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JAN 16 1967
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TO:
Walter
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Reuther
Paul
Schrade
JAN 16 1967.
Los Angeles Times
Thursday,
a erse
January
5,
1967
‘of Farin |
BY
HARRY
BERNSTEIN
‘Times Labor
-.
Editor
2
Teamsters Union leaders from the |
“western states will meet here today
: to put into effect a unique
"boycott
- jn reverse" strategy in their fight
- against the AFL-CIO farm workers
:
_junion
‘| The AFL-CIO United Farm Work‘ers Organizing Committee, headed
- by Cesar Chavez, went on strike in
‘ September against A. Perelli-Minetti & Sons, Delano area grape growers.
William Kircher, national director
of organization for the AFL-CIO,
-. charged that while the strike was on
the Teamsters helped recruit work-
ers
for
signed
Perelli-Minetti
a union
contract
and
then
with the'
from Perelli-Minetti grapes, particularly Tribuno vermouth and Eleven
Cellars wine.
Thrifty Drug, which has annual
sales of about $250 million, respond-
to
the
AFL-CIO
pleas
and
“stopped buying Perelli-Minetti pro- |
ducts, a ‘major victory for the farm
workers union.
The Teamsters and Perelli-Minet-
ti cried foul, insisting they have a legal, binding union contract, and
then started their countermoves.
- An unusual clause in the Team-
ek
A
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BT ADE
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firm.
The APL- CIO started a nationwide boycott of wine products made
“ed
First Page
Centinued from
7
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.
: ha
pl
eet
that if the grower is sub-
jected to boycotts or picketing, the Teamsters must
"do everything within
which last summer agreed
to the first union contract
union
workers
farm
with the
set a precedent
and
which the AFL-CIO hopes
marked the start of union‘¢zing farm workers.
throughout the nation.
to counter
power
their
"If they (the AFL-CIO)
, such pressure."
are going to boycott proSo the Teamsters now
of firms under
ducts
are starting their "reverse
~
then
cts,
contra
ter
Teams
involves
which
boycott,"
.
we
why
reason
no
is
there
tactics.
several
shouldn't do the same to .
One is to pressure, with.
Mock,
e
Georg
said
,"
-‘them
means,
other
and
pickets
the
of
ent
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Thrifty
as
such
firms
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.
Union
ters
Teams
“which have agreed not to
Mock denied AFL-CIO
Perelliany more
buy
charges that the Team|
d
andar
subst
a
signed
_gters
Another is to picket
that
ed
insist
He
ct.
contra
Schenley Industries, Inc.,
Minetti products.
negotiations
between
his
dispute with
another cor-
therefore, turn a deaf ear
union and Perelli-Minetti . poration,
_ to the pleas of the union," ~
“were under way before the
"Thrifty does not ois
he said.
he
3
AFL-CIO union went on
sides in any labor dispute
Thrifty is: "highly
strike.
in which it is not directly
uni
oni
zed
”
its
elf
,
Woo
lThe
most © sloattionat
involved,"
Woolpert
said.
pert noted. And several
victory won by the AFIBut "Thrifty cannot be ununions asked Thrifty to
CIO in its boycott efforts
to persuade Perelli-Minet‘mindful of the past and stop buying Perelli-Minetti that its workers want
present inferior economic ti products.
the
AFL-CIO
Thrifty
tinue
agreed
buying
came
when
the
firm's
to discon-
conditions
of
farm
ers compared
work-
"Thrifty could not be
oblivious to the attitude of
with the ba-
lance of California workmerchandise. .
ers in nonfarm jobs."
When Thrifty first
As a major retailer, he
made the decision, it gave
said, the firm has "a varie-no explanation.
, _ty of legal and moral obliHowever,
Thrifty’s industrial relations director
gations
to
the
unions which represent
thousands of
communi-
Ralph Woolpert said Sun‘day a combination of fac-
major corporation helping
in the Perelli-Minetti dis- _
pute was illegal, unworthy ©
a group
of workers
ooo
in
a
of the farm workers' union
or
immoral.
It could
not,
compa-
ny's employes,” he said,
ties in which it operates."
"And the company was
not convinced the position
tors was involved in what
was a rare instance of a
the
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. PartI-THURS., JAN. 5, 1967
| my
Ted Merrill Named
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as Key Souiniand
Orcanizer by Hoffa
BERNSTEIN
BY HARRY
Labor Editor
Times
ce
fe
Teamster President James R. Hoffa has named Ted Merrill to the key
job as general organizer of the union
in
Southern
California,
it was
-yJearned Wednesday.
.
.. .
.
The appointment could be a major
factor in the hot contest to succeed
retiring
John
M.
Annand,
the
in-
- Cumbent general organizer and president of the 120, 000- member Teamsters Joint Council 42 in Southern
California.
—. Merrill, now vice president of the
foune
and
il
secretary
executive
of the 5,000-member Long Beach Local 692, said he "would
certainly ac-
cept" the presidency of the council.
Contender
job
for
Position
The other contender for Annand's
as president
of the
council
is
Thomas Young, council secretarytreasurer and executive secretary of
Los Angeles Local 196. —
: Election to the vital post is up to
- six members
of the council's
execu-
tive board. They are reportedly divided three to three for wa
and
- Young.
While the’ gener al organizer of the
union is not automatically the joint
council president as well, Annand
has held both posts and Hoffa's ap-
-pointment
of Merrill seems
to give
Merrill a push toward both jobs.
7
Annand, 67, was elected to a fouryear term as council president last
year but he has indicated he plans to
retire from the presidency soon af_ter his resignation as general organizer takes effect Jan. 31.
Elect His Replacement
In that case, the executive
board
_will have to elect his replacement to
fill the unexpired term. Normally,
‘the seven delegates from each of the
nearly 50 locals affiliated with the
Joint Council of Teamsters elect the
president.
Merrill has long been regarded as
close to Hoffa, and his appointment
as
general
organizer,
a
$25,000-a-
year job, W ould tend to puppet that
view.
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“HOULIHAN GIVEN
PRISON TERM FOR }/
EMBEZZLEMENT
OAKLAND
(UPI)—Former Oak-
land Mayor John C. Houlihan Wed-
nesday was sentenced to one to 10
- years in prison for embezzlement of
“$95,799.
The
perior
sentence was passed by SuCourt Judge Redmond
C.,
Staats after Houlihan, 55, had com-
pleted 90 days of confinment at the
state medical facility at Vacaville.
At Vacaville, Houlihan was given
a psychiatric study ordered by the
judge to help him in determining
the proper penalty.
A 14-page report from the facility
recommended against giving Houlihan probation.
Houlihan had pleaded “guilty to
having taken the money from the es- tate of Mrs. Sarilla W hitlock, widow ©
of-a Safeway store executive, while
he was its administiator.
Houlihan .became
mayor,
a
part
time job paying $7,500 a year, in
1961, and resigned last year in the
middle of his term, say ing he wasn't
_ making enough.
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February
9,
Telegram
from
The
necessary
to review
and
which
building
would
constructed
A clear-cut
estimate
Iam
design
1967
the
of the
of the
difficulty.
under
cost
normal
construction
that
needs
in such
and
it would
of your
a way
these
and
sketches
organization
00
is to construct
if such
a
a building
conditions.
of materials,
opinion
to review
of $4,150,000.
cost
an approximate
for
budget
immediate
a building
have
for me
date.
of your
purpose
that the
understanding
that it is
architect's
a copy of the
possible
earliest
I believe
In order
involved.
like to obtain
at the
organization,
of your
factors
of the
I would
specifications,
It is my
meet
some
intelligently,
matters
plans
overall
the
In considering
were
1,
Feb.
Center.
Service
plans,
Dated
Don Rand,
from
CHAVEZ
is text of letter to CESAR
following
Schrade
Paul
from
for Irv Bluestone
message
Lengthy
6
Region
UAW
the
be more
outside
that additions
other
to construct
In other
could
established
and
labor,
beneficial
organization.
be
should
purposes
words,
be made
the
with
costs
an
involved.
to
a building
architect
without too much
could
rage
unions
local
of
1967
office,
dental
that are working
groups
other
co-op
The
original
Architect's
A.
sketches
Develop
expansion.
such
When
sketches
should
you
concerned,
by all parties
with
and
been
have
plans
immediate
the
represent
which
plans
and
expansion
the
following:
Sketches
and
Plans
concerned
be
should
that you
I believe
up,
In summing
future
for
of your
needs
organization.
of your
upon the needs
based
present
provide
should
of course,
plans,
clinic,
for the medical
upon the
based
union,
organization
of your
officers
facilities
plus
with you,
on your
a building
to construct
wiser
administrative
the
credit
and
store,
organization.
house
that would
union
a local
space.
hall
be much
it would
that
to me
property
present
meeting
excess
with
It seems
for
out that many
to build
is,
that
build,
to over
a tendency
had
have
I pointed
you,
with
discussions
in my
that
recall
will
headquarters
and
1,
<
You
our
CHAVEZ
to PETER
Text of letter
February
Don Rand
from
a plan
completed
and
approved
covering
the
final
specifications
obtain
plus
needs,
blueprints.
