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mat .and dlsabllltj Insuranebeeit-t ena9ble- Califoni'sjobless aid disabled workers tocope better with the nation'scurrent economic crisis movedforward this week as legislatorsin both houses stepped up thepace of legislative activities ina drive toward adjournment ofthe current session within thenext month or six weeks.-On Wednesday th Assembly

Ways and Means Committee ap-proved AB 1088, a State AFL-CIO-supported bill to increasethe maximum weel 'unemploy-ment insurance benefit from $65

semblyman Jack R. Fenton (ID-(Continued on Page 2)

U.S Senate OKstay Raise Delaytie State AFL-CIO caUed onClfor's two -U.S. Senators-Alan Cranston and John V. Tun-ney-this week to oppose Presi-dent Nixon's proposal to imposea six-month deliy on a pay raisefor federal worers initiallyscheduled to take' effect Janu-ary 1, 1972, but yesterday theSenate voted 51 to 32 to upholdthe Presidebt's proposal.John F. Henning, executive

officer of the California LaborF ed e r a t i o n, AFL-CIO, hadwired lTmney and CranstonWednesday to urge them to op-pose the 'Nixon Administration'sproposal for a six-month delayin the pay raise due federal em-ployees and to fight to make iteffective January 1, 1972.

Earlier, in an.effort to preventfederal employees from beingobliged to shoulder a- dispropor-tionate share of the cost of meet-ing the nation's current eco-nomic crisis, the State AFL-CIOhad wired all California con-

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;aUNWi. m.UJwImrovemet In Cafornbt Jhn:-F -Hening, the Federa- effect only 1' the Inuranee gar

wckaas compenation boe-l tion's -executive officer, this riers are .permitted to Increasifits won the approval i thhe week urged all Afl-CIO af i- tbeir premiums under the NixoiSenate flnance Committee Mon- ates to contact Senators within economic control' policies.day on a voice vote and has been their jurisdiction immediately to The Finance Committee alscsent to the Senate floor. urge approval of AB 486. It may amended the bill to redistributeThe bill, -A 486, authored by be taken up on the Senate floor the schedule for permanent dis

Assemblymen Jack R. Fenton for a vote up or down at any ability payments to give large(D-Los Angeles) and Willie L. time now. increases in benefits to thos4Brown, Jr. (D-San Francisco), Prior to moving the bfll to with more severe disabilitiesis strongly supported by the the floor, the Finance Commit- without decreasing any existinjCalifornia Labor Federation, tee amended it to provide that (Continued on Page 2)

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Support Urged for Drive OFTAsksSpesialTo Organize Blue Cross session en SohoolVigorous support for a cam- of an OPEU local himself, point-

palgn curren unde bYrw ed out that "unio members are Raoul Teilhet, president of 20,th ffice a lFi b jiM, M iiitYW1WiuirV*ut 'fldrittWmCployees Union Local 29 to organ- securiy1, better working eondi- tion of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO,ize employees of the Blue Cross tions, greater equity In deaHng called on Governor Ronald Rea-Health Plan was voiced by John with their employers and count- gan this week to call a specialF. Henning, executive secretary- less other advantages not avail- session of the 1971 legislature totreasurer of the Califormia Labor able to the unorganized." reconsider legislation affordingFederation, AFL-CIO, this week. He also caled attention to the collective bargaining rights toIn a letter distributed to Blue fact that "nearly one-quarter of teachers.

Cross employees Sept. 30, Hen- Blue Cross clients are union Teilhet predicted that if thening, a long standing member (Continued on Page 3) legislature did not amend the

existing Winton Act to guaranteeANTI-LABOR ACTIONS HIT effective empee-emploe re-___________________ ~~~~~~~~lations-between public school,

teachers and school boards "reca -elanticipate a -geometricCouncil ReaffirmsStand increase in- teacher work stop-

Against League of Cities Last Augast,SBpi24' a StateAFL-CIO-sponsored bil introduc-

