Don hue Dreclares, DECEMIBER 4 I1N L. A. THOMAAS DONAHUE 1. . -, , .. -,; . : b - 21, r gy pricesi ,for example, could cr ea8t e inflationary' pressures which would force un'ions to seek redress at the bargaining. table, Donahue said. He also. warned 'that:. -any cuts in Social Security benefits' tinker ing with the cost of living formu- la, roling' back MediCare cver- age or .cuts hi aid to.the elderly. would.-trig-ger - uions to "take steps- -to. aid. their members and. retirees*""' (Continued on Page 4) Spaigbefore an "Arbitration Day" luncheon in San Francisco Tuesday, .Thomas Donahue,' -sec- retary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, said that unions will watch- the. evolving Reagan administration to see if an era of labor confron- tation is at hand. He noted that Ronald Reagan as 'president-elect. .seems 'to be. moclerat'ing -some past anti-labor positions - but said that' the new admistration c o u I d 'm'ean a much tougher path ahead for or-. gaidlabor.' dech clare it w''ou' be a grave error for mana'gom'"n ndiatfos to believe Ithat tm eentlection was a. "Maiwato to be hard-nosed-anci vindictve." "'Any weakening of unmploy- ment wmurance or workers" com- pensation .- lIl result," he told h'is' audience, "in collect"ive bar- gaining for what is taken away." A sudden de-regulation of ener- Tel-Om Training Wai)ance Pane- NYilimG Deemer, vice- presi- de*-DW..il,.CWk heads an ad _7zPz W 7,;7 * A !_ '. s tielncto app-et- ship 'tra'i'mng program.-:-. - Wit authority to establish and monitor p ro gr a ms atnywhere in California, Demers foresees "aybenefits, including job se- curity -and a higher stanfdard of I it i n g-for our workers, and in- creased profits for our employer companies. " The CWA program is designed to tra'in workers over three years in the fields of Cable TV, Security Systems and. Voice- Communica- t i ons. The advisory committee cosssof six un i on members and representatives of SiKi CWA signatory employer companies. -consin State. AF"10o W"ll key-. -note discussion -of, organized 1a- b6r's' poitical action' in futuxre campaign. . Presentfig -tfe viewpoint of etS -nic mrhirtie's wvill be. Virna. Can- so,direetor of the WestCos Region, NAACP, and' M'ario. -G., -Obledo, secreWtry of'. the S-tate' :He'alth & Welfare Agency.. In tbe conmuiiication tois af_ filiates, -the Stat 6Federation :s'aid: 'With b;oth the ODemocratic'par- ty -and -the-- liberal movement - of the nation in 1d:is6rar it -is e9sen-- tial that off ic'ials'and members' of the labor unions engage in crea- tive d'isciuss'ion- as -to just t- here the labor move'me'nt will -be going .in a- period of :threateng conserv- ative cont r'ol. of the American eco- -nomic and socia'l system. "sWe need your views to the end -of giving the California labor mo.vement. new ideas and new action." nlkf..11 ^ SAI as_^ Co t ,e APL-CIO unions .'and councils throughout Californ'ia this' week were urged' to send representa- tives -to a political-'review con- ference,: sponsored by the. Ca-li- f ornia. Labor Federation, i'n the Renam'ance Rom : -of the B}it- more Hotel, Laos Angeles, Thur- day-, December 4. The subject 'for discscsion -and .debate. will be "Labor,lb Mi norities and the Twro Party -Sys- tem." In addition to speakers,:- there will be provision for activ'e pa rticipation by re'presentatives- from 1wal unions and councils. James T. Joyce, president. of the Intern'ational Union of Brick- layers and Allied Craftsmen, and. John W. Schmitt, president, WLs- In divriduals r.ecently. denied un- ployee's pe ns i on -based on the emply ent insurance benefits or same. period of employment. whose benefits were -r-educed be- EDD Ul offices are now con- eaiw,tey-- ere red6rQfing perstin- joblm, laimants -previous- sions may now be eligible for ill- ly denied benefits becaue of the creased benefits as a result of a original law and other Jobless pen- change in federal and state laws, sioners who eleeted not to file a it as reported this month by the elaim because of its effect. Callifornia Employment Develop- The change in the la"w is 'not.. ment l)epartm'ent. retroactive but. it will -result in an The ne.%w laws significantly ease increase in j o b I e s s benefits for the effect of an earlier federal law many claimants whose pensions requ-r'ing pbles benefits be re- are now wholly or partially ex- duiced by the amount of any pen- empted from the. very limited off- sion received by a claimant. Ef- set provisions of the new law. fective -November l; the reduction Jobless pensioners now receiv- now occurs only when the' pension ing benefits will get a question- and jobless benefits are based on naire to enable 15DD to determine the same period of employmedit, if changes should -be made to their and the amount of Ahle reduetion current benefit award. Other un- is furher ifmrited to the employer- employed persons who may wi-s-h financed part of the pension. to claim benefits under this law The new law reduces the num- sh6uld telephone the. nearest field' ber of occasions when an employ- office of the Employment Devel- er- w o u'l d be. paying for jobless o p m e n t l)epartment to arrange benefits for a former employee for an appointm'ent to determine and also contributing to the em- eligibility. Art Carter, chief of CAL/OSH's division of occupational safety and health,, announced Friday that. for the second time in as Many. months, an employer has i en. charged with misdemeanor -viola- tionLs of the State. Labor Code arnd fined for failing to.