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1 l Vol. 21 No. II. <. Mrch 17, 1978 The ntumber of jobless workers in Cliforni climbed by 90,000from 704,000 in Jnury 794,000 lst monthd the Stte's jobless rtle jumped from' 6.8 pereent 7.6 percent over the month on djusted bsis, Stte se'sonlly. nd federl gencies reported this thisr month, u3sing sesonlly djusted figures 'for jobles workers s well s for the jobless rte. (In the pst, the stte reports on the number of.ctuljoblessworkers hve not been sesonlly djusted but the stte's jobless rte hw; been sesonlly djusted. both will be, stte ide 'Herefter sid thiis ireek. ('On nonsesonlly djusted' bsis, the tl number of jobless workers in Cliforn climbed from 813,000 in Jnury 854,000 lst month nd the jobless rte (Continued on Pge 2)' loor CiNN To$26 nh Iour on Aril The minimum wg for nerly hs ben $2.50 n hour since Ocll Clifornins will increse from ber l8, 1976, will furhr rise $2.50 $2.65 n hour on April I $2."0 n hour on Jnury 1, s result of C.liforni AFLCIO The twostep increse, this April legisltion encted in 1976 requir I nd next Jnury I, ws voted ing the Stte minimum be kept Jnury 19 by th}e IndustrilWelt lest s high s the federl fre Commission mintin the minimum. tetenimum t the sme level With this increse in the Stte s thie federl rte. minimum wge, the rte under Amendments the federl Fi Stte nd federl lw is uniform *Lbor Stndrds Act. r.ad the ly $2.65 n hour for nerly ll rte for workers covered by tht Clifomli workers. (Conitinued on Pge 2) Exceptions under Stte lw re public employees, outside slespersons, nd others expllcitly exemptedby vlid 'nd pplicble 1976 orders of the Industril Welfre Commission (IWC), Stte Lbor Commissioner J'mes 'Quillin Prop o3bnelt pl.. WOMNVoipvj'm vv^.ww AvIU.u IUNUv^ '= Mr. site drilling nld mwlif etivfts re covered by. the newmi m wg of $2.65, lthough theywr not c overe d by the 1976 IWC orders. Nerly two mlllion Clifornins re working t or close thie min'!mum wqge, frequently in employment like retil trde eting ond drinking plce; wholesle trde; hotels,, motels,. nd other lodging plces; motion picture theters; musement nd recretion services; bnks nd other credit gencies; pprel nd relted products mnufcturing; nd lethxer nd lether products mnujfcturing, stte ide sid. The Stte mfinimum wge, which t*j w BL onelve ToAr Impct of ehnge in The impct of the newly revised COPE CONVENTION APRIL 6 I.I Ste Fd ose Qesn Cons'umer Price Index on union contrcts will be one of the mjor pics be tken up t specil conference be held by the Pcific Regionl Office of the U.S. Lbor Deprtment's Bureu of Lbor Sttistics t. the Hytt Regency Hotel t 5 'Embrcdero Ceniter in Sn Frncisco on Tuesdy, Mrch.28. Bruce Hnchett, the BLS Regionl Commisioner, sid tht the conference is designed introduce index users vrious spects of the newly revised CPI. Hnchlett will describe the new A list of legisltive issues of sight ech cndidte's socil, mjor concern orgnized lbor politicl nd economic views. in Clifornli t both the stte nd Among other things, the list sugfederl levels ws sent Centrl gests tht for the Stte Lbor Council Committees on Po Assembly cndidtes or Stte Sente should liticl Eduction throughout the be questioned on. their views on stte lst week. serve s n id {1) incresing both unemployment in interviewing cndidtes for Con isrnce nd (2) permgressionl, Stte Sente nd As nent prtilbenefits (3) disbility sembly sets t stke in the June extending collecti've benefits, brgining 6 primry election.. rights stte. college nd unijohn F. Henig,. executive of versity employees, (4) prohibiting ficer of the..cliforni AFLCIO, compulsory overtime, (5) pprovemphsized tht the list is merely ing the Sundesert nucler power indices, explin why they were re suggestive of brod rnge of is project, (6) requing socil nd.vissed, disuss the publictionl time sues on which cndidtes should economic fcrs be included be questioned gin some in in the environmentl irnpct stte(continued on Pge 3) ments, nd (7) opposing lnduse proposls tht igore the need for blnced economic growth. On1 the federl level, the Cliforni AFL 10 suggests tht cndidtes for Congress should be questio'nedon their willitlgtess (1) suppor the Lbr Aw Reform bill (S.2467), (2) the HumphreyHwkins.Full Employment bill (S. 50 nd HR. 50), (3) provide politicl freedom for federl employees through. revrision of thehitch Act, (4) support common situs picketing leil,(5) W_ pose deregultion of ntul gs,, (Continued on Pge 3), AFLCIO~~ Acs Cnnel Hel Sriking Mine Workers Action support striking cll ction by bitter ttcks gnt the miners food for response nd distribution members of the United Mine Workers U n i o n ws being initited this week'by ce ntr l lbor councits throughout the stte nd ntion in AFLCIO President GeorgeMeny. Leo P e r1 is, direcr of the A F L C I 0 J)ept. of Community Services, sid tht "in light of fth shipment by both min'e owvnerm nd govern the n ee dy miners nd their ment officils.. the AFL CIO is fmies. urging ech centrl lbor council Firli tred ech centrl lbor orgnize eollections of csh nd.(continued on Pge 2) W lion in properbty W9W"W: reifgost Chmtr zn Proposi.tion 13, the JrvisGnn inititive constftutionl mendment limit prop. erty txe one percent of ssessed. vlue, s4 temprr mirge tht smn few mn whil blow up in everybody's fce."' the Governor sid he personlly believes tht if the intitive is pproved't the June 6 prhnr it will be chlegdon constitutionl grounds. He pointed out tht ff ft is thrown out by the courts ft will (Continued on Pge 2).1