The Executive Council of the California's 1.6 million AFL-CIO ed by Senator Mervyn M. Dy-Calformia Labor Federation has union members wrapping up mally to permit collective bar-reiterated its appeal to central its two-day meeting at the Wood- gaining rights for teachers, wasbodies throughout the state to lake Inn in Sacramento. referred to- the Rules Oommitteecontinue to protest the use of The Executive Council's action for assignment to interim study.public tax monies to support the came on the- heels of a report This action would delay any hopeanti-labor activities of t h e made to the 73rd Annual Con- of adoption -of effective employ-League of California Cities. ference of the League of Cali- ee-employer legislation In theThat was one of the final ac- fomia Cities in San Francisco teaching field until late next

tions taken. last Friday -by the by its Executive Director year at best.37-member Council represendng (Continued on Page 4)_ Teilhet cited a recent National

Education Association surveythat indicated that teachers'strikes decreased in areas where

-1SFr OF SW4l04| KY collective bargaining was per-U.4IVILFA WII F~ Imitted either by statute or byU5 21 OFSIA LAP' I i;T X sE |the absence of restrictive legis-2521T CFiAINOT?3W14(Continued on Page'3)

Assembly Vote DueOn $10 U.I Boost;D.1. Bill Moves too(Continued from Page 1)

Los Angeles) could be taken up

for a vote on the Assembly floornext week.

All Federation affiliates are

urged to contact Assemblymenwithin their jurisdiction now tourge a "Yes" vote on AB 1088.In the upper house, AB 1423,

a State AFL - CIO - supportedmeasure to raise the maximumweekly benefit for workers suf-fering off - the - job disabilitiesfrom $87 to $105, won the ap-

proval of the Senate IndustrialRelations Committee Mondayand has been referred to theSenate Finance Committee.This measure, introduced bv

Assemblyman David C. Pierson(D-LoE Angeles), won Assemblypassa4e in July on a 68-0 vote.The Senate Industrial Relca-

tions Committee also approveda State AFL-CIO-sponsored billrelating to job safety reports on

Monday. This bill, AB 810, in-

troduced by Assemblyman Eu-gene A. Chappie (R-Cool),would require the Division ofIndustrial Safety to submit a

copy of its- report and findingson the investigation of a com-

plaint of a job safety violatioiito the complaining party.

This measure, which won As-sembly approval last July nna 43 to 0 vote, was also referredto the Senate Finance Commit-tee.

Fed Deposition BillUp for Senate VoteLegislation to require insur-

ance carriers or employers whorequire an injured worker togive a deposition in a workmen'scompensation case to reimbursethe employee for wages lost andother reasonable expenses so in-curred won the approval of theSenate Finance Committee thisweek and has been sent to theSenate floor.The State AFL-CIO-sponsored

bill, AB 891, introduced by As-semblyman Willie L. Brown, Jr.(D-San Francisco), won approv-al on a voice vote last Mon-day.

All Federation affiliates areurged to write State Senatorswithin their jurisdiction immedi-ately to urge a "Yes" vote onAB 891.

Workmen's Comp. Bill Up

For Vote in State Senate(Continued from Page 1)

benefit levels.The measure won Assembly

passage last June on a 57-15vote. It would:* Increase temporary maxi-

mum disability benefits from$87.50 to $105.00 per week.* Boost the maximum weekly

p e r m a n e n t disability bene-fit from $52.00 to $70.00.* Shorten t h e retroactive

waiting period for paymentsfrom 49 to 28 days.* And raise death benefits to

totally dependent widows by$5,000 from $20,000 to $25,000for a widow alone and from $23,-000 to $28,000 for a widow withone or more dependents.

Benefits for permanent disa-bilities have not been increasedsince 1959 and benefits for deathand temporary disabilities havenot been increased since 1968.

State AFL-CIOHearing Aid BillGoes to Reagan

Legislation sponsored by theCalifornia Labor Federation,AFL-CIO, to include hearing aidsunder the state's workmen'scompensation program has wonfinal Senate approval and beensent to the Governor.The bill, AB 975, introduced by

Assemblyman Willie L. Brown,Jr. (D-San Francisco) was

passed on a 36 to 0 vote Septem-ber 30.

