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Three measures 'aimed at requiring Congress to -callConstitutional Convention to am'end the Constitution toquire a balanced federal budget every year or to submit suan amendmenl; tD the states itself were defeated in thesembly Ways and Means Committee yesterday.John F. Henning, who had testi-

fied against the measure earlier an^ ^.this month, hailed the, Co>mmit- inUllos aE-teets act'ion as "a great victory.f s,^for Labor and the Bill of Rights.f n u onHenning had, warned that such '.a Constitutional amendment woul,d Co v nin al

hobble the federal goverment's on e n aability to cope with recessions or Both the national and state pres.depressions and heighten the mis- i'dent of the Labor Council folery suffered by the Ameri'can L a t i n American Advancemenipeople during such downturns. urged opposition this week to theTuro of the measures were c.ampaign for a U.S. Constitution.

strongly backed by the Brown' al Convention -to amend the Con.Administration. The campaign stitution to require a balancetagainst them in the Assembly was federal budget every year.led by Speaker'Leo McCarthy (D- LCLAA President Ray Mendoz.S.F.). warned that a Constitutional ConLeading the fight against the vention, could impair both the jol

convention measures during the rights and civil rights of Mexicaldebate were- Assemblymen How- American workers and othr mlard Berman (D-L.A.) and. John nority groups ..Knox (D-Richmond). "The Constitution provides, armSJR 2., carried by Senator Jerry CDngress has the power, -t bal

Smith (D-San Jose) and known as ance'thXe-federal budget," Menthe Govemnor"s bill, was defeated -doza sak'by a. vote of 7 "Yes" t,-)-A ".No." 'ThisA can he acmhDElevren votes were.needed for pas the ^geswithout call[ing-sage by the 21-member Commit- CosiuinlConvention an

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:Proposition 13 has cost Callifomnia 132,400 jobs.-That at least 'a one conclusion

that can be drawn from the reporton employment and unemploy-ment isued earlier this month bythle Labor Departmnent's Bureau.of La-bor Statistics.The report noted that totalI gov-

ernment ernployment in Calfiornia-was 62,900 less than in Janua-ry

It also reported that during theprevious 12 months-from January1977 to January 1978-total govern-'ment. employment had increasedby 69,500.

If you assumne that, in th}e ab-sence -of Proposition 13, publicemployment- might have been ex--pected to continue to 'grow be-tween 1978 and 1979 at roughly the

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-ee-on Inf ClsCalifornia AFIrCIOfibacked leg-

islatlo todi'rec't the State PublicUtilities Commission to sue.reg-ulations- to bar telephone.crations from 'Imposing -a separalteservrice-charge for directory as-sistance or informnation calls isscheduled for a hearing- by theSenate Energy and Public Ut'ili-ties Committee-. next Tu "lyFebruary 27.The bill, SB 113 authored by

Senator David Roberti (D-Holly-wood), is also backed by theAFI.CIO Communications Work-ers of America.

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samne rate as it had between 1977;ad 1978, then the job loss-in canfornia attributable to Prop.. 13could be relasonably be pegged ati,12400.The term ."total govenunent

employment"l includes all employ-ees of -federal, state, county and:City. gvrmental entities, all,public education employees 'aswelI as employee of special dis-'tricts.But the 132,400 job loss figure

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,ssociation The decision -was written by.Fyees,,the Justi'ce' Stanley Moskr. It clearsers Assn. , the way for payment of an esti-ganiztion mated.$1 billion -in pay hikes forthe -Santa about 1.1"milliokn; publi'c em-tssn., and ployees.y Deputy "#While the stae -may not have

been u-nder &n okjation to dis.bleutive of- Mbtril stato funds to local agen.)r federa- cies to anist them in'resolvingon as "ia whatvevr fiscal problems -wmcemploy- contemplae In the wake ofsa-id that Prop. 13,,"' the state Supromee Federa- Court rulbd,, "it could not requiresuit. as a condition of granting those

funds that-the local agencies lm.|l l | ;pair valid cmitradX to pay w;e0

| l 1 0 The Court also held that:; g| l-The existence of an emerZ|X gency had not been established;

. R R ~2-That although the pay freezewas illegal, cities and counti-es

Ecould still receive the bailoutf u£nds because the unconstit'u-tional provisions of the legisla-tionl were separable from the bal-

I E ~ance of the measure;3-gThat the providing of wagesto employees of chartered cities-and counties is a matter of local

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_ sv~~as also unconstitutional as ap-_g ~plied to general law city and.;..county workers who are not en-

titled to wage inlereases by con1-tract.

Calffomnia's p ublI ic employeeunions won a stunning victoryIlate last week when the sta'teSupreme- Court ruled unanmous-ly that the post.-Prop. 13 bailoutlegislation signed by GovemorBrow last year barring alreadynegotiated pay hikes to local pub-lic workers was unconstitutional.The long-awaited decision hand-

ed down Feb. 15 was in line withkey points made in a "friend ofthe court" brief filed by the Cali-fornia Labor Federation last 'yearin support of suits filed by the

AFL-CIO . Califomia A~of Professional EmplolLong Beach Fire Fightethe Sonoma County Orlof Public Employees, IClara Deputy Sheriff's Athe Monter'ey C ou nt]!Sheriff's Assn.John F. Henning, exe,

ficer of. the -state labotion, hailed the decisi(great victory for publi(ees in Califomnia". andhe was pleased that thtion was a party to the.,

