor as part of a
It was anexapl ofhwfder_a_
private hyd electric project.
But, wnMeacham testified.,
federal,OH inspectors said tey OSHAyework Trafter Brs,thesfat,"__
wouldn't check the job out because saied Henry Mcishntyewasho wasa
efBchnntlshwhs adwscuhd
Meahamn was no longer on thie heal-OSHA mine an tunnlof m-le
ofi
m
crcrbako
Construcoge
of
Traylor
payroll
pliance
Bros..
eesd
it4al
tion Co.
'.Tey wit ntildfer men havel. wee ieo i.
federal
between
Contrasts
ly
Fodakd ryo rs rp r
toegobackied."
disaste, McIntr
"I
OSHA handling of such complaints and thie service endangered Unon testifiedv thamnt quickt eettvetgvhm ouo opn a
workers used to get from CalOSHA were frequent durig thie Cali-fomi theoplfeswodnt
in
harnwse ibl
the
joafe
plcr
heaig.
Meachwn said he was required
to file a. formnal complaint,
lawyer for te finn
somediing 'a person concemned
i down, saying te
about retaining his job might be
i unwilling to assume
reluctant to do. A week later official fonms arved in te mai It
Neutralit:0EveryoneWins~~~~~~~
Hotel
Union organizers were signing
upmabr on the premises of
San Jose's first five-star luxury'
hotel thiis week uneder an agreemenst
that all say is nalldng winrs oyf
everybody involved.,
Everybody includes. Hotel
Employ'ees .and Restaur-ant;
Employees: Local 19- and Team-;
4Ac 56, whieh-m%rloni
sftfs
up new employees in their re -c
tive iurisdictions at te 583-roomn
Fairmiont "Hotel.
It includes the Fairmont Hlotel
Management Co., which was
threatening a few short weeks ago
to go non-union withi te posh new
Cousnty Cental lAbor Council,
which promised that thousands of
twade'ufinists- would- picket te
grand openigndinsstitte a fulllscide boycott -if -the hotel; did try to
shut out unions.
And, 'it inldWes dte City-rof Sim
Jose, whli}c hisw p milr'ltons of
aki
Pairniont - th6
d6Ilvs t0o -n
jevm ~itiii t~* h, f 'a- re'Atliz6d
downtown.
Flank Marolda, president and
business nagrof H.ERE, Local
19, crbdite President George
Soares and Business manager Rich
Sawyer of te labor council for
Marolda said San Jose Mayor
Thomas McErny guided disfcus-sions with Richard L. Swig, president of te hotel corporation, that
led to the signing of the neumity
agreet
Union ogliesare guamranteed
non-public -area of the
hoel1 to -solicit authiorization 'cards
d tm*g- breaks .and other- nftr workperiods, an the hsotel agrees to remain neutral during te organizar
tion drive.
''This is a milestone
agreement," Marolda declared.
"Edward G. Hanley, the president
mustering communityr support of our union has sent Vince Sirabehind the his union and thie Team- bella, our director of organizing,
hostelry.
to take charge personally. He also
It includes the Santa Clara ster local.access to
ganizers, drawn from all parts of
thie counrty."
Sawyer said the ag reeent was a
victory for te entire community of
In addition to the showings of
the films and videos, a workshop
on labor television and radio will
be presented by the Labor Video
Project. The 'project produces
"4Labor on thie Job" twice monthily
on Channel 25, thie San Francisco
Public Access Channel.
The festival program includes
song exchange's', 'concerts, displays
and workshops on a.-wide 'variety,
of
topics.
Participants will dedicate the,
closing concert on' Sunday night to
lab6r-rielated.
..
I
I
side of labor. . .. The unionization
of the Fairmont was of crucial importance to the entire labor movement....-It was a struggle dw
could nxot have been won wfitout
San Jose.
support."