2 St~tCrpent rs'9,0moejbss BcksColMners Stt ejup o76 tne Cifortii Stte Council of Crenters h voicid its vigorous opstion President Crter's ction invoking the Tft Hrtey Act ginst the ntion's mine workers. In resolutionwnimul otdt the Stte Council's 43rd Convention in Sn Frncisco on Mrch 10, the Council declred its support for the mine workers in.their strugge nd sid tht the nmdne workers' strike is criticl, involving, mong other things, the tight not work under unsfe condition. The resolution sserted thit "6... n injury one is n injur ll." The Council, which represents 100,000 crpenters throughout Cliforni, wrned tht "... if the mine V.o% l lose their unon we r ll thereby jeoprdized." 'Lbor Looks of Congress' Booklet Now Avillble ne new 1bor Loolm t CongrepmpMetis nowv vilble from the ABLMCO. It is 90 pge report by the AF"10I Dept. of Leglnon wht hppened bills of specil interest the lbor movement during the first session of the 95th Congress. A foreword gives the 1977 sessio mixed review noting suhh mjor gins s enctment Of iiu wge improvements nd, Irv.c on Lmpotn lbor Isuesm ldn construction site pikugnd crgo preference. lee phe concludes with n "u0id be k.business" listing l_,% _ o_ AR. fliriy 1lS for the current ses Single copies of Lbor Lookcs t Congre5s l9t77 Publiction 77, re vilble free. Lrger qiesre 50 cents ech or $45 for 100 copies. Ore should be snt the AFLCIO Pmphlet Division, 81S 16th St. NW,, Wshingtn,, D. C Mle s Sres Sued for Py Bis Aginst Women.Three Northern Cliforni Mcy's sres hve been sued by the U. S. Deprtment of Lbor for llegedly pying their women sles employees 40 cents n hour less thn they py men doing comprble work. The Lbor Deprtment's suit which sys the different py scles hve been in effect since Ocber 1972, sks for equl py nd pyment of bck wges due. The sres cited in the suiit re those in downw Sn Frncico, downwn Scrmen nd in the Serrmonte shopping center in Dly City. (Continued from Pge D rose from 7.9 percent 8.2 percent. In Februry 1977 tl unemployment ws 905,000 nd the jobless rte ws 9.1 percent on nonsesonlly djusted bsis.) In Los Angeles County, unemployment rose from 7.4 percent in Jnury 8.3 percent lst month. Government officils ttributed the rise in both the stte nd county jobless rtes principlly the entrnce of more people in the lbor force, rther thn reduction in the number of jobs vilble. They lso mitie tht the hevy rins in Southern Cliforn reduced ctivity in the construction industry in tht region nd COULD BAR ALL TAX RELIEF Prop. 13 (Continued from Pge 1 ) leve the stte with no property tx relief t ll. "If you wnt revolt ginst t txes, the only wy *xpres tht is vote 'Yo' on Proposition 8 nd 'No' on Proposition 13," the Governorsid. Proposition 8, the Governor sid in tlk n udience in Blbo Prk in Sn Diego lst week, "is the constitutionl mendment tht will mke it possible lower home ower txes without incresing txes on business, without incresing the sles tx, the income tx or ny other tx." But Brown wrned tht if Prop F<~ptE &. uphold it, we'll hve go bout finding wy mke up the money tht hs been tken wy." "And tht money," he declred, "sis go'n come out of the income tx nd the sles tx." To underscore the differences between Proposition 13 nd Proposition 8, the Governor pointed out tht Proposition 13 provides crossthebord tx relief for ll types of rel property housing, commercil nd rentl industril property s well s owner occupied homes. In contrst Proposition 8 would llow owneroccpied homes be txed t rte lower thn tht levied on other property nd t the sme time prohibit ny increse in the tx rte levied on other property s result of lowering the tx rte on owner occupied homes. Just lst week the Executive Council of the Cliforni Lbor Federtion clled for defet of Proposition 13 nd urged pssge of. Proposition S. wrning tht: "Pssge of Pi sot*on 13, the JrvisGnn i n I t i t i v e, would cuse msive cutks in socil servkes, 'desroy locl governments' bility provte for their AFLCIO ~~AkctSo Chnnel Hel cut in employment in relted industries. In ddition, Ger Curry, of the Los Angeles office of the Stte Employment Development Dept. pointed out tht migrtion in Clifomi ws rising. "Young people, college grdutes, re coming Cliorni. They're not necessrily flocking Los Angeles nd Sn Frncisco, but re going mny different prts of the Stte,"i she sid. Totl employment in Clifornii lst month ws pegged t 9,628, 000, n increse of 44,000 over thie month. In Los Argk County, employment tled 3,101,000 in Februry nd unemployment tled 282,000. BuiesIot VId eunifts, nd giv* most of the r tx relief businws nd lndlords." The Council's sttement sid tht "thousnds of jobs, prticulrly