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(C6nt^d from-P 1) the 'gaof all oounty and local Sacramento to. epen wage nego-ThSe C a L-Is Gen- p n employees as well. tiations about a month: ago. TheCdiii a P. &Sully In Los r a spokesman union wWil sek eL cost-dlivinmdd --that -this- la8t point '$is par- for the United Teachirs of L.A. increase retaeve to last year,

t:: p6rtant 'becaus it (UTLA) Wd that it would seek he said. -48 that demand for an to 6pe salary.tfl nmediately. In Son Fr " awaver-4'se--if:vonptly made, or iff- An iaE 75,0" Los Angev aging. 6.4. percent bad -been ap-

al .made, can be.* granted lei.Cqt Employees- and -42,000. -proved,,earl in 1978 for th '1978-a'ouh ny,waydiner Los Angelei Scty fln l will- 70 fiscal-ya but be raLses

6e. receipt- of the site- grat." receive allready n _ py were -mlfe yan nrec-aslcally-the -high cort's de- rELes a,st-of the Court'Bdcaatolsu~by ~the laterulned that pwtiw of Sec- rulLin. -M-ayor Gerge Msoeafter.t 16280 and 16280.5 of& tbe moeS0Xillion was set. aside 'Proposition 13 wsaEved but

Govemmnt Code v iltdbothby the pmty last in before thpbailout la* was psefedezal and state cosiuinl cs-th employee uDo8 won: byrthlgsaueprMitfions against the impair- ft mate dn to H1maSa F a o ffiilC Wtrment of-contracftas wa6 as fth -aan' Xt .atudfs chief dep- unceali as to bo h e dcsohonme ruleguarantees of th Cali- uty director. will affect San Francis&D'scityf ia Constitutin. Tbe average. county raise, he - and county emnployees.. County9eifically the Coutts dcso-said-, wilt be 4.4 pecn as pro- Supervisor Robert G o ntro-,

.dfirected the locl government vided for in the I. year of dfEd a nition ledyugnwats involved "to pay to their atoyearcotat ovrn yrli eF tr d-oficers and employees the Wlary motcounty v okr.Itwld Xthe-emrey proclamation to'ixessprovided in thie I1 take about 30 days to p o be eritsome 1 riini pay

1A7 n b Without regard retroactive pay. checks he said. raises to be -.esored but: action-to th invalid. restriLctions con- Pay DhilS for emnployee of the on it, was p edfor on' weedtained in Sections, 16280 and city ofd Lo A ;gel a ee pected 'But hdmnal,the statel6M8.5." to range between 4.5 and:. pe- high court-'s unanimo decision

Thnose twro sections had bad ceiit-acodn to Robert E., wt only clels -the way for fthlocal agencies from granting al- .Milne, the city's chief acdninis. payment of abmtdy negotiateready neoitdpay raises that taiVe ahayst. pay. ftSs- but;-ans that-0<ceededthe 2.5 percent pay In Soammlt Ron Wood, a, public i4logy3ie n.the,state'srnis approved by the legislature lSnrgnfortW FublicEm- 69296 city, oundy,, ohobl' andffor, state employees But slc OldmMesDvison of Oeating En- s*icia ditrict Iftal etites -areVGovmr Brown vetod the. 2.5 girnees St t clNe39,'-, noW' itot' fronf''lmnder1 f-'X Pay-pereethk for state employees, sad,fthE uni had cale on boh reeihpose by ffe legnislahreXt legiation resulted in.r city ndw cotngr officil oP las _ml r

-J.P-Stvn) t ena- copl withyAalnotc tom

ha.on aga bOwn fond gfty HEL tomlwiththeir1-" snoW gtioiceo ft lo eUon's seondlargst textie-firm, againsE theSWORKERS IlEgalYOURA|VPIaeenlsthecmayv

of violating its w o k rstichs,utofusthmwelos *1pACWlansbor appealtor.tInflvi at itiTfm-z_nst NIAB decision on the-_grM18s

0 ~~ be tatlom,a 0 nb, al w om <; tl'U -X t vt- g¢ar enougBoard, ubligthe 1977 deci- .and will ak:~the 5th Corsion of one of its adiiktv ; - z* z of Appeals to open the record tolaw judges, agreed fthtthe com-~ hear a diinlevidence.pany had coercively Interrogated. .v* ,P 3 , "This only proves that the Na-several of its emlye abut PIW tional Labor Relations Act can-their-,union activities during .1976 not prevent an. employer fromand. 1977. _ l ls _ violating the law of thie land ifIn a Dec. 22, 1977, -decision, it. decides ffiat it is profitable

Judge Jerry B. Stone also found to do so," the union said..that the, workers had-been threat- LAESOVI-"J. P. Stevens has decided toened with reprsl fo hi c break the law beecause it- limowstivities in comection with a Clot-h- Fine Afts, Tastmaker, Utea and that- di law c't clal with it,"- ig& Textile Workmers organi- Maobomzsntl it added.

Publishoews NoticeTh CaHftrzi AFL-CIO -Nw

(ISSN: 0008-0802) is ubilebdweelyl by the Califonia LaborFederation, AFL-CIO, 995 MarkeStreet, San Francisco, Calif :94103. Second cbn poshag wpidat San Francisco, Cagf. Sub-scription: S3.50 a y"r. Publica-tio Num-ber 083400. John F.Housing, oxocutivo scretary-treasurer; Glenn Marti, eito.

