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Flags flew at half-staff in
San 'Francisco today. in
mourning for five union
.workers who lost their lives
Tuesday -when a construction
crane-plunged more than 16 stories onto streets in the city's
financial district.
An operating engineer and
three ironworkers fell to their deaths
with the crane. A' member of the
United Transportation Union was
killed when wreckage crushed the
school bus she was driving.
More than a score were hospitalized and dozens narrowly
escaped death or maiming in a
forcefull demonstration of the truth
of the argument that persuaded
vote'rs to restore Cal-OSHA last
year: workplace safety is everybody's concern.
The collapse also provided a
shockd for manly who learned for the
first time that neither Cal-OSHA
nor federal OSHA routinely certifies the safety of thse towering construction cranes that have-become a
familiar part of the AmericanI urban
Gurney awats victin of
crane
landscape.
Companies using the cranes must
hire private engineering inspectors
to certify critical load and safety
factors, according to John Tennison,
collapse.
Cal-OSHA regional manager and
'head of -the team responsible for
deterrnining the cause of Tuesday's
disaster.
"6Cal-OSHA certifies that the certifiers are competent," Tennison
said.
Cal-OSHA inspects cranes and
all other equipment whenever a routine inspection is conducted at a
worksite or whenever there are
safety complaints, Tennison said. Workers get the
It could not be determined imme- word on who
diately whether any such inspection lived, died, or
had been undertaken at the disaster was m'ured in
site in the three months since the S.E. dsater.
restored Cal-OSHA resumed sole
responsibility for health-and safety
of private sector employees in California, Tennison said.
The crane that fell Tuesday- was
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Union members' muscles and
money eased the plight-of earthqualce victims this week.
At Santa Cruz, an emergency
shopping mall erected by union
building trades volunteers is
housing businesses whose buildings
were shalcen into rubble on Oct. 17.
Throughout the earthquake area,
tens of thousands of dollars contributed by trade unionists across the
country are helping union members
victimized by the temblor put their
lives back in order.
The money is being paid out
from the California AFL-CIO
Earthqusake Fund to help union
members cover losses for' which
other agencies and organizations.
can offer no assistance.
The Santa Cruz emergency mall
,enabled merchants from the
destroyed Pacific Garden Mall to
open the Christmas shopping sea(Continuled on Page 4)
Union volunteers erect frame, left, for emergency shopping mall at Santa Cruz. At right, a store is reopened for business Thanksgiving week.
tg IBEW,
Employer Study Health Costs
A joint union-management task
force that will search for means of
controlling runaway costs of worker
e health care has been established by
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and
Local 1245 of the International
fi Brotherhood-of Electrical Workers.
Creation of the task force was
AFL-CIO News.)
"This joint working group is
going to research and evaluate every
positive solution it can find,"
declared McNally.
"The issue is so' critical that it is
in the best interests of both the
IBEW and PG&E to work together
to
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* anounce by Jack
Jck McNally
Mcally,busiexplore positive directions and
snrsolutions
t;bb tiimmcr VIU Wm tz
1La, anu
tor wnat is becoming the
Richard A. Clarke, chairman and biggest single problem faced by the
chief executive officer of PG&E, Ameri-can worker in the 1990s."
three days after delegates to the
McNally, a vice presidenlt of the
national convention of the AFL- .California Labor Federation, said
CIO had urged affiliates to involve the IBEW believed--+g-at bringiln'g
employers in the quest for a solution runaway healthi costs under control
to the nation7s health care crisis. should not be viewed strictly'as a
(See Nov. 17 issue of California PG&E manlagement problem.
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"More than 17,000 IBEW members who make up the backbone of
the company's electric and gas operations have a deep personal interest
in keeping medical expenses in
check," McNally said.
Clarke said the issue was a
serious one for PG&E, for the utili ty's. employees and for i ts
force will be Darrell Mitchell, a,SSiStant business. manager of L(,ocal
1245, and Wendy Bothell, the
local's benefits representative.
PG&E will be representedJ by
John D)anielsen, vice 'prsidentt for
computer and telecommunicat:tions.
services; RichardadfBord, in(idus-.
trialrn+>
relations
agr _.and Mic],hael
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customers.
"We simply must find a solution
to. tkis problem if American business is going to sustain the competitive gains we have made during the,
efits manager.