It would afford workers com-

pensation if their hearing aidsare injured in an injury causingdisability.

Portland TeachersVote 2 to 1 For AFTThe American Federation of

Teachers, AFL-CIO, has won

bargaining rights for 3,600 pub-lic school teachers in Portland,Ore., in one of the AFT's biggestelection victories on the WestCoast.Teachers in the Portland area

gave the Portland Federation ofTeachers 1,934 votes against1,045 for the Portland affiliateof the National Education Asso-ciation.

Little more than a year earlier

the NEA unit had won an elec-tion by an 89-vote margin.

In the course of pushing forimprovements in this program,Henning has repeatedly pointedout that some 214,000 Californiaworkers suffered disabling on-the-job injuries or illnesses lastyear, including 750 who died orwere killed, and emphasized thatthe cost of living has increasedbetter than 30 percent since 1959and about 16 percent just since1968.

"It is certainly difficultenough for workers and theirfamilies when the breadwinnersuffers a disabling injury orillness. Surely we can at leastexpect the state's elected legis-lators and administrators to ap-prove legislation to preventworkmen's compensation bene-fits from further erosion by theinflationary pressures that havebeen abroad in the land in re-cent years," Henning said.

U.C. Union DuesDeduction BillMoves Ahead

AB 790, a State AFL-CIO-backed bill to permit union duesdeductions for academic per-sonnel won the approval of theSenate Finance Committee Mon-day and has been sent to theSenate floor.The measure, introduced by

Assemblyman Willie L. Brown,Jr. (D-San Francisco), would ex-tend existing provisions of statelaw relating to payroll deduc-tions to the University of Cali-fornia and the state colleges topermit union dues deductionswhen authorized by the employ-ee.

Existing law already permitssuch deductions to be authorizedby most state officers and publicemployees.

All Federation affiliates areurged to write all State Senatorswithin their jurisdiction to urgeapproval of AB 790 by the fullSenate.

Vail Honored for33 Years' ServiceTo Union Cause

Larry Vail, a pioneer union or-

ganizer in the Retail Clerks fieldin California, was honored by a

turnout of more than 500 friendsand associates at a testimonialdinner at the Fairmont Hotelin San Francisco last Saturday.

Vail, who concluded more than33 years of service in behalf ofCalifornia workers when he re-tired recently as Secretary ofthe 110,000 member CaliforniaState Council of Clerks, hadserved as first secretary of theAFL-CIO Department Store Em-ployees' Union Local 1100 for 11years and had headed theClerks' statewide organizationfor the past 22 years.

Among the many labor andpolitical officials on hand to hon-or Vail for breaking new organ-izational ground for the labormovement and for his long andstalwart role in both labor andcommunity activities were: JohnF. Henning, executive secretary-treasurer of the California La-bor Federation, AFL-CIO; Al-bin J. Gruhn, the State Federa-tion's President; John F. Shel-ley, San Francisco's formerMayor and Congressman whoalso served for many years as

President of the San FranciscoLabor Council and as Presidentof the California Federation ofLabor; Jack Goldberger of theTeamsters: Wendell Phillips ofthe Bakery Wagon Drivers;Claude H. Jinkerson, retiredsecretary of Retail Clerks Lo-cal 648; Ronald C. Davis, Local1100 attorney; and Walter L.Johnson, who succeeded Vail asexecutive officer of Local 1100.Johnson, who presided at the

dinner, announced the receipt ofscores of telegrams and lettersfrom friends and associates un-able to attend.Among the momentos and gifts

presented to Vail in the courseof the dinner was a bulletin-board-sized plaque bearing theminutes of the meeting at whichLocal 1100 was first formallyorganized and at which Vail waselected its first secretary.

First Minimum WageIn 1912 Massachusetts became

the first state to enact a mini-mum wage law for women andchildren.

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Publisher's NoticeThe California AFL-CIO News is

published weekly by the CaliforniaLabor Federation, AFL-CIO, 995Market Street, San Francisco Cali-fornia 94103. Second class posta9epaid at San Francisco, Calif.-Sub-scription: $3.50 a year. John F. Hen-ning, executive secretary-treasurer;Glenn Martin, editor.