-take actions to prevent worker- exposure to job hazards. On November 3, El Monte Lead Salvage, Inc. -and the company 's owners pled nolo conten-dere t'o charges filed by Los Angeles' Deputy District Attorney'Robert Sills of two counts of violations of th California Labor Code which st'ates that an employer or super- ,visor who repeatedly -violates 'an occupati'onal safety and health standard and in so doing creates a real -and apparent hazard to em- ployees is guilty of a misd.e meanor. El Monte Lead Salva'ge, Inc. and owners Jay S. Aronow and Nate RAWn also were charged (Contirnued on -Page 4) Stevens workers will be cover'ed by the four initial contracts. -The ACTWVU has officially end- ed -a consumer boycott of Stevens products, launched in 1976 and sup- ported by thousandssof union; re- ligious, p o I i t i c a 1, civil rights, women's and college groups, -and by millions of individuals. In announcing the end of the boycott, Murray H. Finley, presi-- dent of the international, and ot-h- er officers said, "sWe wish to thank you for your past support of the consumer boycott, which has-ben instrumental in achieving. social and economic j u s t i c e for thou-' sands of - southern texctile work- ers." . "That.,support without question played a very 'important part in achieving this. settlement -.and the progress it symbolizes -in' the ef- (Continu*d on Pago 2) J. P. Stev'ens. The broad coalition .of groups and individuals which so vigorously and faithfully backed the Stevens workers' cause clearly made the crucial difference." 'He heralded the historic settle- ment as a victory for a "coalition of: conscience." He extended con- g.ratulations and gratitude to all- who had backed the Clothing and Textile W o r k e r s in their long struggle to achieve industrial jus- tice from the Stevens conglomer- ate. Thie fight to negotiate contracts wi'th the te*x t ile manufacturer went on for 17 yrea'r, ending with ratification of a 2a/2-year contract covering 10 plants. An 86 - page document spelled out the commitments of both sides in the contracts, including S3 mil- lion in back, pay for workers' in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. In all, 350 "October 19, 1980-the-& dy that J. P. Stevens finally ag'reed to sign union contracts-will surely be re- corded as a major date in the his- tory of the American labor move- ment and in the continuing strug- gle for justice everywhere," Mi- chael Linfield, west coast regional director of the J. P. Stevens Boy- cott, said last week in a letter to. California supporters of the long. strike. **All of us at ACMWU are proud of the role our entire org anization' played in this vict, -Y. and we are espec'ially proud of the resolve and courage shown by the S t ev e n s wotkers," L i n f i e I d said. ."But throughout this long struggle, we were constantly aware that our owun resources were simply not great enough to successflully con-- front an adve'rsary as powerful, as wealthy, and..as, recalcitrant as A w...*|s . . .*..K.. -. = .@t ?4t t i,S 15" - ^1i902"a. _ , . . . tol. 23No. 46 isUhiftoSnAsoAl or bogeeb'e oa n e Ut rolitisal Ke~~~~~vIeWf bes 'mere Wlll DVe a registration. 1 Pensioners' U. 1. Benefits ~~~of $10 per.participant. Lieralizedb Law ahn e 0H Voations Bring Fine fr > I MoleFran In Caifornia- California's employment and un- employment estimates for Octo- ber were isued last week by the Bureau of labor Statistics in Washington. The BIS reported the state's unemployment 'rate was 7.2 percent last month, up from 6.9 percent in September but lower than 7.3 percent reported in Auut The state's unemployment rate has ave'raged 7.1 percent over the past six months. Total employment in California. in October was 10,437,000, a very small change (down. 4,000) from the September total of 10,441,000. However, the state"s labor force (Continued on Page 4) 0 0 I 0 . .0 . Nothh, Union Voter Turnout Tos 6ene ral-I Pulcs Union members in key indus- trial states voted for President Carter in substantially higher per- centaiges than television " e i t polls" indicated, AFIXIO Presi- *dent Lane Kirkland said. Based on surveys, by state and local central bodies of wards and precincts with heavy labor popu- lations, K i r k I a n d said that "at least 58 percent of our AFIPCIO members who v ot ed cast their ballots for Carter-roughly 17 per- cent higher than his vote among the- electorate at large." He noted t}iat on electioni night, ABC and CBS-New York Timnes announced t .h e i r, so - called exit polls showed 49 percent of union families voted for Carter. Kirkland s a i d labor's surveys also found that 6S percent of unilon members voted in. the presidential election, compared with only 52 percent of the public at large. ";We do- not pretend, nor have we ever pretended to 'del'iver' a vote," Kirkland said. "We are sat- isfied, however, that our programs among our members of registra- tion, education on issues and can- .didates, and get out the vote, suc- cessfully involve union members in the political process and help create among t hem substantial s u p p o r t for candidates we en- dorse." S. a F.Ppr Frm Must Pay Women In Job-Bas Case Crown Zellerbac.h Corp., 'a San Francisco-bas;ed paper and lum- ber company,. has aged to auward S275,9 inXback-py 1OWW;-en allegedly discr-iminated' agamnst. in employment at thecnipany's B20- galusa, La., plIan~t s during Ilhe 1970s.D In a consent -decree entered No- vember -3 by a f e d e ra I district court in New Orleans, the federal contractor agreed -to compensate former employees and a number of applicants rejected from entry- level manufac-tuing jobs between 1974 and 1977. The settlement resolves a com- plaint filed by the Justice and La- bor Departments, alleging'sex dis- crimination in hiring and -job, as- signments at the plants. As part of the consent decree, Crown Zellerbach agreed to drop a 1977 lawsuit now -pending in a L-ouisiana appeals court, challeng- ing the government's right to deny federal contracts without a prior hearing when equal employment opportunity violations are alleged. Under Executive.