for fire fighters, police, techers, snittion workers, hospitl workers, nd city nd county employees will be lost" if Proposition 13 psses. Howrd Jrvis,. one of the two sponsors of the inititive petition 0 The jobles rte for Sn Frncisco nd Sn Jose won't be relesed till next Mondly, Lbor Dept. ide sid. Ntionlly, t o t I employment ws pegged t 93 million lst month, n increse of 3.7 million over the yer. The U. S. jobles rte for dult men dropped from percent over the month; the rte for dult 'women dropped from 6.1 percet 5.7 percent; white unemployment dropped from 5.5 percent 5.3 percent; nd blck job. lessness dipped from 12.7 percent 11.8 percent. But the teenge jobless rte ntionlly climbed fromn 16 percent 17.4 percent. tht plced Proposition 13 on the bllot, nnounced lst Fridy (Mrch 10) tht he ws supporting the cndidcy of Stte Senr John Briggs of Fullern, n ultrconservtive Republicn, for Governor. On the sme dy, the Cliforni LJegue of Women Voters nnounced the formntion of "No on 13 Committee" imed t defeting the Jrvis Inititive. :Stut Py Floor Clnim To$26 n Hour on Aril (Continued from Pge t ) ingt griculturl products for mrket, on thie frm; nd griculturl occuptions. Prtil 'inj'unctions in three other industries do not ffect Act $2.65 nm hour begrining lst Jnury 1 nd $2.90 next Jnury 1. Employers in industries covered enforcement o f t h e minimum by vlid 1976 IWC order my wge, he sid. continue fter Mrch 31 py The IWC will begin full reminors (youngsters under the ge view of ll of its wge nd work of 18) nd lerners (who hve hd rules lter in 1978, ccording no previous relted experience) Comniissioner Yvonne Postelle, $2.15 per hour. But, Qu iillin who cted s chirperson t the wrned, if 1976 IWC order hs IWC meeting in Sn Frncisco on been ruled entirely invlid by Mrch 13. Preliminry preprcourt ction, there is no provision tions were ordered t tht time for ny lesser rte, nd. the full for the review. $2.65 must be pid miinors nd The Industril Welfre Commislerners. sion ws creted in 1913 with u.other exemptions the minli thority set ninmmwges, mum wge provided in the 1976 mximum hours, other conditions ordersuch s those for execu of employment, nd working contive nd dministrtive employees ditions for employed women nd nd for mel nd lodging credits minors. likewise re still pplicble only The first minimum wge rte if fth 1976 order tht pertins promulgted in 1916 ws 16 cents tht industry is still pplicble. n hour. In 1972 nd IM7 the Stte Five of the IWC orders re en Legislture required the Commistirely unenforceble, pendin p. sion issue regultions covrering pel, nd employers in industries men, o, s result of legisltion regulted by those five orders cn sponsored by the Clifomi Lbor not use the lower rte for minors Federtion. Or other exceptions the nu'ii The D)iv'ision of Lbor Stnd mum wge. Those industries re: rds Enforcement in the Stte Detrnsporttion; musement nd prtment of Insdustril Reltions recretion; h "ndlin products f hs primry responsibility for enter hrvest, off the frm; prepr forcing IWC orders. Sriking Mne Workers *(Continuedfrom Pgel1) push forwrdwith the orgniz not strved insubmission," Hen In Sn Frncisco ll ffiltes body promote the cmpign tion of "Food for the Miners" sup nigsid. should contct the Sn Frncisco monlg ll locl unions nd com port groups despite the fct tht Henning suggested tht in view Lbor Council for detils of the munity grops in their re nd the UMW'Is brgining council' of the distnce between Cliforni support progrm. Phone (415) 863 designte collection depots such voted this week submit nd the col fields, csh don s u n ion h I11 s, churches nd new proposed settlement the tions would be much more effi AFLCIO officils ssigned by schools, s'soon s possible. miners for rtifiction. cient. Such dontions should be PerIis help coordinte the.he suggested tht scjhedule of Although the new proposl is mde pyble "Food for the "Food for the Miners" progrm irn the dtes nd times for collections expected receive somewht Miners" nd sent Lne Kirk Cliforni nd the western regiorn of dontions the mine workers better reception thn n erlier lnd, secretry tresurer, AFL re: Gene Svoy, who cn be should be worked out s quickly proposl tht ws overwhelmingly 'CIO, 815 S i x t e e n t h St., N. W., reched in Plo Al t (415) 493, s possible s well s rrnge rejected, reports from the field in Wshingn, D.C nd Ry Andrus, who icn be t ments for shorttermwrehousing, dicte tht it o my prove be In the Los Angeles re, the reched in Wshingn, D. C. l if necessry. uncceptble the workers, he cmpign is be ing coordinted (202) John F. Henning, executive offi noted. through the Los Angeles County The mine workers re presentcer of the Cliforni Lbor Feder "In tht event, we need be Federtion of Lbor. For detils ly scheduled vote on the ltesl t tion. sid tht it ws "essentil" redy, help ssure tht they re phone (213) contrct proposl next Fridy. %waw _ q F.... Po 2 r Ud Snt Urged ToAc on Hteh ec Rfrm Bl Htch Act iefonm is "long overdue." the AFLCIO Executive Council sid in resolution prodding the Sente nd its Governmentl Affirs