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loor to CiNNIour on Aril

has ben $2.50 an hour since Oc-tober l8, 1976, will furhr rise to$2."0 an hour on January 1, 1979.The two-step increase, this April

I and next January I, was votedJanuary 19 by th}e Industrial-Wel-fare Commission to maintain theteateni-mum at the same level

as thie federal rate.Amendments to the federal Fai

*Labor Standards Act. ra.Ad therate for workers covered -by that

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Prop o3Bnelt

vv^.wW AvIU.u IUNUv^- 'a= Mr.site drilling anld mwlif aetivftsare covered by. the newmi mwag of $2.65, although theywrnot covere-d by the 1976 IWCorders.Nearly two mlllion Californians

are working at or close to thie -min-'!mum waqge, frequently in employ-ment like retail trade- eating onddrinking place; wholesale trade;hotels,, motels,. and other lodgingplaces-; motion picture theater-s;amusement and recreation serv-ices; banks and other credit agen-cies; apparel and related productsmanufacturing; and leathxer andleather products manuJfacturing,a state aide said.The State mfinimum wage, which

liona in -properbty reifgost

Chamtra zn Proposi.tion 13,the Jarvis-Gann initiative constf-tutional amendment to limit prop.erty taxe to one percent of as-sessed. value, as4a temprrmirage that smn a few mn wHilblow up in everybody's face."' theGovernor said he personally be-lieves that if the intiative is ap-proved'at the June 6 prhnr itwill be chlegdon constitu-tional grounds.He pointed out that ff ft is

thrown out by the courts ft will(Continued on Page 2)

BL onelaveToAr Impact ofehange in

The impact of the newly revisedCons'umer Price Index on unioncontracts will be one of the majortopics to be taken up at a specialconference to be held by the Pa-cific Regional Office of the U.S.Labor Department's Bureau of La-bor Statistics at. the Hyatt Re-gency Hotel at 5 'EmbarcaderoCeniter in-San Francisco on Tues-day, Ma-rch .28.Bruce Hanchett, the BLS Re-

gional Commisioner, said thatthe conference -is designed to in-troduce index users to various as-pects of the newly revised CPI.

Hanchlett will describe the newindices, explain why they were re-.vissed, disuss the publicationl time

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A list of legislative issues ofmajor concern to organized laborin Californlia at both the state andfederal levels was sent to CentralLabor Council Committees on Political Education throughout thestate last week -to. serve as an aidin interviewing candidates for Con-gressional, State -Senate and As-sembly seats at stake in the June6 primary election..John F. Henig,. executive of-

ficer of the ..California AFLCIO,emphasized that the list is merelysuggestive of a broad range of is-sues on which -candidates shouldbe questioned -to gain some in-

sight to each candidate's social,political and economic views.Among other things, the list sug-

gests that candidates for the StateAssembly or State Senate shouldbe questioned on. their views on{1) increasing both unemploymentisrance -benefits and (2) perma-nent partial disability benefits, (3)extending collecti've bargainingrights to state. college and uni-versity employees, (4) prohibitingcompulsory overtime, (5) approv-ing the Sundesert nuclear powerproject, (6) requing social andeconomic factors to be includedin the environmental irnpact state-

ments, and (7) opposing land-useproposals that igore the need forbalanced economic growth.

On1 the federal -level, the Cali-fornia AFL 10 suggests that can-didates for Congress should bequestio'nedon their willitlgtess to(1) suppor the Labr Aw Reformbill (S.2467), (2) the Humphrey-Hawkins.-Full Employment -bill(S. 50 and HR.- 50), (3) providepolitical freedom for federal em-ployees through. revrision of -the-HIatch Act, (4) support commonsitus picketing leilto,(5) W_pose -de-regulation of natual gas,,

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AFL-CIO~~Acs to Cannel Hel to Sriking Mine WorkersAction to support striking mem- response to a call to action by bitter att-acks agant the miners food for shipment and distribution

bers of the United Mine Workers AFL-CIOPresidentGeorgeMeany. by both min'e -owvnerm and govern- to the needy miners and theirU n i o n was being initiated - this Leo P e r1 is, director of the ment officials.. -the AFL- CIO is famies.week'by ce ntr al labor councits AAF L-C I 0 J)ept. of Community urging each central labor council Firli tred each central laborthroughout -the state and nation in Services, said that "in light of fth to organize eollections of cash and .(C-ontinued on Page 2)

The ntumber of jobless workers thisr month, u3sing seasonally ad- 'Herea-fter both will be, a state aidein California climbed by 90,000- justed figures 'for jobles workers said thiis ireek.from 704,000 in January to 794,000 as well as for the jobless rate. ('On a non-seasonally adjusted'last monthad the State's job- (In the past, the state-reports on basis, the total number of joblessless ratle jumped -from' 6.8 pereent thenumber of.actualjoblesswork- workers in Californa climbedto 7.6 percent over the month on a ers have not been seasonally ad- from 813,000 in January to 854,000se'asonally. adjusted basis, State justed but the state's -jobless rate last month and the jobless rateand federal agencies reported this hw; been seasonally adjusted. (Continued on Page 2)'

