dVOTER. SIGNU-P DRIVE'LAUNCHED Much 99 l9U Vol. 27-No. 10 m 260 UJ.S. M-a- 44fyou study the imperialistic movements of the world, the em- ~'President Rea- pires never did allow the subject t to create utter people to understand their own ep back and see history,"' he pointed out. for it," Canson -Citing a story carried in the rery dangerous" Rocky Mountain News of Denver, ' stifle dissent.- Colo., on Febru'ary 24 that re- that the 1981 e-ported that W'illiam K. Coors, the c cut rammed chief executive officer of the s by Reagan in Adolph Coors beer company, told iraged U.S. cor- a conference of minority business The Reagan Administration has launched a " frontal attack" on the civil rights of blacks and other minorities as exemplified by his destruction of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and the only way to stop it is at the ballot box in the 1984 elections., Virna Canson, weser rgional director of the NAACP told scores of bl'ack trade unionists taking part in the third annual statewide conference of the A. Philip Randolph- Institute in Fresno last weekend. Toward that end, Canson said,i the NAACP launched a " From the Bay to L. A:' voter registration drive earlier this year that has al- ready succeeded in registering up- wards of 50,000 people and is still going on. Canson cited the Reagan Ad- ministration's position in the Seat- tle school desegregation case and in an affirmative action employ- ment program in New Orleans as examples of its anti-civil rilghts stand and voiced concern about Reagan's "shoot from the lip ap- proach." in foreign affairs in con- n^ wt his failed Lebanon p-Xc,-lfl t-o the ragic. deaths of more tha rines. Asserting that ' gan has an ability chaos and then st who he can blame said that that's "v because it tends. to She also not'ed t' rich-the-rich tax through Congres4 1981 really encou: 14. a - - - . la A 1---- 1-- 1- ---- - 1- m ---- --- - I porationIs "to gobble each other ownlers that " one of the best up and not only did not expand things they (slave traders) did for the economy but further repressed you is to drag your ancestors over it so that the jobs were not there:' here in chains" and that if Ameri- "We are-sensitive to the fact that can blacks vi'sited th'e African this. is a union-busting administra- countries from which their ances- tion, " she said,- not-ing that" "the tors were taken by slave traders, NAACP has recently become in- they would be glad they were liv- volved in the fight involving the ing in a country with a free-enter- TWAMs (TransWorld Airline) deci- pn'se system, "a land of opportu- sion ,to wipe out, seakycaps!" nity," Henning said that those John FE Heanning, executive of- remarks were "not only' u-- ficer of the Califor nia AFL-CO, forgivable. but ievable e strei the ital fior -blacks cuethe'.E < pOfwt to::^'.'ud9::*rtA vAut * *t, X * * tb uto r S' ' A compromise :bill to prohibit strip sea.rches of people arrested on minor offenses not involving drugs, weapons or violence was signed b'y Governor Deukmejian yesterday. isI am very pleased to sign AB 1367, a compromise measure which limits strip searches of per- sons arrested for infractions and certain misdemeanors," the Go v- ernor said. The legislation. AB 1367 carried by Assemblywoman Maxine Wa- ters (D-L.A.), won Assembly ap- proval by a vote of 78 to 0 -and Senate approval by a vote of 38 to O last week after Waters dropped her plans to seek to override Gov- ernor Deukmejian's veto of a simi- lar bill she authored last year. The Governor's veto of the ear- lier bill, AB 270, provoked a (Continkled on Page 2) ""If President Reagan gets four more years to pack the U.S. Su- preme Court with reactionary ju- rists -like he's already packed the National Labor Relations Board with anti-union appointees, work- ers' rights will be squashed by cor- porate interests for the rest of this century," John F. Henning, execu- tive secretary-treasurer of-the Cal- -ifornia Labor Federation, AFL- CIO, warned this week in an- nouncing a m'ajor drive to encour- age voting by mail in the increas- ingly critical California p'rimary election on Thesday, June 5. In describing this new aspect of labor's 1984 campaign, Henn'ing noted in a letter sent to all Federa- tion affiliat-es. this weeks that: " People who vote by mail through use of the absentee ballot procedure vote in much higher percentages than those -who actu- ally vote at the polls on- election day. The absentee voting proce- dure is a simple one and has a great potential for union labor." Henning's letter, which included an example of a form that can be used to request an- absent voter's ballot, pointed out that the only requirement to vote by mail is that the regitered voter make a written application to the County Regis- trar of Voters to ask for an absent voter's ballot. Anyone may request one; no reason is required, he- pointed out. To receive an absent voter's bal- lot for the June S primary the ap- plication must be received by the County Registrar of Voters by! May 29. Henning urged local unions or councils to produce the applica- tion forms and provide them for their membership and their fami- lies. He said that this was the first in a series of three communications that Federation affiliates would re- ceive outlining programs for the AFL-CIO.'s Mondale primary election campaign in California; that were generated at Federation- sponsored political organfizing meetings held February 24 in San Francisco and February 27 in Los Angeles. Any question about the "'vote by mail" program should be di- rected to Dan Curtin, Assistant COPE Director, at the Federa- tion's San Francisco office at 995 Mark-et Street, Suite 3.10, San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 986- 3585. The Food & Commercial Work- ers and the'Service Employees have signed a. letter of understand- ing with Beverly Enterprilses, Inc.