Plan
Site
1.
overall
An
the
should
planned
cost of constructing
the location
you locate
in this
plan
as well as the
structure,
that
site
of the building
the
regard.
building
be developed
can
in such
You will
expansion.
driveways
and
affect this
a way
the location
showing
parking
cost
lots
greatly.
that you can
recall
of the
that I advised
is very
as much
you
and that
expensive
Therefore,
eliminate
present
I propose
cost
as
that
possible
Text of letter to PETER
Page
Site
CHAVEZ
from Don Rand
February
1,
1967
3
Plan
(continued)
Prior
to taking
zoning
clearance
will be needed
of course,
additional
be
also
should
include
would
the type
available.
This,
for this
used
will be
which
etc.,
tank,
of septic
utilities which
are
that they
sure
out to make
checked
completed,
be
should
relating to the
and questions
be obtained,
should
soil boring
and
surveys
steps,
property.
CG.
Budget
the
covering
the
free
labor
cost
involved
specifications
and
plans
upon
in this
In this
regard,
I suggest
such
cost
items
1D:
Construction
It is my
as
organization
have
to be
made
insurance,
such
and
based
an estimate
of the
would
of course,
utilities,
taxes,
the
for building
money
your
which
be
the
initial
budget
should
of operating
meets
for landscaping,
include
the
such
costs.
facility.
the estimated
fixed
etc.
period
of construction
materials;
available
costs
other
will be
the cost
consider
set up a budget
that during
to pay cash
to have
also
I would
that you
understanding
your
items,
miscellaneous
up a budget,
In setting
there
of construction,
cost
other
and
figure,
net
The
use.
--
that
project.
In addition to the
furnishings,
to
intend
you
which
determine
that you could
--
a budget
to develop
that I suggested
recall
You will
of construction.
cost
organization
for your
that it will be necessary
I believe
for
this
therefore,
purpose.
it is the
intent of
arrangements
will
to construction,
as well
as liability
believe
that
the
of liens,
etc.,
that the
above
pretty
discussion
which
we
of this matter
With
best
Sincerely
Donald
End
in order
that we
wishes,
Il am
and
Rand,
of telegram
mfg
opeiu42aflcio
people
to obtain
it will be necessary
I believe
during
for the
had,
in the
of an attorney
services
and
construction.
represents
the
points
and
can assist
I would
you
appreciate
in this
permits,
Further, lI
construction.
property
on the
well
involved
the
necessary
to obtain the
it will be necessary
insurance
releases
necessary
1967
1,
(continued)
Construction
Prior
February
Don Rand
from
CHAVEZ
Text of letter to PETER
Page 4
to obtain
that I had
your
in mind
keeping
me
regard.
fraternally,
Administrative
from
Paul
Schrade
Assistant
to Secretary-Treasurer
to Irv Bluestone
February
9,
the
Mazey
1967
posted
Qutec-Ofgice Connmiutntcatiore
a
January
To
Emil
From
Don
Subject
National Farm
Service
Workers
31,
Center
1967
Building
- Delano,
Calif.
In line with your request, I visited with Cesar Chavez and
Leroy Chatfield for the purpose of reviewing the details relative to their
This group owns property
plans for the construction of a new building.
in Delano,
a survey
Farm
38,1
acres,
of the property
Workers
Service
which
they
involved.
Center,
purchased
This
Inc.,
for $5,000.00.
established
group has
and has
Attached
is
the National
filed Articles of Incorporation
They have
with the State of California, a copy of this document is attached.
It is my understanding
not as yet established by-laws for this organization.
that they will draw up by-laws and submit them to the State of California, and
subsequently make copies of these by-laws available to our office.
The primary purpose of this group is charitable and educational
activities, and there appears to be one weakness in the Articles insofar as
the UAW policy is concerned; the Articles provide that amendment of them
There are five
is by the Directors only, and not by the membership.
I intend to discuss
Directors' names listed under Section III of the Articles.
legal matters in this regard with the UAW Legal Department, and, no doubt,
‘will be able to clear up any questions that we may have in this regard,
In my discussion with Chavez and Chatfield they advised me they
have plans to construct a building which would cost approximately $150,000. 00.
The proposed loan of $60,000.00
This appears to be an ambitious program,
by the UAW will be supplemented by an additional $30,000.00 which I underThe architect has not completed the
stand will be made available to them,
rough sketches and plans for this new building which will provide Union offices
They indicated that the auditorium would seat from 1,000
and an auditorium.
to 1,200 people and I suggested that based on our experience this was too
large and that changes should be made accordingly.
In addition,
space
for
a‘medical
the Farm
clinic,
Workérs
a dental
office,
Service
Center building will provide
a co- -op
store,
a credit
union,
and
Future plans also provide for the construction of a gas
hiring hall facilities,
station and a service garage which will be utilized for training mechanics.
In my meeting with the representatives of the Farm Workers I was
|
impressed with their enthusiasm and their plans for the future, however, I
believe that a great deal more planning is necessary before proceeding with
I would recommend that we withhold approval of this loan
this project.
until such time as we have had the opportunity to make certain recommendations
covering the overall plan,
av
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National
1967
Farm
Workers
service
Center
Building
~ Delano,
California
Iam interested in obtaining the plans and determining whether
or not the planned facility will meet the needs of the Farm Workers in
Delano, both for the present and the future.
Upon receipt of sketches and
plans we will be able to determine an estimated cost of the project.
In
this regard I should point out that Chavez and his group have obtained the
services of a contractor who is very devoted to their cause and will provide
most of his "know how" at little or no cost to the Farm Workers organization,
The contractor plans to construct this building with the help of the striking
Farm Workers,
He has obtained approval from the Building Trades Union,
who I understand will cooperate in this endeavor,
It will be difficult under
these circumstances to determine the actual cost of construction.
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I have agreed to furnish Chavez with some additional information
concerning this building and I will keep you advised concerning this matter,
Let me
further
point out that I was
caught up in the enthusiasm
of
the work that is being done by Chavez and the others involved with the Farm
Workers Union. They are operating under intolerable conditions,
For
example, I visited their so-called facilities -- they rented some property out
in the country which has an old beat up Quonset hut which houses the food and
clothing which has been donated by various groups.
Alongside they have an
old house trailer which represents their medical center.
A doctor donates
his
services
on a full-time
dental office.
they are able
two
or
basis,
three
Next
times
door
a week;
in addition,
is another
a volunteer
old trailer
which
nurse
represents
This trailer has three old dentist chairs and equipment,
to get the
services
of a dentist a couple
of times a week,
works
their
and
In another section of town they have converted a couple of old homes one utilized by the Union as its headquarters, and the other the Service Center,
All in all, it appears that they are doing a tremendous job under the most
difficult
circumstances,
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P. O. Box 894
Delano, California
Chavez;
Brother
During my recent visit in Delano with you and other members
of your organization I agreed to furnish you with information which I
believe will be of assistance to you as it relates to the construction of
the
National
Farm
Workers
In considering
Service
Center.
the overall plans
of your
organization,
I
believe that it is necessary to review some of the factors involved.
In
order for me to review these matters intelligently I would like to obtain
a copy of the architect's sketches and plans, and specifications, at the
earliest possible date.
It is my understanding that the purpose of your organization
is to construct a building which would have an approximate cost of
$150,000.00, if such a building were constructed under normal conditions.
A clear cut budget for construction purposes should be established with
estimate of the cost of materials and the outside labor and other costs
an
involved.
I am
of the
Opinion
that
it would
be
more
beneficial
to
construct
In other
a building to meet the immediate needs of your organization.
words, the architect could design a building in such a way that additions
_ could
be
made
without
too
much
difficulty.
You will recall that in my discussions with you I pointed out
that many of our Local Unions have had a tendency to over-build, that is,
to build a Local Union headquarters with excess meeting hall space.
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926-5028
Mr. Cesar Chavez, President
National Farm Workers Association
Dear
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AMERICA-UAW
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Mr.
Cesar
National
‘February
1,
Chavez,
Farm
President
Workers
1967
Association
t
building
officers
It seems
on your
of your
to me that it would
present
property
organization
be much wiser to construct a
that would
and other groups
house
the administrative
that are working with
you, plus facilities for the medical clinic, dental office, co-op store,
and credit union, based upon the present needs of your organization.
The original plans, of course, should
upon the needs of your organization.
following:
In summing
up,
A) Architect's
I believe
Plans
and
provide
that you
for future
should
be
expansion
concerned
based
with the
Sketches
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Develop sketches and plans which represent the immediate needs,
plus a plan for expansion.
When such sketches and plans have been completed
and approved by all parties concerned, you should obtain specifications covering the final blueprints.
B) Site Plan
An overall site plan should be developed showing the location of
You will recall
the present structure, as well as the planned expansion.
that I advised you that the cost of constructing driveways and parking lots
is very expensive and that the location of the building can affect this cost
greatly.
Therefore, I propose that you locate the building in such a way
that you can eliminate as much cost as fossible in this regard.
Prior to taking additional steps, surveys and soil boring should be
completed, zoning clearances should be obtained, and questions relating to
the utilities which will be needed should also be checked out to make sure
that they are available.
This, of course, would include the type of septic
tank, etc., which will be used for this property.