To$26 anHThe minimum wag for nearly

all Californians will increase from$2.50 to $2.65 an hour on April Ias a result- of C.alifornia AFL-CIOlegislation enacted in 1976 requir-ing the State minimum to be keptat least as high as the federalminimum.With this increase in the State

minimum wage, -the rate underState and fe-deral law is uniform-ly $2.65 an hour for nearly allCalifomlia workers.Exceptions under State law are

public employees, outside sales-persons, and others expllcitly ex--empted--by valid 'and applicable1976 orders of the Industrial Wel-fare Commission (IWC), State La-bor Commissioner Ja'mes 'Quillin

COULD BAR ALL TAX RELIEF

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Publisher's NoticeThe California AFL-CIO News

is published weekly by the Cali-fornia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, 995 Market Street, SanFrancisco, Calif. 94103. Secondclass postage paid at San Fran-cisco, Calif. Subscription:S3.50 a 'year. Publication Num-ber 083400. John F. Henning,-execut;ive secretary -treasurer;Glen Martin, editor.

The jobles rate for San Franciscoand San Jose won't be released tillnext Mondlay, a Labor Dept. aidesaid.Nationally, t o t a I employment

was pegged at 93 million lastmonth, an increase of 3.7 millionover the year.The U. S. jobles rate for adult

men dropped from 4.7 to 4.5 per-cent over the month; the rate foradult 'women dropped from 6.1percet to 5.7 percent; white un-employment dropped from 5.5 per-cent to 5.3 percent; and black job.lessness dipped from 12.7 percentto 11.8 percent.But the teenage jobless rate na-

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cut into employment in related in-dustries.

In addition, Gera Curry, of theLos Angeles office of the StateEmployment Development Dept.pointed out that migration intoCalifomia was rising."Young people, college gradu-

ates, are coming to Caliornia.They're not necessarily flockingto Los Angeles and San Francisco,but are going to many differentparts of the State,"i she said.Total employment in Californiia

last month was pegged at 9,628,-000, an increase of 44,000 over thiemonth.

In -LosArgk County, employ-ment totaled 3,101,000 in Februaryand unemployment totaled 282,000.

(Continued from Page Drose from 7.9 percent to 8.2 per-cent. In February 1977 total un-employment was 905,000 and thejobless rate was 9.1 percent on anon-seasonally adjusted basis.)In Los Angeles County, unem-

ployment rose from 7.4 percent inJanuary to 8.3 percent last month.Government officials attributed

the rise in both the state and coun-ty jobless rates principally to theentrance of more people into thelabor force, rather than a reduc-tion in the number of jobs avail-able.They also maitie that the

heavy rains in Southern Californareduced activity in the construc-tion industry in that region and

tne Caifortiia State Council ofCarenters ha voicid its vigor-ous opstion to President Car-ter's action invoking the Taft-Hartey Act against the nation'smine workers.

In a resolutionwnimulaotdat the State Council's 43rd

Convention in San Francisco onMarch 10, the Council declared itssupport for the mine workers in.their strugge and said that thenmdne workers' strike is critical,involving, among other things, thetight not to work under unsafecondition.The resolution asserted thiat

"6. .. an injury to one is an injurto all."The Council, which represents

100,000 carpenters throughout Cali-fornia, warned that ". . . if themine V.o% l lose their unon wear all thereby jeopardized."

'Labor Looks ofCongress' BookletNow Availlablene new 1abor Loolm at Con-grepmpMetis nowv available

from the ABLMCO. It is a 90 pagereport by the AF"10I Dept. of

Leglatonon what happened tobills of special interest to the la-bor movement during the firstsession of the 95th Congress.A foreword gives the 1977 ses-

sio a mixed review - notingsuhh major gains as enactmentOf iiu wage improvementsand, Irv.-c on Lmpotn laborIsuesm ldn construction sitepikUgand cargo preference.lEe aphe concludes with

an "u0id bek.business" listing

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Snat UrgedToAc on Hateh

ecRfrm BlHatch Act iefonm is "long ov-

erdue." the AFL-CIO ExecutiveCouncil said in a resolution prod-ding the Senate and its Govern-mental Affairs Committee to acton a House-passed bill.The Hatch Act, a relic of the

1930s, denies some 3 mill'ion- fed-eral and postal workers the rightto take an active part in partisanpolitical activities.These public sector workers are

entitled to "the full political rightsand safeguards enjoyed by allother American citizens," thecouncil said.

Its resolution noted that the billthe House passed last June alsowould establish "effective andworkable"p safeguards protectinggovernment employees againstpolitical coercion or intirnidation.A Hatch Act reform bill was

passed by the previous Congressbut vetoed by then-PresidentFord.The bill now before Congress

is backed by President Carter.