"'Labor already is sticcessful im com.munity
sad the neutrality
M
cEty
showing off te new San Jose withi agreement benefits te entire
comthe nainlAFL-CIO Trades and munity . '.'W-ben you havre thi kin
Mrus, r'y Sho'w;-,which wfl b6 hed1
team, you canns help but win,"9
in 1989 at thie new Convention of
thie mayor declared.
Center.""
Swig, whose corporation
The convention center is a block operates
the famed Fairmont Hotel
-from te Fairmont Hotel,.where
HUi .in Sa.l Francisco,
ob
Nao
many.,events wrilf- to held 'in conr' said; "Now that- the hotel is'nearnection with te.annua AFL-CIO ing completion, it is time to focus
exposition.
,attntion on our -employees who
Sawyer added, "SWe wish to are truly the mainstay of te Faithank te many public officials and mont organization.
9I
Delegates from every affdiated
local are expected to be on hand
when President Jerry Cren-is of
thie Californiia State Building and
Constuction Trades Council calls
to order a special convention of thie
council at 9 a.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 30 , at the Marquis Hotel in
Palm Springs.
A new per capita tax structure is
the order of business. The Executive Board is recommencibigrlevy of one cent per member-hour
worked per month to replace te
current per capita of 30 cents per
month per member.
Added income would finaiice
warren jacLnu
te memory of Dr.
King, Jr.
Martini Luther
The 1987 festival is being
planned in cooperation with De
Anza Com.munity College and the
Santa Clam Valley Labor History
Project Centennial and withi the endorsement of thie Santa Clara
Countyr Centml Labor Council.
Thle AFL-CIO Labor HIeritage
Foundation, chaired by labor
troubador Joe Glazer, is a cosponsor of te festival along withi
the Labor Heritage Foundation.
broad new progras including job
retention and recovery trough innovative construction finance,
competitive agreements and quali-
ty assurac commttes.
The new programs also include
use of cdminal, civil and administrative laws against unfair, non-
union competition, new organizin
initiatives, lobbying and a statewide computer network to linlc the
24 local building trades councils
with te state orgin
The Ex'ecutivre Board's advisory
panel is scheduled to meet Monday,, Sept. 28,, at thie ho)tel. Convention committees will be in session on Tuesday.
A series of institutes and
seminars is scheduled at te hotel
on Thursday and Friday, after the
Jimmy Kelly and Lou Grey are work
of the convention is comn
festival co-hairs.
pleted.
The foundation organi ing coinTopics lnclude -accident inmittee includes members. of thie ivestdo in te wake of -the
Service Employees, Letter-=Cardisantingof Cal-OSHA, filing
riers, Operating Engiers, Musi- of con fitts* withi federal OSHA,
cians, W-riters, Teachers and Com- strategies for organizing and for
munications Workers unons.
corporate campagns,, inetg.
Infonnation can be obtained violations -of public w-orks laws,
from Kelly' at (408) 42740764; cracking down on cafh paynmeK
prevailing wage rates
Gray at (408) 247-1200; -Nir surveying
law
labr
or
#eddel it (415) 893-5640, Stieve media. and working wit de
Zeltzer at (415) 64l4440.A
Labor Fes"Itiva Add Vie and SreiF,
A day-long 'programn of labor
video and films will be presented
during the Second Annual Western
Workcers Labor Heritage Festival
Jan 15-17 at Cupertino, sponsors
havre announced.
The festival, which is moving
from Santa Cruz, is a three-day
celebration of workers' song,
,dramna and art.
The new video and film segmnent
wMl be presented throughout te
day on Jan. 16 at De Anza College
by te Labor Video Projp.
SePlme 5 1997
communty groups that stand along
Buldn Trade
Set~to Ionen
Jacma
Warren~~~~~~
Honre
Banquet~~~~~~~~~
Warren Jackman, retiring secre- business. manager and then busitary-treasurer of the Contra Costa ness manager ofofthethe. local, and
building and
Building and Construction Trades became head trades council
eight
Council, was honored for 40 years construction
in the labor movement at a testi- years ago.