(0rder 11246, federal contractors are prohibited f r om. discriminating -in employ- ment because of race, sex, color, religion, or nat-ional origin. The case a r i s e s from a 1976 OFCCP investigation of a Crown Zellerbach paper mill and three o t h e r plants producing grocery bags, cardboard boxes and related products. The review was prompted by contract the company was about to receive from, the goverment for cardboard container. OFCCP investigators found evi- dence that the company had tra- ditionally restricted women to em- ployment in only two of its four Bogalusa facilities. in. lar-gely low- payifig, dead-end jobs. Eqpd Pay Act The Equal Pay Atws signed by~~ Acrsie t onJne1,a 93 bys ath presiidnte on ague differ-3 entias based pohibied wage differ-s entials basdo sfex Faiaor worker ards Act. M ovema21, 1980 t Industries Show tries Show will be held May 8-13 at the Convention Center in. Balti- more, Maryland. and productive relationships.'" During the long organizing cam- paign begun i- 1963, Stevens had fired, harasseu and. intimidated hundreds of workers for support- ing the union; was found guilty of unfair labor practices in 22 of 23 cases before the NLRB; and was found in contempt of federal ap- peals cour-ts three times. Rank and file Stevens workers reacted with jubilation to the set- tlement. When the contract was present- ed to them in'the auditorium of the Roanoke Rapids high school, according to the newsletter "So- cial Jusfice, ..".their voices rose to fill the auditorium with a loud roar of affirmation and victory that would be heard throughout the south, the n at i on and the world."9 "IYls hard not to feel oood, not so much for myself but for all those people who spent 40 years giving their life to the company and then ended up with no swsuri- ty,"' said Gone Love, a 30-year-old supplyman in Roanoke Rapids. Clarence Boyette, an employee for 18 years, said: "These people have suffered a lot for the textile w o r k e r's throughout the entire south. It's time that we got what was coming to us." -"This is wonderful," said Syre- taMedlin, an assistant cutter, as she hugged one of her seven chil- dren. "It's a whole new life." Herbert Adams, a 40 - year - old warehouseman and a grandfather, of three, put it simply: "I think things are going to jet better now."p pa-ign in ft presntly non-union Stevens plants. "We have no reason to expect thei company to abandon its re- sistance to collective bargaining, but we b e I i e ve the settlement agreement does provide a rational basis for thinking that Stevens' future resistance to union growth will be within the framework of the hope expressed in the signed agreement (for) .' . . 'harmonious (Continued f rom Page 1) fort to achieve better living stand- ards, health and safety conditions, seniority, improved working con-- ditions -and a greater acceptance of the human dignity of the men and women who work in the Stev- ens mills," the ACTWU officers said. The u n ion l"ears declared: "jWe are,- of course, going to con- tinue a dynamic organizing cam- Boost in Jobess Benefits Urged By Sae Labor Fed With 800,000 workers jobless and necessary to bring the program the state's unemployment rate into line with its original obj'ec- continuing at "shockingly unac- tives and meet "the demands of ceptable levels," a commitment economic reality." These includ- by the state government to im- ed: prove California's unemployment * Increasing the taxable wage insurance program is "sabsolutely base for the program to at least crucial" to deal with the'result- $29,000- ing "'widespread oconomic hard- * Extending the -benefit period ship," delegat'es to the California from 26 to 39 weekst perlmanently. Labor Federation's convention in * Full inclusion of tips as Los Angeles said. wages determining weekly bene- To help ease the izmpact of the fit levels. current recession, they urged both' * Extension of coverage to de- the state legislature and the ad- pendents as in many oth,er state ministration to boost thie maxi- plans: mum weekly unemployment in- * Elimination of the "waiting surance'benefit -currently $120 week". or compensating for that -to at least two-thirds of thie retroactively after 21 days of un- average weekly wage. -employment. A policy statement on "Unem- * Restoration of full payments ployment Insurance" approved by - to retirees under the state unem- the delegates to the California ployment insurance laws. Labor Federation's 13th constitu- * And a limitati'on on disqual- tional, convention meeting at the ifications for trade disputes, vol- -Los Angeles Convention Center untary quits, or misconduct to a also said that a series of other flexible penalty of one to five improvements in the program are weeks maximu. AMERICAN BUILDINGS, INC.-METAL BUILDINGS Metal structures including storage buildings, warehouses, etc.-UNITED STEELWORKERS Of AMERICA. BARTLETT-COLLINS COMPANY-GLASSWAllE Glass products including drinking glasses', muSgs, etc. -AMERICAN FLINT GLASS WORKERS UNION. COORS BREWERY-BEER AFL-CIO BREWERY WORKERS D.A.L.U. 366 is on strike at Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado for decent working conditions. COTRELL AND LEONARD, INC.-ALBANY, N.Y. Academic caps and gowns, church vestments and robes-INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GAR- MENT WORKERS' UNION. CROFT METALS, INC.-HOME BUILDING PRODUCTS Aluminum and vinyl doors and window's includ- ing storm doors and windows, baithtub enclo- sures, patio doors, ladders, camper products and building specialty products - UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOIN- ERS OF AM^ERICA. DAI-TEX OPTICAL- CO.-PRESCRIPbTION GLASSES, CONTACT. LENSES, FRAMES Eyeglass lenses, frames, contact lenses, sun- glasses, safety glasses sold through -optical re- tailerslNTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRI- CAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS. FABERGE, INC.-COSMETICS Personal care products -.OIL, CHEMICAL; & ATOMIC WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION. HUJSKY OM L TD./MASONITE CORPORATION Briquettes - Ryal Oak, Cliffchar (Canada); Charketts,-Grill Time, Star Grill; Sparky Lighter Fluid and Hickory Chips - INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA. (Pachuta, Miss., plant.) ICEBERG LETTUCE-PRODUCE Non-union iceberg lettuce - UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA. MARINE OPTICAL, INC.w-OPTICAL PRODUCTS Eyeglass frames sold through opfical retailers INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL# RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS. MEIER'S WINE CELLARS, INC.