Soc'ial ScientistsBack Passage ofLabor Reform BillMore than 100 leading social

scientists have Joined in a state-ment urging passage of the laborlaw reform bill (S. 2467) in orderto "insure fairness and continuedstability of the nation's industrialrelations system."The National Labor Relations

Act set up "a rational and well-balanced system of industrial jus-tice," they said.But "that system has been dan-

gerously weakened by outmodedenforcement procedures and astaggering administrative back-log."tThe statement issued by Social

Scientists for Labor Law Reformsaid the bill before the Senatecontains the essential reforms"ncsayto preserve a system

which has served both workersand employers so well during thelast four decades."The ad hoc committee was

formed at the initiative of Stan-ford University Prof. Seymour

i Ipset, Dr. Austin Ranney of theAmerican Enterprise Institute,and Prof. James MacGregorBurns of WMliams College.

Its membership includes SidneyHook, John P. Roche, Ben J. Wat-tenberg, Michael Novak, DanielBell, Paul Seabury, Clark Kerr,Jean Kirkpatrick and Leon Key-serling.

(Continued from Page 1 )leave the state with no propertytax relief at all.

"If you want to revolt against---t taxes, the only way to

*xpres that is to vote 'Yo' onPr-oposition 8 and 'No' on Proposi-tion 13," the Governor-said.

Proposition 8, the Governor saidin a talk to an audience in BalboaPark in San Diego last week,- "isthe constitutional amendment thatwill make it possible to lowerhome ower taxes without in-creasing taxes on business, with-out increasing the sales tax, theincome tax or any other tax."But Brown warned that if Prop-F-<~ptE &.

uphold it, we'll have to go aboutfinding a way to make up themoney that has been taken away.""And that money," he declared,

"sis go'n to come out of the in-come tax and the sales tax."To underscore the differences

between Proposition 13 and Prop-osition 8, the Governor pointedout that Proposition 13 providesacross-the-board tax relief for alltypes of real property - rentalhousing, commercial and indus-trial property as well as owneroccupied homes.

In contrast Proposition 8 wouldallow owner-occpied homes to betaxed at a rate lower than thatlevied on other property and atthe same time prohibit any in-crease in the tax rate levied onother property as a result of low-ering the tax rate on owner oc-cupied homes.Just last week the Executive

Council -of the California LaborFederation called for defeat ofProposition 13 and urged passageof. Proposition S. warning that:"Passage of Pi sot*on 13, the

Jarvis-Gann i n I t i a t i v e, wouldcause masive cutaks in socialservkes, 'desroy local govern-ments' ability to provte for their

eunifts, and gIv* most- of ther tax relief to businws and

landlor-ds."The Council's statement said

that "thousands of jobs, particu-larly for fire fighters, police,teachers, sanitation workers, hos-pital workers, and city and coun-ty employees will be lost" if Prop-osition 13 passes.Howard Jarvis,. one of the two

sponsors of the initiative petition

that placed Proposition 13 on theballot, announced last Friday(March 10) that he was support-ing the candidacy of State Sena-tor John Briggs of Fullerton, anultra-conservative Republican, forGovernor.On the same day, the California

LJeague of Women- Voters an-nounced the formnation of a "Noon 13 Committee" aimed at de-feating the Jarvis Initiative.

:StutPy Floor to ClnimTo$26 an Hour on Aril

(Continued from Page t ) ingt agricultural products for mar-Act to $2.65 anm hour begrining last- ket, on thie farm; and agriculturalJanuary 1 and to $2.90 next Janu- occupations. Partial 'inj'unctions inary 1. three other industries do not affectEmployers in industries covered enforcement o f t h e minimum

by a valid 1976 IWC order may wage, he said.continue after March 31 to pay The IWC will begin a full re-minors (youngsters under the age view of all of its wage and workof 18) and learners (who have had rules later in 1978, according tono previous related experience) Comniissioner Yvonne Postelle,$2.15 per hour. But, QuiIllin who acted as chairperson at thewarned, if a 1976 IWC order has IWC meeting in San Francisco onbeen ruled entirely invalid by March 13. Preliminary prepara-court action, there is no provision tions were ordered at that timefor any lesser rate, and. the full for the review.$2.65 must be paid miinors and The Industrial WelfareCommis-learners. sion was created in 1913 with au-.Other exemptions to the minli- thority to set ninmmwages,mum wage provided in the 1976 maximum hours, other conditionsorders-uch as those for execu- of employment, and working con-tive and admin-istrative employees ditions for employed -women andand for meal and lodging credits minors.-likewise are still applicable only The first minimum wage rate

if fth 1976 order that pertains to promulgated in 1916 was 16 centsthat industry is still applicable. an hour. In 1972 and IM7 the StateFive of the IWC orders are en- Legislature required the Commis-

tirely unenforceable, pendin ap. sion to issue regulations covreringpeal, and employers in industries men, too, as a result of legislationregulated by those five orders can- sponsored by the Califomia Labornot use the lower rate for minors Federation.Or other exceptions to the nu'ii- The D)iv'ision of Labor Stand--mum wage. Those industries are: ards Enforcement in the State De-transportation; amusement and partment of Insdustrial Relationsrecreation; h "andlin products af- has primary responsibility for en-ter harvest, off the farm; prepar- forcing I-WC orders.

fliriy 1lS for the current ses-

Single copies of Labor Lookcsat Congre5s l9T77 Publication 77-,are available free.Larger qiesare 50 cents

each or $45 for 100 copies.Ore should be snt to the

AFL-CIO Pamphlet Division, 81S16th St. NW,, Washingtn,, D. C.20006.