- that points to improved relations with the nation's largest nursing home chain and smooths the way for organizing and bargaining. by Beverly employees. Under t-he terms, the unions will end their " corporate campaign"" against Beverly in exchange for the c'omp'any's commitment to rec- ognize the right of employees to choose union representation and its cooperation. in providing a "non-coercive atmosphere" dur- ing election campaigns. The agreement also establishes. a labor-management task force to resolve disputes. Early in 1983, the SEIU and the UFCW launched a joint, nation- wide campaign to organize Be- verly employees and to -improve -patient care in the company's -more than 800 facilities. (Continued on Page 3) down on health care costs would keep the Medicare system solvent without the need to raise the pay- roll talc and at the same time " en- able workers. to preserve hard- won, collectively bargained health insurance protection:" Health care costs over the years have outpaced inflation, making continuation or improvement of benefits a troublesome bargaining table issue and pointing toward a fast-approaching funding crisis for the Medi -'r'e -rogram. -. The AFL-CIO statement teemed the Kennedy-Gephardt bill a workable alternative to the Reagan Administ'ration's strategy of reducing Medicare costs by slashing -benefits 'and increasing o+uqt,Xof-pocket charges. , A new legislative proposal that seeks to hold down health care costs and avert a threatened cut in Medicare benefits received a warm endorsement from the AFL-CIO when it was unveiled at a Capitol Hill news conference. -Its chief sponsors are Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.). Groups that expressed their support for the measure included the major senior citizen organiza- tions, the SOS coalition formed to. defend social securit y, and the Health Security Action Council. The Kennedy-Gephardt bill would tighten existing controls on hospital charges for Medicare pa- tients. -- It would apply the recently be- gun system of basing payments to. hospitals on the anticipated dura- tion of the illness to in-hospital ph'ysician fees. The same cost curbs imposed for Medicare patients w ould be applied to the hospital charges for non-Medicare patients, whether their bills were paid individually or through employment-related insurance. That feature, the bill's sponsors emphasize, would. avoid'h'av'ing hlospitals. and doctors shift excess charges from Medicare to private Insurance reimbursement. Bert Seidman,, director of the AFL-CIO Dept. of Occupational Safety, Health &.Social Security, Cour as Regn.-Cut In AidtDialdRsoe Adecision by the 9th U.S. Cir- was defending her handling of the cuit Court of Appeals 'in San disability benefits program at a Francisco ordering' the Reagan- Senate Budget Comm'ittee hear- Administration to restore disabil- ing. ity payments -wr`o'ngftdIlydenied to The appellate court in San thousands of for mer social secu- Francisco rebulced Hockcler for nct rityl:ecipie'nts could have nlation- complying- with .two of -it's earlier wicle ipc.decisions o'rderiug the departmei The decisior, affecfing between to,prove that a rec'ipienRt's miedical 50,000 and 80,000 people in the condition had improved before it court's nine-state jurisdiction.,in cancelled benefits. the West, was handed down Feb. In. its latest decision, the appeals 22 as HeWth. & Hunia Services court said that Heckler had under- Seerftary Margarer M.- -Hoklor,. .. .. (CoxfinionPage4) '; 999unk I M oft... Stop Reagan at Ballot Box,~~~~~~~~~I CanoTel BreakCSsa Ar ve-r Beber Inited Auto-Workers. Union- Collective Barg iig Convention sident Owen Bieber warned at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Bieber automobile industry this week said: if auto execut'ives, who re- "Let me make it absolutely ,ed large bonuses last year, clear -profit sharing cannot re- ink for one minute they can place wage or benefit increases," vince workers to do without an setting off a rd;lfAreproval from ront raise this summer, theyr'd. some 2,500 union delegates. ber tW s" . --; "ltitnra~ ~~~to.be dd.sOing the..U Aw Spec f j:i- Prei the;i that ceivi "f-thi con, upfi belti *IA AVt by Mal Inv in 1984 Nursing Home ICha"inAt To Imrove UnionReain Labor Back Bil To Curb Health Care Costs .t0@.TER.StUp- -Rl1Et>.-,U,-N,---C.HE-D i- V Pu'lisher's Hofici- Tl Califdn .A"P:t10'C News (ISSN: 1 )ij th wooks of fth .| Clhistmas a and N aw - Yar holidays by tip Cb- - bor F*atn,,- AFL-CIO, ns MAarket Stret, SanFrancisom, -Calif. 94103 Sec nd lhss post- ajp paid at San sr-ancisc,1 Calif.: $3S a. year. USP>S PWbicatdon Nwm- bar 083400. JohnF. Hening, .ex,ecutive WI ; 4;bnn;MrEht,4:ioer. POST. MAS T E R: Send address c6a n'gz to: CallSo'rnia AFL. C10 News, ."S Market St., Suits 310, San Franciscm, CA 94103. (C~onrinuedfront1 Page I) and makde recommendations to ex- ..at t"h'atime was bujit'r4**"und&O save, tend eomparable worth to the pi abot ope:ratiofis. - .-- v-t 'elr (Assembly Concurr'em Ka thleen Kinnick, 'the Califor- Resolution 37-Tanner). nia AFL.-CIO's Director of Wom- Otlier perti'nent legis-lative vic- en-Is Ahctivities, charged that the tcories won in recent years, she Reagan Ad-ministration-has evi- said, include: . denced - "'a callo-us. an-d s'eemingly' .v The extension of,.ftll workii; tot'al disregar'd for the welfar"eof 'ers,' 'ompen'a-in.oea-1 women, for blacks, for peo6ple of household domestics anid- garden- other colors, for workers, for the ers; elderly and for the poor. In short, V The outlawing of industrial a disregard for all except the mon- homework in garment production ied interests of our co'untry.?' in Califo'rnia; As examples, she cited Reagan's ve The -xesion o olet. personal oppositio'n tO the Equal -ba'rgaining- rig'ht-s -to California Rights Amendment - and the public school empla'yees;- Reagan Administration's declara- v Strengt*-ning of -Califor-. tion -of a moratorium on the is- nia's.equal pay laws to forbid pay suance of. any further EEO C diffe-rentials ~based on sex; .