- DISTILLED SPIRITS Wines, cordials and liquors--DISTILLERY, WINE AND ALLIED WORKERS,INTERNATIONAL UNION. MISS GOIDY'S CHICKENS-POULTRY Brand name chickens - INTERNATIONAL CHdEMICAL WORKERS UNION. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY- CIGARETTES &'TOBIACCO Brand names: Winston, Salem, Camel, Doral; Vantage, More, Now, and Real Cigaretts; Win- chester Little Cisgars; Prince Albert Smoking To- bacco-BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY AND TO- BACCO WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION. RYLOCK COMPANY, LTD.. Slidi'ng glass doors, windows--NTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS. SEATTLE-FIRtST NATIONAL BANK- FINANCIAL INSTITIJTION Withdraw fundsUNITED FOOD AND COM- MERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION. J.9 Allies in StevensI fl p BL Fiures Gve Perspeetive On Wome nat oer A report issued this week by the federal Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics reveals that during the third quarter of 1980, the labor force participation rate of wom- en inched up to 52 percnt, and no change was registered in their unemployment rate. In this recessionary period as in previous ones, the gap between the jobless rates of women and men has narrowed substantially, with the rate for men increasing faster than that for women. In the third quarter, these rates were 7.7 percent for men and 7.5 percent for women. Because employjed women are concentrated in clerical and serv- ice jobs, they are 'less likely to face layoffs during economic downturns than are men. Men have been e"cisally hard hit by layoffs in construction and auto and related Industries, where only a relatively small propor- Vion of women are employed. Because increasing numbers of women entering the 'job market may now wish to hire workers to perform certain houlsehold jobs, opportunities for private house- hold workers are projected to be plentiful in the next decade. Ye t, as fewer young women enter this occupation -which is viewed by many as low status, low skill, and low paying -the number of domestic workers will probably continue its present decline. 'The number of private house- -hold workers fell by one-third between 1970 and 1979, to slightly mor-e than one million. This was a decline of over 550,000. The exodus from private house- hold work was more pronounced among black than among whith women. While the number of white do- mestic workers dropped signifi- cantly from 1970 to 1975 and then reached a plateau, the number of black women continued to fall during the entire decade. About 45 percent fewer- black women and 25 perce'nt fewer white wom- en were working in this occupa- tion in 1979 th-an in 1970. P-re- !liminary data for March 1980 in- dicate a further decline in the number and proportion of women working in the field. About half of the 1. 7 million women who graduated from high school during 1979 were enrolled in college by October. Through- out the 1970's, 'between 43 and 50 percent of each year's female high school graduates entered college in the year they com- pleted high school. Although the recent annual proportions of those going on to college have been the same for young women as for young men, proportionately fewer women have been completing college, Quarter of seniors- Bel'ow Poverty Level The fourth annual National Sym- posium on Aging in San Orancisco last weekend heard that there are 23 million "senior citizens" in the U. S., -that the figure is expected to rise to 40 million by the year 2020 and that one in four now lives below the federal poverty level. The inadequacy of long - t e r m care, depression amongL the elder- ly, development of a n a t i o n a I health policy and problems of re- tirement were topics of the sym- posium, sponsored by the Univer- sity of California, San Francisco. MAIO- -b 1Ws d he AR41 Es"xe coSm All trade un'onist and thir families are asked not to patronize the poucts andli of th unfair firms listed below. List current as of first cby of month of pubikation. Su od chnge. UlIOII UJUI AIID~ SERtVICE TEAIS . PA AFLPC1 AMove -to Alter WVorker Instead Of aking WVork Site Safe Hlit U. S. firms are putting pres- unsterilized women in jobs involv- sures on women workers to sub- ing exposure to toxic substances mit to sterilization because they for fear of them accidently giving are unwilling to take action to -birth to defective children. remove toxic hazards in the work- "Since what's bad for unborn place, Anthony Mazzocchi, -direc- chilrden is bad for the male sperm tor of the AFL-CIO Oil Chemical compan'ies will say, 'we want neu- and Atomic Workers Union; has tered workers at the workplace," charged. Mazzocchi said. Pointing out that these toxic "4If women are excluded as they hazards are also a threat to male now already are, we're 50 percent sperm, Mazzocchi declared: of the way there," he said. "Companies are moving to alter The U. S. Occupational Safety the workers, not the workplace," and Health Administration cited .Mazzocchi said that he hears the American Cyanamid for its daily of cases involving women- policy but that legal action was electing sterilization when faced dismissed for technical reasons with the choice of accepting low- by an administrative law judge. er-paying jobs in less hazardous OSHA is appealing the decision, areas or leaving the firm. however, and has proposed a $82,- The choice is a difficult one to 765 -fine 'against an Idaho 'lead cope with in the present severely smelter for a similar policy,, Maz- tight job market, he noted. zocchi said. Pointing out that the Ameriecan Mazzocchi proposed that, as Cyanamid Co. has received sub- part of a national strategy on the stantial publicity as a result of sterilization and other issues, a its policy of baffing unsterilized National Occupafional Health and women from jobs that involve ex.