3 Mlae s StoresSued for Pay BiasAgainst Women

.Three Northern CaliforniaMacy's stores have been sued bythe U. S. Department of Labor forallegedly paying their womensales employees 40 cents an hourless -than they pay men doing com-parable work.The Labor Department's suit

which says the different payscales have been in effect sinceOctober 1972, asks for equal payand payment of back wages due.The stores cited in the suiit are

those in downtow San Francico,downtown Sacramento and in theSerramonte shopping center inDaly City.

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AFL-CIO ~~AkctSo Channel Hel toSriking Mne Workers*(Continuedfrom Pagel1) topushforwardwith the organiza- notstarvedintosubmission,"Hen- In San Francisco all affilates

body to promote the campaign tion of "Food for the Miners" sup- nigsaid. should contact the San Franciscoamonlg all local unions and com- port groups despite the fact that Henning suggested that in view Labor Council for details of themunity grops in their areaandto the UMW'Is bargaining council' of the distance between California supportprogram. Phone (415) 863-designate collection depots such voted 22 to 17 this week to submit and the coal fields, cash dona- 7011.as u n ion h a I11 s, churches and a new proposed settlement to the tions would be much more effi- AFL-CIO officials assigned byschools, as'soon as possible. miners for ratification. cient. Such donations should be PerIis to help coordinate the.He suggested that a scJhedule of Although the new proposal is made payable to "Food for the "Food forthe Miners" program irn

the dates and times for collections expected to receive a somewhat Miners" and sent to Lane Kirk- California and the western regiornof donations to the mine workers better reception than an earlier land, secretary-treasurer, AFL- are: Gene Savoy, who can beshould be worked out as quickly proposal that was overwhelmingly 'CIO, 815 S i x t e e n t h St., N. W., reached in Palo Alto at (415) 493,as possible as well as arrange- rejected, reports from the field in- Washington, D.C. 20006. 0101 and Ray Andrus, who ican bements forshort-termwarehousing, dicate that it too may prove tobe In the Los Angeles area, the reached in Washington, D. C. alif necessary. unacceptable to the workers, he campaign is be ing coordinated (202) 637-5196.John F. Henning, executive offi- noted. through the Los Angeles County The mine workers are present-

cer of the California Labor Feder- "In that event, we need to be Federation of Labor. For details ly scheduled to vote on the lateslation. said that it was "essential" ready to help assure that they are phone (213) 381-5611. contract proposal next Friday.

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State Fed Poses QuestionsTo Be Put to '78 Candidates(Continued from Page 1D)

(6) require special preference forU.S. ships transporting oil cargo,and (7) support the strict enforce-ment of the- -160-acre limitationcalled for by-the 1902 federal Rec-lamation Act.

Nlatl CPE AreaConferenu SetIn S. F April-15Trade onists in California,

Arizona and Nevada are remindedthat the AF-CIO's Committee onPolitical Education will hold its1978 Regional Conference at XtSheraton- Palace Ho t e lin SanFrancisco on Saturday, April 15.In commenting on the confer-

ence, natiotal COPE director AlBarkan pointed out that there are"scores of marginal House seatsand about a dozen marginal Sen-ate contests confronting us inwhich the combined resources ofthe newly active right -wing andfast-multiplying corporate politicalaction committees will be thrownagast ou friends."We've really got to go all out

to help elect as many of ourfriends as possible," he said.Sena t o r s and representatives

from each of the states involved inthe conference will be invited tospeak and a new COPE film de-picting the threat of the now high-ly sophbiticated right-wing politi-:caleffort wIll be shown.

' AlL un are ixvited.senddlegates, Barkan sid.