The study is expected to be com-
force is so vitally important."
Serving wit McNally on the task
Health care benefits will be thie
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Heidenbach, comWpnsation and ben-
pleted next July, prior to contract
negotiations that are scheduled to
1980s," the PG&E executive said.. open in the fall between PG&E and
"That's why the work of this task Local 1245.
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weeks back-to-back, with days off
at the start and atrthe en'd separatea
by 10 consecutive work days with
no overtime pay. This is prohibited
under the statess minimum protections for workers. who are not represented by a union.
Notables who joined the Nov. 8
rally in front of the Hyat Regency
included Assembly Members Bob
Epple.DL.A., and Tom.Hayden,
D-Santa Monica, chairt of t'he
Assembly Commttee on1 Labor anId
Employment; City Council Members Richard Alatorre and Mike
Woo; the Rev. Luis, Oliveras, and
Kathleen Brown, candidate for state--
Members of Hotel and Restaurant
Local II were poised today to strikethe Los Angeles Hyatt RegencyHotel where managem'ent is
demanding that they work 10 dlays
straight without overtime pay.
No date has been set for the
strike, which was authorize by a
91 percent margin..
"'We will pick our time," said
Steven Dornbusch, fileld representa-.
tiv'e with HERE Local 11.
The strike vote came after 27
persons, led by William R. Robertson, head of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, 'were arrested
during a sit-in at the Hyatt Regency
lobby in a massive demonstration of
support for the hotel employees.
Politicians, community activists
and religious leaders joined labor
leaders at the sit-in last month calling for HIyatt to bargain a fair contract with its employees.
Hyatt negotiators did return to
the table, but they came virtually
treasurer.
Dolores Huerta, vice president of
te United Farm Woilcers, was one
of the 26 persons who followed
Robertson into the hotel -and sat
down in the plush lobby.
All were arrested, booked at. a
downtown police- substation and
released on their own recognizance.
None had appeared in court as of
empty-handed.
I"They agreed to give us the Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Holiday," Dornbusch said. "But they
are still demanding the 10-day. worlc
week, management rights clauses"
and other garbage."
The ironic thing about the socalled "Hyatt work week" demand
is that it 'would be illegal under California law if there were no collective bargaining contract.
It involves scheduling work
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yesterday.
Included- were Maria Elena
.Durazo, president of HERE Local
11; Teresa Sanchez, director of thie
Labor Immigrant Assist-ance Project; Sam Weinstein, -Region. 5
director, Utility Workers Union of
VVifllam
Photo by ry Ann stuenrmann
R. Robertson ishauled to- his feet -duri'ng sit-in at L.A.
Hyatt;
lEresa Sanchez awits arrst.
America; Bernie Garcia' bus'ns
-manager of LJWA. Local 246, and
Jerry Acosta, President of UWA
Local. 132.
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California labor publications are
winners in the journalistic contest
sponsored annually by the International Labor Communications
Association.
Awards were announced at
Washington, D.C., as the ILCA
convened just prior to the biennial
convention of the AFL-CIO.
The Los Angeles Firefighter,
published by Local 112 of 'the International Association of Firefighters,
won first prize for general excellence in its category.
News Record, published at Los
Angeles by Local 12 -)f the International Union of Operating Engineers, got the award for best
photograph- in any local paper.
The winning shot pictured two
skydivers carrying the Local 12
banner in free-fall at 14,500 feet to
celebrate the Fourth of July. The
contest judges called it "Aa winner in
ally photo contest."
The best local union editorial or
column award went to 588's Voice,
published at Sacramento by Local
588 of the UnIited Food and Commercial Workers.
The colun', entitled "HIigh Cost
of Healthi Care Hits HIome After Job
Loss," was written by Jack Loveall,
head of the local.
Loveall used a famnily experience
-financial burden -resulting from a
son-in-law's loss of health insurance
when his employer went out of busi-
ness -to argue for national health
Three Californians were elected vice presidents of the International Labor Communications Associ.ation last monthi during thie ILCA
.,convent on -held at Washington, D.C.' in co)n'
junc.tion with the 18th Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO.Elected to their first terms on the ILCA
Executive Co)un'cil were Floyd Tucker, editor of
California A:FL-CIO News, and Dennis Hitch-*cock editor of Trade Winds, published by.
Machinists Local Lodge 1781 at Burlingame.