Committee ct on Housepssed bill. The Htch Act, relic of the 1930s, denies some 3 mill'ion federl nd postl workers the right tke n ctive prt in prtisn politicl ctivities. These public secr workers re entitled "the full politicl rights nd sfegurds enjoyed by ll other Americn citizens," the council sid. Its resolution noted tht the bill the House pssed lst June lso would estblish "effective nd workble"p sfegurds protecting government employees ginst I I ALCIo cl O"m t_w OOwECW COWL politicl coercion or intirnidtion. A Htch Act reform bill ws pssed by the previous Congress but veed by thenpresident Ford. The bill now before Congress is bcked by President Crter. Soc'il Scientists Bck Pssge of Lbor Reform Bill More thn 100 leding socil scientists hve Joined in sttement urging pssge of the lbor lw reform bill (S. 2467) in order "insure firness nd continued stbility of the ntion's industril reltions system. " The Ntionl Lbor Reltions Act set up " rtionl nd wellblnced system of industril justice, " they sid. But "tht system hs been dngerously wekened by outmoded enforcement procedures nd stggering dministrtive bcklog."t The sttement issued by Socil Scientists for Lbor Lw Reform sid the bill before the Sente contins the essentil reforms "ncsy preserve system which hs served both workers nd employers so well during the lst four decdes." The d hoc committee ws formed t the inititive of Stnford University Prof. Seymour i Ipset, Dr. Austin Rnney of the Americn Enterprise Institute, nd Prof. Jmes McGregor Burns of WMlims College. Its membership includes Sidney Hook, John P. Roche, Ben J. Wttenberg, Michel Novk, Dniel Bell, Pul Sebury, Clrk Kerr, Jen Kirkptrick nd Leon Keyserling. Publisher's Notice The Cliforni AFLCIO News is published weekly by the Cliforni Lbor Federtion, AFL CIO, 995 Mrket Street, Sn Frncisco, Clif Second clss postge pid t Sn Frncisco, Clif. Subscription: S3.50 'yer. Publiction Number John F. Henning, e xe cut;ive secretry tresurer; Glen Mrtin, edir. J Mrch 17, 1978

3 "I' d Swer There WVs Three of 'Em' COPE CONVENTION, APRIL 6.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stte Fed Poses Questions To Be Put '78 Cndidtes (Continued from Pge 1D) (6) require specil preference for U.S. ships trnsporting oil crgo, nd (7) support the strict enforcement of the 160cre limittion clled for by the 1902 federl Reclmtion Act. Nltl CPE Are Conferenu Set F S. In April15 Trde onists Cliforni, in Arizon nd Nevd re reminded tht the AFCIO's Committee on Politicl Eduction will hold its 1978 Regionl Conference t Xt Shern Plce Ho t e lin Sn Frncisco on Sturdy, April 15. In commenting on the conference, ntiotl COPE direcr Al Brkn pointed out tht there re "scores of mrginl House sets nd bout dozen mrginl Sente contests confronting us in which the combined resources of the newly ctive right wing nd fstmultiplying corporte politicl ction committees will be thrown gst ou friends. "We've relly got go ll out help elect s mny of our friends s possible," he sid. Sen t o r s nd representtives from ech of the sttes involved in the conference will be invited spek nd new COPE film depicting the thret of the now high ly sophbiticted rightwing politi:cleffort will be shown. un re ixvited ' AlL.senddlegtes, Brkn sid..mint 17, 1976 The interviewing of cndidtes t the locl centrl body level ws scheduled get under wy in number of jurisdictions this week. The dedline for the submission of endorsements by locl nd regionl COPEs the Cliforni Lbor Federtion's Stnding Committee on Politicl Eduction is Fridy, Mrch 31, The Federtion's preprimry endorsement convention will be held t the Civic Audirium in Sn Frncisco on Thursdy, April 6 ct on the endorsement of cndidtes nd the sttewide bllot propositions fcing workers in the sttewide primry elections on June 6. The convention, which will open t 10:00.m., will ct on the endorsement of cndidtes for Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretry of Stte, Stte Controller, Stte Tresurer, Stte Atrney Generl nd Superintendent of Public Instruction, nd for the United Sttes House of Representtives, the Stte Legislture, the Stte Bord of Equliztion ndthe sttewide bllot propositions. Copies of the officil convention cll for the convention were sent ll Federtion ffilites lst Public Instruction, nd for ll sttewide bllot propositions. The hedqurters hotel for the convention will be the ShernPlce Hotel t Mrket nd New Montgomery Streets in Sn Frncisco. Further informtion my be obtined by contcting M. R. Cllhn, Assistnt Direcr of the Federtion's Committee on Politicl Eduction t 995 Mrket St., Sn Frncisco, C., (415) R. R. Richrdson Honored t Histdrut Dinner R. R. "Rich" Richrdson, secretrytresurer of the Sn DiegoImperil Counties Lbor Council, ws honored t the fifth nnul Sn Diego Histdrut Awrd Dinner held t the Holidy In t the Embrcdero in Sn Diego lst Sturdy. More thn 500 lbor, civic nd politicl leders turned out honor Richrdson nd Normn T. Dennstedt, building contrcr, for their humnitrin, work in the community. Principl speker t the dinner ws John F. Henning, executive secretrytresurer of the Cliforni