C) Budget
I believe that it will be necessary for your organization to develop a
budget covering the cost of construction,
You will recall that I suggested
that based upon the plans and specifications that you could determine an
estimate of the free labor which you intend to use.
The net figure, of course,
would
be the initial cost involved in this project.
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To: Mr. Cesar Chavez, President
National Farm Workers Association
February
1,
1967
In addition to the cost of construction, there will be other costs
for landscaping, furnishings, and other miscellaneous items, and your
budget should include such costs,
In setting up a budget J would
the facility.
In this regard, I suggest
the
estimated
fixed
cost
items,
such
also consider the cost of operating
that you set up a budget which meets
as
insurance,
taxes,
utilities,
etc.
D) Construction
It is my understanding that during the period of construction it is
the intent of your organization to pay cash for building materials, therefore,
arrangements will have to be made to have such money available for this
purpose,
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Prior to construction it will be necessary to obtain the necessary
permits, as well as liability insurance for the people involved in the
construction,
Further, I believe that it will be necessary to obtain the services of
an attorney to obtain the necessary releases of liens, etc., on the property
and construction.
in mind
keeping
regard.
I believe that the above pretty well represents the points that I had
during the discussion which we had, and I would appreciate your
me posted of this matter in order that we can assist you in this
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best wishes,
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across
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being
liberal
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director,
Center
been
has
Building
area
as a rural
Delano
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a project
plans
laying
of the
center
is the
and
self-sufficient.
can become
drawn
is about
up and
been
has
Ross,
project
training
to
submitted
selected.
to commence.
UAW
The
for taking
on the big
California
citrus
growers.
TEXAS
CITY,
on the Rio Grande
holder
Center
per month toward the
$5,000
Center
of
many
and
the mortgage.
started
has
GRANDE
until the
of the Service
underwriting
will be
is incorporated
Center
pattern.
set a
same.
the
does
IUD
The
and
contributes
UAW
The
growers.
grape
open
thing
the whole
break
in Di Giorgio
a decision
and
is
crop
grape
and the
on Delano
completed
are
leadership.
and,
Foundation,
Ford
to
overcome.
is being
to California
The IUD contributes
use the Service
for Mexican-American
the
decision
Service
Worker
activities
of these
will
CCAP
The
Meany's
assistance.
strike
its activities are underway.
development
by George
30 other
at about
toward
month
per
$2,500
created
could
This
in early March.
continues
strike
The
are
hearings
arbitration
The
off.
program
to concentrate
decision
Chavez'
paying
organizing
CALIFORNIA
DELANO,
Cesar
very
Worker
participation
AFL-CIO
to restrict
continue
problem
serious
The
encouraging.
Farm
in the
developments
The
spawning
it dramatizes
River,
and
the border
struck
community,
grounds
for migrant
best the abuses
strike-breaking.
the
usual
build-up
parts
of the
labor
and
Mexican
of the
Three
of support
movement,
large
workers.
farm
Green
Card
growers
is occurring.
the
press
in
The
interest,
etc.
page
his
activities
force.
This
extend
work
he
The
$10,000
Pancho
contributing
the
should
$5,000
progress
on this
soon.
and
Dade
are
Green
The
struggle.
significant
make
should
and we
Ruttenberg
Stanley
and
Wirtz
Willard
critical
but
in Washington
IUD
on by
worked
is being
problem
Card
UAW
a long
will be
This
do more.
is
reached
has
contribution
that not until the IUD
I suggest
now,
UAW
the
Since
start immediately.
it will not
and
is a maximum
figure
now.
is there
Drake
Jim
assistant
His
supervision.
and
control
maintain
can
so that
Texas
to
directly
and not
Ceasar
through
will go
All funds
full time.
available
Medrona
Pancho
made
has
UAW
Already
each.
month
per
000
at $5,
this
underwrite
to
will have
IUD
and
UAW
support.
CIO
AFL
without
done
will be
American
a Mexican
exclusively
it is almost
because
Texas
into
will
Chavez
Ceasar
solved.
is being
of leaderhsip
of lack
problem
chief
The
2
involved
personally
now.
FLORIDA
Broward
who
on 4 crop
work
late
in the
months
Union
a Packinghouse
can
become
He
will
operation.
will
the
Beltram,
The
office
contribute
his
in Belle
$5,000
Glade.
per
east
coast
untila
national
he
and
it over
will turn
account
trouble
to
shooter
who
Farm
and
knows
present
IUD
arrangements
are
that both
the
cash
to this
operation.
Negro
and
has
agreed
union
Worker's
staff.
Florida,
over
each
4
about
is
to issue
and
Union
Chavez.
all money
for
for
Ceasar's
will take
Workers
month
as
name
fund,
The
Helstein
general
principle
Packinghouse
Ralph
same
time
at which
set up a separate
Ed
assigned
and
a reality,
the
for
to handle.
the
with
Charter
full responsibility
assume
capacity
present
is 80%
force
:families
of migratory
northward
but travel
work
This
fall.
early
and
of thousands
base
Florida,
within
a year
summer
Chavez's
Ceasar
beyond
cycles
home
the
are
Counties
He
has
to direct
temporary
IUD
It is extremely
and the
active
the
staff
UAW
and
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and
while
he
with
Community
contributions
NATIONAL
committee
of Farm
for inclusion
A day
he
long
concurs.
complete
will be
Washington
heldin
was
meeting
NAACP,
Church,
the
from
in Florida
arrangements
and
week
this
the
February.
has
been
formed
provided
labor
the
under
and
laws
National
by the
liberal
usual
(with the
labor
social insurance
Ministry
Migrant
to work
base)
we
and
systems.
be
should
in
soon.
STATES
NORTHERN
By the
time
committees
Jersey,
In three
support
transition
the
effective
Workers
is being
man
A full time
New
start
in advance,
these
LEGISLATION
A special
business
staff and
should
them
organizations.
Action
and his
Helstein
approve
community
strong
is very
There
and
can not publicly
with
is familiar
Chavez
Ceasar
weeks.
few
next
up in the
will heat
activities
and
Indiana,
states,
will follow.
migratory
the
the
This
and
AFL
will be
streams
underway
in
Pennsylvania
CIO
state
an ideal
move
north
Wisconsin,
to be
body
activity
has
again
Minnesota,
working
already
to enlist
hope
we
on the
to have
Michigan,
campaign
set programs
student
effective
New
in those
in motion.
volunteers.
state
York,
states.
Others
MAR 10 1967
March 6, 1967
Mr. Cesar Chavez, Director
[ United Farm Workers Organizing Committee,
Box 130
Delano, California
AFL- CIO /
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Cesar:
Dear
I arm enclosing the UAW's
check for $2500 which represents
our contribution for the month of March.
Fraternally,
Paul Schrade, Director
UAW Region 6
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MAR 29 1967
March 28, 1967
Mr.
LeRoy Chatfield
Re:
National Farm Workers
service Center, Inc. _
Executive Director
National Farm Workers Service
Center, Inc.
Box 130
Delano, California 93215
Dear
LeRoy:
This is to confirm, as indicated in our meeting
of March 16, 1967, that the UAW has agreed to loan $60, 000 to
the National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc. to assist in
constructing a combination office-hearing hall-auditorium
building.
Fraternally,
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Paul Schrade
Don Rand
Robert Dohrman:
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March
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Rand
29,
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parts store.
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construction.
years down the road.
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Chatfield advises that thei
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en
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w
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bu
the office-hiring hall-auditorium
in
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fu
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it.
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bu
that they will now need $80, 000 to
carpenter.
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bu
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th
ng
ti
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tr
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co
the cost of
about $150, 000 if put on a bid basis,
with volunteer labor.
can build it for $80,000
Center,
It does
At the present
Inc.,
the Farm
the National
time,
has nothing to mortgage
not have
Farm
Workers
to us in exchange
or the lease.
title to. the land
feel they
Workers
Service
for the loan.
the reason
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the lease is in the name of the Coop
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any interest in the land unti
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remote since construction on the
run
on the whole
I would
concern
suggest,
ourselves
a mortgage
tract.
Since
we
committed
are
in view of the organization
with
interest.
our
position
At some
as
involved,
a creditor,
point in time,
to makin
as
the loan,
that we not
long as
the mechanic's
we
lien
have
e
“Don
- 3 -
Rand
March
29,
Once the title situation
problem will disappear.
out, the loan could be processed.
1967
is straightened
Fraternally,
BFA:ph
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cc: Irving Bluestone
Paul Schrade
Robert Dohrmann
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MAR 22 196/
WEDNESDAY,
PAPERS,
A.M.
RELEASE,
FOR
PROGRAM
CONFERENCE
NEWS
LABOR
MARCH
48,
22,
SERIES
6
1967
for
Failure to give farm workers an "orderly procedure"
choosing a collective bargaining agent has thrust them into
and AFL-CIO spokesman charged today.
"jungle warfare days,"
Calling for extension of the National Labor Relations Act
now have
said farm workers
L. Kircher
William
to farm workers,
to "picket and strike and do all of the things that the policy
of this
nation
is dedicated
to eliminating."
To achieve what
other workers can get through
"normal,
peaceful procedures."
Kircher,
director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Organization,
made the statement on LABOR NEWS CONFERENCE,
a Mutual
radio
network program.