Reelected an ILCA vice president was James
Peffry, editor of the Los Angeles Firefig.hter<,
publication of Local 12 of the International
Association of Firefighters. Jim Earp, editor of
insurance and illustrate the value of
union-negotiated benefits.The Dispatcher, produced at San
Francisco for the Inte rnational
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's lJnion, took the award forbest use of graphics among large
publications, including those of
international unions.
Judges commended The Dispatcher for good use of high-impact
graphics to convey information and
to motivate.
United Teacher, published by
United Teachers of Los Angeles,
won first prize for local newspaper
front pages for an issue featuring a
*. Screen Actor published at Holhumorou s ill ustrat ion of teac hers, lywood by Screen Actors Guilds. a
giving "inpue" to the school board second prize in -the magazine
by tossing tomatoes.
United Teacher won a'nother first competit'ion.
Utility Reporer, Local 1245 of
prize for general excellence in the the International Brotherhood of
non-periodical, special, publication Electrical Workers, second prize in
competition with a booklet entitled unique performanc'e for a report on
"Victims of Violence" aimed at reaction. to proposals of the Pacifilc
teachers and counselors.
Gas and Electric Co. entitled "LineAmeri'can Aeronaut,. published men Speak Out on Rubber
by Machinists District Lodge 727 at Gloving!'
Burbank, won the award for best
United Worker,publication of
front page in the competition -,SEIUJ Local 790 in San Francisco
among councils, districts and inter- and Oaklan~d, a second for genleral
national union's.
excellence.
The winn'ing entry featured digiTrade Winds, Machinists I,ocal
tal type and futuristic design for a 1781 at Burli'ngame, original carcover story on the future of machi- toon second award for depiction of
nists! work.
Frank Lorenzo feeding workers and
Other California winners are:
planes onto a grinder to produce
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Engineers News, Operating Engineers Local
Lodge 3 at-San Francisco, retired after three
terms -as an ILCA vice president and was not'a
cand"dfi for reelection.-
Patrick J. Ziska of The Machinist, interna*tion-al publication of the IAM&AW, was
elected presidenlt of ILCA, succeeding. Carolyn
J.. Jacobsen of BC&T News.
David Elsila, UAW Solidarity, was elected
secretary-treasurer to succeed Ziska.
The. Rev. Jesse Jackson urged delegates in a
keynote address to ".remain passionate!' in the
quest for a ."chan.ge in the p'olitical order that
makes thie decisions concerning the way we
live- our lives."
money.
* California -AFL-CIO News,
third award among featur stories 'Exeive C0owlcE, California IAbor
for an account of soaring fees~ Federatio: Dec. 5-6, San Frnico.
charged by doctors who specialize PlyP'mr COPE Convention: 'Aprfl
in a'ssessing workers! compensafion
199 19909 Son bndco. .
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imreree
May 21-23,
join t
injuries.
1g990, Snmento.
* Enginer News, IUOE Local 3
BeilConvention, CalUoni Labor
of San Francisco, a second award
Federation, July 23-26, 1990, Holiday
in Embacdero, Sa Diego.
for best use of graphics.
*Loca'l 324 Reporter, UFCW
Local 324 of Buena Park, second,
prize -for local unlion feature story.
Publishoes Notice
*660 Voice, Service Employees
The Californiia'AFL-CIO News
Local 6 at Long Beach, ffird in the
(LSSN: 000482) is published
local union feature story
iweekly except durin the weeks of
Thakiig Christmas and'
competition.
New Year's holidays by the Cali* UFCW Local 135, San Diego,
'fori Labor Federation, AFL
second prize for use of graphics in a
CIO, 417 Montgomery St.. Suiite
non-periodical, special publication. :300, San Fnancisco, CA 94104'.
Second class postage pad atSa
Francisco, Calif.-Individual
subscription, $10 a year; corpoorate rate, $20. USPS Publim-~
tion'
Number 0830. Jolm F.
was the principal speaker at. a banexecutive secretaryHenning,
quet preceding the awards
treasurer; Floyd Tucker, eitor.
ceremony.
POSTMASTER: Send addres
Bikel urged the labor editors and
chnsto: California'AFCIO
communicators to "h'arness the
News, 417 Montgomery St., Suiite
monster" of television, and to do it
300 San Frandcos, CA 94104.
withi feeling and humor.