L bo r Federtion, who reviewed the hisry of Histdrut nd the Stte of Isrel. Proceeds of the dinner will be used estblish schlrshipi in Isrel for the children of trde un Jiury. Under the Federtion's constitution nd bylws, the Executive Council hs the exclusive right recommend the convention the considertion of endorsements for cndidtes for ll of the following offices: Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretry of Stte, SttetController, Stte Tresurer, Stte Atrney Generl, Superintendent of ionists. BLS Conclve in S. F. Air in CPI impct of Chnges Sttistics, U.S. Dept. of Lbor, (Continued from Pge l) schedule nd how it my conflict 450 Golden Gte An., Room i048, with existing union contrct cost Sn Frncisco, CA. The fct tht the revised CPI inoflivingdjustment (COLA) dexes one for the Urbn Wge cluses. He will lso comment on the Erner nd nother for All Urbn impct of the CPI chnges on Consumers includig the selfemother users nd describe wys ployed, the unemployed, retire nd slried workerswill be pubkeep up dte on the CPI. Both Hnchett nd other BLS lished bimonthly insted of qureconomists will be vilble terly s in the pst.my require nswer questions, nd vriety of mendments existing lborpublictions describing the ltest mngement contrcts contining revisions in the CPI will be dis COLA cluses, BLS economist tributed. Persons unble ttend the conference who wish get copies of the informtionl mterils should write : Bureu of 'Lbor, s,. noted. Such chnges should be effected by June 1,978 hesu gest, tbe lst dte. owbih thie o14 bides will be puied.., ~~~~Pge)3

4 Bishops Hit J. P.. Stevens Co. For Repression of Union 0 (Continued from Pge I) guise the strong, nd cknowledged, ntiunion philospy of th Compny. "As long s this ttitud on the prt of mngement continues, it constitutes serious obstcle the relistic resolution of the Stevns dispute." Citing long string of decisions ginst the Compny Issud by. both the courts nd the NtionlLbor Reltions Bord, the bishops sid tht "ny firminded observer Is forced cknowledge tht the blme for the presnt o cil 'crisis lies hevily upon the Compny." The record of the Compny, the bishops sid, is "irreconcilble with the cler demnds of socil justice in the Christin gospel." A ntionvide boycott initited by the Union hs been endorsed by the AFLCIO nd wide v Zck Nmed Pnel on Public Brodcsting Albert J. Zck, direcr of public reltions for the AFLCIO, hs been nmed 24member tsk force by the Corportion for Public Brodcsting coneeive new formt for citizen involvement in public brodcsting. The tsk force includes 12 representtivesof the generl public nd 12 from the public rdio nd television com.munity. The pnel's mjor objective will be mke recommendns the CPB bord of direcrs on public prticiption t the ntionl level nd in other res. Pg Boycott J.Pt STEVENS PRODUCTS LOWELS FmA ArBt TsTemktr Big ~~~BLANICETS ~~~~Fors mnn :, _ ~CARPET sstc SHEETS & PLLOWCASES Gulistn BButEend Merrywether Buticle Tstemker Fine Arts 'TABLE UNEN (%ni sbip figures) Tsn UFi & Mohwke Yves St Angelo Lurent Donghi bels:hipcont n e Sirniex tosiery Finess Spirit DRAPERIES J.P. Stevens riety.of religious groups, including the Ntionl C o u n c i l of Churches. Just lst week, Jmies D. Finley, chirmn of J. P. Stevens & Co., nnounced tht he would leve the Bord of New York's Mnufctuers Hnover Trust Compny, following union pressure for his removl. Mnufcturers Hnover, which holds mere thn $1 billion in union trust.nd pension funds, hs been the trget of the Clothing & Textile Workers' "corporte cm pign" imed t getting finncil institutions sever their connection with the ntiunion Stevens firm. ACTWU, which is pressing ntionwide consumer boycott of Stevens products in n effort force the compny bndon its illegl unionbusting tctics, hs mobilized severl unions withdrw their funds from Mnufc turers Hnover s protest of the bnk's ssocition with the firm through its direcrs. Finley's cknowledgement tht he will leve the bnk's bord of direcrs cme during n interview before Steven's nnul meeting in Greenville, S.C. "To be quite honest," Finley sid, "the bnk put enough pressure on me tht I decided ginst seeking reelection. I don't wnt be where I'm not wnted." A second Stevens direcr, Dvid W. Mitchell, lso confirmed. tht he will not stnd for reelection the Mnufcturers Hnover bord but ttributed his decision "business time conflicts." Mitchell is chirmn of Avon Products, Inc. A number of unions hve lredy withdrwn their funds from the New York bnk nd others re considering similr ction. Lst Dec. 1, the Beltmkers, Novelty & Allied Workers' union, New York locl of the Ldies' Grment Workers, closed its trst ccount there. Lst month, Au Workers Locl 259 ended 36yer reltionship with the bnk when it closed its $,000 checking ccount becuse of the presence of the Stevens officils on the bord. Sheet Metl Workers Locl 93 in Albny, N.Y., menwhile, sid it is considering closing its $400,000 vction fund t the bnk. And President Willim Winpisinger of the Mchinists sid the union will rech finl decision in April whether drop the bnk s money mnger of its $160 million