The AFL-CIO
is also pressing for other legal safeguards
for farm labor,
Kircher said,
including,
"adequate coverage
under the Fair Labor Standards Act,
unemployment
compensation,
industrial compensation,
health and safety laws,
child labor
laws and other federal
legislation
from which the rest of the
workers
in the nation have benefitted for many years."
While
"there might have been a question a quarter of a
century or so ago" whether the farm industry came within the
framework
of interstate commerce,
there
is no longer any doubt,
he Said.
Major opposition to protection of farm workers
comes
From the "powerful political pressures of the farm bloc and
other portions of the power structure
(that)
have never looked
too kindly upon the extension of first class citizenship to
farm
labor,"
Kircher
note
that
he
there
said.
said
that
is
other
than
AFL-CIO
substantial
federal
legislation
-Labor Relations policy
groups
the
the
is
interest
"encouraged
in
the
today
extension
to
of
particularly in the field of the National
-- to farm workers -- interest among
organized
labor
movement."
Reporters questioning Kircher on LABOR NEWS CONFERENCE,
an AFL-CIO produced public affairs feature Tuesdays at 7:35 p.m.
EST on Mutual,
were William Eaton,
Washington correspondent
for
the Chicago Daily News,
and Neil Gilbride,
labor correspondent
for
the
Associated
Press.
im FO
(Text
of
Relations
o..
C4)
LABOR
NEWS
Department,
CONFERENCE
Room
405,
available
815
16th
at
AFL-CIO
Street,
Public
N.W.,
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ts
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U nioni sts over
WASHINGTON, . March
22
(AP)
—
The chief organizer
for the American Federation of
‘Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations said today
‘that
unions
must
resort
“to
‘Strike, boycott,
every kind of
leila
3
harassment and
economic sanc-
ition that you can possibly get
iby
with
to
unionize
farm
workers.
William L. Kircher, director
of the labor federation’s Department of Organization, said
of
the
have
the
been
years
power
for
struc-
responsible
exempting
the nation’s farms from labor
laws,” Mr. Kircher said.
OPEN HOUSING BIEL
PROPOSED IN SENATE
WASHINGTON,
(AP)
-—
three-step
posal and
civil rights
March
President
open
other
Johnson’s
housing ‘proparts of*hHis
bill were
in the Senate
22
today
introduced
as several
separate measures.
CD
Supporters
of
the. over-all
‘such tactics were necessary be- package hope by adopting ‘this
‘cause both. unions and employ- strategy to win more favofable
ers were virtually exempt from consideration of the legislation,
‘Federal
and
state
labor
laws.
or at least parts of it. They'said
Mr. Kircher was interviewed the move had the backing
of
ina
recorded
Administration
radio program the
and. ‘civil
‘for the Mutual
Broadcasting rights leaders.
mg
System,
They think they have little, :if
He said Congress made a any, chance of shaking the ensmall start last year in includ- tire Administration
bill loose
ing for the first’ time several from the Senate Judiciary Comhundred thousand farm workers mittee, headed by Senator Jaities
under
the
Federal
minimum O. Eastland, Democrat of ‘Misiwage laws.
Sissippi.
Ue
:
Howeyer, he said, this is only
Senator Walter F. Mondale,
a small fraction of the nation’s|Democrat
three
_,/
million
And
all
farm
farm
workers.
workers
of Minnesota,
ifitfo-
duced the open housing proviare/sions as “the Fair Housing™Act
still exempt from the National/of 1967.” The bill was referred
‘Labor
Relations Act and other|to the Senate Banking Commitlaws’ that govern the
ew
labor
iduct
of both
sides
con-/tee.
dis-
Senator Phillip A. Hart, Dém-
are
no
better
in
regulating
labor. relations in agriculture,
he said.
“What people should recog-
ously
introduced
the
over-all
Administration bill, introduced
separate bills to extend the life
of the Civil Rights Commission
in labor
putes, he said. State labor laws | ocrat
nize
is
into
that
the jungle warfare
preceded the kind of
thrusts
that
the
the
farm
void
national
labor
relations _ policy
about which this nation has
bragged. for so many decades,”
‘Mr. Kircher said.
,
He
said
it
was
Michigan,
who
previ-
and to strengthen Federal erimback inal laws against .the use~of
days violence or threats to interefer
actually
worker
of
with
the
exercise
of
constitu-
tional rights.
|
Jas
Another part of the Presi/dent’s civil rights progran:to
:
bar
discrimination
in
Federal
jury selection, has been introof the A.F.L.-C.1.0. to extend|duced by Senator Joseph:
D.
Federal Labor Laws to agricul- Tydings, Democrat of Maryland,
ture)
Hearings on it began yesterday.
a
chief
aim
March
Dear
23,
1967
Cesar:
I am happy to enclose a check in the amount of
$1,410.25, which represents the monies collected as voluntary
contributions at the recent UAW Skilled Trades Conference in
Atlantic City.
It is most encouraging that when the highest paid
group of skilled workers in the UAW came together to discuss
their own problems, they nevertheless took the time to discuss the struggle of migatory workers and adopted the enclosed
resolution and voted to make this voluntary contribution in
support of the struggle of the grape workers.
I am pleased to know that you will be visiting in
Detroit in the near future and I hope that my schedule is such
that I will be in town during the period of your visit.
Kindest personal regards and all good wishes.
Fraternally,
WPR:ob
opeiu 42
Mr.
Cesar
United Farm
Chavez,
Committee,
Workers Organizing
AFL-CIO
102 Albany Street
Delano,
Director
California
FARM
WHEREAS:
members
of
struggle
of
our
for
The
horizon
of
sweatshops
thugs
policemen's
60's
being
are
pierces
same
The
dreaded
did
not
have
been
met
Delano,
the
have
staked
dignity
a
that
We,
in
the
that
for
as
entire
spurred
justice,
Therefore,
they
is
be
California's
UAW
by
delegates.
for
have
never
of
and
great
climb
farm
spite
of
and
dignity
to
once
from
by
upon
those
poverty
frail,
are
owners.
their
workers
fragile
workers
valiant
we
nor
farm
look
these
again
depression
up
this,
which
30's.
Dearborn,
labor
labor
the
entitled,
but
received.
the
in
of
scab
justice,
UAW,
our
are
indeed
respective
tugging
at
the
highest
the
comprising
workers,
workers
alive
same
"scab",
the
in
the
and
Undernourished
justice.
the
structure
the
migrant
of
where
Bennett's
strikers
nor
to
in
Plant
Harry
Flint,
infant
in
of
workers,
end
dark
California,
strikers
in
chains
Rouge
grape
efforts
of
from
their
the
ieae
the
and
formerly
peek
the
enemy--and
of
skilled
the
of
at
those
a
Delano,
not
their
nonetheless
claim
grateful
industries
conscience
paid
that
into
of
most
segment
the
their
motivation
search
Americans.
it
RESOLVED:
of
the
destructible--but
and
is
recruiting
embryo
the
and
on
a
of
among
poverty,
glow
striking
it
rank
release
sit-down
where
employers
employees
spawned
have
time
with
the
the
this
and
daily
struggles
as
of
overpass
the
on
among
people,
pits
faint
almost
the
most
a
of
word
but
California
striking
fields.
uniforms
Delano.
touch
in
struggles
air,
Detroit--but
as
open
workers
justice
appears
and
the
the
moral
repeated
Department,
farm
deepest
battle
infamous
is
the
and
now
Dearborn
Service
in
economic
The
in
California
society
near-servitude
WORKERS
That
migratory
authorizing
affirmative
farm
a
workers
voluntary
action
in
the
collection
be
name
taken
on
behalf
of
of
the
skiled
among
our
assembled
workers
TO:
FROM:
Irv Bluestone
Paul
Schrade
APR 3 1967
INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION
"INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS
DATE
Walter
TO
FROM
Paul
P.
Reuther
March 28,
|
Schrade
SUBJECT
The war between the farm workers and the Teamsters is being
Failure of the AFL-CIO to find an
escalated by the Teamsters.
answer to the Perelli-Minnetti problem is most destructive.
We are helping
conclusion.
in the boycott to try to bring
it to a successful
OF AMERICA — UAW
1967
;
a
3
:
:
pit
|
Sea
~ consider AFL-CIO demands.
Teamster officials, who
have a launched a counter-. |
e Fa
campaign,
the AFL-CIO
complained
that |
campaign
has:
hurt organized labor general- |
:
|
ly and ‘“‘the caue of organiz-|
ing famor workers.”
AeA
:
|
They called it an unfair attack “upon the integrity of
og
By Dick Meister
the Teamsters Union, the
high standards of its labor
@ontracts, and its outstand-
°
-
ee
ing record in organizing and helping employees.’
LETIERS. 24
ously threatened yesterday|
All b
f
oe
aa:
in a battlea over farm work- |:
ut a few of the area's:
|other
councils from Teamster Joint |
Council 7— the parent body
Area’s
AFL-CIO
Teamster unions was
[oe eae
_ For years,
!
or
and/Longshoremen’s
and. Wareseri-| housemen’s Union.