Phsone, (415) 9863585.
The program also included the
wolomR
Video Winnrs Tell Uion- Stor
Television tapes produced by
IJnited Teachers of Los Angeles and
by Local -12 of the International
Union of -Operating Engineers have
won major awards in competition
sponsored by the International
lAbor Communications Assn.
duced -by local -unions.
" The Union Story, " a depiction
of the history of labor produced by
IUOE Local 12, also of Los
Angeles, won third place in the
presented for films, videos, televi-
sion programs anld radio spots produced. by local, -national and
international unions and councils at
a dinner during the convention of
International Labor Communicasame category..
tions Ass-n. last monthi at WashingUTLA also won a special com- ton , D.C.
for its series of video'
mendation
Dream
video
a
"De1[fining the
to
members on contract
reports
Presentations were made by TheLos
UTLA
Angeles
profiling
by
bagiig
odo)re Bikel, president of Actors
educators at their jobs. 'won first
Some two dozen awards were and Artistes of America, who -al,so
prize for film or TV p.rograms proPage 2
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premiere showing of."Mightier
Than the Sword," a nevv video on
labor commun'ications 1pnducled by'
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Jack Hennig argues tor state teai resoiution caiiing
for AFL-CIO to extend fraternal recognition to free
trade union federations of world and not simply to
Al tirllNls vidleo Image is c splayed on giant screenl Ralph Snow, left, San Berniardino and Riverside Counties CLC, com- those of Britain and Canada as has been policy since
pares notes with Joe Francis of San Diego and Imperial Counties. 1894.
as he addrses delegates.
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Above: Vice Presidents Jack McNally and Margaret Butz of the California Labor Federation confer over coffee.
At. left: Owen Marron of Alameda County Central Labor Council
encounters San Joaquin County's Mickey Harrington.
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President Richard Trumka of the
United Mine Workers says most
American wage earners will support trade union issues that are
properly presented to them.
Trumka cited evidence that historically conservative voters of Virginia are supporting the UMW and
are rejecting arguments of Pittston
Coal Co. on crucial issues in the
strike that began last March.
The miners' leader told an international audience of labor journalists in Washington, D.C.:
"In total, these results send a
powerful message: if we cut our
issues the right way-if we put the
right spin on them, as they say
within the beltway-the overwhelming majority of America's
working people will agree with us,"
Trumka declared.
";And if that's true in Virginia,
then it's true anywhere in the USA."
The Mine Workers' leader said
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Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, for-
mer governor and cuffent chair of
the state Democratic- Party, and
Gray Davis, state controller, will be
key'note speakers Tuesday, Dec. 12,
at Berkeley during the opening session of the three-day California
Building Trades Training Institute.
Brown and Davis will speak
shortly after members of construction trades unions throughout the
l)ecember 1, 1989
Cf|this means cotporations face a tremendous disadvantage despite their
.vast resources and their friends in
lthe media and government in the
lpublic relations war that accompanies any strike-provided the
lcommunicators in the labor movement do their job properly.
ill "It means that a massive base of
support exists for working people7s
issues as long as we are able to
>~establish common ground, an identity of interests between our mem:bers and other working people,"
invitation to speak earlier this yeai
before he knew he'd be a delegate at
last month's AFL-CIO convention
representing his newly reaffiliated
union.
He said the labor movement is
riding the crest of the greatest wave
of solidarity seen since the 1930s.
"After Ronald Reagan broke the
strike of the Professional Air Traffic
Controllers, employers started
a
our
corporations had their way in the
80s. But a new decade is dawning,
and in the 90s it is our turn."
Trumka told of polls showing
voters switched to support of the
UJMW against Pittston Coal once
obstacles to getting out the union's
message had been overcome.
"By
a 7- l
niargin, Virginia's
voters favored mine workers over
coal companies," he said.
one-sided class war against
nation's workers,'' Trumka
""By an 84-10 percent margin
declared.
said'that if any large company
they
"This year at Eastern, at Pittston can cut back agreed-upon
health
;"And I can't think of a better and at Boeing, Arnerica7s working benefits for widows and retired
pergroup of people to deliver that mes- people have made it a two-sided sons and get away with it, that's
sage than the one in this room," he war, and we know, which side will dangerous precedent because othera
told the labor editors.
win.
may conclude they can
Trumka was delivering the A.J.