pension fund covering 150,000 Mcinists. Stte D. 1 Txes Deductible3 Federl Judge Declres Reversing n dministrtive ers disbled s result of offthe ruling issued more thn two yers job injuries. go by the Internl Revenue ServJust lst yer the Clifori ice, federl judge hs held tht Cliforni txpyers CAN deduct their stte disbility in nce txes if they itemize deductions on their federl returns. In decision hnded down in Wshingn, D. C., Judge Howrd Dwson, Jr., held tht pyroll deductions for the stte disbility insurnce progrm re form of tx tht my be deducted just like ny other stte or locl tx. The Internl Revenue Service nnounced Mrch 10 it would not ppel the ruling. The Stte disbility insurnce progrm, which ws encted in 1946 s result of legisltion sponsored by the Stte Federtion of Lbor, provides benefits for work AFLCIO succeeded in winning enctment of legisltion incresing the mximum benefits vilble under the progrm from $119 $146 week. Currently one percent of the gross wges,of most Cliforni workers up mximum of $114 yer is withheld cover the cost of the progrm. The 1t decision not el the cse mns tht mny Clifornins my be ellgible for tx riefnds plus interesthr 197S nd 196 if they hd filed for te deducn nd hd It dislll or If they did not clim thir SDI pyments s deductions for tho two yers.

5 THE CALIFORNIA AFL CIO's DI GEST OF BILLS The mesures below introduced in the regulr session of the Clifomi Legislture re clssified by the Cliforni Lbor Federtion s "Good," "Bd," or "Wteht". An sterisk (*) indictes bill sponsored by the Cliforni Lbor Federtion. A "Wtcht" designtion indictes tht the Federtion will defer the wishes of ffected ffilites on the ultimte clssifiction of the bill. Such bills re printed in the digest inform ffilites involved. No bill my be tken up until 30 dys fter the dte of introduction indicted in the digest, except by threequrters vote. When the bbrevition (H.A.D.) ppers m the digest following the uthor's nme, it mens tht the mesure hs been held t the Speker's desk in the House of, origin nd hs not yet been ssigned committee. AB 2363 Hughes (Rev. & Tx.) Under the existing Bnk nd Corportion Tx Lw the income of unitry business which is subject txtion is determined by mens of n lloction formul bsed on income derived from or ttributble sources both within nd without the stte. This bill would provide tht the income derived from, or ttributble, sources within foreign country or politicl subdivision thereof will not be included in combined report computtion if the corportion is ( I ) creted or orgnized under the lws of foreign country, nd (2) not owned nd controlled by United Sttes corportion or residents of the United Sttes nd (3) hs more thn 80% of its opertions outside of the United Sttes, its politicl subdivisions, terriries, or possessions, or the Commonwelth of Puer Rico. Corportions engged in the energy business re excepted from the provision of the bill. Jnury 30, TxtionSd ASSEMBLY BILLS AB 2369 Imbrecht (G. 0.) This bill, would bolish stte regulry gencies, s defined, in ccordnce with following schedule: ll regulry gencies within the Resources Agency, July 1, 1980; ll regulry gencies within the Business nd Trnsporttion Agency, July 1, 1981; ll regulry gencies within the Helth nd Welfre Agency, July 1, 1982, nd ll regulry gencies within the Agriculture nd Services Agency, July 1, This bill would estblish procedures nd criteri for the review of such gencies... would limit the period for which such gencies my be continued or reestblished 6 yers nd impose limittions with respect the contents of bill continuing or reestblishing n gency.. Jnury 30, Stfe nd Locl GovernmentBd AB 2372 Brown (W. & M.) The Budget Act of 1977 pproprited money for trnsfer the Personl Income Tx Fund by the Stte Controller for the purpose of providing credits nd refunds for renters s required by existing lw. This bill would pproprite $5,000,000 in ugmenttion of such pproprition... Jnury 30, TxtionGood AB 2383 Thurmn (G. 0.) Existing lw requires stte gencies prepre n gend for, nd provide notice, of their meetings ny person who requests such notice in writing t lest I week in dvnce of meeting. This bill would, in ddition, require stte gencies, except with respect emergency meetings, publish notice of their meetings in newspper of generl circultion in the re primrily ffected t lest 30 dys prior ny such meeting. Jnury 31, Public EmployeosWtcht AB 2395 Mello (W., P., & W.) Existing lw requires tht north of Point Conception ech crb trp hve 2 circulr openings of not less thn 4 inches, or 41/4 inches, if the trp ws constructed fter Jnury 1, This bill would delete the provision tht would llow, north of Point Conception, crb trp constructed prior Jnuory 1, 1975, hve 2 circulr openings of not less thn 4 inches, rther thn 4/4 inches. Februry 1, Lbor UnionsWtcht D62 AB 2401 Young (P. E. & Ret.) Existing lw uthorizes n employee who hs received notice of the governing bord's intention dismiss him or her demnd hering which shll be conducted ccording specified Government Code provisions before the Commission on Professionl Competence. This