(Equal Employment Opportp-gity . vThprvso of disability .Commzission) guidelines. - . benefits under the.state's disability ."Untllthe time,lReagani ok ,of, +. .jnsurance,program for.normaI rfice," she, sai4l' 'that commission.. pr.egpancies; wsgenerally co>nsidered to be. an vEateto a nds advocate for women and Minor- .. crimination in --tifing, employ- ities with respect to employment:' ment or promotion on the basis. of On the key pay equity issue of a female worker's pregnancy or re- the 1980s, --compJr--4ikk ;X^ pat diqndtipns; and work of comnp'at'afie {at e-, -she` V". Enac'tien"t -of' le'gislatio'n to said,. the Reagan .Administration bar firms -from requiring sterility has. indicated that it plans to chal- as -a conditioii of employment. Ienge a federal district court ruling She. also-noted that the Califor- i-n Washington State t-hat. h.as or- nlia AFL-CIO is current1y. seeking dered the pamn f anetmtd enactmen-t of AB .3175, -a bill. car- $838 millio'n.in back pay and wage ried by Assemblyman T.om ,increases to some 15,000 women "Hayden'- which would assure -safe state emnployees after earlier find- vofki-g 'c"onditions 'fbr, persons ing the state guilty of violating Ti- emploed'as Video displa termi- tle V11 oaf -the historic O'vit Ri'ghts 'hal oprators; 'Act of 1.964 because women ha've Inawrso n vt'er eg. t beew paid -lss--over "the ye'ars, thatn tion and voter eddncation, Assist- men in st'ate jobs fo'und to bec of ~ant -State COPE. Director Dan "comparable worth:' Curtin stressed the need for local '* Ciilf*-hsbten. in the f-ore; eu nians tnd-councils throua ocut. front of thie fi'ght for compar'able the state to make use of the absent worth, Kinnick noted, pointing ballo't voting procedure and noted out that California AFL-CIO- that the only requirement to vote sponsored; slation -enacted in by mail i's that the registered voter 1981 establishe -the concept of - make a written application to the setting salaries for jobs in sta'te Coun'ty. Registrar of Voters. to ask service dominated by- wonfen- oni "for an absent -voter ballot. the basis of the value of the w6ork;. Y0- n o Ino lnger- need to have a -Dr}gthe 1983 le'gislative ses- .reason to askc for an -a-bs~ent voter's: si6n,- she said, further prg.s;ballot tyuxi havt: to se An a.-- was made with the e a t-etof ~-rvquest for- it -to.. yoiir -. Counfty.-- b'ilis to: ... -Clerk or lRegisr.-a r of Voters," he Extend the pirinci'ple of- com- 'said. -~; parable worth to emploxyees of th- h daln the hesbision Univrersity of Cafif6rnia wAtd -the of abse'nt'vote'r6all'ot applications California State ljniy.ity syrstem is' May 29, he -noted. (SB 101-Lockyr;-;. Norman Hill, president of the" v. Extend the .--con pra tb{e A. Philip Ran'dolph. Ins'titute who worth c6hctpe tO loc"a"Upu"bfc em- led one of the confer'ence's work-.- ployes ;B t8SKehs) an, - shops, said that APRI h-as la n-- -v. Estabrfh a, statewide, task: ched a nationwide 'campaign to in- f40oceto enfy barriers to imp;e- crease bla'ck vdtr-patctinn mentation of;-com'parable -wo-rth 1,984 "because unlike-any other- . administration in the post-war era, President Reagan's term in office has been one unrelenting at- tack against the interests of blacks and other working and out-of- .work people.... "We must work tO coovBy to black Americans thathe principal teask -at hand is- the defeat' of Ronald Reaganl and his replace- ment by a President who is com- mitted to full employment, social justice and civil rights," Hill de- clared. Hi-II pointed out that uniions are "a principal factor in black eco- nmcadva'ncement"' and noted that "one-third of all black work- esaeunion members, a rate some 50 percent higher than that for -white employees:' Moreover, he said: " Black union members earn on average sorne S3,000 more in pay and ben- efits tha'n their non-union coun- terparts," he said. In lig,ht. of this, Hill, said, " a candidate who supports the role ot?un io ns, in.: o ur n at i on 's e co no mi c 'life'i's -supporting an institution -whic'h isvyital to black progress:' :-Percy -Steele, Jr., president of ,the Bay Area Urban' Institute, said in an address to a luncheon session osf the-conference that: 'The broad truth is that not only hasmovement toward narro- w-in-g the'social economic gap that separates blackd and white Ameri- ca'ns`co me~ to a -dead halt, retren- chment hias ac"tually set in and bla:ck-s-are-actually' retro'gress- "The plight of black Americans remained strainled throughout 1983 with no light appearing at the end of the so-called tunnel,"' he said. r, Don Hight w-er, the California AFL.-CIO's 'field representative to- the, black community who chaired .thecionference, reported that offi- --cers eliectealifor 'the ensuing year -are As-,f6ll6ws _!Lawrcnce Martin, an interna- tional representative of the Trans- portf Wdrkert U-nion, as presidenlt; Gwendi Johnson,-.an international rep of the Com'munications Work- ers of AfnerncatDistrict I 1, as first vice- presidehit; Acklin H. Thi-' beaux, business agent of the Santa ClrUiq DisncOit rCouncil of Crarpen- ters - as secondS vice -president; Yvonnfe Pernell of CWA Local 9421 as treasurer; Bill Lloyd, pres- ident of Local;~21 of the Interna- tionial Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, as c'orre- spondence secretary; and Jean Doss, o'f CWA Local 9421 as re- cording secretary, 'Brown- & Ro .C.harged..With. .Deceptiv.e. Ads Ed!ward .J. -Carloug h' 'esdent 'of -the AFL-CIO -Sh 'M_ietal. *Worke'rs' Int'ernational -A`ist<-o! 'don, hfas filed a eomplaint-Wuith. *the Federal Trade Comm'ission charging open shop co'ntractor Bro'wn & Root with -deceptive ad- vertising. * Brown & Roo't espoused open shop construction benefits i'n re- cenlt ads which Carlough c'ha'rged violated "truth in .advertising" rul!es. .. Carlough said Brown &.Root was removed.from a -Houstoii Light & Powe'r proj'ect in, 1981 and was recently cited. by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for inlfe- rior wor onapoet in Dallas. {Conrnuedfrom Pge ]>rested on misdemeanor or infrac- torm of protests in radio, news- to hre neste nov taper and TV editorials denounc waos rgs- iSne ng the act-ion after it w'as brought A xeto ilb,alwdi out that women -who were arrested cssweetrei .'reasonbl or such mninor offenses as failure Upiobaeonsfcadar D pay dog licetise fees or traffic iualfct"ht,hepro ickets were be'ing subjected to wa rrn aepoordus trip. searches and body cavity Evnithscae,ower robes.