There were remarks by Al
monial -dinner Friday, Sept. 18, at
Gruhn,
president of the California
the Concord Sheraton.
Master of Ceremonies William Labor Federation; Jerrve P. CremWard, secretary of the California mins,, president of thie California
State Building and'Co-nstructionl State Building and Construction
Trades Council, introduced a Trades Council; S. R. -"Jack" Mcseries of speakers who reviewed Cann, vice president of the InterJackman's career and accomplish- national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers; Victor Van Bourg, Rep.
ments.
The honoree joined IBEW Local George Miller and Supervisor
Sunne McPeak of Contra Costa
302.after World War II Navy ser-. County.
vice. He spent 23 years as assistant
sent in five of te unon's top or-
gs
Pap 3
Cal-OnH
(Continuedfrom Page 1)
r tion occulpations, amnong -exposure limits for 92 known carc.iogens,
ing and
and another by thie Nationa Safe Workloace
gan Administration, has "failed to carry out otheirs-posing high risk.to life and limb.,"
its nmandate to saf.eguard employees from thie
*Federal OSH)A. -enforcement has de-, Institute blaming dinminished enforcement for
hazards of illness, injury and deathi in te clined "'dramatical ally," withi fewer inspec- 6,000 worker deathis since 1981.
workplace."
tions, fewer citatioc)ns and new policies thiat Cal-OSHA's demonstrated supenrioty
The resolution.-also.points oitit .-that:
have exempted due miajority of employers over thie federal agency also is cited in the
T.he Reagan Ad istratioon--. resisted from routine mnspecction.
resolution.
*Fedend OSHALi neffiectiveness has been It is pointed out thlat Cal-OSHA estabisuig standards.-adeqate to. protect
wodki from knlown toxics and has failed to criticiied severely .in a number of recent lished exposure limits for 170 toxic sub-.
"Ipcougate satisfactory regulations pro- studies including onle by thie Office of stances that federal OSHA "ignores and set
teci 'workers in construction, manufactur- Technology Assess:Imrent citing failure to set stricter Iiints thian te fedeml agency for 95
additional toxics.
^ 't F
Z~~Oter points of Cal-OSHA superiority
! s
~~~~ *
B~ited are:
*Pefits, which Cal-OSHA required
He said ideas fo)r running thie campaign before most major construction projects
(Contiuuedfrom Page 1)
had been solicited from experienced -persons could start.
has -much weaker standards and a history of and
that all propo,gsals would be reviewed
training, for which federal OSHA
*Safety
less stringent enforcement.
before
a manager vvas chosen.
no comparable regulations.
has
The California Labor Federation is leading
Plans were annoiunced a week -ago for a
* Asbestos removal, scaffolding, tunnelh,
thie drive t.o reinstate Cal-OSHA through a campaign
to draw together the ling, trenching and excavation, all of which
e-e
commnittc
ballot proposition in November of next year. many organizations ;-eager to join the fight to were subjected to nmuch stricter regulation
"We will have a gras roots armny of union save Cal-OSHA.
--under Cal-OSHA.
volunteers to circulate petitions'and turn out
All .preliminary uragements are sche*Worker safety in confined spaces and
the-vote," HenigsadP
to be comp]Fleted and thie ballot in-- around hazardous moving equipment, where
..duled.
'State law strictly regulates thie initiative itiative language aF)proved by the last week federal OSHA regulations do not compare
signature gathieri'ng poess," Henning: of November.
t ~~~with thiose of thie state.
poia;e out. "lThe Keeainwill hold .After thiat,-the fe&
*-Petroleum refining, telecommunicacollec
turS Wl°ftions,
workshops to tra'in local union and council have lS0 days ix o
colecsina
SlllaUPe
and pulp and paper mills,
leadership in thiese, regulations and to map 372,000 registered' voters on petitionst to put which logging
were
more
closely controlled under
out: our strategy for -the campaign."
thie initiative -on the ballot.
state
law.
a
statewide
noted
Henning'
that
electoral
The initiative is scheulio bequalfied
crippler of farm
campaign require's m'ngers withi special- and to have its balkzot proposition number by * The short-handled
hc
sfridnudrCl
wres
in
skills
ized knowledge. 'aid
conducting thie fourt week of J clearing thewa for wres hc sflldnudrCl
*
9
g te vote.
ay
~~OSHA
polls, reaching thie mass media, public rela- intensive campaigniIune,
out
dn but permitted under federal regulaing to tumr
tions and other fields.