CSA**I SesinonI'Trniwn!iBargaihiu Eigh:ts4i d fr&W Paee ) teb a4h&schoo bokd> sw,4 V thIWfIt, b W matonlation. were "trappe by the unwork Act has b e a majot'cndb"* be Mrgailng is a ra- able provnsions of the Winton utor to negative ep.oyee-em-

R4,W;ayoid Stre as Act." ployer relations In pable educa-ot$i&to*. negative bilup le pointed out that the 1965 tlon.".fI4stitatton on the. part of Winton Act (Education Code The strike by 227 teachers in

sci*pol teachers. individually nd Section 13080-13089) "was osten- the Jefferson Elementary Schoolctively when' tthey are de- silbly wrtten into law to prevent District in Daly City ended this

IiI$ the right to negotte writ- strikes through 'meet and con- week under an agreement work-teagreements wit ther em- fer' sessions between public ed out before San Mateo Countyployer,"' VTieV said. shool tacher and tAhe school Superior.Court. Judge elyinh iit '*fre i&¼went to eardsf: Cohn. The agreement pts

As0nbly '$peik&' Ibb )toretti, But,he observed) "California the teachers, who were fired inSenate pe Pro Temr James public schools have experienced an unprecedented action by theMills, Assemblymgn Leroy more strikes during the past five school board on September 17,Qte6n*, Chairman of the Asseni- years than were experienced to return to work under pre-

lt- Cqpw44ee on E>ducation, during the previous 100 years." strike conditions with no re-SenatorAhett R$da,da hairman He said that "an effective and prisals whfle the dispute is,of Senate -Committee on Edu- just collective bargaiing statute studied by the court.aion and 'Wilson Riles, State would significantly contribute to The judge dismissed contemptip9eriuindent`of Public Instruc- the prevention of future work proceedings brought by the

Won aswsell as Reagan--Teilhet stoppages such as have-occurred school board against the strikersnoted that iM the Jefferson Ele- in. Los Angeles, San Francisco, who were under an injunction tomentary School Distriet strike Claremont, Oakland, Richmond return to work.which aided this week both the and Daly City since the Winton Basic to the dispute is the

Act was signed into law." school board's refusal to renewL.A.' Dinner to...... ....:lFete In short, he declared: a master contract agreement

;t'"' »"'- s^."Tht]fIe Winton Act has' ved to signed last year with the dis-£RepwtR* '1ItSkIiwns be a failure. It bas failed teach- trict's 40 teachers.

V,eteran Congre.ssman Augus- ers as employees, board mem- Teachers are s e e k i n g ants F. (Gus) Hawnes, a Demo- bern as employers, and above agreement to set lmits on classcrat who has represented the ail, students and parents who sizes, woring hours and other

istrtet nhLos Angelesesince are In need of orderly productive conditions and a provision call-at nd-.fv b as m relatishlpar efee t- teachers ing foriJfnding arbitration ofStat 'Assemblyman from 1934 and the school board. As i re grievances, union officials said.t 196Z will be honored ataatestimonial dinner at the Bilt-more Hotel- i Los Angeles nextThsdty,Dctober 14.

P.riipal pegeker at the din-ner for Hawins,+ who has con-sistently championed legislationbeneficial to-California workers.will-be John F. Henning, execu-tive secretary-treasurer of theM*iprnia Labor Federation,

A;FL-VO.itS_Sane: ApprovesNixon Pay Delay Plyan..Continued.from. Page -1)...

grssmet to ask them to sup-port the. House Post Office andCivil Service Committee in re-je;qt~f President;- Nixon'$s ppp-so* to deny "eared 'and over-due p.y adjustments for fed-eral workers . .:'-'Itlt would be unconscionablei6 i fuWlly Justified sal-a,ry ierements.for. governnmenteipIoyees to provide furtherunwarranted subsfdy to solvent,profitable p r i v a t e corporatebusiaes*interest,"Q*w4e said.14t. last week, however, the

house 'hid`oted 207 to 174 to goalong with the President's re--quest tfor a delay i the federalworkers' increase.