:
unions
Teamster Union
their continued
sup-
truck drivers generally have|port to that organization’s |
‘honor. ed . the picket lines of|drive agai nt the Teamster
:
eo
striking AFL-CIO unions| farm contract.
ae Fe
te
The AFL-CIO, backing its}
:
;
y
own
Far
Work
m
Orga
ers
niz|
_ Was in exchange for the AFL- ing Committee, has com-
sreeot Of Teamster!ciained the contract, signed|
;
But the Teamsters
nounced
they
won’t
do
__|last September, is a ‘“sweet-
an-| heart deal” designed to help;
this|the grower and doge earlier |
,anymore — at least not for; AFL-CIO demands fo a bet-:
those AFL-CIO unions which! ter agreement.
_
|
continue to support a drive to |
Teamster officials and Per-;
overturn the Teamsters’ con- | eJj-Minetti say the contract;
tract with a major Kern
county grape grower, A. Per-
7
iwith the AFL-CIO and have
pledged
is “outstanding.”
elli-Minetti.
| But AFL-CIO unions have
;
_ {been putting men and money
. This means that crucial] into a statewide campaign to
Teamster Support may be/convince stores to remove |
withdrawn from virtually ev-| the grower’s wine from their.
ery other union in the Bav! shelvec wnt} bho parang ta.
3-24-67
ae
7 Z
id
A
em
RE
eee on
<4
Ln.
a
poeasetaes
.
.
,
te
pled
fag
union
Any
Area
|
,
og
"
|
eet
eit
od
|
|
se
:
gis
|
supporting
the’
tias.??
AFL-CIO officials ap-|
.
bea
peared to have been taken by
comment.
:
POLICY _—
But George Johns, head of
policy” ion
principles ... and.
and a vote in the council by) refuse to follow their leaders
representatives of all localjin this dirty blackmail camAFL-CIO unions.
pagin.”
|
Stronger
heard
There,
County
in
comments
the
East
were
Bay.
of,
the official organ
FL€EO’s
Alameda
at-
Labor Council
Teamster
tacked
leaders for |
“stooping to blackmail.”
. The AFL-CIO newspaper |
urged that Teamster mem- |
bers ‘‘continue to live by un-,
At
tn a
rm
te
a
NE
tae
ts
a
|
|
|
;
‘“‘in ac-
3
.
7
he has no choice but to concord with AFL-CIO
\
|
theLabor Council here, said
the campaign,
S
i
4
_ surprise, and most reserved
tinue
|
Team-
AFL-CIO camoatei
the |
Naeietes ona reit wormed.
“is in effect advising us that
it will not seek or expect our
support in its labor activi-
"the:
j
et
‘The statements
came in|
letters to AFL-CIO labor|
are affiliated.
\
3
_.
|
Labor Correspondent
effective; Area, excluding only the inInternational
the Bay|dependent
_...
| The extremely
;alliance between
|
March 28,
Cesar E.
Chavez,
1967
Director
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Box 130
Delano,
California 93215
Dear Cesar:
Iwas grateful to be included as a participant in your Anniversary
of the Peregrinacion in Delano on Marek 35 and to» be one: te turn « over
Natio
:
idin
to t
contributions from UAW local unions
Farm Workers Service Center.
The checks I presented for $5069.66 and for $1864. 70 represented
contributions from UAW local unions in California and throughout the
nation. As you know, UAW President Waiter Reuther sent out 4 letter
last year requesting contributions from UAW local unions to the cau
of striking grape workers in Delano. These checks, in addition to the
chock for $1000 which we presented to you last year, and in addition
those checks forwarded directly to you by UAW local unions, more than
meets the pledge we made to build the auto repair and service contar
Delano.
in
I would like to ask you to forward us the list of local unions that have
made direct contributions for the purpose of establish ing our records.
I will forward to you the lst of UAW local unions that have made contri-
butions through the International Union so that suitable letter of
acknowledgement can be sent by you.
Sincerely,
Paul Schrade,
Director
UAW Western Region 6
opeiu30
ec: Walter P. Reuther oe
rv Sinsdinne
Jack Conway
:
=
GEORGE
UNITED
MEANY
PRESIDENT
WM.
F.
SCHNITZLER
ORGANIZING
SECRETARY-TREASURER
FARM
P.O.
BOX
LARRY ITLIONG
ASST. DIRECTOR
130
DELANO,
TELEPHONE
March
8000
Walter
Bast
Detroit,
Reuther
Jefferson
Michigan
COMMITTEE
CESAR CHAVEZ
DIRECTOR
WILLIAM L. KIRCHER
DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION
Mr.
WORKERS
30,
AREA
CODE
805
CALIFORNIA
725-8661
1967
Ave.
48214
Walter:
Dear
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food.
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our
strikers.
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have attended the
here.
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forward
been a better day for us if you could
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dedication.
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in
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3
By DAVID R. JONES
Special
to The New York Times
_WASHINGTON, April 3 __||.
George M
eany
said today
that
a new farm labor contract
w
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a big
California grower woul
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point the way to new gains
f
o
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farm workers throughout.
the
country.
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Mr. Meany, the president of|
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bor and Congress of Industr
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Organizations, made the re
mark in a statement hailing
a
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arbitration award that cover
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ment, made Saturday
, “will, in
all. likelihood, establi
sh precefor collective
reements
i
be
in
bargaining
California
mer agricultural states,”
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Others Expected
and
to Follow
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s
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peak
season, Informed sources
Organizing Committee
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labor federation has bee
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since
bout
late in
get contracts,
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30
other
1965
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a
Ind ior health-welfare
its, and will and penpay 5
age
J. Max O'Neill,
Pres
ents
wo
years. The
in
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growers|}
bid
to
Meany,
in a telegram
Chavez, the organiz
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4
will run for
Page
AFL-CIO NEWS,
Four
A Labor Landmark
HE FARM WORKERS’ victory at DiGiorgio will go down as
one of the landmarks in the history of the American trade union
movement—one of the classic struggles of exploited men and women
for human dignity and simple justice.
In the long 18 months from the day the grape workers struck in
the Delano area until the handing down of an arbitration award on
a new contract, every known strike-breaking and union-busting device perfected in the past 100 years—and a few new ones—were
employed to break the will and the determination of the strikers.
They all failed.
They failed because the men and women who worked in the
vineyards had determined that the time had come when they would
no longer endure the. exploitation of their labor, the indignities
inflicted upon them, their treatment as second-class citizens.
The growers’ harsh campaign to break the strike failed because
the trade union movement rallied its full strength and support to the
farm workers, guaranteeing to them in the most meaningful terms
that they did not fight alone.
:
The strike-breaking failed because the farm workers’ case for
justice was so insistently clear that important parts of the community—especially church groups—rallied to their support and
fought by their side.
A year of intense and bitter struggle finally brought the major
grower, DiGiorgio, to the point of consenting
to an election. Then
the farm workers faced a new onslaught from a non-AFL-CIO
union that had been sitting on the sidelines hoping to pick up the
pieces. The AFL-CIO farm workers won, and the arduous task of
framing a contract began. Now the terms have been settled in a
tremendous triumph for these courageous men and women—a bril-
liant victory in a continuing struggle.
)
The grape workers have won more than a victory for themselves;
they have made an immeasurable contribution to the entire nation,
to all the poor and exploited workers everywhere. They have begun
in reality to put an end to the blight on the nation’s conscience—
the “harvest.of shame.”
A 16-Year-Old Injustice
ENND
THM
DACT
14
VRARG
the
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and
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teadac
WASHINGTON,
D..€.,
APRIL
8, 1967
_ Groundbreaking
Trailblazing Gains Won
In DiGiorgio Farm Pact.
An
(Continued from Page 1)
additional
5-cent
increase
which
to
supply
workers
is | doing any hiring elsewhere.
before
provided in April 1968. The agree
-|
Also provided in the contract are
ment can be opened for negoti
a- | one-week vacations after a
year’s
tions on pay and
benefits
covering
the last year of the contract.
employment
three
years,
and
two
weeks
for workers
who
after
put
@ DiGiorgio is to waive its un-| in at leas
t 1,600 hours a year, and
employment insurance
exemption |
and file for coverage for all its |
agricultural employes by the state
program.
If the state refuses to
accept jobless coverage, the company is to pay the 6 cents per hour
cost into a special benefit fund.
@ A 5-cent per hour employer
time and one-half pay for work on
six holidays.
The contract
includes some
points on which UFWOC and Di
Giorgio had agreed before negotiations broke down last fall, most
important of which was the union
shop. It was put together by arbicontribution, retroactive to last Ja
n. trators Sam Kagel, a San Francisco
1 to set up the special benefit fund. attorney, and Pr
of. Ronald HaughThe fund is to accumulate for a ton of Wayn
e
State University,
Detroit, under an agreement for
benefits as medical, dental or hos- binding arb
itration in the event
pital care, pensions or life insur- negotiations
failed.
ance. Any union-management disDolores Huerta, UFWOC neagreement on benefits is to be
gotiating director, and Richard
Liebes, economic counsel for the
Bay District Joint Council of the
Building Service Employes, conducted the arbitration case for
the union.
gaining agent last fall.