Trainin Session atAL
o
ofi
hoe,-
Iao
*Fa.ster response time'under Cal-OSHA,
which would answer a telephone complaint.
from a w'orker while federl OS-HA requires.fonrnal, written statements.
*The authiorityr of state inpectos to' shut
down ha7rdous 'machinery, while federal
inspector~s
are
required to spend. days
or
weeks obtaining a court order.
*Prosecution of law-brealcers; Ca} OSHIA
has brouh charges against some.200
serious viItr of workplace safety .whlWe
federal OSHA has pro'secuted only 14- cases'
nationwide since 1971 .and only in vo"
case
since 198 1.
Four additional resolutions also will besubmitted to the AFL-CIO convention-by thie
California Labor Federation.
One calls upon te national federation to
establis'h ancl fusnd an organizing progron-in
high-te'ch -industries.
Another demands for Soviet Jews the right
of religious freeom and thieright' of 'em-
migmtion.
Contirnubd support by AFL-CIO affliates
of Histadrut, the Israeli labor fedleqbin, is
urged in yet anothier resolution'.
The last federation-sponsored- resolution
describes Nlorthern Ireland as a "'captive of a
moribund British Imperialism and calls -for
an elect'i'on to. be held "in all of Irelandl, -not
merely th artificially created sixC counties of
Northern Ireland,-.on the question of establishing an independlent republic of Ireland..
Ireare
ficers and player reps on individual
(Continuedfi-o -Page 1)
tems
pointed out that free agency
owners
to
scabs
on
tose
try put
te field thieir ne'xt scheduled home was- only one of six important
issues over which te owners have
games.
refuJsed to bargain.
on
nationUpshaw, appearing
wide televis'ion duig hafSm of The m'oney is more ffia or-
thie New York Jets-New England
Patriots game last Monday -night,
.called the players out on strike as
of the end of that contest. He said it
appeared that only a strike would
bring the owners to te bargang
table.
HIe was proved right. Wiffiin
hours thie first significant negotitions in monthis were. underway
with such intensity that this
weekend's gamnes were not cancelled until thie last possible
nminute.
Spokespersons for thie owners
continued to focus their public
comments on thie union's demand
for free agency, which tey argue
would prove too costly for thie
firanchises to bear.
Upshaw, other association of-
Jack Loveall
On Key Panel
Jack Loveall, i'nternational vice
president of the United Food and
Commercial Workers and chief
executive officer of UFCW Local.
588, has been named to a key State
Senate advisory commission.
Loveall's appointment is to thie
Senate Commission on Corporate
Govremance, Shareholder Rights
and Securities Transactions. The
38-member panel studies, analyzes
and recommends legislation relating to corporate administration,
shareholder rights and securities
transactions.
He serves as te Senate Rules
Committee labor representative on
the committee. The appointment
was announced David Roberti,
D-L.A., Senate president pro tem
and chairman of' the Rules Committee.
Loveall was ele-ted in 1984 to
head Local 588, which fishgr
tered in SacrIament and has j'un'sdiction in 'eeral countes in thie
central vaUey and Sieffa Nevada.
Page 4
dinary workers receive, but the
familiar trade union issues a're involved, players union leaders insisted.
Players, most of whom have no
guarantee of work beyond thie next
game,. want to be paid for thie
season if thiey make -te team
roster.
Salary scales involve disputes
familiar to most workers. Management wants to trim back pay that
escalated when the NFL was bidding for talent against te nowdefunct United States.- Football
League. The players, understand-ably are opposed. The unon points
out thiat management proposals
would put perhaps $90 million in
the club owners' pockets immediately and more in future years
as players who have achieved high
pay leave the gwne.