bill would clrify tht the commission is limited in its disposition of the cse dismissing the employee or not dismissing the employee, with no option of other lterntive snctions.... Februry 2, EductionWtcht AB 2403 Dixon (P. E. & Ret.) Existing lw permits n employee orgniztion file petition with the Public Employment Reltions Bord lleging tht the public school employees in unit no longer desire prticulr employee orgniztion s their exclusive representtive, provided the petition is supported by current dues deductions uthoriztions, or other specified evidence. This bill would delete the option of supporting such petition by current dues deductions uthoriztions. Februry 2, Public EmployeesWtcht AB 2406 Lncster (Fin., Ins., & Com.) Existing unemployment compenstion disbility lw required, until Jnury 1, 1976, the Direcr of the Employment Development Deprtment pprove, under certin specified conditions, mendments voluntry employer plns regrding pyment of disbility benefits employees. This bill would remove the limittion requiring the direcr only pprove such mendments until Jnury 1, Februry 2, Disbility InsurnceGood AB 2409 Mony (P. E. & Ret.) Under existing lw clssified employees of school or community college district re subject lyoff for lck of work or lck of funds. This bill would require the superintendent of the district give written notice the employee nd the governing bord of the district tht such n ction hs been recommended prior ny notice of lyoff being sent the employee. This bill would uthorize n employee who hs been lid off for lck of work or lck of funds request hering, which would be pid for by the district, determine whether there ws sufficient evidence of lck of work or lck of funds necessitte lyoffs nd whether the order of lyoff conformed lw. Februry 2, Public EmployeesWtcht AS 2416 Mngers (P. E. & Ret.) Under existing lw clssified order of lyoff of school district clssified employees be determined by the length of the employee's service with the district nd tht length of service be mesured by hours spent in pid service. This bill would require length of service for lyoff purposes be mesured from the dte n employee is hired with probtionry or permnent sttus. Februry 2, Public EmployeesWtcht ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ACR 96 Dnnemeyer (L., E., & C. A.) This mesure would request the Employment Development Deprtment study the fesibility of clculting nd publishing sttistics on monthly bsis indicting the number cf jobs vilble in the lbor mrket. Jnury 23, Unemployment InsurnceSd Mrch 17, 1978

6 SB 1466 D. Crpenter (I. R.)... This bill would... require tht n unemployed individul be 18 yers of ge or older in order be eligible for unemployment compenstion benefits. Februry 2, Unemployment InsurnceBd SB 1468D. Crpenftr (I. R.)Existing lw excludes specified persons from being "employees" for workers' compenstion purposes. This bill would lso exclude ny person performing voluntry service for txexempt privte nonprofit orgniztion who receives no compenstion for such services other thn mels nd trnsporttion. Existing lw provides tht, notwithstnding the bove exclusions, person who performs voluntry service without py for txexempt privte nonprofit orgniztion shll be deemed n employe cf the orgniztion for workers' compenstion purposes while performing such service, when the bord of direcrs of the orgniztion, in its sole discretion, so declres. This bill would, in ddition, specify tht voluntry service without py includes the performnce of services by person who receives no compenstion for such services other thn mels nd trnsporttion. Februry 2, Workers' CompenstionBd SB 1469 Nejedly (Ris.) Existing lw provides tht no student employee of n orgnized cmp, s defined, shll *be subject minimum w,ige or mximum hour order of the Industril Welfre Commisnion if the employee receives t lest specified minimum slry. This bill would mke technicl nonsubstntive chnge. Februry Lbor CodeWtch SB 1471 Greene (I. R.) Existing unemployment insurnce lw requires the Direcr of the Employment Development Deprtment file sttements with the Secretry of Stte relting employer tx schedules, contribution rtes, nd extension rtios. This bill would... specificlly provide tht such sttements re public records, but would delete the requirement tht the direcr file such sttements with the Secretry of Stte. Existing lw provides tht n unemployed individul who is in ll respects otherwise eligible for unemployment compenstion benefits shll not be deemed ineligible for ny week in which, for not exceeding 2 working dys, he cnnot resonbly be expected work becuse there hs been deth in his immedite fmily in Cliforni. or, for not exceeding 4 working dys, he cnnot resonbly be expected work becuse there hs been deth in his immedite fmily outside of Cliforni. This bill would delete the reference Cliforni nd provide, insted, tht such deth in the immedite fmily be in, or outside, s the cse my be, of the stte in which such unemployed individul resides.... Februry 2, Unemployment Insurnce Disbility Insurnce Bd SB 1484 Beverly (N. R. & W.) The present Cliforni Costl Act of 1976, generlly, provides for the plnning of, nd regultion of developments within, designted res of the stte's costline. The existing policy provisions of the ct provide tht designted housing opportunities be protected, encourged, nd, where fesible, providqd. This bill would exempt the conversion of multiple rentl units (prtments) condominiums from the ppliction of the ct. Februry 6, EnvironmentWtcht SB 1485 Petuis (I. R.)