The case was prepared and preUnder the hiring hall provisions, se
nted
under
t
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the company
agrees to give the Chavez and A
ssistant UFWOC Dir.
union at least 72 hours’ notice in La
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Farm Workers Win Trailblazing
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Meany Hails
Victory at
DiGiorgio
San Francisco—The AFL-CIO
farm workers have won the biggest agricultural wage and benefit package in history in the arbitration award establishing their
first contract with the giant DiGiorgio Corp.
|
Its trailblazing provisions include unemployment insurance
and a health and welfare-pension
fund for farm workers. It grants
the union shop and provides that
all jobs are to be filled from a
union operated hiring «hall,
job preference for seniority.
Covers
with
2,700
Vol.
issued weekly at
Sixteenth St., 4%. W.
815
Washingten, D. C. 20006
$2 a year
XII
Second Class Postage Paid at Washingten, D. C.
of 2,700
workers
on
of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, called the contract award a “significant victory”
that is “certain to bring new, longneeded
gains to farm _ workers
throughout the country.”
therefore,
contractor or subcontractor is on
the job. A 1951 Supreme Court
ruling held this to be a secondary
boycott violation of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Construction workers should
have the same right as other work-
CHERRY
BLOSSOM
Princess
worker wages are less than _ half
those of manufacturing industry
workers.
Other Needs
The migratory labor subcommit-
tee, headed by Sen. Harrison A.
Williams, Jr. (D-N.J.), is a unit of
the
Senate
Labor
Committee.
It
called also for:
@ Extension of unemployment
insurance “or similar income security measures” to migratory farm
workers, with federal assistance be-
to represent
Six shopcraft unions advised 150,000 members on U.S. railroads
to prepare for a walkout Apr. 12 while union and managément
negotiators continued contract talks in Washington at the call of
the National Mediation Board and Labor Sec. W. Willard Wirtz.
The deadline was set after the National Railway Labor Confer-
ence,
representing
management
of®¢
Class 1 railroads, rejected new un-|
ion proposals to end a long dispute
over wage increases and improved
work
rules.
taken
by Congress
The
last
floor.
present law cuts off the farm
minimum
at $1.30, while the non-
farm wage floor goes up to $1.60.
@ Extension of workmen’s compensation laws “to provide cover-
(Continued on Page 8)
datory 30-day “cooling off” period
Apr. 12, with 6 a.m. local time
way Carmen, Machinists, Sheet
Metal Workers, Boilermakers &
year. The subcommittee also called
for continuing the step-up in the
farm minimum wage until it catches
up with the industrial wage
resumed Apr. 4 to seek settlement
before the expiration of the man-
Shopcraft workers on the railroads are members of the Rail-
problem.
@ A gradual expansion of coverage of farm workers under the
wage-hour act, beyond the. “historic
first step”
1 @lks broke off Mar. 31 but were
as the deadline.
of farm labor dis-¢
cau
se
of
the
int
ers
tat
e
nat
ure
of the
back to the early
farm
chosen
6 Rail Shop Unions
Set Strike Deadline
an orderly method of resolving labor disputes in agriculture has become a necessity.”
It blamed lack of bargaining rights and union recognition for both
for. the fact that
Nelson,
Wages Key Issue:
A Senate subcommittee has called for extension of the National
Labor Relations Act to farm workers, declaring that “the need for
and
Sara
Wisconsin in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival on the banks of
the Tidal Basin, is crowned by Pres. Peter T. Schoemann of the
Plumbers & Pipe Fitters on behalf of the Wisconsin State Society
of the District of Columbia. Schoemann himself was honored by the
state society last year.
Urged in Agriculture
1930’s,
Unions Join
“inequitable restriction” that prevents building trades unions from
putting up a picket line at a construction site where more than one
Protection of NLRB
the bitterness
putes, dating
14
hearings,
termed passage of the on-site picketing bill “long overdue.”
Four presidents, he stressed, have asked Congress to lift the
the victory of all farm workers,”
The AFL-CIO president also announced the official ending of the
boycott
of DiGiorgio
products
launched last May 6 by the federation’s Executive Council.
He
declared:
“The
same
solidarity demonstrated in the successful campaign
against DiGiorgio will win in other
battles still to come.”
DiGiorgio Pres. J. Max O’Neill
also predicted that the new agreement would “establish precedents”
for farm worker contracts in California and other states.
Major provisions of the contract
award include:
@ A 25-cent per hour increase
for hourly paid employes and adjustments to reflect a 25-cent per
hour boost for piece work or incentive rates. This puts the basic
minimum wage at $1.65 per hour.
(Continued on Page 8)
No.
Labor Sec. W. Willard Wirtz, leadoff witness at House
is
Meany added, “and should be an
inspiration to those workers still
on strike in Delano for the simple
justice you haye now won. It
should also be clear notice to
growers
everywhere
that
the
AFL-CIO will not rest until all
farm workers — until now the
most exploited workers in the
United States — have the same
opportunity to better their lives
as other workers have.”
17 Gea 17
By David L. Perlman
American labor and the Administration called on Congress to
restore the right of peaceful picketing to building trades unions.
in a telegram to Dir. Cesar Chavez
victory,
1967
Building Crafts Bid
three DiGiorgio ranches in California, the largest number ever
covered by a farm union contract.
AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany,
“Your
8,
Wirtz,
tive Apr. 3 and will cover a harvestpeak
April
Labor, Government Rally
Support for Site Picketing
The three-year contract is effec-
- time
Saturday,
Blacksmiths,
Firemen
&
Oilers,
and the Intl. Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers.
They are
represented in bargaining by a
top officer from each union, and
the AFL-CIO Railroad Employes’
Dept., headed by Pres. Michael
Fox.
Fox said management’s turndown
of union proposals triggered a notice
to all shopcrafts to “alert your membership to prepare for a peaceful
withdrawal from service” pending
further developments. Fox called
management’s action “completely
irresponsible.”
The unions have been trying since
last May to get contract improvements
including
wage _ increases
large enough to close the “widening
differential” between the pay and
fringe benefits of skilled railroad
(Continued on Page 2)
ers “to protest substandard conditions,” Wirtz said.
Pres. C. J. Haggerty of the
AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Dept. spoke for the
workers directly affected who, he
emphasized, were asking only for
the rights of “free citizens” to
combat unfair employers.
AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany
and spokesmen for virtually every
segment of the American labor
movement joined in statements of
solid support for the building tradesmen and for the bill introduced by
Rep. Frank Thompson, Jr., chairman of the House Labor special
subcommittee.
Labor’s solidarity was expressed
by the Industrial Union Dept., the
Maritime Trades Dept., the Metal
Trades Dept., the Railway Labor
Executives’ Association and by presidents of more than a score of
unions.
Meany told the subcommittee
that the situs picketing legislation
(Continued on Page 7)
LBJ Urges
4.5% Hike
In U.S. Pay
Pres.
to vote
salaried
federal
Johnson asked Congress
a 4.5 percent pay raise for
federal employes to bring
pay scales closer to the
goal of “comparability” with private industry.
Johnson said government figures show a 7.2 percent lag in
pay. But he told Congress that
his economic advisers believe
“that a pay raise of this magnitude
would not be prudent.”
He asked also for a similar
raise in military pay, declaring
“as civilian pay goes up, so
should the pay of the armed services.”
Johnson proposed additional increases—of unspecified amounts—
in 1968 and 1969 “to remove the
remaining comparability lag in all
grades by Oct.
1, 1969.”
The amount needed to catch
with prevailing salaries outside
government would of necessity
pend on the pattern of wage
creases in private industry over
(Continued on Page 6)
up
of
deinthe
Union Backing Swells
Strikers
For Network
The labor movement rallied behind a strike by one of the AFLCIO’s smallest unions against the nation’s giant television and radio
networks—ABC,
AFL-CIO
NBC
and
Pres. George
CBS.
Meany
member American Federation of
the complete support of the AFLCIO.” He added:
“The long strike-free record of
AFTRA and its patience during
five months of negotiations, extending well beyond the contract
termination date, are ample evidence that this strike was forced
upon the union by the networks,
primarily through their arrogant
refusal to bargain fairly and realistically on terms of employment
of local newsmen and staff announcers.
“We
are
gratified
and
encour-
said the strike by the
Television
&
Radio
18,000-
Artists
“has
aged by the unity and spirit shown
by the membership, including men
and women
of varied interests, tal-
ents and earning power, who are, in
the best trade union tradition, lend-
ing their combined strength to the
full support of their fellow work-
ers.
99
in— s
member
While AFTRA
cluding some of the nation’s best
performers — walked the
known
picket lines, representatives of other
unions with members employed in
(Continued on Page 3)
Safety Award
Honors Heroic
Labor Hits
Measure:
‘Punitive’
Strike Fines Set
‘es
Compulsory arbitration is not the
answer to labor-management differences on the railroads, Sen. Gaylord
Albany, N.Y.—The New York state legislature has replaced the
penalty-laden Condon-Wadlin law governing labor relations in public
employment. But the State AFL-CIO charged the new law is equally
bad, applying new repressions to unions.
The Condon-Wadlin substitute, considered certain to be signed
by
Nelson
Rockefeller
(R),
would become effective Sept. 1. - It
sets up a state Public Employment
Relations Board to certify unions as
_ movement and free enterprise embargaining agents for units of pubployers,” Nelson told an audience
lic employes and to mediate conof 350 in Washington, D.C. The
tract disputes.