.Maint 17, 1976

The interviewing of candidatesat the local central body level wasscheduled to get under way in anumber of jurisdictions this week.The deadline for the submission

of endorsements by local and re-gional COPEs to the CaliforniaLabor Federation's Standing Com-mittee on Political Education isFriday, March 31, 1978.The Federation's pre-primary

endorsement convention will beheld at the Civic Auditorium inSan Francisco on Thursday, April6 to act on the endorsement ofcandidates and the statewide bal-lot propositions facing workers inthe statewide primary elections onJune 6.The convention, which will open

at 10:00 a.m., will act on the en-dorsement of candidates for Gov-ernor, Lt. Governor, Secretary ofState, State Controller, StateTreasurer, State Attorney Generaland Superintendent of Public In-struction, and for the UnitedStates House of Representatives,the State Legislature, the StateBoard of Equalization and-thestatewide ballot propositions.Copies of the official convention

call -for the convention were sentto all Federation affiliates lastJaiuary.Under the Federation's consti-

tution and by-laws, the ExecutiveCouncil has the exclusive right torecommend to the convention theconsideration of endorsements forcandidates for all of the followingoffices: Governor, Lt. Governor,Secretary of State, StatetControl-ler, State Treasurer, State Attor-ney General, Superintendent of

Public Instruction, and for allstatewide ballot propositions.The headquarters hotel for the

convention will be the Sheraton-Palace Hotel at Market and NewMontgomery Streets in San Fran-cisco.Further information may be ob-

tained by contacting M. R. Calla-han, Assistant Director of theFederation's Committee on Politi-cal Education at 995 Market St.,San Francisco, Ca., 94103. (415)986-3585.

R. R. RichardsonHonored at

Histadrut DinnerR. R. "Rich" Richardson, sec-

retary-treasurer of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council,was honored at the fifth annualSan Diego Histadrut Award Din-ner held at the Holiday In at theEmbarcadero in San Diego lastSaturday.More than 500 labor, civic and

political leaders turned out to hon-or Richardson and Norman T.Dennstedt, a building contractor,for their humanitarian, work inthe community.

Principal speaker at the dinnerwas John F. Henning, executivesecretary-treasurer of the Califor-nia L abo r Federation, who re-viewed the history of Histadrutand the State of Israel.Proceeds of the dinner will be

used to establish schalarshipi inIsrael for the children of trade un-ionists.

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BLS Conclave in S. F. to Airimpact of Changes in CPI

(Continued from Page l) Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor,schedule and how it may conflict 450 Golden Gate An., Room i048,with existing union contract cost- San Francisco, CA.of-living-adjustment (COLA) The fact that the revised CPI in-clauses. dexes - one for the Urban WageHe will also comment on the Earner and another for All Urban

impact of the CPI changes on Consumers includig the self-em-other users and describe ways to ployed, the unemployed, retirekeep up to date on the CPI. and salaried workers-will be pub-Both Hanchett and other BLS lished bi-monthly instead of quar-

economists will be available to terly as in the past.-may requireanswer questions, and a variety of amendments to existing labor-publications describing the latest management contracts containingrevisions -in the CPI will be dis- COLA clauses, a BLS economisttributed. noted.Persons unable to attend the Such changes should be effected

conference who wish to get copies by June 1,978 hesu gest, tbeof the informational materials last date. owbih thie o14 bidesshould write to: Bureau of 'Labor will be puied.

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Bishops Hit J. P.. Stevens Co.

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guise the strong, and acknowl-edged, anti-union philospy ofth Company."As long as this attitud on the

part of management continues, itconstitutes a serious obstacle tothe realistic resolution of the Ste-vans dispute."

Citing a long string of dec-isionsagainst the Company Issud by.both the courts and the National-Labor Relations Board, the bish-ops said that "any fair-mindedobserver Is forced to acknowledgethat the blame for the presnt o-cial 'crisis lies hevily upon theCompany."The record of the Company, the

bishops said, is "irreconcilablewith the clear demands of socialjustice in the Christian gospel."A nationvide boycott initiated

by the Union has been endorsedby the AFL-CIO and a wide va-

Zack Named toPanel on PublicBroadcasting

Albert J. Zack, director of pub-lic relations for the AFL-CIO, hasbeen named to a 24-member taskforce by the Corporation for Pub-lic Broadcasting to coneeive a newformat for citizen involvement inpublic broadcasting.The task force includes 12 rep-

resentatives-of the general publicand 12 from the public radio and-television com.munity.The panel's major objective will

be to make recommendatons tothe CPB board of directors on pub-lic participation at the nationallevel and in other areas.Pag 4. .. .... ..

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riety .of religious groups, includ-ing the National C o u n c il ofChurches.Just last week, Jamies D. Finley,

chairman of J. P. Stevens & Co.,announced that he would leave theBoard of New York's Manufac-tuers Hanover Trust Company, fol-lowing union pressure for his re-moval.Manufacturers Hanover, which

holds mere than $1 billion in uniontrust.and pension funds, has beenthe target of the Clothing & Tex-tile Workers' "corporate cam-paign" aimed at getting financialinstitutions to sever their con-nection with the anti-union Ste-vens firm.ACTWU, which is pressing a

nationwide consumer boycott ofStevens products in an effort toforce the company to abandon itsillegal union-busting tactics, hasmobilized several unions to with-draw their funds from Manufac-

turers Hanover as a protest of thebank's association with the firmthrough its directors.Finley's acknowledgement that

he will leave the bank's board ofdirectors came during an inter-view before Steven's annual meet-ing in Greenville, S.C."To be quite honest," Finley

said, "the bank put enough pres-sure on me that I decided againstseeking reelection. I don't want tobe where I'm not wanted."A second Stevens director, Da-

vid W. Mitchell, also confirmed.that he will not stand for reelec-tion to the Manufacturers Han-over board but attributed his de-cision to "business - time con-flicts." Mitchell is chairman ofAvon Products, Inc.A number of unions have al-

ready withdrawn their funds fromthe New York bank and others areconsidering similar action.Last Dec. 1, the Beltmakers,

No-velty & Allied Workers' union,a New York local of the Ladies'Garment Workers, closed its trst-account there.