- Safety Mobilizat'ion week might posure to lead compounds, Maz- be held during the third week of zoechi said that he is gathering a Apri'l 1981, a 'date which marks 'slot of evidence to show-that male the 10th anniversary of the insli- sperm is equally at risk." tution of the 1970 Occupational The firrns are afraid of uising Safety and Health Act.- AFL-C IO JOINS WVITHI UAW 7V To Keep Pace Senator -Lloyd Bentsen (D- Texas), chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, sail Sun- day that the American, economy will have to provide up to 15 mil- lion new jobs in the 1980s to keep pace with growth'in the work force. Bentsen commented on the re- lease, of a JEC staff study titled. "Human Resources and Demo- graphics: Characteristics of Peo- ple and Policy." "The study forecasts signifi- cant changes 'in the composition of the American work force dur- ing the '$Os. For. example,, more women and fewer young people. will be seeking work," BUntsen said. Arbitrt'ionl The year 1888 marked the en- actment of the first arbitration law. The law applied only to rail- road workers and provided for voluntary arbitration by a presi- dentially-appointed three-me-mber board to arbitrate labor disputes. -s, Rub- Stone said the ITC, decision will er Bom- not only conltinue the.: adverse ef- -on, Ma- fect on thousands of auto wores )r.. but will also affect--either direct- at testi- ly or indire'ctly-thousands of Rub- .ded the ber Workrers as well. ilermak- "Already, far too'many Ameri-o Lime & cans have lost their jobs due to ,hemical imports and as the -domestic in- Textile dustry completes its, mas'sive re- s Work- tooling effort, man'y..more jobs rhood of may be lo-st if action-is'not taken It, Glass to stem the tide of imports," VstoneV .rg;. Iron. added. chemic "While we realize 'there w e r e lainters- other factors in the domestic auto, 'itr;industry slump such. as rising gas Mkr;pric'es, th}e recessi.on and a shift. Pottery to smaller cars whic'h D e t r o i t .asale & wasn't prepared for, 'n'one of these ic m- factors were more important than Vorkers; the overwhelming e f f e c t of in- d creased- - impor-ts," se tressed. hted and' The ITC's decision w'ill hinder I the domestic industry's attempts JR d to retool,and to inCrease its ca- bk'Ce pacity for building Xsmaller- fuel- k. De efficient cars wlhich.-are now in great demand. Such eonversion-is *o o.costly and domestic manufactur- L rs cannot afford to continue los- we years ing market share to imports. thti .The ITC's decision will m a k e Ithat sub- the conversion much more diffi- blm fcult and -will lead. to increased nd the pressures on Congress. to' enact ndsr. legislation to deal with; the import runos problem. 0 11 as the Samuel said the ITC decision disagree still leaves open the question of whether President Carter will- call on the Japanese gove:rnment to L ~~limit exports to the Un'ited States. iS ~~"The President has -the iXnheret:oi constitutional authority to nepoti ate 'with Japan to- fashlee -such - . I;its Samuel said.; -He *o t of d igh,.is a that "both Prsidient C:arter andJ iy as 15 President-elect Ron'ald Re9a gan -ting for have pledged to take: such ma and we ures assuring the fultur e vitality of that will our auto industry."I get this Sen. Donald VV. Riegle, Jr.,. (D- I.xpect to Mich.), whose s t ate has been, hard-hit by auto industry layoffs, ly antici- introduced a resolution in the Sen- ate with 33 bipartisan cosponsors )re wom- that he said would give'the Presi- ; ~~dent direct legal authority to -deal ? bymen with the import problem- -,Cline be- Rep. Charles A. Vanik -(D-Ohio), lt; whose district is also highly de- ion addipenident on auto industry jobs, an- nounced that -hear'in.gs by os Ways & Means subcommittee will Li i-o p en next week to address-the )ung peol- surge in Japanese 'imports. ung peo-Several- countries in Europe have restricted Japanese imports.. The resulting Japanese companies; have; under- rate of taken an expansion program r:and man; have been working overtime. It is !median clear that the Japanese intend to 30 years sell more cars in the U.. S. Their 1990 and own market in Japan 'is growing very slowly. - the president, Steelworkerc ber Workers President Pete marito, and J.erry Thomps4 chinists' legislative d irecto, In addition to those thE f i e d, the coalition inclu( Aluminum Workers; Boil ers; Carpenters; Cement, *Gvpsum Workers; Cl Workers; Clothing & Workers; Communications ers; International Brother Electrical Workers; Flini Workers; Furiiiture Workei Workers; Molders; Me Educational Society; Oil, ical &Atomic Workers; P, Paperworkers; Pattemn: Plumbers & Pipefitters; Workers; Retail, Whole Dept. Store Union; 5ervi. ployees; Sheet Metal IN and Upholsterers. "The URW is disappoinr unhappily surprised by th deision," Milan Stone, U ternational Vice Prosidet in Akron, Ohio, last wee spite the fact that auto have rapidly expanded the of the U. S. market and n trol upwards of 30% of th ket as opposed to I1S% fiv ago, the ITC d ec i dea d creased imports were no] stantial cause of the prol the domestic 'industrv ai massive lavoffs in the in "The URW and 28 othei in the AFL -CIO - as well Auto Workers-couldn't more.'1 The U. S. International Trade Commission's ( I T C ) decision to turn down the Labor Movement's plea for auto import quotas adds sal-t to an already severe wound. On November 10, the ITC, by a 3-2 vote' noted that while Japaniese imports had seriously damaged U. S. auto makers, the damage wasn't substantial enough to jus- tify trade protections. Representatives of a 29 -union coalition put together by the AFL- CIO Industrial Union Department joined -the United Auto Workers in- hearings before the decision was announced to press the ITC to rec- ommend curbs on Japanese auto imports. Union witnesses testified to the destructton of nearly one million jobs over the past two years- more than 240,000 on aiuto assem- bly lines and another 7SO,000 in auto-related industries. They spoke of closed steel and tire plan1*, of glass workers who have exhausted all unemployment benefits, of union membership decimated in once -pro'sperous plants making auto parts -from transmissions to window knobs. IUD President Howard D. gam- uel led AFL - CIO coalition wit- nesses in ITC hearings. O t h e r s speaking for the restric-tions were IUE President David J. Fitzmau- rice; H. Wayne Yarrnan, execu- tive vice. president, Glass & Ce- ramic Workers; President Domi- nick D'Ambrosio, Allied Industrial Workers; Ed Ayoub, assistant to The AFIrCIO United Food & -Commercial Workers has scored a major break-through in the, long-running' battle with Winn- Dixie, Inc., and called off its boy- cott against.