... This bill would require n exmintion of tuberculosis for drivers involved in trnsporting pupils under contrct with privte schools, school districts, community college districts, nd county superintendents of schools.... Februry 6, EductionWtcht SB 1491 Presly (H. & W.) Existing lw prohibits sprying of ny product contining sbess in or upon building or other structure during its construction, ltertion, or repir. Existing lw exempts,, until July 1, 1978, specified encpsulted sbeslos products nd F*rtlnd cement plster of less thn onehlf of percent sbess. This bill would remove such exemption termintion dte nd further. define encpsulted products exempted those which contin sbess fibers bound within the finished product fro'm mnufcture through ppliction such tht during ny resonbly foreseeble SENATE BILLS Mrch 17, 1918 D63 use, sprying, ppliction, hndling, srge, repir, disposl, processing, or trnsporttion, no irborne concentrtion of sbess will be relesed in excess of specified exposure limits... Februry SfetyBd SB 1499 Alquist (P. U., T. & E.j This bill would enct the Liquefied Nturl Gs Bond Lw of 1978, which would provide, conditioned upon pprovl of the stte elecrte for the issunce nd sle of stte bonds pursunt the Stte Generl Obligtion Bond Lw for the purpose of finncing the construction, opertion, nd mintennce of fcilities for the collection nd liquefction of nturl gs nd for the receiving nd regsifiction thereof, in tl mount of $1,200,000,000. The bill would provide for submission of the bond proposl the voters t specil election be consolidted with the 1978 Generl Election. The bill would mke n pproprition in connection with the issunce nd sle of the bonds, s s'pecified. Februry 8, EnergyWtcht SB 1510 Smith (Ed.) Existing sttutes crete n Advisory Commission on Specil Eduction. This bill would require tht 4 of the public members of the commission who re be ppointed by specific public officers nd bodies be prents of pupils who hve received or re currently receiving specil eduction services, nd would further require the commission comment nd report the Stte Bord of Eduction t lest once yer on specified mtters. This bill would lso pproprite $19,000 the commission crry out the duties nd responsibilities of this ct. Februry 9, EductionWtcht SB 1516 P. Crpenter (P. E. & R.) (I) Existing lw mndtes tht the retirement of ny employee under the provisions of ny retirement lw effect his or her dismissl from employment t the end of the current school yer. This bill would require n employee grnted disbility llownce by the Stte Techers' Retirement System be treted s disbilitnt, rther thn retirnt, nd would require school district grnt disbilitnt leve of bsence for the period of his disbility leve up mximum of 63 months nd uthorize school district grnt dditionl disbility leve t its discretion. (2) Existing lw limits 30 dys or less the mount of time which the governing bord of school district my grnt certificted employee who hs pplied for disbility llownce nd requires tht replcement employees for those on disbility leves be clssified s temporry. This bill would repel these provisions nd would llow school district grnt dditionl disbility leve... Februry 9, EductionWtcht SB 1520 Cmpbe'll (Ed.) Existing lw requires the superintendent of school district notify n employee nd the governing bord no lter thn Mrch 15 if the employee's services will not be needed the following yer. The hering procedure tht the employee my institute must then be conducted by specified dtes. Existing lw requires the governing bord of school district 'notify certificted employee by Mrch 15 tht the employee my be relesed from his or her position for the following yer, with specified exceptions. Existing lw requires.s school district governing bord notify ffected employees by My 15 tht they will be lid off the following yer due ' i reduction in ttendnce or reduction or discontinunce of prticulr kind of 'service. This bill would exempt school district governing bords from the requirement of giving notice by the dtes specified in the sttutes governing these ctions during the 1978 clendr yer, nd would permit notice tfo be given nd the ttendnt procedures be commenced t ny time',' with regrd employment in the school yer... Februry 9, EdutioW tckt SB 1530 Nejedly (H. & W.) This bill would pproprite n dditionl unspecified sum the Stte Deprtment of Helth in ugmenttion of the pproprition in the Budget Act of 1977 for the support of the deprtment for the purpose of conducting study on the occuptionl group moniring of cncer for the Five By Are counties which comprise the Stndrd Metropolitn Sttisicl re...februry 13, 1978.