* - ~~~~law enforcement officer's will not The Californis -AFt..-C10 be tpermitted to conduct a body olayed a maj'or role in the drive by caryterhwtotasac broad coalition of labor, wom- Tebl l-e ht 'esn ns groups and others to'generate * *u-al ..conducting a strip searich o'r- 'ua upport to override Deukmejian's body cavity search shall not t"ouch 'eto of the'earlier bill prior to thethbras,utol rgeila ,overnor s agreement to accept a of the probensarche. Thefhew legislation will prohibit a bldrcuite eat 'YPYs trip searches or body cavity dtdb hsca rnreo earches of.minors or adults ar- - t~~~~~~he sam'e sex'a h esn being searched. -AllTladaw N a ~~~~~In additio'n',- the legislation sti'p- 'Al Nallivu ~~~uliites- that before any'-strip -s'earch To Direct Ste- = W omen s Board ~~least thre'e complet .,--telephone calls" in an. ef!p.r- to post bail or Margaret Almada, coordinator be re}eased on sir ?own recogni- of the San Bernardino County. zance... . -om.mission -on the Status of- It will also ireq that-if nart IVomen, has been named'Execu- .rest i-s m ade for .onteor two traffic ive -Director of the State Co 'm mis-. ;4ickets, the suset w ill have to be ion on the Status of. Women.- by!.- al-lowed an. opp"tunif.y.to-pay the he mermbers of the-commission. fi'ne before being 'booked.' Alm-ada., the fi-rs't woman of The bill is -sn Jurgency ..statute olor to be narmed to.the executive -and would be oe,- oprateo lirector's pQoSt in the agency's 18-, March 31, 1984. - rear history, took ovier the ,duties =>-:-"- -St p. iin 01 f( tc til St .. pi PI a ei St Y( G m St SC i - . I 01 c Fs v til .-Si tt . V di 1 Y4 of her new jo'b last Monlday. -`tCarol. Ward-Allen, who -chai'rs the 17-member commission-, cited Almada's "'stronlg background in women's issues a'nd wealtlk of a'd- ministrativ.e experience" .and de- clared: "The timing couldn't be better. The appellate cIourt has" just- lifted., a 19-mon.th injunction' 'against the commission so -we're'beginnifig a fresh perio'd in.our history with a committed..energetic new director and a renewed sense of purpose:.: AInada,' who ha's served. as co- ordinator of the San Bernardino Commission since 1979, has'de- voted much of her free time dur- irtg the past .10 years to community. -service invotving job training and employment programs for low-in- comeand miot men and as- sistanice to victim's of do mestic vi- W.oleae, .- itss*eal resolution honoring her. for" her efforts in- educating govrernment and the public about the problems of domest'ic violence was presented to her by the San Bernardino County Board of Su- pervisors. Sh.e has also worked with the Mexilcan-Amer'ican Opportunity Foundation, the American'GI Fo- rum, -the San Bernardino Sheriffs Academy and. the California Fed- eration -of Business an Profes- sional Women as welf-as4the U;J.S. Small Bulsiness Administration's Ser-vice Corps of R-etired Execu- -tives. -JUST .-:.' POPPED'',. U-PTO : SAY- LOOK, FOR ?I THE UNION . LABELI hage 2:-, March 9, 1984 Nursing Home Chain Acts To Improve Union Relations (Continuedlfrom7 Page U Part of the strategy included the corporate campaign - mouated with the cooperation of the AFL- ClO Food & Allied Service Trades Dept.-that used direct contacts. with shareholders to put pressure on Beverly to change its anti- union stance. On the organizing side of the campaign, the unions have won 70 percent of the elections at Beverly- owned or operated facilities, with most of the victories coming in the south. Several successful campaigns in Texas were aided by the AFL- ClO's Houston Organizing Pro- ject. The joint campaign, the Beverly Employees Cooperative Action & Reform Effort, or BEVCARE, has been widely supported by a number of senior citizen, patient advocacy and nursing home re- form groups. Although all terms of the agree- ment were not made public, UFCW President William H. Wynn, SEIU President John J. Sweeney, Beverly Chairman Ro- bert Van Tuyle and President David Banks said in a joint state- ment that the understanding "de- fines guidelines for an on-going relationship and provides a frame- work for cooperation on pro- grams for employees and pa- tients." The union and company offi- cials said a number of long-stand- ing disputes were resolved under the terms of the agreement, and they agreed that the pact is based on recognition that both labor and management are committed to providing quality lhealth care for residents and dignity and decent Page 3 standards for employees. Sweeney said the understanding "is real ly t he begi nning o f ou r full1- fledged organizing effort. He pointed out that the election victory rate "confirms the suc- cess" of the strategy of a unified effort on the part of unions "to put our resources together to mount a more effective organizing campaign.' The effort has also demonstra- ted the value of innovative new techniques in organizing, includ- ing use of communications media, the corporate campaign and ex- tensive use of polling, Sweeney said. Wynn said the unions are "very _ _ .. pleased" with the agreement, not- ing that when the Beverly cam- HISTADRUT HONORS RAMOS - Anthony L. Ramos, executive secretary-I paign began, UFCW arid SEIU lo- the State Council of Carpenters, displays a plaque awarded to him in recognition of his strong sui cal unions were up against "an people of Israel by the San Francisco Trade Union Council for Histadrut, the Israeli Federation ol almost impossible situation" both dinner in his honor at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco February 29. Speakers on the program in getting collective bargaining him include (from left): Lieutenant Governor Leo McCarthy; Patrick J. Campbell, general pres agreements after winning elec- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America; John E Henning, executive secretary- tions at Beverly.facilities and in re- the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO;- and