-the southern super- mnarket ch-ain. .In announcing a procedural agreement worked'out by the un- ion and the company, UFCW President William H. Wynn said the ,developmnt w'ill help to as- sur-1e . .rghts I . o?Minn-D)ixie . workers in deciding on union rep- -resentation. "We've achleved a dialogue- with the company and a commit- ment to abide by proper proce. dures pursuant to feeral law and National Labor Relations Board regulations in un;ion representa. tional campaigns," Wynn said. Winn,-Dixie is the nation's fourth larges-t food retailer with most of its 1,300'stores and 52,000 em-ploy- ees in the - South. As a result of the agreement, WYM said the UFCW is takn steps-to terminate the AFIXIO boycott of the firm, which was launched at the federation's 1977 convention. Wynn said that in the agree- ment, wh'ich was formalized in an exchange of corTespondence, "the company has agreed to engage in informal non-bargaining dis- cussion with the union following any certification by the NLRB of the resuts of an election for a perid of at least 30 day. "This is another 'important breakthrough in establishing the rights of these workrers to freely de^ide on unon -representation."y Wynn declared. The development -was hailed by AFL 10 President Lane Kirk-- land and Secretary-Treasurer Thomas R. Donahue in a telegram to Wynn congratulating the uriion on "his important vic tory. " They said the Food & Commercial Workers have succeeded in giving Winn-Dm'ne employees, " a sound mechanism through which.to ex- press thei'r desire to be represen- ted by" a 'uniGn without fear of illegal employer acts." The national boycott -of the Winn-Dixie chain came as a re- sult of the cempany's adamant ant'i-umion record since the 1950s. The boycott had been pressed by the federation's Food & Bever- age Trades Dept. and the Bakery, Confe-1ionery & Tobacco Workers, as well as the Retail Clerks and Meat Cutters before those two un- ions merged to form the UFCW. In resorting to the boycott, the unions charged that Winn-Dixie had repeatedly 'ignored numerous rulings by the NLRB and federal appellate courts. Ten months aftor the boycott wnt into effect, Winn-Dixie sold its entire Now Mexico oWea. tion23 stores and a warehouse where Retail Clerks and Meat Cuttrs had been on strike for nearly a year. The strikmreturn- *4 to work under the now em. ployer. Winn-Dixie later paid $150,. 00 to its former employees under an NLRB setlement. Oil-Gi~ants Move into OncemScorned Solr Industry Motives in Qu Last Friday, the chief counsel Oil, which controls Solar Energy ed about two -thirds of DOE. re- The small company is forced to Scott Denmana for advocacy of the U. S. Small Systems; Atlantic Richfield, which search and development funds go- sell out, in most cases to raise Energy Project I Business Administration told the has absorbed Solar Technology, ing to private industry ended up capital. After the buy-outs, the "many of the san U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee Inc., Northrup Solar and Energy in the coffers of large corpora- firm is eligible for federal assis- that are increasin that major corporations are mov- Conversion Devices; Standard of tions, even though 85 percent of an ce. If federal assistance was ments in solar.. ing in tocontrol solar power, mus- Indiana (Amoco), which owns a the nearly 1,000 solar technology more available -to small firms, I cried the economic cling out smaller firms which pi- major part of Solarex; Ex x on, firms are classified as small busi- believe we would not be seei-ng the lar energy." oneered the field. which controls Solar Power Corp. nesses. premature buy-outs now taking Milton D. Stewart, the SBA offi- and Daystar Corp.; and Mobil Oil, Stewart c i t e d the example of place in the solar industry." cial, contends this trend endan- which owns Mobil-Tyco. Solarex, now 20 percent owned by ONCE SKEPTICS I Publisher'S gers. competition necessary for tht! CRITICIZE D.O.E. Amoco. As an independent, Sola- Barrett Stambler, spokesman for I The Califori vitality. of the industry's future. "It is clear," Stewart said, "that rex had asked for DOE aid. It the Solar Lobby, told the commit- |(ISSN. 0008-080; He sa'id that two-thirds of the top the current trends threaten the wasn't until after Amoco bought tee he did not "fault the oil com- weekly by the C 50 firms in solar technology are development of a competitive, ef- its huge block of Solarex stock panies for entering the solar in- |Federation,''AFL-CI now subsidiaries of "Fortune 500" ficient and innovative industry.' that the department announced a dustry. " However, his group did Street, San Fral companies. The U.S. Department of Energy S7 million grant to the firm. "question their motives." 94103. Second cl BIG CORPORATIONS was roundly criticized for what AFTER BUY.00T "Do the oil companies really Iat San Francisco, Chief aJmong the conglomerates was seen as a big bus"iness orien- "O0nce a small firm is t a k e n see a solar future or- are they just lscript'on: S3.50a taking control of solar power firms tation in its research and develop- over by a large firm," he testi- investing enough in the solar in- l ion Number 08 in the pst few yars aremajor met grant policy.fied, *the company seems to be dustry'to maintain a foothold?" he |Hni? Ge oil companies. These include Shell During fiscal 1980, it is estimnat- more eligible for federal support. asked. |,a"e; ln les ion A 0the Citizens' ointed out that ne corporations ig their : invest- .h awe- long de- %viability o f so- ;-Notice 2) ispubZi hod IO, 99S Ma'rket CalI;f.