Ex-^Fo oSafrToR. RandalIs Dad at

Tom Randall, who sered onthe Western Regional staff of theAmerican Federation of Labor:fromr the early 1940's until hisretirement in 1969,~died Saturday,February 17. He was 83.Anl active trade unionist most

of his iffe, Brother servlledas president of the Southern Cali-fornia Ports Council of the AFI,CIO Maritime Trades Council for.several years after his ret-ire-ment.He was active in the Carperi

ters as well as the -TeamstersUnion before joining the NationalAF of L staff.

ureral srices were heldWednesday, February 21 at Mc-Nerney's Colonial Chapel in Wil-mington and, burial was at theGreen Hill Cemeterfy in SanPedro.

Sur'vivors include two sons,Tom Randall, Jr. of Salt Lakecity, IJtah, -and Carl Randall of27615 Longhill Drive, R an chocPalos Verdes, four grandchildrenand four great grandchildren. Thefamily has requested contribu-tions in his memory to the Amer-ican Cancer Society.

SteAr mIn STARTING MARCH -6;TakeSYpe"'Shnd ~~~U.S.F. Offers 5:1es en1 Classes -forln 11t 'ltae Trade Unionists

-The Calorfila ILabor Feldera Five cl4sses t pe-thetion has aotd an 4'¢pei` pos-mowledge and.sktills of tradeuntion in th specal. eec- imists, uon .officials; and shoptlon s oled61 MOMplstewaMs. wM offered dw-ingfth late _ Leo - J. « pigsmse feUiRylYhowh8o : a juiale

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ainsp Guya-na durig an In. xgn Sho hiheelVeStigatio£(e feopk's Te ^h 6

ple #timet.at oneso classes beld eah TusdTbe abAFL{i:Oss poitioe fnum7:30 to 9:0p..i

was a dflol a P°E^oll Collective BargininL Pro-of the FetigC:-Gderat Reuio0a

mittes o'n Political- ihctS P lat;IbrRtE ~~~~~~~~the Lanbor Rel Co-Pad

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will~~ ~~~wbeiMeeldaTudTra-Sb-Five Democracts fiver fthe*rhrnbUeiseuaina eurtwbthdo SanMate C fnUmenX Stew&y-t fta}eth

fffoPtardtie wedworunib becacarTotal~~~~~~~7olas;regstrtio on theceg rdtb aCtictexo£

dithridctasongreessioa29,ea8t. pelni waSt hs8 and 75, RepubS pertsebofol. o

ifDno, a Ivese t I'ma-MforXMarch6 prmary lectoutthre arear nas -ceUiasronaa

Maye}leon aFebrunoff5.laigt4 .riia nIbrTheI E gik&iodealin h_Riei euationlrqieditrictf covers, -theo fo h new

H~~~~~~~~~ielnntsarto take tek b zd2tw-irs of| Sa _Mateo oficas.atitytngaQT,W 01 | r lesureraduthe cass carynoer'Tota vote reistato in colutg mde:.brnkua,Cetiicaecowaqls1OT ifll 02,0 ,who ulfill tes requrementstivetheDemocrats' wde 75justnnentubli- whoolinsAtmoieTaecisanse.Men Moreovwl-Dkc der, No.Lab0,-Manage711 votertpc £relstceat db Soo is--liorni offeringnce

for the Marci6vpiedaby "el. ein- thresie-yea lnon-rdthg wmyfeU o Februaryofierot. 1eafgtioaprsdntoC erticaeinLao-forft Lmoff FedeaionI,MwcLS l.yetTuition af U.renione -weeK

T^deAdjuet isbn"- a-Meteistratie,o#be hedatthe avidsn Coder--Labora Xoffcil -particptieJesng

ece CnSCronthe racko£thurnaers duin the SantteannicAduesm.o£ Sot'ActtaionaJing Busnesrepreseenterativena1onatTrasdeMadjsten As- Lde Autmotiv .'Tradeson

gohexcuiv offisic er uaieGryHp ofc uevsrorepresentative of ffpeAFesHsintealtional Union; Rich-foniaLborFtedelwratUion,Ais ardLiebsE, rmnch drCtourtny of

icheduled to serve as a panielist tv eceayo sl oan adisussonevtedto mprv- 400; Lawrence Martin, presidentXngradeadjstmet asi8tnce 250-A Pauzl Varacalli, executive

*secretary of the United PublicDuring the 1978 fiscal year, some, EpoesLcl30 a ak6,Clifniiaworers eceved son,. Director of Oreaniying of

aItotal of $14.5 million in benefits SEIU Local 400 William Healy,,as a result of the Trade Adjust- associate research, director of thement Assistance Act, a Labor SEIU; and Chuck-Mak - secre-Dept. spokesman said. tary-t'reasurer of Teamsters' Un-The principal,industries affected ion LAcal No. 70..

in Ca-lifornia, he said, were steel For further information on theand automotive. classes phone (415) 66646.'

in campagn.U NLRB order, signed by

Chairman John H. Fanig andMembers Howaird Jenkins, Jr.,and John C. Truesdale, stipulatesremedies to correct the unfairlabor practices thrat -are appli-cable to all of Steven's plants,in accordance with the requestof the. NLRB general counsel.The action n4 OW second

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be required to pay extra to' get;information from'the company onhow to use the service efficiently.