"That's the message I want you companies
do
the
same
thing to other working
Liebl ing MemorialI Lect ure, w hich to take back. to your local unions,
people."
is presented at ILCA conventions in your central labor councils, your
honor of the late journalist and state feds and your national and
Such perceptions played a large
-press critic.
part in the upset victory of D)ouglas
international unions," he said.
Hle noted that he had accepted the
"The rich and the multinational Wilder in the Virginia gubernatorial
Richard 1rumka
election, Trumka said.
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They also explain the landslide
write-in victory of a labor candidate
I F,
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named Jack Stump against an
state are called to order at 8 a.m. by sored by the U.C. -Berkeley Labor ernmental process, and develop- en trenched Democ rat ic le gi s lator
Jerry Cremins, president of the center, is being held at the Clark ment of an electronic database of who turned bis back on the Pittston
State Building and Construction Kerr Center at 2601 Warring St.., a information on all factors involved strikers.
short distance south of the main in construction jobs.
Trades Council of California.
The message to politicians is
About 20 labor leaders, univerBerkeley campus.
Trumka declared:
clear,
Workshops will deal with details sity faculty members, legal experts
Brown is expected to focus on
labor's role in electing a democratic of the state couincil's five-point pro- and others are scheduled to lead
"XThe next time you think about
governor. Davis is to talk about use gram. Topics to be covered are mar- workshops.
screwing the working people of
Information can be obtained from your district, remember that there
of worker trust fulnds to filnance ket retention and recovery,
organizing, elimination -of unfair Cremins at (818) 796-2022 or Fran could be a Jack Stump in your
union construction.
The institu'te, which is co-spon- competition, influencing the gov- Schreiberg, (415) 638-1015.
future."
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*rated by Erection Co. of Seattle.
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subcontractor for the Swinerton-
NWalberg Co. of San Francisco,
prime contractor on the 20-story,
$70 million Federal Home Loan
Bank Building on the northwest cor-
California and Kearney
streets, where the S.F financial district edges into Chinatown.
The crane was 'leased. from its,
manufacturer, American Pecco of
New York.
American Pecco itself conducte~d
the last certifying inspection of the
crane, according to published
accounts attributed to corporate
officials.
Tennison and other Cal-OSHA
officials remained non-commital
about the cause. as. inspeclors. surveyed the site and bea so'rting
through tons of wreckage and.interviewing survivors and witnesses.
But others were q'uick to attribute
Nlama Nws media devoted much
of their broadcast time and newspaper space.to speculation that one'
of the dead workers-possibly- the
cr,ane operator -so-mehow'-could
have been responsible.
Trad-e unioynists responded
ner of
Operating. Engineers. at- San
'However, nobody knows yet
what happened, and':nobody has the
right to jump to conclusions."
The crane operator was Lonnie'
Boggess, 451, a 20-year member-of
Operating Enigineers Local'612 ;at
Tacoma, Wash., who -was brought
here by Erection Co. because -of -his member-s of Ireworkers Loal 114.
expenrience and''experise with- the
They are identified- as, Steve.
equipnmept..
Tlton, 35, Spanaway, Wash.; Dayid
"Bogg'ess -had an -impeccable Stephen Graden, .34, KirkLand,
record with a number of construk-- Wash., .and Paul D.- C:line", 49f,
tioin firms," Wright declared.
IRenton, Wash.
'lThe crane operator is the key- Joanne Graden, wife of-David
person. on -a steel erection project. Graden, rushed to the accident'-site
-Employers simply won't keep an uwith her seven-months-old daughter
operator on -the job who is not abso- in her arms, looking,. for her hus-lutely reliable. If the -operator is -not
functionitng, the job stops.
"Besides, ironworkers won't put
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up with a cranae operator who.has
any. kind of a problem. The-y -put subject of tditional collective bartheir livres in his hands every day. ;gaining,- MicNally said, adding that
They 11 walk off the job Jf they see both sides view the joint study as an
ally. problem at all.
At IRUOE Local 612 in Tacoma,
Boggess was described by business
agent. Gordy Howins as "a pure professional, whose services' were indemand with e'very employer he
angrily.
ever worlced-for.
'4 The oper'ator is an easy target,"
The th'ree' ironworkers who -died
said Ted Wright,- business agent for also we're employees of Erection Co.