- Sub 13400.Jobn F.. t;me-scrtq Movemb*r 21, MC$ .00 I- 1? UFCW ails Winn-Dixie Pact Tree-Year Boyco Ended U. S. Needs 1Milon l ew Jo Wih rowt "The bottom line, thou net increase of -as man million workers compel jobs during the decade, have to alopt policies i boost productivity and economy moving if we e accommodate them. Bentsen said the stud, pates: * about 10 million mo en seeking employment; * worker participation over 55 continuing to de cause of early retiremen * more, than 17 milli tional workers in the pi (25-44) category; * a reduction of abou lion in the -number of yo ple seeking jobs; * a'stable population from a reduced fertility about 1.9 births per WOI * an 'increase in the age of. Americans from in 1979 to 33 years i'n 36 years by 2000. i;onst Are :Aetoeet Shits-in, Soi93 ogrm ..A .public serv'ic'e' televrision.ser- ies -on American.-workers, cked by the AFL-CIO Iiidu.stri'la Uniion Department, 'h.as won. "a $5M40," *.Public' .mploes --r.ego i. Join SEIU *The 1$,000. .mem-ber Orego .-State Employees Association ( S E A.) *.voted overwhelmingly. .on Nov'. 7 to affiliate -with "the Service Em-' .ployees Internation'al-Union.- The vote came during OSEA's 6anmla- convention in Portland. The 38-yearold associati'on cov- e.rs -more than 20,000 state employ- ees and 4,000 city, county, a'n d schol workers' in Oregon.. It. has been chartered as. SEIU Local 503. *Bluy union, sho unbon. m . . ____ m . . . - . . . I . . . '. a .. .., . | . . . . -John L., Watts, e'xecutiv'e. sec-re- tarv, BCay Count'ies District Coun-' cil of Carpenters- in San, Fran'cis- Co, has been.'elected 1981 pres'i- dent of the .International:Founda-:~ .tion of E'mployee Benefit' PIlans, accorditig-to.' Helen K. Mrton. the organization's 1980 president. The foundation' i's the largest ed'u cational -organization in the. erm- ployee benefits field.7 WVatts wa's named''November-15 at .' meing. in- oouuo h foundation's board of Arector s' .He is currently .a labor truste'e for the Carpente'rs Heialth' and W.e}fr-e Tru'st Fu nd, and the. Cars~ penters Pension TrUst Fund. P re-, v-iolusly, he -had~ been asti'stant treasurer for the -Carpenter FSundS Admninistrative- O?ice of Northern Californisa'PXd :-apprentice coordi- fnator fo-r the C-.XArventer. Iocals -prenticeshi .Progrgm -sering :the.'San Frandi4sco''area. He. is a fonner 'comm'issioner. and- chair'-- mano h State of Califoiniai Ap Prent ceship 'C lnci. Active: sn foidSin afi9 Watts- -has".' en..:: pr-esl d~enelt and 'secretar'' -4r-easuror-,, has served on- the; bbard.of dircos an'd wag a iniber .of th rust'''' and the. eOd'ucational .pr-ogram-. comm'it,tees.:Heha ls wrkd onte research an'd ifrai comfmittee. :. :- : Oakln -FiSt-tal Workers UJnion an.d 'Transport .Workers .LocaI 505-. D nah -u serw as assistant. - ereay o fJo:labr -in the Lyndon- J6hn'son: -administr'ation'... He as has-- been first V"ice presiet f the. SEIU and was eeuiets sistant. to A-L-:IOPei George -Me an i)f be. ing.el t- ed: secretar-treaurr.w on af X. w ;S" n,: . on * ,s S - a, cl dW g' the re" Labor:' Si"-l .. W;ar. a-t -il..] ::nt1 f IndsMl -..R6I4flons, Univffity of. C&i"Or .-.-. nb, .Brkey. T.ho' d i tp. ..k was .'JTh: b-Pl.mof'itnu : *16ibi ion'*:' L 'a b. o r'. -r . e :- . ht.even-ing -he-W.as the. .gue of. ho. o-a:..a.. . a _ rcptio in- 'Uni* v..rers Hoi.st. .o'n. :the. -Berkeley' *.campus.,. h,osted .byChsancellok Ira '.. *Mic.h e...l e,m .n. -: .. '.: C .:. JCniLe tom. -Page .1)I 'D4nah ue, was. Afintroduced Y.b Jack- f1e nning, -he.,ad.:. of the' Cali- fomia, F..AFACI "Arbittatiohn Day.' marks t-he anniversar of the. Am'eric'an Arbi-- tration 'AsMcialon -an .the lunch,! eon ths : wee as' im& -the-- auspiees of -t1 h e ienal: advxiy . t Un.i. o.f I.-'.. .r -zain. '. advisotrV,:eci of; the -AAA. are.. AI16MmJ-.*-- G0ubn preident, .Cal;- foi:L' bor'- 'F n and J0IH1 . C .owle, "&tary traso- :uror, -SAn-.F Franisc Labor CVon- i AMonkgithie-- patorons :and '-spoljn-. .sors ,of the" obsen ce- listed .from. orga'nized I abor. were tho* Caifor- nia Libor Federation. Sailors U n-' io'i of -the P?a'cific, Building Trades Council-of Mlarne&a County,- .Cow munications. Workers 1=al go23 - .. .. - nf.l..t. Io PCOS' - .- .. ctob r: RiO.s in . T ,,i o .. . . ar : ~~~~~~~~~~- ethis week-. reported' peroa icm-of Americans: rose ll pet.." -ne- -tcentin- :October "but"..said thatdou- ;-: ble'-digit inflato-ne 1q o -:the. year -1-s eroding- virtually all in-g the increase in -income. : perate8 William -Cox, .the- department's deputy chief -economist-, declared, 3f;< "'The -figures .are a. bit'stronger in' .* all' r'espects tban' we had antic'i-~ w n pated. It reflects the recover tak- alwing .place -,in -: rcession-- stricken han e t.av,y industries'an constr c enngt?efn Bult, 'he' noted, when adjusted' gaze fo inflationV personal. income shows little, if -any, im ruemn in.ec recent- months. Ith wi adaSaber, Philadelphia provide- econorh -t, found 'the rebound "'a taiig fairly weak. one.." re Em- ."The mnost interesting questiot- :ontract. now is- .what eff-ect highe'r interest -enable .rates, will have .on - consumer ning for spending," she said.-Banks raised. :offend - prime lending rates to 16.25SG on e. Monday'. JOHN.. L' W.ATTS:. tenew VV -R Qnd . rin ms. te.. program.h instituteo across the country. Stepped-up techi'cal- .ass to labor. or-ganizations tol DI's list of goals for' 1980.1 The new onttract -. *ll .HRI)I to make 'staffing. c in' the field and at- i-ts nati4 fice in Washington, to 'Stn its technical services -to orl labor. Private emnplo'y ers wit-h tive barg'aining agrem n AFL -CIO affiliates will most- of the hiring -and. I under . the C6omrehe'n'siv .ployment & Training'' Act cl The new c ontract 'w"ill HRDI. to find jobs and traii handicapped person ex.- :ers,- minorities and womo pl-us product'ion' "graht.. fomn the .National Egncdowment forhtuD ::Hu- mantites. - Union IWOer ad '.his-: torians ..have formed committees to- promote --s'upport. forthe '- Wa.de in- U.S.A." series. -Ten' Sminute- "programns i'n -the series will require.a estinmated: S15' million.. They....w.illx- cover. American labor history fr.om IOU35 -to, 19 5... - .