T-rade unionists and consumers-sh,ould contaict members of- theSemte Energy .ad Public Utili-ties Committee to.- urge them tovotb--"'yes" .on this bill..'Com'Mff" nmbm are: Son.

atr- Alfrid E. A1quist (134anjai*f,chairman; Omer Rains. (D.Satai Barbra), vice chairman;LO6U CUsnvich ,(R-WOODlnDHlillsY;,, Ralph C. Dlills (D GNar),na. John F. Foran (D DalyCity); John - Garam*Wl (D Stock-Mo^;Marz Gamla (R Menlito

Par*, Barry Kene'- ( D-San Ra-faeJ) and Newton R. Russll (ItGlhnil).Pft2

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* Forstmarnn and Utka blankts 4timne in two m o n t h s that theboard ha upheld a determinationof oe of its adminitrative lawjudges against the company's il-legal practices.ACIWU Is oVad in a globaloyco! d0 StWons in an.hfolt bring an toten ba-

boraw violations.Citing the firTn's "long history

of 'violat-ion of.employee rightsand its- f I a g r a n t disregard ofboard deciLsions and c o u r t or-ders," the -NLRB granted addi-tional remedies to those orderedby Judge Stone. The remedies re-quire Stevens to:* Mail a notict to al com-

pany employees that it will ceaseand deeist from -engaging in un-ir labor practices- on a corporate-wide basis.* Read the notice to all em-

ployees.* Give AkTWU access to com-

pany bulletin boards.Make available to the union

the names and addresses of em-ployees.* Give union representatives.

the right to talk to workers innon-work areasr and during non-work periods.-The b o a r d also ordered thecompany to give its- Tifton sup-eivisors written instructions to~

IIe six 'states receiving themost aid under the act in fiscalIM7 'were: Pefiinylvania, Ohio,New York, Arizona, Calffornia anidMisouri,' in that order.I

Other scheduled speakers in-clude: -Ernest Green, assi'stantsecretary of labor for employ-ment. and trainin, Harold W.Williamns, deputy assistant secre-tary of commerce for economicdevelopment, and Ronald Sacks,chief executive officer of SacksFootwear Corp'.The Departmnts of Labor -and

Commerce are copducting -theseminar on the Trade A-ct tohelp plibnmanufaetring opFerations. proyiding jobs for U.S.workers.;-

Under the Trade Act, the. IAborDepartment administerls benefitsfor workers who have, been, dis-pliced -by foreign hnports-. The-C o mme r c e Department's,-PMgrwn consists of financial andt 'e e h n i c a I assistance for busi-nese and communities*.";The overall tirade adjustment

gssistance program for Sworkers,firs and communities will be'-covered during the morning half

of the seminar.Thbe afternoon session will be

divided,into, two concurrent work-shops. Onle, on improving frde-,adjustment assistanc for work-eros, Wilfl dbus how to obtaince~rtification and Rbendfit pay-ments, rek in of wor ers -

locaitioni assisa efor, workers,and, how to improve delivery of.trade adijustment astne*For reservations and further in-formation on the confere'nce, con-tact the Davidson- ConferenceCenter, University of- SouthernCalifornia, 3415 S. Figueroa St.,,IJOS Angeles,- CA 90007 '(Attn:Aliciae Thibodeaux) . t e I ew h o ne.(213) 741-5219.

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Supermarket Prices in Peril:Califonians may lose their impossible to compare the price The supermarket chains have

right to compare prices on prod- of fresh peas with that of frozen offered no guarantee that aoyucts in their supermarkets if they or -caned peas. savings resulting from elimina-don't let members of the Senate The Item pricing isue devel- tion-of the item -pricing require-Business and rofessions- Con- oped early in this decade when ment will be passed on along tomittee hear from them right now. computer firms developed a laser consumers.Supermarket ins, represent- beam device that could read a In fact, they argue t no

ed mainly by the California Re- pricing code placed on a box or guarantee ed, maintaitairs Asn. and the lfoa cn Te code, rederd to atheaf that ey will be forc*d toGrocers Assn., are lobbying hard Universal Product Code, Is a pass the savings along in lowerto kill a bill backed by labor and series of black lines which the food prices of. the com-consumer organizations to per- coMPuW translates io the size petitive market siatio.manent_y extend existing law re- of the product, the brand name But Lucy Fried a tor

prices -to be ked on and prie on the sales 5P for the oalitin forsupermarket Items to permit given to the Shopper after Survivaltas epticals beppers to compare prices. Tme products are paid for. .u was

existing law will expie onIan. 1, The supermarket1960 If action to extnd it Is not byists that u the gWIt* to rEtaken now. computerized pricing system and _ ,qrThe bill, SB 92, authored by the elimination of item pricing

Senator David A. Roberti (D-Los would save money-but they 'don'tAngeles), had been duled for say who-for. editi no

a vote February 14 but Roberti A survey by the state Legisla- spond decline In *ot Prieswas obliged to postpone the roll tive Analyst's office on a say wecall when he saw there were not ized systens lends sup pm-

enough votes to approve It. port.to the stdfavoring coAtinu-lehav"It is obvious we have to mo- ation of item pricing. Citing a I h, be.

-biie," Roberti said. study conducted bySB b backed by the Califor- State University, the state shdy Members of. the' Senate Busi-

nia Labor Federation, AF-IO, said that shoppers in. stores with- ne -5ad Professins, Committeethe Retail Clerks Union and a out item pricing were less aware art - -nmber of other labor and con- of the cost of items in their shop- Sens GAbeGareia (D-L.A.)