ANOTHER -S500 WINNER.c utene-- A.- Cu; Winnerof one of 23 $500 sholarships in the Califarnia Labor-Fedraion's21st Annual Sciarship C pton thi year,' receives the awardcertificate from Ray Wilson (secod fm right), a vice president ofthe State Labor Feder$ion and buine manager of the SouthernCalifornia DisI*t. Ceunci of Laborers ihl c heaward. Mlsd Cox ft 'o2 No. Pie Ae., Ralto, gauatd fonEisenhower Hih la i and is currenly attending-the U1niveityof 'Calfol at Rita*le S-me 1,14-conans fom 483 publican#prlvafl hsnehhch the sat competed in the contstTaking part Wiii.4receat ceremony were Earl Wilson,Secretry. Of tb n,W pr Centra Labor Coneil (left) andthe. Council's ISdp Rob.t Mitten,B (tgt)

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members," a factor that- makesorganized labor "one of thelargest consumers of Blue Crossservice."The campaign to organize

some 900 employees of the BlueCross Pla'-- which Xs headquar-te in Oakland, has the fullsupport of the Alameda CountyCentral Labor Council and tregional office of the ArL-CIO.The organizing drive is also

viewed as a spring-board in ef-forts to organize Blue Cross em-ployees throughout the nation.Here's the full text of Hen-

ning's open letter to Blue Crossemployees:"As Executive S e c r e t a r y-

Treasurer of the California La-bor Federation, AFL-CIO, anda members for many years ofthe Office and Professional Em-ployees Union, I look forwardto your early affiliation with Lo-cal 29 of the Office EmployeesInternational Union.'Nearly two million Californ-

ians are affiliated with us in the

including carpenters and engin-eers, farm workers and univer-sity professors, stenographersand steel workers."There is an overriding rea-

son for unity in this diversity:the many economic advantagesfor the individuals involved. Sta-tistically, union members arebetter paid, have greater jobsecurity, better working condi-dons, greater equity in dealingwith their employers and count-less other advantages not avail-able to the unorganized."In fact, the fringe benefits

many of our members enjoy un-der union contracts includeBlue Cross coverage as part oftheir job compensation. Nearlyone-quarter of Blue Cross cli-ents -are union members. Thismakes us, as a grOup, one ofthe largest consumers of BlueCross service."The National AFL-CIO, the

State AFL-CIO, and the AlamedaCounty Central Labor Counceiare strongly behind 'the effortof OPEU No. 29. We will wel-come' the opportunity to workwith yrou and to share ourstrength with you in secutingthe advantages of union mtm-bership."

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ANTt-L4E DQR ACTQNW. IT

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11mw to HonorS. Y. 'Bud' hireOf PaiSerisaisnA testimonial dinner honoring

0. T. "Bud"' Satre, who is re-thing as General Secretary-Treasurer of the InternationalBrotherhood of Painters and Al-lied Trades after more than 30years of serviice, will be held inthe Biltmore Bowl in the Bilt-more Hotel in Los Angeles Fri-day; Otobot U.AFL - CIO President George

Meany is serving as honorarychairman of the dinner, whichis sponsored. by the CaliforniaState Council of Painters.Satre served as a vice presi-

dent of the California State Fed-eration of Labor, AF of L, forfive years between 1947 and1952, John F. Henning, execu-tive officer of the CaliforniaAFL-CIO, who is serving as anassociate chairman of the tes-timonial, noted.Checks for tickets at $25 each

or $50 for a table of 10, shouldbe -made payable to the 0. T.Satre Testimonial- and sent to2200- W t .-7th Street, Suite 112,Lo Angeles, California 90057,according to Walt Zagajeski,general-chairman of the dinner.

"No Tearing Down""America's workers will re-

sist any and every effort tolower the standard of living inthi .nty.... Not one back-wArd step shall be taken...There shall be no tearing downIThe shall be only buildinganew... ."-Saml. Gompers inthe "American Federationist,"*Dec. :198.'