Local 3 of the International Uinion -All wer'e Seattle airea residents and
imtportant and.-innovative- approach.
-firing common ground..
-Dlelegates to the AFL-CIO Con-.
vention votedi unanimously to co'mmit the federatioWs. resoulrces,to a.
-national campaign aimed at 'hastening the arrival?' of federal legisto
lation to -solve. the
care crisis.
country's health
L.-Or dtunng the convention, the
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son on schedule th-e day after
.TIhanks'giving.
Dozens of hard hat union mem-
bers brought tools, muscle and
know-how to Santa CruZ to assemble a series of metal-framed tent'
structures on leveled Pacifilc Garde
Mall properties.
Their efforts are paying off for
the entire community by keeping
retail sale's at home and lessening.
the economic impact-of the quake,
.Stan Gord'on, AFL-CIO Community Services liaison person with the
Red Cross, pointed out.
Payments out of the AFL-CIO
Earthquake Fund. escalated this
week becau'se big bills are coming
due for union members rushing to
complete repair of quake-damaged
homes or to move,families to new
living quarters.
Gordon cited examples of the
good that is being accomsplished
with money contributed to the
quake fund.
*The family of Berto Escobar of
Santa Cruz, a member of UFCW
Local 839 employed at Alpha Betal,
lost virtually everything. There was
help with housing from the Red
Cross and from the Federal Emergency Management Admiinistration,
but no money for clothing or other
needs was available.
Gordon was able to hand Escobar
a check for $450 from the AFLCIO fund, which is administerdb
the. California Labor Federation.
;"He told me, -'I -will never -lbget
this. Now I knot. why it is. so
important to belong to a union,"
band. She w'as led away by'rescue breaks, was retrieved. from the
workers when.hope faded.
crushed school 'bus.
Tebus, diie was Tay Hoiden,
ocured as Boggess
39, of -Berkbeley,. an' employee of andThethecollapse
thie'e i'ron'work'ers"'wer"e
Laidia'w Transit, Inc.
"umping the, rig," adding a
.-Holden was an -accomplished section
to the support tower to raise
musician and memnber of thie S.F. the boomx
higher above,the:
Folk Music Club who had recently
building.
recordedan'album of -folk songs.
The boom fell onto a 26-stor'y
HIer cello, which she played on work
building across California Street
from the construction site, smas}iin'g -into the upper floor and forcingS
of- hundreds of office
campaign was outlined'to the n'ews evacuation
workers.
media by president Jobhn J. Sweeney.
Other parts of te crane fell into
of the -Service Employees, Rick
Smet, cr.eang: a pile of
Kearney.
Icaza, president. -of Unite Food and -debris reaching
two stories high and-Commnercial'. Workers Local 770) of
a'nother -building facing
Los. Angeles, -and Barbara East- damaging
erling, executive 'vice- president of thie site fi-om across K-tarney.
Imn anld-debris raned down, oid
the Communications Norkcers-'
gas lines we're 'ruptured. This foredAll. three leaders warned -that the closing of additionad office.'
skyrocketing health care. costs wrere. buildings, many of which had been,
jeopardizing workere' gains anhd closed u'p to a week- fonpectio
were forcing.. other issues off the- or repair- followving -the 'Oct. 17
-bargaining table.
eartquakce
Freedom near Watsonville,.got RedCross assistan-ce with a. mis'sed:
-. a .t ~~but sfi-l--aw&
$60() to enable -him -to restore hs
home to 'liv'eability.
Valdez 'got -the 'money frm the
AFL-CIO fund and was so impres-sed that he has become a volunteer
Red 'Cross assistance worker
himself.*Stephanie Mueller 'of SEIU
Local 415 was in trouble because
h'er mobile home had fallen off its
fo.undations at. Aptos and she
~needed $350 over and above a
FEMA loan to replace breakage so
she could move back in.
"I can't believ'e it,'"9 sh-e
exclaimed when Gordon handed hier'
a check drawn on the fund and forwarded from the state federation.
*office.
Gordon praised the cooperation
he and other labor liaison workers
have been g'etting from -the Red
Cross.
" We've found people who
appeared not to qualify for Red
Cross a-ss'istan-ce because they
hadn't reported their problems fiully
but w'ho really were eligible," Gordon said. "In each case, the Red
Cross has recon-sidered them for
assistance on our recommendation.