U.S. system, despite its occasional HEROISM AWARD of the Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen was
But it outlaws strikes by city or
flaws, still is a “better system than presented to Fireman Alec D. Turney of the Soo Line (center) for’ state employes and provides for
any other,” Nelson declared.
snatching Scott Stephenson, 7, from icy rails in front of a moving fines of up to $10,000 a day for
train on an Ashland, Wis., trestle. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) public employe organizations that
Turney is 37, and lives in Melcone
or
urag
enco
gate,
insti
se,
“cau
len, Wis. He was the ninth award
(left) made the presentation of annual safety trophy and $500 check
ke.”
stri
a
done
winner whose heroism was recogfor the union and BLF&E Pres. Harry E. Gilbert. Turney previIndividual workers who strike
nized with a $500 gift and the | ously was given the Carnegie Medal for heroism.
engraving of his name on the
a public agency would be subject
Robertson
B.
David
union’s
to discretionzry penalties for misconduct, ranging from a repritrophy.
Unl.
dismissa
outright
to
mand
BLF&E Pres. H. E. Gilbert anl
dismissa
Wadlin,
Condonder
nounced that Turney also won the
y, but this provision
ator
mand
was
Carnegie Medal for heroism. Ten
had seldom been enforced beother winners of annual or quarg effect on
e
plin
caus
of
its
crip
terly honors previously were given
Unions bargained for more than 1 million federal government
Sharp Growth Reported
a stop.
The two men and their wives
were guests at the dinner. Other
guests included Thomas R. Donahue, new assistant labor secretary,
and Federal Railroad Administrator
Albert S. Lang.
bargaining units was
the
number
O.—A
seven-month
324,000 above the 1964 figure.
Over the same period, the number of negotiated contracts nearly
tripled from 209 in 1964 to 598
in 1966.
The commission’s statistics
showed that AFL-CIO affiliates represented the overwhelming majority
of workers in exclusive bargaining
units—where a union has proved its
majority either through an election
or a card check.
The government report listed
the four unions bargaining for
the largest number of govern-
strike of the Steelworkers
at a
~ Union Carbide Corp. plant here ended when members of USWA
Local 3081 voted to ratify a three-year contract containing wage
increases of 37 cents an hour, and other improvements valued at
27 cents an hour.
The Ashtabula settlement was the ¢
sixth agreement reached since the
giant corporation triggered a strike
of 7,000 employes last July 2 by
locking out Alloy, W.Va., workers
who refused to accept a companyaltered pension and insurance plan,
not then open for negotiation.
Three plants with 630 employes remained on strike but
their unions reported progress
toward settlement—at Portland,
Ore., where
Am
USWA
Local
3103
represents the employes, and at
Ind., and the East
Whiting,
Chicago Linde plant where employes are represented by Oil,
Chemical & Atomic Workers Local 7-513.
The Ashtabula settlement was
along the lines of an earlier “package” accepted by Carbide strikers at
Marietta, O. These were the highlights reported to the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Dept., which coordinated the 1966 bargaining efforts of
three unions at Union Carbide—the
Chemical Workers, OCAW and the
USWA:
Papermakers Propose
VISTA
Leave
Clause
Albany, N.Y.—A contract clause
protecting the rights of union members who take a leave of absence for
service with VISTA (Volunteers in
Service to America) has been approved by the executive board of
the Papermakers & Paperworkers
, for use by local unions in negotiating with employers, UPP Pres.
Paul L. Phillips said.
@
Wage increases of 17, 10 and
10 cents an hour in yearly installments.
@ Company payment, effective
next Jan.
pital,
ance
paid
@
ule,
workers
1, of the full cost of hos-
medical and surgical insurfor employes, who formerly
half the cost.
An improved vacation schedincluding one more week of
vacation after five years of service,
two more after 30 years to a top of
six weeks’ vacation.
full pension
at 60
after
tights,
there
are
strikers
were
forced
back to work Dec. 23 when the gov-
ernment
order on
secured
a_ back-to-work
the claim that the strike
imperiled the national defense ef-|j
fort. They reached agreement Mar.
and
some
1,200
units
in which unions have been given
recognition — indicating
formal
they have more than 10 percent
membership, but less than a majority. In such cases management
agrees to consult with the union
but does not negotiate a contract.
The Civil Service Commission
report showed that the Post Office
and Navy Departments had the
largest numbers of employes working under
000
and
a union
151,000
1 Million
contract—620,-
respectively.
Covered
The total of 1.05 million employes covered by exclusive recognition represented about 38 percent of the total employment in
the Executive Branch of government.
Outside of the Post Office Dept.,
unions bargained for about 35 percent of all blue collar workers and
14 percent of white collar workers.
Some 90 percent of postal employes
are under a union contract.
years of service.
@ One more paid holiday for a
total of nine per year.
Other plants involved in the joint
bargaining effort were at Kokomo
Kokomo
year
Besides establishments where unions have won exclusive bargaining
30
and Speedway,
Ind.,
Sistersville,
W.Va., and Sheffield, Ala.
exclusive
as the Postal
ment workers
Clerks, the American Federation
of Government Employes, the
Letter Carriers and AFL-CIO
Metal Trades Councils. Together
they held bargaining rights for
nearly 800,000 federal workers.
The largest union not affiliated
with the AFL-CIO represented
only 31,000 employes.
@ Eligibility for a full normal
pension at 62 with benefits of 1.1
percent of final average earnings
times years of service; retirement
with
in
higher than the previous
219,000
Carbide SettlementEnds
Walkout at Ohio Plant
Ashtabula,
of federal
the
future,
to the
action
taken
on
this bill.”
The bill was passed by the State
Senate, 38 to 18, and by the Assembly, 93 to 51, despite strong appeals
ruled the company was guilty
refusal to bargain by insisting
the point of impasse” on union
ceptance of company pension
insurance proposals,
to strikes but on the contrary has
led to strikes or made them more
favc
not
cation under the new law, a union
would first have to “affirm” that
larg
peo}
abide by the prohibition
it would
against strikes.
In addition to the fines, a union
found in violation of the no-strike
rule could be deprived of the dues
checkoff for up to 18 months and
pres
trial
mitt
could revain the right only upon
own program of employe bargaining relations, would not be subject
dep’
trad
joye
rest
inju
rect
and their
tion
a new affirmation that it does not
have the right to strike.
New York City, which
the
to
jurisdiction
unions would be covered
penalty provisions.
its
state
the
of
board, but city workers
has
by
the
gra\
syst
(Continued from
Page 1)
mechanics and workers with similar
skills in other industries.
The carriers offered the shopmen the same 5 percent wage hike
offered to other rail unions. When
shopcraft members voted by heavy
majorities to authorize a strike,
Pres. Johnson named an emergency
board which recommended that the
parties agree to a 5 percent general
increase,
retroactive
to
Jan.
1;
a
Gr
ab
Ce
ou
plus 15 cents an hour for skilled
classifications retroactive to last
Jan. 1; a 5 percent, general increase,
plus an additional 15 cents an hour
for skilled crafts, effective next Jan.
1; pay for all specified holidays,
and vacations of three weeks after
10 years of service.
Emerthe
of
basis
the
on
gaining
wage reopening next Dec. 31; a
The
recommendations.
Board
gency
comprehensive job evaluation study
strike
a
call
to
prepared
are
unions
to be concluded within four months,
the
all
ted
exhaus
have
they
r
»|afte
and correction of the wage “gap’
Railthe
of
ns
provisio
ry
mediato
out of a fund to be placed in escrow
said.
they
Act,
Labor
way
by the carriers.
ts:
opmen
devel
union
rail
Other
d
the
The unions then propose
@ The Railway Conductors &
following settlement terms: a wage
boost of 7 percent for all shopmen, Brakemen, unaffiliated, agreed to
resume contract negotiations when
representatives of 66 U.S. rail companies withdrew a threat to stop
paying $23 a month per member
for insurance coverage. Both parties
will petition for dissolution of a
temporary restraining order, issued
|§
District
Court,
Neil
Speirs
of
will testify later
the
this
rarily enjoined a strike protesting
the transfer of yardmasters that affected switchmen’s jobs in Tucson,
|§
Ariz.
@
U.S.
District
Court
Judge
Hubert L. Will, Chicago, restrained
10 MILLION STAMPS, actually stickers to go on envelopes, are
being distributed by the Letter Carriers to push their campaign for
higher pay. They bear the message: “Better Postal Pay—Better
of
sheets
first
the
ng
Watchi
”
ssman.
Congre
Your
e
e—Writ
Servic
Postal
“to
s
Jame
.
Pres
Vice
iers
Carr
er
left,
Lett
from
are,
press
the
off
come
acof
son
Patter
e
Georg
and
e
Merkl
Kent
E.
and
,
acher
Radem
H.
and
em}
Loc
J. E. Wolfe, chief management
negotiator, called the union counterproposals “unreasonable and ridiculous” and offered to resume bar-
month in a move for dismissal of
an injunction restraining a strike
on the Pacific lines of the Southern
Pacific Railroad. U.S. District Court
Judge Albert C. Wollenberg tempo-
Press.
667
difficult to resolve.”
To obtain recognition or certifi-
@ Pres.