.sumer group. ping baskets than were.shoppers -(charm n)avid Roherti (D-The supermarkt lobbyists ar- in stores e the price were HollyWood) (vice chairman);

gue that so long as the Rrices of marked individually on each John V. Biggs (R-Fulerton);items a on the shelf product. William Craven (R-Vista); .Bill.-they shouldn't need to be marked And Jerry Lench, public rela- Greene (DLA.)-4 Milton Marks,.on the can or other pakaged tions directr for the Retail (H-S.F.); Joseph MoWtoya, .(P:ElProduct. Clerks Union said: Monte); and Bob Wilson .(D-But labor and consumer repre- "We believe in this law and San Dlegd). There is one vacancy

sentatives have pointed out that that it is an important protection on -the Conimittee.shelf prices are often moved by for the consumers. Letters to Committee membeWchildren and, moreover, that the "The issue is a matter of de- should be addressed to each ofprice of an item can be changed cidig what importat on a the individual state senators atin the computer before the can. After remoying the price, the State Capitol, Sacr- ento,cnges are mared on the shelf. will supermarkets then remove Ca. 95814.Without item pricing, consumer fte list of ontents? then the To telephone state legislators,

grouPs said, it will be vitualy gradin?" he ase phone (916) 322-9900.heb qwp2,2 1979

Oil Workers Win $20 MillionIn Unfair Practice DecisionOhe of the largest se mnts

of an infair labor pradtifeecirin the history of the U3. S.- labor-movement has been won. by theAFL-CIO Oil, Chemical and Ato-mic Workers union.The setUement, which is ex-

ecled to- total as much as $20millo ibancpay alone for the441 uniou members Involved, wasnailed down when the U. S. Courtof Appe for the 7th (Chrult inChieago ruledunanlxo,y tan order oif the NatioRelations Board (NLRB) mus be-nfok'ed and .the compan,Aiievican Cyanamid Co. inWLa., announced that it does notintend to appeal the AppellateCourt's ruling.OCAW presidpnt Al GrosIro

haled th decson,saying:"TTh Is-ka g vity for

the wuon, but most of all It Sa vkitry for,the OCAW membersInvolved. Thy kw teIn the ri and they stuck to.gether during the entire time of

"Eerytie they won a caUh NLRB or the Courtso

the company appealed. Obviouslywe are all pleased that AmecnCyanamd ha decided ntrto apb.pl t t cort decision."Now both woriers and man-

ageont can pred frpm thispoint and stive to avip bw..menious reaonshIp tothe sats-faction of aN c ."The bargaining unit at the Lou-

isiana plant had ldoced outby -the company smne January28, 1976 after being on shtri fornine months.'Under the NLRB order to be

enforced by the Court, the corn-pany must reinstate the wrin their jobs with full backpoyand benefits for the 36 months

of the ockout but deductionsa will-be made feac rkers'ings during:te im.-Updating of fring ,beneflts aJs

will be made as py,.of the :ettlement, Grosprn said.'

Applicants are be ,soughftheJbo otatAmnsrtrfor fthe 11:Southern_Califori. C r of Carrters BairgaInie .

Al applicants must hav teast five years experience :*l/or formal tn ing,In such tas coective baraining,-education, Naoal Labot*J1-!tions Board practies andp .bdurei, grievance and arbltrM nmatters and generalof labor aw.' - --

rTle job etanils prima repoz-sibility for andlng contrac ne-gotiations ini conjunction with theCarpentehs'-Negotiating Cont.-tee and other responsibilit-.esary for the position is subjectto negotiation depending on qall-fications.The deadline for receipt of-ap-

plications i March 1, 17.Allapplications should be sent to:Los Angs District CoucilA ofCarpenters, 2200 West Seventh.Street, Is Angeles, CA3 7

Triangi~~~~~~..: FkeThe Triagle Shirtw*stt fire

in New York, March! 5,9 1911,which caused the death oi 146workers, led to'. tab oftih New York Factory IestigatingComms and eve n-prvement i facoy

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tee.Supporting the California AFL-

CIO by voting "No" on SJR 2were:Assebly members Berman

(D); Chacon (CD); Egeland (D);GogIn (D); Hart (D); Knox (D);Levine (D); Roos (D); Ryan (R);Norman Water (D); and Young

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(Continued from Page 1)without amending the Constitu-tion at all. But the amendmentsought by conservative forcescould cripple the federal govern-ment's ability to meet the eco-nomic and social needs of thepeople. It would weaken our gov-ernment both domestically and in-ternationally," he declared.A. H. "Bill" Gallardo, the

LCLCAA's state chairman, saidthat such an amendment "wouldthreaten the welfare of the Latinopopulation both in California andthroughout tle nation more direc-tly than the rest of the populationbecause so many of our peopteare at the lower end of the eco-nomic ladder.""We must not allow ourselves to

be deceived or misled 'on such acritical issue,"-he said.

Ag. Bias Law .ExteudeThe Age D4scrimlnatlon in Em-

ployment Act (ADEA) cntlyprotects individuals 40 to 65 yearsof age from job discrimination be-

* pauseof their. o.

(D).Voting "Yes" on SJR 2 were:Assembymen Boatwright (D);

Duffy (R); Ellis (R); Hay-den CR); Imbrecht (R); Nestande(R); and Stathant (R).Recorded as present but not vot-

ing were Stirling (R) and Vascon-cellos (D). Mori was absent.AJR 1, a measure authored by

Assemblyman Dave Stirling whichwas almost identical to SJR 2,was defeated by a vote of 9 "Yes"to 11 "No" -votes.Assembly members backing the

California AFLCIO's stan d byvoting "Nd" on AJR 1 were:Berman CD): Chacon (D); Ege-

land (D); Goggin (D); Hart (D);Knox (D); Levine CD); Mor CD);Roes (D); Norman Waters (D);and Young SD).Voting "Yes" were:Duffy (R); Boatwright (D);

Ellis (R); Hayden (R); lmbrecht(R); Nostande (R); Ryan (R);Statham (R); and Stirling (R).Not.voting' was Assemblyman

John Vascbncellos (D-San Jose).AJR 2, authored by Assembly-

man Dan Boatwright- (D-Concord)was worded somewhat differentlybut had the Same effect as AJR t

and SJR 2. It was defeated by avote of 8 "Yes" to 12 "No" voteswith Democrat Boatwright join-ing seven of the Republicans whohad voted for AJR I and-Re-publican Marilyn Ryan joining the11 Democrats who had opposedAJR 1.