- *IUD, . ros Hewa-d. Samwl commifthe, c rlai O"O qi" 14.bor will. _w ve-,f-:'do ..The. JUIU:'s.:. blic. vtbaision ..commite fi..chie Is. .:C *of.,Ahe .0ertb Engines.. .,,- *M-ade--{..;.1.. a .jont, 'venture. o'f . 'Bostn. TV.: station WGBH '.and: tPublic. YOrun Pro-. dcioii .IM? hIdRIM ':,, sought fir a.dditioal.gvrn-. .ment agencies .as -w.ell -as from' labor and corporat'lons., .. *The first epis.ode f-or filming,s.,. projected.. to. portray the li"ves". of work.ers i'n. the Chicag .m.eat -packing industry fr.om 1916 to' .1921. . Labor Dept .The AFL.- CIO)'s Human Re-. *so.urces. Development Institute. .ha bebtn awarded a new $8-8. mil- lion .contraet. to provide .jobs or.. training ,for, about 14,00. un'em- poyed or und remployed workers. *Pin eh coinyar *.Assistant.-Labor.Secreta.ry Er- .nrest G. Green, who announ-ced the ,one-- year. contract. 'renewal, -said that the funds. -will be uJsed t'o con- tinue. th-e.73, majo'r employmen't OSHA~~ Voations Brmn Fine fr - El Meont Firm *(Continued from P.age 1 ) with vi olating, Section 3213(b) o6f. the California'Administrative- Code -Title 8 on thxree occasiong.fal ure to provide. guard rails around acid-fill'ed pits) and of viblat'ing' Title 8. Section' 5098' (failur'e to provide e'nginering c'ontrols 'to eliminate or reduce,employee ex- posure to excess noise). on four' different occasions over the past. four years. Carter stated: "Our.'investiga- -tive records' show that d.espite several -'CAL/OSHA -inspections made at this-compa ny and cita- 'tions .issued. as a. resut.tof the, findings of those inspections the employer. con'tinued- to allow em- ployee exposu-re to hazardou's con- ditio'ns'and continued to -violate. job. safety- and'health standards. "We find this intolerable. I hope that any employer who is tempted to follow this company 's example -will think twice mn view of the support the courts have' given, -by their -actions. in this and 'other similar cases recently, of w'orker safety, and. health. and of 'CAL/ OSHA enforc'ement. acti6ns. We will seek prosecution of any-em-. 'ployer who'engages in similar un- lawful actions." The Los Angeles Municipal Court in El Monte. fined El Mo'nte Lead' Salvarge' $3 000. Aronow and Ra- bin' were each fined $500. All defend-ants were placed -on two yea-r summary probation 'and the court -put the -firm on notice that- CAL/OSHIA can inspect. at -any time- deemed necessary without. warrant or notice. -ers to' reach 70,800. Total.- em- ployment, in this group,- at '552j200 -in October, was 12,600 higher than 'in -October, 1979.- - ~SERVICES Employment in thle large servt- ice- glfOUp-which includes.' all pay-roll -worke'rs in h1otels, motels, rtecreat'io n, amusement, health, - buisiness, personal an'd educatis-n servicet totaled- 2,133,:600, -up 1,100. from September and. up 34,300 compared wtith October, *l t.1:9.9. . Most otWr. s'ervice' industr'i"es showed: declines. Employment 'in. the major service' sectors were as jollows in October: hotels 'and othr1:odgings: 112,600,' proal services: 9 8qo,0;, buss?iess 'serv, ices: 452,100. health. service:. *5 56,0other services: .644,0. -.RET.AIL -TRADE -Total employrnent -im r e't a i lI trade was 1,692,700,..a net decline -of 7,900 jobs over'-the month. -Gen- -eral merchlandtis'6 stores added- 4,000 w rorkers over: -the, monith- to total .243,200>. Food - stores 'added 300 to reach a -total- -of 247,400. Howtever -these 'gains- were more than offset by a seasonal .decline. -of 12,20 in othe'r r'etail trade em'-': ployment to:a.total -of 1,202,0 in. October.: total -employment -had risen -to- 418,100. The -October figure was 406,300. This included 217,600 in' special 'trad-es, 112,O0O in general building'and. 76,700:in -heavy con- -struction. Some construiction-re'lated. i'ndus- * rie's registered job loss. These -included lumber and wood prod- .ucts,- down 200 ?o.61,60 .stone., clay'and g'lass ,products,, dovn 200. to 56,800; pri'mary metal indus- trie's,. down 400. to 55,500; fabri- *cated metal industries, down 300 to 152,600 and electrical equip. ment and supplies, down 700 to 326100. *. MANUFACTURING. Manufacturing etnployment in nondurable goods - production to- taled: 630,300 in. October, down -by 25,S00 over ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the -month,' with sa soncil declines, in 'Ca'nning, ftreez- ing'and preserving of fruits, vege tables and seafoods.' Employment in'the du r a ble goods sector totaled 1,347,800 in *October,- a ne~t.gain of .1,300. *.Emplo'yment. in the truckin g .anct transportation segment of this' group declined by 2,500 to 313.,180.0 'in Oe>tober The. communxications' s e g m e n t rema'inid unchanged *over the monthi' at 167,600. Thie 'utilities segmnt' added 600 work-, (Continuedf from Psage 1) ) incr'eased by 26;000 from il,217,00 to - .1,243,000. The aditional - 26,000 who en. twW the- labor force, plus. th decline of 4,00 employed a.i 30,,000 to the - jbls totall which *incr"sod from 7n6,000 in S*ptM ber to W,000 in Octobw. T he state. also reported - that initial claims for regular unem- ployment benefits totaled 53,700 'in th'e week''ending Ottober 25 while continued clairrs (includ- ing 'extended cla-ims) for the 'same week totaled 457,600. The, balance -of the jo'bless total consists mainly of new job see]C- ers and re-entrants into the -labor market, or workers wh1o left their last- jobs- voluintariy-l and were therefore not claiming benefits., Job losers accoint for ..about 50- percent of - t-he- unemployed total; new -entrants and re-en- trants account for -another 40 per- cent and the. balance are job leavers. CONiSTRUC-TION Construction employment, which. registered slight'gains in Atugust and September- after a major de- cline over the pr.vious 12 moniths, -declined- again for. seasona'l r'ea- sons last mo'nth. In September, . .4 pa"'. :. .~. N_:tl, IEon ByCou-nties Carpentes Ch,ef THead Ben'efi'Pa oy U.-S. Worers'T Stere .Bc. edbyALCO:U m