John E Crowley, secretary-treasurer of the Sai taining their rights , in nursing Labor Council who chaired the program. Proceeds of the dinner wil be used to establish in pei homes purchased by the company Anthony L. Ramos Histadrut Scholarship Fund for needy children of all faiths in Israel. Ramos, i where agreements were already in vice president of the California AFL-CIO, received other awards in recognition of his service fro place. Senate, the State Assembly and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. " 'U Parley on Prevailing Wage Rates Slated in Redding on March 15 A one-day seminar will be held in Redding on Thursday, March 15, to insure compliance with pre- vailing wage rates and other regu- lations involved in public works construction projects in northern California counties, according to State Labor Commissioner C. Ro- bert Simpson, Jr. , Building contractors, labor or- ganizations, public agencies and employees are being invited to take pars in, the serjinar,. which -*>r- will be hosted by the California Department of Industrial Rela- tions' Division of Labor Stand- ards Enforcement. "The laws and regulations that must be followed in the awarding and performance of public works contracts are clear. It is vitally im- portant that everybody involved in the process understand and fol- low them, Simpson said. Areas to be covered during the seminar include: the rights and duties of awarding bodies; the rights and' duties of contractors; and the state's roles in compliance and enforcement of the various rules and regulations involved. Major topics of discussion will include the role of awar,ding.bod- ies in letting public works con- tracts and the requirement that contractors p.ay employees pre- vailing wage rates. , "We are also concerned that ev- . . . .oncer treasurer of pport of the f Labor, at a shown with ident of the treasurer of In Francisco ,rpetuity the who Is also a im the State eryone 'understand the seriousness .of paying wages in cash without making required deductions," 'Simpson said, noting- that paying wages in cash is "'a major element 'of the 'underground economy' which has a negative impact on the state's economic health?' The seminar will start at 9:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn at J1900 Hilltop Drive in. Redding, the La- bor Commissioner said;. . I,_ . i J.' i I .! * ) ' 4 i ., L. " .! _, j :, - ,s .M i. I . . t d Mi tiol ing tiol the resp witt 198 wor tor torI sha for cre; and liviI pail inte met the tha nin sha and allc coll this I $1 . 1 pin I iml wel 'I Court Orders Reagan Cuts In Aid..to.Disabled Restored (Continuedfrom Page)1) Angeles in bthalf of a number of While the 9th Circuit decision i&, ned the Constitution's separa- disabled workers and poor people binding only in California, Wash- n of powers principle by defy- said that about 400,000 Ameri- ington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, a court.order. cans have lost their benefits since Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Ari- kttorneys handling the class ic- the Administration began its re- zona, and Guam, it sets a prece- n suit that was initially filed in view of disability cases in March dent-that courts in other parts of U.S. District Court in Los 1981. the nation may cite in ruling on . a similar cases. BreaKs Are uver Bieber The appeals court noted in its decision that "far from raising' questions of judidal interference' ams AUTOS Top u.W. : in Executive actions, this case (Continuedfrom Page )) tolerate any tampering with health -presents the reverse constitutional ionsible by sharing abundance care programs and would oppose problem: the Executive Branch i us," he said. any- management demands that defying the court and undermin- )uring conratneotworkers pick up part of health ing what are perhaps the funda- care costs by making co-payments mental precepts of our constitu- i2 the union gave concessions or having deductibles'taken from tional system-the separtion of and $1 billion at the Ford Mo- their wages. powers and respect for the law." Co-payments and deductibles At issue in the case, filed by the Company by accepting a profit do not cut costs, Bieber pointed Legal Aid Foundation of Los Lring proposal in exchange for out, "'they just transfer them to Angeles and several other public egoing two annual wage in- workers." interest groups, was how the So- ases, agreeing to a wage freeze He' also said the union would cial Security Administration eval- I the deferral of three cost-of- place the need to "drastically slash uated a recipient's medical condi- rig adjustments and the loss of the use of overtime" at the top of tion in cutting off benefits. i personal holidays, the union's list of demands in that In 1981 and 1982, the 9th Cir- lieber also strongly attacked an area. cuit ruled that the Administration ,rnal General Motors manage- Pointing out that U.S. car and could not cancel the benefits un- n document that was-leaked to truck production in 1983 was 32 less it first presented evidence that news media several weeks ago percent higher than a year earlier, a person's medical condition had .t revealed that GM was plan- he called attention to the fact that impiroved. g to try to substitute profit production worker employment In its wholesale purge of people ring for annual wage increases climbed by only 13 percent. from social security disability in- I increases in the cost of living "That's not due only to over- surance and supplemental security wance during the forthcoming time but much of it is. From Sep- income rolis, HHS did not submit lective bargaining negotiations tember to November last year, the such proof. When the appeals s year. number of overtime hours worked court issues its rulings, Heckler n 1983, after four lean years, in auto would have 'provided em- defied them and refused to acqui- 4 earned $3.7 billion and Ford ployment to an average of 95,000 esce in agreeing to an injunction. 