Last month, Auto Workers Local259 ended a 36year relationshipwith the bank when it closed its$,000 checking account becauseof the presence of the Stevens of-ficials on the board.Sheet Metal Workers Local 93 in

Albany, N.Y., meanwhile, said itis considering closing its $400,000vacation fund at the bank.And President William Winpis-

inger of the Machinists said theunion will reach a final decision inApril whether to drop the bank asmoney manager of its $160 millionpension fund covering 150,000 Ma-cinists.

State D. 1 Taxes Deductible3Federal Judge Declares

Reversing an administrativeruling issued more than two yearsago by the Internal Revenue Serv-ice, a federal judge has held thatCalifornia taxpayers CAN deducttheir state disability in ancetaxes if they itemize deductionson their federal returns.

In a decision handed down inWashington, D. C., Judge HowardDawson, Jr., held that payroll de-ductions for the state disability in-surance program are a form oftax that may be deducted just likeany other state or local tax.The Internal Revenue Service

announced March 10 it would notappeal the ruling.The State disability insurance

program, which was enacted in1946 as a result of legislation spon-sored by the State Federation ofLabor, provides benefits for work-

ers disabled as a result of off-the-job injuries.Just last year the Califoria

AFL-CIO succeeded in winning en-actment of legislation increasingthe maximum benefits availableunder the program from $119 to$146 a week.

Currently one percent of thegross wages,of most Californiaworkers up to a maximum of $114a year is withheld to cover thecost of the program.The 1t decision not toaeal

the case mans that many Cali-fornians may be ellgible for taxriefnds plus interesthr 197S and196 if they had filed for te de-ducton and had It disalll orIf they did not claim thir SDIpayments as deductions for thotwo years.

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THE CALIFORNIA AFL CIO's

DI|GEST OF BILLS

The measures below introduced in the 1977-78 regular session of the Califomia Legislature areclassified by the California Labor Federation as "Good," "Bad," or "Wateht". An asterisk (*) indicates a

bill sponsored by the California Labor Federation. A "Watcht" designation indicates that the Federationwill 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 m 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.

ASSEMBLY BILLSAB 2363 Hughes (Rev. & Tax.) - Under the existing Bank and

Corporation Tax Law the income of a unitary business which issubject to taxation is determined by means of an allocation formulabased on income derived from or attributable to sources both with-in and without the state.

This bill would provide that the income derived from, or attributa-ble to, sources within a foreign country or political subdivisionthereof will not be included in a combined report computation if

the corporation is ( I ) created or organized under the laws of a

foreign country, and (2) not owned and controlled by a UnitedStates corporation or residents of the United States and (3) has

more than 80% of its operations outside of the United States, its

political subdivisions, territories, or possessions, or the Common-wealth of Puerto Rico.

Corporations engaged in the energy business are excepted fromthe provision of the bill. January 30, 1978. Taxation-Sad

AB 2369 - Imbrecht (G. 0.) This bill, would abolish state reg-

ulatory agencies, as defined, in accordance with following sched-ule: all regulatory agencies within the Resources Agency, July1, 1980; all regulatory agencies within the Business and Transporta-tion Agency, July 1, 1981; all regulatory agencies within the Healthand Welfare Agency, July 1, 1982, and all regulatory agencies within

the Agriculture and Services Agency, July 1, 1983.

This bill would establish procedures and criteria for the review

of such agencies . . . would limit the period for which such agen-

cies may be continued or reestablished to 6 years and impose limi-

tations with respect to the contents of a bill continuing or reestab-lishing an agency.. January 30, 1978.

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AB 2372 - Brown (W. & M.) The Budget Act of 1977 appropriatedmoney for transfer to the Personal Income Tax Fund by the StateController for the purpose of providing credits and refunds forrenters as required by existing law.

This bill would appropriate $5,000,000 in augmentation of suchappropriation. . . January 30, 1978. Taxation-Good

AB 2383 Thurman (G. 0.) Existing law requires state agenciesto prepare an agenda for, and provide notice, of their meetingsto any person who requests such notice in writing at least I weekin advance of a meeting.

This bill would, in addition, require state agencies, except withrespect to emergency meetings, to publish notice of their meetingsin a newspaper of general circulation in the area primarily affectedat least 30 days prior to any such meeting. January 31, 1978.