Subsequently; t h e 'Committeeapproved AJR 1it j measure au-thored by Assemblyman TomBane that has the support 'of As-sembly Speaker Leo McCarthy(D-S.F.) which would require

Data Suggests Prop. 13 CostSate 132,400 Jobs-So Far-

federal appropriation' not to ex-ceed federal revenues by the 1984fiscal year. It passed by a voteof 20 to 1 with Republican As-semblyman Bruce Nestinde east-ing the sole "No" vote.

(Continud fom Page 1)breakdown, particulariy since thefederal employment componentinvolved very little change.In January 1977 federal employ-

ment in California-totalled 311,100.It rose to 311,400 hi 1978 anddropped to 310,000 as of January1979.State employment rose from

1,400,000 in January 1977 to 1,469,-200 in January- 1978 and thendropped to 1,407,000- a drop of61,500-in January 1979, accordingto data obtained this week fromthe state Employment Develop-ment Department.To no one's surprise, the next

biggest impact,-of Proposition 13indicated by the statistics is inpublic education.In January 1977 public e4uca-

tion employment totalled 782,300.One yeai later it was 36,500 higherat 818,800. But as of January 1979it was 54,000 fewer at 764,800.Thus -the 51,500 drop in -state

jobs coupled with the 54,000 dropin jobs in public education do-counted for nearly 80' percent ofthe total drop in government em-ployment in the past year, theEDD figures show.Employment at the county gov-

ernment level rose from 221,400in January 1977 to 234,300 a yearlater and then dropped to 228,400,a loss of 5,900 jobs, as*of January*1979.

City government employmentrose from 187,900 in January 1977-to 199,300 a year later and thendropped to 188,700 last month.This indicates a loss of 10,500 jobsat the city government level.Other state and local gover

ment employment which includesspeeial districts, rose from 20,400in January 1977 to 216,800 a year

later and to 225,800 as of January1979, the EDD figures disclosed.Last month, however, an EDD

survey pegged the number of "lay-offs" by local jurisdictions in Cali-fornia since passage of Piop. 13 at17,104.But this figure tends to obscure

the real impact of Prop 13, par-ticularly since the state's massivesurplus enabled the state legisla-ture to provide local governmentwith $4.2 'billion in bailout relief.The -bailout funds resulted in a

net reduction in city and countygovernent revenues of onlyabout six percent last year, ac-cording to the Supreme Court'sdecision last' week holding thelocal government pay freeze pro-visions of the bailout legislationuncOnstitutional.Some Sacramento sources said

this week that the real impact ofProp. 13 on jobs and social serv-ices probably won't be fully asses-sable -for sometime to come.

Rail Clerks Voe.Contract Approval

Members of the Railway Clerksapproved the union's new nationalwage -contract with the railroadindustry by a margin of about 5

Mail balloting completed Jan. 31showed sone 50,000 votes to ratifythe 39-month agreement and about10,000 .against.-The 'settlement, reached- on Jan.

13, is smi$ar to those betweenother rail inions and the carrierswith some modifications.Only one union remains without

a new agrement with the indus-try. 'The Ttsin Dispatchers' dis.pute is being nediated.

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SENATE BILLS

So 54 Dills (Rev. & Tax.). . . . This bill would exempt businessinventories from property taxation on and after the lien date in1980.

This bill would increase the property tax exemption for busi-ness inventories, would affect the subventions to local agencies andwould, thus, affect the continuing appropriation for such purpose..December 5, 1978. Taxation-Bad

SB '74 Foran (H. & W.) . . . This bill would require' that theJuly 1, 1978, annual SSP (Supplemental Secu-rity Income/State Sup-plementary Payments Program, for the aged, blind and disabled)state cost of living adjustment be applied to the period from Sep-tember 1, 1978, to June 30, 1979.

This bill would ta'ke 'effect immediately as an urgency statute.December 6, 19783 Welfare-Gooe

SB 92 -Roberti (B & P.) Existing law requires any grocery storeor qrocerv department which uses an automatic checkcout systemand which sells consumer comrh6dities' at ret4il to have a clearlyreadable price indicated on each consumer co>mmodity offered forsale 'from Ja-nuary I, 1978, to January 1, 1980.

This bill would continue such requirement, indefinitely by remov-

ing the' January 1, 1980 termination' date..December 12, 1978.*' .MisC.llaneous-Good

SB 93 Groene (Rev. & Tax.) - The existing Bank and CorporationTax Law excludes specified items from being included as gross in-come.

This bill would provide that' whenever a bank or corporation em-

ploys a person who is a welfare recipient, the bank or corporationmay exclude from grose income an amount equivalent to the em-ployee's annual salary plus the cost of training such employee, mul-tiplied by an inflation adjustment factor.