86 billion. workers and almost wiped out in- Judge William Gray of the Los rhe GM and Ford contracts ex- definite layoffs,"' he said. Angeles federal district court had e on September 14, 1984. "We must not shrink from the ordered Heckler to restore the Bieber said the union will seek task because some of our mem- benefits. provements in job security as bers want the overtime no matter The case went to the Supreme 11 as wage and benefit increases, what the cost to their fellow mem- Court, where Justice William He also said the UAW will not bers," he declared. Rehnquist stayed Gray's order un- til the 9th Circuit ruled on the gov- ernment's appeal. That ruling has now been issued. The government has not indicated whether it will further appeal the decision. In testimony before the Senate Budget Committee, Heckler de- fended the HHS reviews of social security disability payments, in- sisting they were "totally fair," and that there was no need for evi- dence of "medical improvement" to terminate benefits. The AFL-CIO has pressed for congressional -action to stop the unjustified cancellation of the benefits. In a letter to Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Legislative Director Ray Denison called for enactment of a measure to ensure " fair, accurate and humane re- view" for all disability insurance beneficiaries. Denison said the AFL&CIO sup- ports the thrust of a House bill sponsored by Rep. J. J. Pickle (D- Tex.) and a more -limited Senate bill by William S. Cohen (R-Me.) and Carl Levin (D.Mich.) com- mitting the Social Security Ad- ministration to certain-'standards in evaluating disability. Page 4 .Mnb--b l1S THE CALIFORNIA AFL-CIO's : DIGEST OF BILLS - I ASSEMBLY BILLS AB2347-McAllster (Fin. & Ins.)-Existing law provides that ariy person or entity which provides any of various forms of healfth expensacovetage is presumed to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Departmern of Insur- ance unless it shows that it is subject to the jurisdicon of another agency ; of this or another state or federal government. This bill would additionally provide that persons or entitiespoviding coverage in this state for medical, surgical, chiropractic, physical thempy, speech pathlogy, audiology, professional mental heafth, dental, hospital, or optometric services, which enter into an agreement or contract with, or underwrte, a preferred provider organization or arrangement subject to specified provisions of the Insurance Code, are subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Insurance. The bilfl would also take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Janu- ary 11, 1984. Health-Bad AB 2348--McAllstor (Fin. & Ins.)-Existing law provides that the Depart- ment of Insurance,until January 1, 1985, is required to notify, in writing, the Commissioner of Corporations whenever it determines that a multiple emplyer trust qualifies as a health care service plan subiect to specified provisions of the Health and Safety Code. This bill would delete the January 1, 1985 termination date.... This bill would also take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Janu- ary 11, 1984. Health-Sad AB 2349-McAllster (Fin. & Ins.)-Existing law authorizes nonprofit or- ganizations to elect to finance their liability for unemployment insurance benefits for their employees by reimbursing the Unemployment Fund for the cost of benefits, in lieu of making contributions to their reserve ac- counts in the fund based on tax rates. This election must continue in effect for not less than 2 full calendar years. This bill would increase the required election period to 5 full calendar years. It would further provide that a nonprofit organization which makes the electon and has a favorable reserve account on the date the election takes effect shall be liable for the reimbursement of benefits pursuant to the election to the extent that the cost of benefits does not exceed the amount irbthe reserve account. The reserve account would be charged with any cost until exhausted.... The bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute. January 11, 1984. Unemployment Insurance-Bad AB 2350-McAllster (W.&M.)-Existing law provides for the Employment Training Fund which is appropriated annually in the Budget Act for alloca- tion by the Employment Training Panel, as specified. This -bill would also repeal provisions making encumbrances on the Employment Training Fund in the 1982-83 fiscal year and provide that funds in the Employment Training Fund would be appropriated for admin- istration costs of both the additional contributions to the Employment Train- ing Fund, as specified, and the regular costs of administration of the fund, as determined by the Legislature. The bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute. January 11, 1984. Unemployment Insurance-Watch t AB 2369-Floyd (P.E. & Ret.)-Existing law does not require local public agencies to permit public employees to donate their earned time off to employee organizations or other employees. This bill would require local public agencies to permit specified peace officer employees to donate earned Vacation time or overtime compensa- tion up to 16 hours per year to aitmeb ank maintained by the employer for the benefit of any employee organization, and would permit the desig- nated employee organization to charge time against the time bank to reimburse designated employee organization members for absences from duty incurred while engaged in activities or business of the employee organization.... January 12, 1984. Public Employoee-Watch t AS 2370-Floyd (W. & M.)-The Budget Act of 1983 appropriated funds for the support of Deparment of Inlustrial Relations in the 1983-84 fiscal year. This biUl would appropriate $2,796,663 to the department for 2 programs specife in the item in the Budget Act of 1983 which appropriated moneys in the General Fund for the support of th department. The bil would take effect immediately as a statute making an appropria- tion for the usual current expenses of the state. January 12, 1984. Safety and Labor Unions-Good AS 2377-DavIs (Ed.)