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AB 2395 - Mello (W., P., & W.) Existing law requires that northof Point Conception each crab trap have 2 circular openings of not

less than 4 inches, or 41/4 inches, if the trap was constructed after

January 1, 1975.This bill would delete the provision that would allow, north of

Point Conception, a crab trap constructed prior to Januory 1,1975, to have 2 circular openings of not less than 4 inches, ratherthan 4/4 inches. February 1, 1978. Labor Unions-Watcht

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AB 2401 - Young (P. E. & Ret.) - Existing law authorizes an em-ployee who has received notice of the governing board's intentionto dismiss him or her to demand a hearing which shall be conductedaccording to specified Government Code provisions before theCommission on Professional Competence.This bill would clarify that the commission is limited in its disposi-tion of the case to dismissing the employee or not dismissing theemployee, with no option of other alternative sanctions. . . . Feb-ruary 2, 1978. Education-Watcht

AB 2403 - Dixon (P. E. & Ret.) - Existing law permits an employeeorganization to file a petition with the Public Employment RelationsBoard alleging that the public school employees in a unit no longerdesire a particular employee organization as their exclusive repre-sentative, provided the petition is supported by current dues de-ductions authorizations, or other specified evidence.

This bill would delete the option of supporting such a petitionby current dues deductions authorizations. February 2, 1978.

Public Employees-WatchtAB 2406 - Lancaster (Fin., Ins., & Com.) - Existing unemployment

compensation disability law required, until January 1, 1976, theDirector of the Employment Development Department to approve,under certain specified conditions, amendments to voluntary em-ployer plans regarding payment of disability benefits to employees.

This bill would remove the limitation requiring the director toonly approve such amendments until January 1, 1976. February 2, 1978.

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AB 2409 - Montoya (P. E. & Ret.) Under existing law classifiedemployees of a school or community college district are subjectto layoff for lack of work or lack of funds.

This bill would require the superintendent of the district to givewritten notice to the employee and to the governing board of thedistrict that such an action has been recommended prior to anynotice of layoff being sent to the employee.

This bill would authorize an employee who has been laid off forlack of work or lack of funds to request a hearing, which would bepaid for by the district, to determine whether there was sufficientevidence of lack of work or lack of funds to necessitate layoffs andwhether the order of layoff conformed to law. February 2, 1978.

Public Employees-WatchtAS 2416 - Mangers (P. E. & Ret.) - Under existing law classified

order of layoff of school district classified employees be determinedby the length of the employee's service with the district and thatlength of service be measured by hours spent in paid service.

This bill would require length of service for layoff purposes to bemeasured from the date an employee is hired with probationary orpermanent status. February 2, 1978. Public Employees-Watcht

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONACR 96 - Dannemeyer (L., E., & C. A.) - This measure would re-

quest the Employment Development Department to study the feasi-bility of calculating and publishing statistics on a monthly basisindicating the number cf jobs available in the labor market. January23, 1978. Unemployment Insurance-Sad

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SENATE BILLSSB 1466 - D. Carpenter (I. R.) .... This bill would ... require that

an unemployed individual be 18 years of age or older in order tobe eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. February 2,1978. Unemployment Insurance-Bad

SB 1468-D. Carpenftr (I. R.)-Existing law excludes specified personsfrom being "employees" for workers' compensation purposes.

This bill would also exclude any person performing voluntary serv-ice for a tax-exempt private nonprofit organization who receivesno compensation for such services other than meals and transporta-tion.

Existing law provides that, notwithstanding the above exclusions,a person who performs voluntary service without pay for a tax-ex-empt private nonprofit organization shall be deemed an employaecf the organization for workers' compensation purposes while perform-ing such service, when the board of directors of the organization,in its sole discretion, so declares.

This bill would, in addition, specify that voluntary service withoutpay includes the performance of services by a person who receivesno compensation for such services other than meals and transporta-tion. February 2, 1978. Workers' Compensation-Bad

SB 1469- Nejedly (Ris.) - Existing law provides that no studentemployee of an organized camp, as defined, shall *be subject to aminimum w,ige or maximum hour order of the Industrial WelfareCommisnion if the employee receives at least a specified minimumsalary.

This bill would make a technical nonsubstantive change.February 2. 1978. Labor Code-Watch

SB 1471 - Greene (I. R.) - Existing unemployment insurance law re-quires the Director of the Employment Development Departmentto file statements with the Secretary of State relating to employertax schedules, contribution rates, and extension ratios.

This bill would . . . specifically provide that such statements arepublic records, but would delete the requirement that the directorfile such statements with the Secretary of State.

Existing law provides that an unemployed individual who is inall respects otherwise eligible for unemployment compensationbenefits shall not be deemed ineligible for any week in which, fornot exceeding 2 working days, he cannot reasonably be expectedto work because there has been a death in his immediate familyin California. or, for not exceeding 4 working days, he cannot reason-ably be expected to work because there has been a death in hisimmediate family outside of California.