"We also have runl across. union
members with huge losses who passed up, Red Cross' assistance
because they thought it 'was only for
impoverished persons," Gordon
added. "'We have been able.to persuade them 'that this is not the
O'
JBEW Loa 47, Diamond Bar,
Robert V. Buckley, Pleasant Hill)'
$0;John, M:.- Martin, Oakland, $20; Lawrenice W. Small,. S.F., $35.;
$S10 San- '-*cisco Mari6rn-e K.D. Thompso'n, Sr.', Will-ow
Trades Port .C-oun,cil, $500; Taxi .Street,. Pa., SEIUI Local- 1519,
D)rivers and Allied Workeers, SEIUJ Ottawa, Ill., $20); Paul Dempster,
Local 306, Long Island City, N.Y., San Frallcisc'o, $100;$100; SEIU Local 325, Cahokia,
Baltimor.e Port Counlcil, AFLHI., Public-School Employees, $100; CIO Maritime Trade's Dept.. $500,;
Millwrights- and Machine Erec- John F. HIenning, $40)0; Lemon
tors Local. 1607, L.A., $62; Com- Grove Firefighters Local 2728,
municatio'ns Workers Southern $150; International Brotherho6d of
California Council, $400; SEIU Painters and Allied Trades, $1,000;
Local 54, Thet, Amusement and
Roofers' Union Local 40, S.F,
Cultura -Service Employees of New $250; Marsha F. Raleigh, S.F., $30;
York City, $100;
Trudy McKenna, San. Bruno, $5();
Adam C}. Brawley, S.ER, $100; AFSCME Local- 3263, San Diego,
Robert J. Huai, San Leandro, $35; $200;-Dennis EF Lee, IBEWV Local
La Cross, Wisc., City Employees 595, $100;
Local 180", $100; Glenn W. Martin,
International -Assn'. of Bridge,
Richmond, $1(10;
Structural and.Ornamental Iron
Carpet, Linoleum & Soft Tile Workers Local. 378, Oakland,
Worke:rs, Local No. .1235., S.F., $25; $21,500; Plumbers Local 78, L.A.,
Graphic Communications L;ocal $300; Willia Edward Drsselhauls,
583, S.F, $500; Dave Schoonover, Jr.9, Stockton, $100; Stocktoni FireHuntington Beach', $25;
'fighter-s Local 1229, $500;
Cement Masos Local 627,. Bell
Cemetery Workers & Greens
Attendants Local. 365,- Ridgewood, Gardens, $250; Samuel R.' Horton,
N.Y., $200; Maritime Tmdes Dept., Jr., Lisbon, Ohio,- $100; 'Pacific
Southern California Ports Council, Coast Marine Firemen O.W and W.
Wilmingto'n, $500; SEIU Local Assn., S.Y, $1,000; SEIU Local 22,
210, Windsor, Ontario, $100;
Sacramento, $100; Building Service
Steelw~orkers 'Local No. 309, Emnployees Local 316, Carbondale,
Alcoa, Tenn., $100; Kathiarine M. M_t, $100;
SEI13 Local 113, Minneapolis,
West,, Maison, Wisc., $J5; Letter
Caffiers Branch I111, Richmcond, $100; SEIU Local 616, Oakland,
$500; Radio'& Television Broadcast $1,500; California State Council ofr
Engineers Local 1212, New York Service Employees,, $1,00g;SEIU
City, $100; San Francisco AF1RA, Local 140, Pordiand,0regon, $100;
$100;-Central Labor Council"' -Theatrical Employees Local
Nashville, Tenn., $50;
Pr-Mutuel Clerk's of Louisiana
Local .328, New Orleans, $25;
Glass,,-Pottery, Plastics & Al-lied
Wodxtm-Local 142, Oakland, $200;
BWN6l AFL-CIO Council, Buffalo,
N.Y., $100;
Miituel Employees Local '624,
Belleville, Ill., $100; Red Cre~ek,
N.Y., Teachers Assn.,' $5.0;'
Cleveland AFL-CIO Federation,of Labor, Ohio, $10QO; IBEW LJocal
11, Pasadlena, $25; Labor Council'
of Bea-ve-r Couinty, Pa., $100,` Nes-
paper Guild of Pittsburgh, -Pa.,'
$250; Grand Lodge, International
Ass-oc'iation of -Machinists and.