-Existing law permitsthe governing board of every school district to conduct programs to control or eliminate health problems posed by the presence of asbestos in its schools. This bHi would repeal the above provision of existing law, and instead permit school districts and county offices of education to apply to the State Alocation Board for funds for the purposes of containment or removal of asbests materials which pose a health hazard, as defined.... January 13,1984. Education-Good AB 2387-Floyd (L. & E.)-Existing law generally makes certain labor contracts contrary to public policy. This bill would make it a misdemeanor for any employer or any person acting on behalf of any employer to promise permanent, long-term, or indefinite employment to a person employed to replace the employer's striking employees, and provies that this promise shafl be null, void, and of no legal effect as between the employer and the person so em- pbyed.... January 13, 1984. Labor Code-Good AS 2388-Floyd (Human S.)-Existing law provides for the In-Home Sup- portive Services (IHSS) program under which each county is responsible for assuring that specified services are provided to aged, blind, and dis- abled persons in order to enable those persons to remain in their own homes. Existing law provides that counties are authorized to contract with entit- ies for provision of services to eligible recipients, with the term of the contract not to exceed 2 years.... This bill would, in addition, require that the contract for provision of services include a provision to require the provider.agency to agree to honor any existing collective bargaining agreement between in-home sup- portive service personnel employed in the county under a previous service contract and the previous contractor for the duration of the collective bar- gaining agreement. January 13,1984. Labor Unions-Good AS 2389-Floyd (L. & E.)-Existing law requires every.employer to furnish each of his or her employees, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, an itemized statement in writing showing specified items. This bill would require that this itemized statement show, in addition to the items specified, the total hours worked by the employee. January 13, 1984. Labor Code-Good AS 2394-Frizzelle (L. & E.)-Existing law governs the construction of public works, and among other things, requires that the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is performed be paid to all workers employed on the public works. This bill would provide that a public works does not include construction, alteration, demolition, or repair work done under corntract awarded by a The measures below introduced in .the 1983-84 regular session of the California Legislature are classified by the California Labor Federation as "Good,' ",Bad," or "Watch1". An asterisk (*) indicates a bill sponsored by the California Labor Federation. A "Watcht" designation hidicales that the Federation will defer to the wishes of affected affiliates on the ultimate classification of the bill. Such bills are printed in the digest to inform affiliates involved. No bill may be taken up until 30 days after the date of introduction indicated in the-digest, except by a three-quarters vote. When the abbreviation (H.A.D.) appears in the digest following the author's name, it means that the measure has been held at the Speaker's desk in the House of origin and has not yet been assigned to a committee. D-7 March 9, 1984 ASSEMBLY BILLS (Cont'd) pbi school ditict Ifthe contract requires that at at 1 0% of the work- er em d under the contact are unemployed mirities and women. January 17, 1984. Labor Code-Bad AS 2400-MoANster (Jud.)-Varlous existing California stats set fr prInxpls of Fte common law. Ti b1 would spifyat V staes coding the common law are not subject to judical mnflicton or repeal and their meaning is not to be Intepreted as having been changed ffed common law. Judlcialdeconsneessaryforthe procedural I nt tion of such stu would not be p d. The bill would not apply reto_edty to overrUle decsions of the California Surm Court that bca m I before its ef v date. January 17, 1984. Miscellaneous-Bad AS 2411- c r (Nt. Res.)-Under the California Environmental QualWyAct, ead public ancies, stae and ocal, are generally required to prPa or cae to bep by contract, and certy the In of, an evronmenta impact report on any d nary project, as defined, they propo t carry out or approe which may result in a substantial, or potentallsubstantial, advrse effet on the environment.... , This bil would require state and boal lad ag , at the request of a prct appicant, to consult with persons dnti by the applicant which oe aplicant belbie will be concerned wih te enviromental effects of -he project. The bill, by requiring loal lad a to consult with those pesions, would impose a s mandated lcal prram .... January 19, i984. Environment-Watch t AS 2415-Hughe (Rev. & Tax)-Under the existing Bank and Corora- ion Tax Law, the income of a unitary business which is subject to taxation is determined by wmean of an onment formula bas on income derved from or a table to sources both wifthin and wthout the state. This bill would proie that in determining the income subjwect to tax of a bank, on, orother entity, there shall not be taken into account the income and a onment factors of anyother bank, corporation, or other entity, if that bank, corporation, or other entty is (1) created or organized under the laws of a fori country, and (2) not owned and controlled by a Unied Stat corporation or residents of the United States. Corporatns enaged in the energy business and the business of own- :n agricultural land in this state are excepted from the provisions of this bill. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax vy.... January 19, 1984. Taxes-Bad AS 2423-Haussr (L.&E.)