This bill would delete the reference to California and provide, in-stead, that such death in the immediate family be in, or outside,as the case may be, of the state in which such unemployed individualresides. . . . February 2, 1978.

Unemployment Insurance - Disability Insurance - BadSB 1484 - Beverly (N. R. & W.) - The present California CoastalAct of 1976, generally, provides for the planning of, and regulationof developments within, designated areas of the state's coastline. Theexisting policy provisions of the act provide that designated housingopportunities be protected, encouraged, and, where feasible, pro-vidqd.

This bill would exempt the conversion of multiple rental units(apartments) to condominiums from the application of the act.February 6, 1978. Environment-Watcht

SB 1485- Petuis (I. R.) . . . This bill would require an examination oftuberculosis for drivers involved in transporting pupils under con-tract with private schools, school districts, community college dis-tricts, and county superintendents of schools. . . . February 6, 1978.

Education-WatchtSB 1491 - Preslay (H. & W.) - Existing law prohibits spraying of

any product containing asbestos in or upon a building or other struc-ture during its construction, alteration, or repair. Existing law ex-empts,, until July 1, 1978, specified encapsulated asbeslos productsand F*rtland cement plaster of less than one-half of percentasbestos.

This bill would remove such exemption termination date and further. define encapsulated products exempted to those which contain

asbestos fibers bound within the finished product fro'm manufacturethrough application such that during any reasonably foreseeable

use, spraying, application, handling, storage, repair, disposal, proc-essing, or transportation, no airborne concentration of asbestos willbe released in excess of specified exposure limits.... February 6.1978. Safety-Bad

SB 1499 Alquist (P. U., T. & E.j - This bill would enact the Lique-fied Natural Gas Bond Law of 1978, which would provide, condi-tioned upon approval of the state electorate for the issuance andsale of state bonds pursuant to the State General Obligation BondLaw for the purpose of financing the construction, operation, andmaintenance of facilities for the collection and liquefaction of nat-ural gas and for the receiving and regasification thereof, in a totalamount of $1,200,000,000. The bill would provide for submission ofthe bond proposal to the voters at a special election to be con-solidated with the 1978 General Election. The bill would make anappropriation in connection with the issuance and sale of the bonds,as s'pecified. February 8, 1978. Energy-Watcht

SB 1510 Smith (Ed.) - Existing statutes create an Advisory Com-mission on Special Education.

This bill would require that 4 of the public members of the com-mission who are to be appointed by specific public officers andbodies be parents of pupils who have received or are currentlyreceiving special education services, and would further require thecommission to comment and report to the State Board of Educa-tion at least once a year on specified matters.

This bill would also appropriate $19,000 to the commission tocarry out the duties and responsibilities of this act. February 9, 1978.

Education-WatchtSB 1516 P. Carpenter (P. E. & R.) (I) Existing law mandates

that the retirement of any employee under the provisions of anyretirement law effect his or her dismissal from employment at the endof the current school year.

This bill would require an employee granted a disability allow-ance by the State Teachers' Retirement System to be treated asa disabilitant, rather than a retirant, and would require a schooldistrict to grant a disabilitant a leave of absence for the periodof his disability leave up to a maximum of 63 months and author-ize a school district to grant additional disability leave at its dis-cretion.

(2) Existing law limits to 30 days or less the amount of timewhich the governing board of a school district may grant a certi-ficated employee who has applied for disability allowance and re-

quires that replacement employees for those on disability leavesbe classified as temporary.

This bill would repeal these provisions and would allow a schooldistrict to grant additional disability leave. .. February 9, 1978.

Education-WatchtSB 1520 Campbe'll (Ed.) Existing law requires the superintendent

of a school district to notify an employee and the governing boardno later than March 15 if the employee's services will not be neededthe following year. The hearing procedure that the employee mayinstitute must then be conducted by specified dates.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to'notify a certificated employee by March 15 that the employee maybe released from his or her position for the following year, withspecified exceptions.

Existing law requires .s school district governing board to notifyaffected employees by May 15 that they will be laid off the fol-lowing year due to' i reduction in attendance or a reduction or

discontinuance of a particular kind of 'service.This bill would exempt school district governing boards from the

requirement of giving notice by the dates specified in the statutesgoverning these actions during the 1978 calendar year, and wouldpermit notice tfo be given and the attendant procedures to be com-menced at any time',' with regard to employment in the 1978-79school year. . . February 9, 1978. EdutioW atckt

SB 1530 - Nejedly (H. & W.) -This bill would appropriate an ad-ditional unspecified sum to the State Department of Health in aug-mentation of the appropriation in the Budget Act of 1977 for thesupport of the department forthe purpose of conducting a studyon the occupational group monitoring of cancer for the Five BayArea counties which comprise the Standard Metropolitan Statisicalarea. . .February 13, 1978.

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