This bill would provide for a tax levy and would take immediate

effect although'the operative date, of the. act would depend on itseffective date. December 12, .1978. Taxation-Bad

SB 102 Smith (I. R.)-Existihg law permits the Labor Commissionerto provide for a hearing in any action to recover wages, penalties, or

other deniands for compensation, provides for findings of fact andorders, decisions, or awards by the commissioner; and permits theparties to seek review of such order, decision, or award in the supe-rior court.

This. bill would permit the parties to seek review in the municipalcourt, in addition to. the superior court, in accordance with theappropriate rules of jurisdiction.

Existing law provides tha if a notice of appeal to the commis-sioner's,decision or award is not filed within a specified time periodsuch decisio'n or award becomes the final order.

This bill would permit the municipal or superior court to determine,on its own mofion, whether to hear such matter de novo 6efore suchorder becomes final. December 14, 1978. Labor Code Bad

SB 105 -. Zenovich (I.R.) -.... This bill would provide that certain'specified nonprofit entities generally of .a charitable, religious, or

educational nature which are exempt from federal income tax andwho contract for the services of "guest artist" musicians, as de-fined, on a limrited guest engagement basis slall not be consideredemployers for purposes of the unemployment compensation and dis-ability insurance laws. Decemnber 14, 1978,

Unemployment Insuranc-Bad

SB 113 Roberti (E. & P.U.) - Existing law authQrizes the PublicUtilities Commission to permit a telephone corporation to chargeresidential customers for requests in excess of 20 requests per monthfor directory assisnance. .'. . Between January 1, 1983, and April l,

February 23, 1979

The measures below introduced in the 1979-80. regular session of the California- Legislature.. areclassified by the California Labor Federation as "Good" "Bad," or "Wag"td". An asterisk (*) indicates abill sponsored by the California Labor Federation. A "Watcht" designation indicates that.t4e Federationwil defer to the wishes of affected affiliates on the ultimate classification of the bill. Such bills are printedin the digest to inform affiliates involved. No bill may be taken up until- 30 days after the date of introduc-'tion indicated in the digest, except by a three-quarters vote. When the abbreviation (H.A.D.) appears -in thedigest following the author's name, it means that the measure has been held at the Speaker's desk in theHouse of origin and has not yet been assigned to a committee.

KEY TO SENATE ABBREVIATIONSCommitteeAbbrevatons Committee

(Agr. & WaL Rs.). . Agricutu aod Watw Resoure

B. & P.) ..... Bs. ine and Profe

(Ed.) .Educatin

(L. & R.).ElectIoand Reapportionment(L. & P.U.). and Public Utlilte

(Fin.)

(0.0.) OrganI aion

(H. & W.). Health and Welfare

(I.R.) . Industrial Relatons(1. & F.I.) ... nu...Irance and Financial I

(Jud.).Judiclary(L Gov.). Local Govement

(N.R. & W.). Natural Resoure and Wildlife

(P.E. & R) Public Employment and roment(Rev. & Tax.) .Reenu and Taxatio(RIs.) ............. Ru(Tras) .......... Transporon

KEY TO A MBLYY ABREVIATIONS

(AgL) .Agricultur...Ae(Crim. J.)........CCmin u(Ed ........Educa(Ebc. & Reap.) . . --Ile ma Reapponment(Fin., Ins., & Com.). Finance, iuce, and Comme(0.0.) .Governmenta Organlzton(HOt)a.(H. & C.D.). Houig and Comunity De t(Human Re.). Human Resource(Jud.) .Judiiary(L, i& CA). Labor, E e a Consu Afairs(L Gov.). Loa Governet(P.E & Re .. public Em and Rt(Rae., LU. & L) ... ou,Ld Use, and Energy(Rev. & Tax) R Taxation(Rus.).Ruls(Trans.). Transpo..Tr ol(W.P., & W.). Wate, Pail aN Widli(W. & M.). Ws NdMWsm

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SENATE BILLS (Cont'd)1983, the commission is required to review any such charging planput into effect,'ard' to lpr'ovido a delermination and crder concern-

ir.- directcry.asss1star'- tcoeaams. These provisions will be repealedby their own ferms on\Apr;i 1, 1983.A

This biil would repeal s.uch provisicns and would require the com-mission to issue regulations prchibi±ing every telephone corporationsubject to it's jurisdiction from charging for any information call.December 18, 1978. Consumers--Good

SB 114 - Beverly (Jud.) Existing law prohibits licensed contractorsfrom inserting in .-ny contract or from being a party with a licensedsubcontractor to any contract which contains a provision, clause,covenant, or agreement purporting to indemnify the promiseeagainst liability for demages for (a) death or bodily injury to per-sons, (b) injury to prcperty, (c) design defects or (d) any otherloss, damage or expense arising under either (a), (b), or (c) fromthe sole negligence ot wilfu! rmisconduct of the promisee or thepromisee's agents, servents, or independent contractors who are

directly responsible to such promisee.This bill would extend such prohibition to state and local public

entiiies. December 18, 1978. Labor Unions-WatchtSB 123 Cusanovich (Ed.) - Existing law provides for the appor-

tionment of state funds to school districts in the 1978-79 fiscal year.This bill would revise the method for computing state aid for

rnewly formed school districts.This bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

December 21, 1978. Education-WatchtSB 132 Greene (I. R.) ! * * * This bill would establish a program

under which the Employment Development Department would makepayments to employers, program participants, and service agenciesto cover costs in developing basic work and job skills necessary forjobs in private enterprise. The bi'll would require the departmentto develop program procedures and guidelines, to monitor the pro-gram, and to contracf for a program evaluation. .

This bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute.December 27, 1978. Employment-Bad

SB 155 Montoya (Ed.) -Current law requires that driver train-ing classes be made available -in the public. schools arid that suchclasses be made zvailable without tuition to all eligible pupils....Under this bill the availability of driver training classes in publicschools would be discretionary. However, if such classes were pro-vided, they would have to be made available without tuition. Inaddition, this bill would establish a procedure which allows certainstudents to obtain driver trainin'g instruction from spe'cified privatedriving schools, and which provides specified state reimbursementto be' made from funds annually appropriated from the DriverTr4ining Penalty Assessment Fund to the General Fund to the Su-perintendent of Public Instruction to such schools. ... January 3,1979. Education-Watcht

SB 164 -Wilson (Rev. & Tax.) - Under existing Perso'nal IncomeTax Law, qualified renters, as defined, are authorized a $37 credit.

This bill would increase such credit to $137.This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy, but opera

tive effect would depend upon its effective date. January 4, 1979.Taxation-Good

SB 185 - Holmdahl (G. 0.) - Under existing law, the Office ofPlanning and Research is required to prepare and develop andperiodically review, proposed guidelines for the implementation ofthe California Environmental Quality Act and submit them to theSecretary of the Resburces Agency for certification and adop-tion.. . .

In regard lo a project in this state which also requires an en-vironmental impact statement under the fedoral National Environ-mental. Policy Act.of 1969, the guidelines must provide that all orpart of such statement may be submitted in lieu of the envircn-mental impact report providqd it complies with the state act,. andstate officials are required to include in the official comments onsuch project, those matters which are specified as the essential'elements of a state environmental impact report.t

This bill would requiro the office to consolidate all state agencycomments on documents pro,posed to comply with the federal actfor federally sponsored projects and to transmit the comments tothe appropriate federal agency. January 10, 1979.

Stateans Local Governmenf-Good

SB 207 - Zenovich (E. & P. U.) -Under existing law, the State En-ergy Resources Conservation and Development Commission has re-sponsibility to prescribe regulations for increasing efficient use ofenergy in new residential and nonresidential buildings. A city, coun-ty, city and county, or a state agency is prohibited from issuing a

building permit l-or any building unless the building meets suchenergy standards.

This bill would require a new residential or -nonresidential build-ing to meet the energy stand'ards in effect. on the date an applica-tion for a building permit is filed or the date a preliminary designreview is commenced on the proposed building, whichever is ear-liest. January 15, 1979. Housing-Good

ASSEMBLY BILLSAB 50 - Fenton (L., E., & C. A.) -'Existing state law contains pro-

visions governing tunnel and mine sMety, and gives the Divisionof Occupational Safety and Health Administration jurisdiction oversuch tunnel and mine safety. Federal law also regulates mine safety.

This bill would delete the state provisions relating to mine saff.This bill would take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

December 5, 1978. Safety-adAB 58 - Robinson (Fin., Ins., & Com.) - Existing law excludes speci-

ified persons from being "employees" for workers' compensationpurposes. One such exclusion applies to any person perfo%smingvoluntary service for a tax-exempt private nonprofit organizationand who receives no compensation for such services other thanmeals or transportation, provided that- the organization is partici-pating in specified federal programs at the time of the volunteer'sinjury.

This bill woAId instead provide that such exclusi'n-applies to anyperson performing volurntary service for a- public agency or a pri-vate nonprofit organization who receives no cormpensation for suchservice other than meals, tfraftportation, or reimbursement for inci-dental expenses.

Existing law proyides $h.t, notwithstanding the above exclusions,a person who performs yoiyratry service ;without- pay for a publicagency or a tai-exem rtjprivati ioiprofit organization shall bedeemed an employee of'the -ub6'c1gensyc ..n

This bill would delete thse re9gkirennt that the private nonprofitorganization -be a specified.- tx-xetxpt organization, and wouldspecify thae voluntary servi-e' 'wit6oiii pay includes the. perform-ance of seo 'ices by a pers'n who receives no renumeration for suchservices other than meals, transportation, or reimbursement for in-cidental expenses. December 5,- 1978; Workers' Compensation-Bad

AB 61 - Cline (Rev. & Tax.) - Unde; existing law, 50% of the as-sessed value of business inventories is exempt from property taxa-tion . . .

This bill would increase such exemption in specified increments,annually, until 100% of the assessed value of business inventoriesis exempted for the 1983-84 fiscal year and thereafter . . . .

This bill would increase the property tax exemption from businessinventories, would affect the subventions to local agencies andwould thus affect the continuing appropriation' for such purpose

The bill would take effect immediately as -an urgency statuteand would apply to property fuxes for the 1980-81 fiscal year.December 5, 1978. Taxaf6on-Bad

AB 68 - Lockyor (G.O.) - This bill would amend.. (theState General Obiigation Bond Law) by providing for the creationof the State Bond Coordination Board, which specified membership.to review the resolutions of the finance committee created by suchother act and make recommendations to the State Treasurer for thecoordination of the sale of bonds to effectuate their purposes-i-n amanner to maximize private employment opportunifies during periodsof depressed economic activity and high unemployment. December5, 1978. State and Local Government-Good

AB 81 - Bates (Rev. & Tax.) - Existing law authorizes a credit of$37 against taxes due under the Personal Income Tax Law for quali-fied renters.

This bill would increase the arnount of the credit from $37 to$300.

This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy, but itsoperative date would depend on its, effective date. December 5,1978. Tpxatiob-God

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