-Under existing law, the unemfplyment insur- ance system is de to provide nefits for persons unemployed through no fault of their own and to reduce involuntary unempbyment and the suffering caused thereby. This biN would dedce the Legislature's findings that counties wifth lae numbers of timber and fishing industry emplyees have been adverely affected by the ecoromic downturn in these industries. This bill would require the Employment Develpment Department to utilize savings realized during the 1983-84 fiscal year to computerize job order servcs in counties hardest hit by the economic downturn in the timer and fshing industries according to certain specified criteria. January 19,1984. Labor Unions-atch t AS 2426-Connelly (Ed.)-Existing law authorizes but does not require the governing board of a school district to conduct programs to control or .eliminate helth problems posed by the presence of asbestos in its ':schools This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by requiring the governing boafd of every school district to estabish a program to control or eliminate hel -problems posed by the presence of friable a contaning m rais in school buildings in the school district, as .... January.93, 184. EducatIonHealth-Good AS 2447-M. Waters (G.O.-Existing law specifies certain grounds which constitute a basis for the suspension or revocation of an alcoholic beverage license. This bill would speify, as an additional ground for suspension or revoca- tion, the violation or the causing or permitting of a violation on the licensed premises or Irmruediate adjaent area unrdr direct control of the licensee of any local or state prohibition against loiering, public consumpfion of alcohol, use of profanity, disturbing te peace, or diorderly oonduct. Janu ary 24, 1984. Labor Unions-Watch t AS 2448-M. Waters (G.O.)-Existing law requires the publication of a notice of application for certain on-sale and off-sale licenses to sell alco- holic beverages. This bill would require notification of an application for any on-sale or off- sale license to be sent to every church, school, and business within a 1/2 mile radius of the licensed premises. The bill would also require, in the case.of a protest of the issuance, tnsfer, uspension, or revocation of a license, that the. hearing be sched- uled at a time convenient for the public, including evening hours, and at a loation convenient to the public affected. January 24, 1984. Labor Unions-Watch t AB 2452-M. Waters (L.&E.)-Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for an employer to forbid or prevent employees from participating in politics, to control or direct the poitical activities or affiliations of employees, or to coerce or influence empbyees by threat of loss of employment to adopt, fiolow, or refrain from political action. This bill, in addition, would make it a misdemeanor for an employer to make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy or retaliate against an employwee for disclosing information to a government or law enforce- ment agency where the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the information disclosed a violation.of state or federal law. This bill would not apply to the confidential relationship of a lawyer-client or physiian-patient....January 24,1984. Labor Code-Good AB 2460-Hannigan (Rev. & Tax.)-Under the existing Bank and Corpo- ration Tax Law, the income of a unitary business which is subject to taxa- tion is determined by means of an apportionment formula based on in- come derived from or attributable to sources both within and without the state. This bill would permit certain corporations to exclude from their unitary business the income of certain foreign corporations or entities, as speci- fied. A corporation which elects to make this exclusion would be subject to an additional tax, as specified. Financial instutions, as defined, and corpo- rations whose principal activity is the energy or steel business, as defined, or the ownership of agricultural land in this state would be excepted from the provisions of this bill. The bill would provide that if any provision of this act is held unconstitu- tional for a specified reason, this act shall be invalid in its entirety and shall be repealed. The bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy... .January 24, 1984. Taxes-Bad AB 2471-Seasrnd (Rev.&Tax.)-Existing Bank and Corporation Tax Law pvkides that the income of a unitary business which is subject to taxation is determined by means of apportionment formula based upon income derived from or attributable to sources both within and without the state. This bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to develop a new appor- tionment formula which meets specified criteria. This bill would require that the formula be developed and that the board report to the Legislature concerning that formula no later tharJanuary 1, 1985. January 25,1984. Taxes-Bad AS 2480-Sher (Crim. Law & Pub. S.)-Existing law provides misde- meanor punishment for assault or battery generally, but an increased penalty for assault, and alternative felony-misdemeanor punishment for battery, is authorized when the victim is, among others, a teacher, student teacher, school security officer, or school administrator engaged in the performance of his or her duties and the offense occurs on school prop- erty. This bill would apply the increased penalties when the vitim is any person on school property.... January 25,1984. Education-Watch t AB 2484-La Follett (Crim. Law & Pub. S.)-Existing law contains provisions which, at the option of a school board, apply to the grounds of a public school in the district to prohibit an outsider, as defined, from entering school grounds-during school hours unless the outsider is registered with the principal of the school or his or her designee, as specified. This bill would revise the definition of "outsider" for purposes of those ,..wSbr.... The bill would rmpeal the vson which makes it an infaction to willfuly and knowingly violate the above provisions, wifth cer- tain exceptons, and, instad, would make it a misdemeanor, punshable a speciied, for certain outsidr to fail or refuse to prompty lave school grounds after being requested to do so by the principal, designee, or school security officer .... January 25, 1984. EducEdon-Watch t D-8 March 9, 1984