Pension contributions are
another sore point w'ith the players
and one on which National Football League benefits com,pare unfavorably withi those paid in major
league baseball or in the National
Basketball Assn.
Offer unlresolved 'issues include
mAnagement's demand for random
drug testing and thie players' ininistence upon a plan like da of
the NBA, which focuses upon treament anid discipinay action.
Anothier familiar trade unon
issue is protection of player
representatives from punitivre cuts.
There also is a familiar workforce
dispute. The union wants thie current 45-player limt expanded to
52. Management agrees 25 is too
few but resists go'ing beyond 47.
Robertson of. the L.A. Fed,
citing trade union issues for which
the players are fighting, sad thiis
week:
"This strilce is no difflerent from
the others of thie last seven years of
te Reagan Administration. They
destroyed. the air traffic contiekrs
first."
Out-of-State Union Buste
Bloced o L.A Rai Jo
(Continuedfromn Page IJ
drew upon performance on thatjob
in his arguments.
The conmmssion's own staff. he
pointed out, has repored that 63
percent of te workers on thie
earlier job were imported.
Federal law requires participationl of disadvantaged busminesses in
proje'cts funded, as this one 'is, withi
federal money.
Herzog has put forthi a onewoman electrical engiering firm
ostensibly owned by a person- who
was a Herzog employee. unfi
anlcestry ,
a
circums'tance tat sioners tat Herzog .had been
forced to cough up $59,000 inx
would appear to remove himr seven
generations from any disadvantages stemming from Native
American roots.
Use of phony-firont subcontractors and out-of-state workers
laborig for low wages' were
among thie charges substantiated
against thie non-union Rail/Roadway-Hatch combine from Oregon
thiat went broke last year after
underbidding union contractors on
a huge freeway interchange project
in Alameda County.
That job is being finshed by a
A second subcontractor repre- union builder brought onto-the site
sented as being owned by a disad- by thie boncling company.
The Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg
vantaged Native American. The
owner claims to be Cherokee. and Phillips law finn got into thiis.
However, Richardson told thie week's- debate withi a legal brief
commssioners, officers of thie chalenging labor documentation Cherokee Nation say 't}ie subcon- of Herzog's. previous violations of
tractor can lay claim to no more prevailing"warge laws.
than one-sixty-fourthi Cherokee
Richardson told tfie comms-
recently.-
Global Picket Line for IAM
(Continued from Page I)
There also is a drug andl alcohol
with challenges before thie Na- testing provision tat te Machintional Labor Relations Board.
ists reject,ibut the manissue is
recognition of te Machinists and
independent union -expired last security of thie union.
May 31. The- strike started after Redwood-Reliance is using antithe-company posted unilater-al con- -union consultant David Comb.'
ditions thiat would wipe out union. The'strikers are members of Local
1596 of the IAM.
security.
back pay to e'mployees who worked for less than the prevailing wage
on the "Tijuana Trofley" light rail
project at San Die-go. There was
also a $9,000 penaty assessed by
the California Labor Connssioner.
The company has, been ordered
to ffakce up
unde-rpayments
on
other projects, and additional
claims are pending, Richardson
said.
The Manatt law finm contended
in a six-page brief that Herzog.was
not guilty of c'oncealing prevading
wage violations because a "stop
notice" rather thian a "'cittion""
was issued. The con niss o had
asked -about "Icitations."
-Richardson argued dugthffis was
egreious hair.sp espwcially'
in view of te anmomt of bsack
wages ffit Herzog was' forced to
.pay.
The conmssion, ca by
Mayor Tomx Bradley of os
Angeles,I agreed .uaioi.to
delay -consiefo of the' new
oolataward to Herzog -until its
Ckober. meetming.
-The 12-nimber body includes
county supervisors, nmesof
vanous city councils and. a:representative of the general
public.
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