{Contlwed. from Page 1)whick- attempted to defend theLeague's stand during the cur7retleginlatise session againstState AFL-CIO-backed legisla-tio to improve benefits for in-dustrially disabled workers and,among other thing, extend fullcollective bargaining rights topublic employees.

.In commenting on the report,John F. Henning, the State AFL-CIO's executive officer, saidthat:"Where the League reports

that 'the charges are serious andfalse,' it's half right. They areserious but they are also true."Just last week San Francisco

Supervisor Ronald Pelosi calledfor hearings to be held to con-sider San Francisco's continuedmembership in the League. Nodate for these hearings has yetbeen set, according to GeorgeJohns, secretary-treasurer of theSan Francisco Labor Council.

Earlier last month, Henningcalled on all Central Labor CO-REs to keep the anti-labor ac-tivities of the League of Cali-foria Cities in mind in thec o u r s e of interviewing candi-dates for public office.Noting that "the anti-labor ac-

tivities of the League of Cali-fornia Cities have long been agrave concern to the workingpeople of California," Henningobserved:"The League is financed al-

most entirely: from subsidies: bythe incorporatt municipalitiesof the State, which inturn de-rive their revenues exclusivelyfrom tax sources. As taxpayersin our individual communities,we are thus being forced to fi-nancially support an organiza-tion which is consistently work-ing against our economic inter-ests..".Somehow we must stop the

League from spending workers'tax dollars to fight workers'legislation in Sacramento," hedeclared.He suggested that candidates

might be asked where they standwith regard to continuing taxrevenue subsidization of the anti-labor activities of the League ofCalifornia Cities.On the opening day of the

meeting, the Council electedLamar Childers, Business Repre-sentative of the Alameda Coun-ty Building and ConstructionTrades Council, and Leo L.Mitchell, Business Manager ofIBEW Local 145, as vice presi-dents to fill vacancies that haddeveloped on the board.

Childers, a member of Plas-terers Local 112, became busi-ness representative of the Ala-meda County Building and Con-struction Trades Council in 1952and has long been a leadingforce in both labor and commun-ity affairs in the San FranciscoBay area.

LAMAR CEILDIRSIj L L. MITCH" MiTCHELLJust Eleted as Vice Presdts of CIa AFL-CI0

'HreWht. . .

To Look forThe Union LbelThe following listing will help

you to locate the union label onvarious clothing items:* Shoes-in insole, in front of

heel on outer sole, or in-side upper on lining.

* Neckties small end.* Gloves-inside upper edge.* Suits-iWside right b r e a s t

pocket.* Overcoats and topcoats-lin-

Ing of inside pocket.* Trousers-inside right back

pocket.* Shirts-bottom of front tail.* Pajamas-front hem of coat.* Work shirts-bottom of front

tail.* Work pants-inside r i g h t

front pocket.* Overalls-right hip pocket.* Heavy Outerwear, Rain-

wear, Sportswear - lowerpocket.

* Slacks, Knickers, Kneepants, Riding breeches-inside right hip pocket.

* Boys Wash Suits, Snow SuitsSki Pants and Legging Suits-inside pocket.

Mitchell, who was .a line crewforQman for PG&E in the late1930's, moved into his first fulltime job for the union whenhe became business representa-tive of Local 1245 in 1951. Earli-er he had served the union asa steward and in a number ofother non-paid capacities.He took over the top job of

business manager of Local 1245last March when Ron Weakleyaccepted a position with the U.S.Labor Department in Washing-ton. Last June he was electedto his first ful three-year termas business manager. He hasalso served as president of theNevada State Association ofElectrical Workers.In other actions at the Coun-

cil meeting, President AlblnJ. Grubn announced the appoint-ment of Vice President H. D.(Lefty) Lackey to replace VicePresident Morris Weisberger aschairman of the Council'sStanding Committee on Com-munity ,Services. The replace-ment was made at the requestof Weisberger who- remains onthe committee.

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