Aerospace Workers., Washington,
D.C., $50; San 13ernardino and
Rialto Fire Fighters Show Funds,'k
$200;
Air Transport Local 502, TWU,El Segundo, $1 ,00(0; Municipal :.
Employees Union Independent,`
Middletown, Conn., $250; Medford-City Emp)loyees Unio'n 492,1 Massachusetts, $10(); Loretta Mahoney,;Santa Rosa, $100; United Steel-"
worker's Local 11l73, Muskego,
wisc., $50; Carpenters Local 1506,
L.A., $250;
Fresno Area Coaliti-onl of Orga~nized Labor, $500; IBEW Local1455,) St..-Louis, Mo., $100; SEIU
Local 49,. Portland,. Oregon, $50;
B.R. Gomes, San Leand'ro, $50;
District 11.99 E, Hospital and Health'
Care Employees, Batimore, $300;
Air Transport Employees Lodge
1781, IAMAW,- Burlingame.'
$2,500; Utility Workers Union of
Nlorth America., Wash'ington, D.C.,
$f000;
Service Employee's Intemnational
Union, $5,000; Sunnybrook Hospital Employees UJnion Local 777,
Toroto, Ontario, $100; London and
B66, Sacramento, $25; Glaz'iers,
Architectural Metal & Glass District. Service Workers" Uni'on-case."
Workers Local 718, SYE, $200; Local 220 of London, Ontario,
.Contributions to. the Californi'a
Plisterers Local195, Sacrnnto, $100;
AFL-CIO
Earthquae Fund swel-led
$1,000, George L.. Bicktell HI, Lin-Gordon reported.
International Assn. of Bridge,
$1.60,006 this' -week. Indiividual
colndal'e, N.Y., $425,- Plasterers' Structural & Ornamental
*C-lee Smith, a retiree from past
Iron
donations
from
a few dollars
raged
and Cement Masons' Local 355, Workers Local 580, I*w York City,
Plumbers Local 365, qualified for to thousands.
$600 from thie fund to pay for chimMachini'sts &-Aerospace Workcers Safita -Rosa, $200;
$1,000; SEIU Local 105,. Denver,
came fiom as 'far away as
ney repairs, noct corvered by EMA RedThey
InternMational
Local -209, Vanl Nuys, $50; -Carpenlters Local .2947,U.nio'n, Washington.,
Carpenters
Nw
Creek,
-where
-the
York,
and Red Cross assistance.D.C.,_ $276;
Mar-th, 'Sun-' $200; Greater Canton AFL-CIO Jamaica, N.Y., .$100; CWA Local.,
Smith said the labor movement Red Creek Teachers Assn. voted a nyva'le, $10;Rudy
Communicat-ions
Council, Ohio, $100; SEIU LDcal 1033, Trenton, N.J., $200; Hiall C.
$50.
c'ontribution.
support reminded him of mutual
Workers
Local
,208,
9550,
Walnut,
$100;
Gary, Indiana, $25;- Maxine Burbage, Benicia, $10;
]*ew donors include:
assistance and solidarity among
Livermore $50;_
Hadley,
Gold
Coast
--Service
-Nina Fendel, Piedmont, $S0;
Distr'ict
Council
Local-200
of
Employees
X,
trade unionists in his 'native PitT*w
Yor
Ann
Carnarillo,
Automotive
N.Y.,
State'United
Carpenters,
Albany,
$100;
Rolckwell,
Doris'
$200;
Lodge 428, I-AMAW,
lbad*M
tsburgh, Pa., during th 1930s.. Oakldand., $10; Mary C. Andersonfi,
LXBlnco,Citr'us Heights,, $ 100; *$5,000; SEIU Local. 591'. Plint, Stockton, $25; Lorraine Kosstrin,
XNoah Y
ameber-of Oaklan, $20; Musicians Local 6, -Autornotive Machi'nists Loedge -Mich., $250; SEIUI Local- 5l1, Mftd- I*w..Hde Pirk, N.Y., $25; Marn'
Labdies
.Local 270 resi'ding at San Francisco, $100;
dieton, GConn.,,' $-500; .-SEIU Pari- County Labor Councili '$100.
-1305,; San Maleo, $100;... .4
.
. ~Decmber 1, B8