Switchmen
Merkle
half
sup]
the
gree
labc
one
labor-management-govworkable
ernment relations,” Meany declared.
“This type of repressive legislation
has proven to be not a deterrent
Mar. 31 in U.S.
Chicago, they said.
ration after the Alloy lockout and
NLRB Trial Examiner George J.
Bott upheld the union charges. He
me
6 Shopcraft Unions
Prepare for Walkout
13 in a wage reopener.
:
Sis
The OCAW filed unfair
a
l
i
s
|
o
p
r
o
c
e
h
t
t
s
n
i
a
g
a
arges
h
c
e
c
i
t
c
a
r
p
en;
vol
unions of public employes who exercise free and democratic rights
is not consistent with proven and
another,” Corbett declared that “‘la-
bor will have to give special weight
in determining whom to support in
lay
the Illinois Central Railroad from
laying off 47 flagmen or brakemen
on passenger trains, and the Railroad Trainmen from striking in
protest. Both sides must preserve
the status quo until higher courts
settle
sizes,
a legal dispute
the court said,
over
crew
ST ye
over him. Turney ran to the front
of the locomotive and pulled the
boy to the footboard by his jacket
while the engineer tried to brake to
It showed
statistics.
Pres. Raymond
the new law “a
flat repudiation and rejection of
the basic freedom of all Americans,
including the right to withhold their
labor.”
Charging that the legislature had
replaced “one unworkable law with
wo
ing
eign tala
They
Lodge 259, Ashland, Wis.
were in the cab of a 15-car freight
on Jan. 4, 1966, when they spotted
crouching
7,
Stephenson,
Scott
down on the ties of an icy. trestle in
the hope that the train would pass
employes last year, according to a Civil Service Commission report.
The report, although just released, is based on August 1966
public agencies.
State AFL-CIO
R. Corbett called
imposing harsh penalties.
AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany
wired all members of the legislature
voicing support of the state central
body’s position and assailing the
bill as “hostile to the well-being”
of the entire community.
“To levy confiscatory fines on
an
Turney and his engineer, Les A.
Howard, are members of BLF&E
Unions
cri
se a
In Government
measure
labor to reject any
from
-
the wheels of a freight engine.
“The best answer still is honest
bargaining between a free labor
Gov.
lon
ls isbinatiiaaai"
™ Line for saving a trapped boy from
has
of tl
eae
as he preaward of
& Engineof the Soo
Carnegie awards, Gilbert noted.
im
By New N.Y. Law
_Rail Fireman
Nelson (D-Wis.) warned
sented the annual safety
the Locomotive Firemen
men to Alec D. Turney
oS |
AFL-CIO ‘NEWS, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 8, 1967
Two
at stains
Page
, C., APRIL 8, 1967
AFL-CIO NEWS, WASHINGTOND.
Page
“
Seven
Labor, Administration Back Bill:
t
h
g
i
R
k
e
e
S
s
e
Building Trad
helic
(Continued from Page 1)
has “the full and complete support
of the AFL-CIO.”
He urged its passage to end “a
ed
long standing injustice that dis-
ire
criminates against building trades
workers.” The prohibited picket-
ing, he noted, “would be perfectly -
ire
ral
1g
lawful if performed by workers
engaged in labor disputes involving manufacturing establish-
99
The
ion
ent
ifihat
ion
ent
ter-
dicyar1erThe
‘ike
the
ail-
ern
ing
1en
ailin
irts
“ew
on be-
‘Simple Equity’
“We in railway labor ask your
favorable consideration of this bill
not for any selfish reason but as
a matter of simple equity to a
large segment of America’s working
people.”
Walter P. Reuther, speaking as
president of the AFL-CIO Indus-
1as
ore
nyS,
fter
rail labor statement,
half of 23 affiliated unions, put its
support for the building trades on
the basis of “one of the oldest and
greatest traditions of the American
labor movement—that an injury to
one is an injury to all.” It added:
wa
lled
last
ASE,
our
,
ments.”
on
eXxhts
nd
HEIR
Job Site
n
o
m
m
o
C
t
e
k
c
i
P
To
trial Union Dept., told the subcom-
mittee:
“There can be no justification for
depriving building and construction
tradesmen
of the
same
rights en-
joyed by workers in virtually all the
rest of the nation’s industries.
This
injustice cries out for speedy correction.”
Failure to pass corrective legisla
tion, Reuther warned, would be “
grave injury
system.”
ad CLAY
stk
to
our
ie accane
Metal Trades Dept. Pres. B. A.
Gritta urged “prompt and favor-
able action” by the House Labor
Committee “to rectify the grievous isiuntive which has existed
t
ot
yc
bo
y
ar
nd
co
se
a
n
ee
tw
be
n
des
tio
tra
ng
di
il
bu
for years against
rd
thi
d
ne
er
nc
co
un
an
s
rm
ha
h
ic
.”
wh
ns
io
un
ir
the
and
s
er
work
on
ti
ac
d
an
e
ut
sp
di
r
bo
la
a
to
y
rt
pa
Paul Hall, president of the Mariuc
tr
ns
co
gle
sin
a
s
ect
aff
y
onl
h
ic
wh
time Trades Dept., expressed the
|
l
ra
ve
se
gh
ou
th
en
ev
t
ec
oj
pr
n
tio
‘unanimous support of unions repon
g
in
rk
wo
be
y
ma
rs
to
ac
tr
on
bc
su
5 million
than
resenting more
.
job
the
workers,
Suthe
d
che
rea
t
tha
e
cas
The
The department also was host to
er
nv
De
a
ed
olv
inv
rt
Cou
e
em
pr
perhaps the most dramatic demonnon
in
t
ugh
bro
o
wh
r
cto
tra
con
stration of union solidarity on the
d
pai
he
om
wh
ans
ici
ctr
ele
on
uni
site picketing bill.
below the union
r
hou
an
ts
cen
5
42.
The regularly scheduled Marile.
sca
times Trades luncheon on Apr. 5
ed
irm
aff
n
me
es
ok
sp
on
uni
The
was transformed into a rally for the
con
the
in
s
ker
wor
t
tha
ly
ong
str
gave _ prolonged,
and
legislation
to
ht
rig
a
e
hav
ry
ust
ind
ion
uct
str
standing ovations to Thompson and
on
-w
rd
ha
t
tec
pro
to
her
get
‘to
act
Haggerty, the two speakers.
rds.
nda
sta
Standing in front of a banner
e opponents of the bill
som
le
Whi
declaring the department’s support are opposing any legislation, others
for his bill, Thompson predicted:
a substitute bill introg
hin
pus
are
““‘We’re going to pass it this year.”
duced by Rep. Charles E. Goodell
The department’s executive sec- (R-N.Y.) which is supported by the
retary-treasurer, Peter M. McGavin, catchall District 50 of the unaffilitold the overflow gathering of un- ated Mine Workers. It would bar
ion, industry and government offi- picketing when another union has
cials: “We are for the situs picket- bargaining rights for employes of a
ing bill as much as we are for an subcontractor.
|
.
independent maritime agency.”
Haggerty and Sherman said
Haggerty was obviously moved
unions should be free to protest
by what he described as “a solid
wage-cutting which threatens area
phalanx of trade unionists” supstandards but stressed that the
porting the building tradesmen in
situs picketing bill would not
their fight.
legalize actions which are barred
He spoke of the frustrating
by other sections of the Taftoccasions in past years when—
Hartley Act.
on one pretext or another—the
Wirtz made the same point in his
measure was kept from reaching
testimony, declaring that the Adminthe floor even though “we had
istration-supported bill—H.R. 100
enough votes in the House and
—“will not legalize otherwise unSenate to pass the bill.”
lawful recognition or organizational
|
It’s going to be a “tough, tight picketing.”
fight,” Haggerty said. We need the
The legislation, -he said, is “a
legislation, he stressed, “so that we simple bill with a laudable purpose
can go back to acting as trade un- —and a long history of bipartisan
ionists in the construction industry.” support.
7
At
the formal
House
hearings,
Haggerty and Louis Sherman, coun-
sel for the Building & Construction
Trades
Dept.,
stressed
the distinc-
400 Handbag Strikers
Win Newburgh Pattern
Newburgh, N.Y.—A 51-day strike of 400 Regal Handbag Co.
employes won an agreement unanimously ratified by members of
Local 29, Leather Goods, Plastics & Novelty Workers.
Intl
Pres
Norman
Zukaweckw
credited
the
cettlement
ta
the
cali_
“That purpose is to restore to unions in the building and construction industry the right to engage in
peaceful activity at a common construction site to protest substandard
conditions maintained by any one
contractors
construction
of the
working at the very same site.”
He
cratic
noted that both Demoand Republican adminis-
trations have recognized the need
for such action and legislation has
been endorsed by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and
- Johnson.
Employer groups, including the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, opposed the legislation and declared
unions already have too much
power. The CofC spokesman said
be considering
should
Congress
tougher labor laws instead of lessening restrictions in present laws.
to Regulate
Land Sales
aud. and deception in mail order
support of the AFL-CIO.
federation’s Housing Committee,
Ytect “small investors, including
d by promoters into buying lots
the information required by law
for sale of stocks.
Shishkin noted that mail fraud
obtained
been
have
convictions
against some promoters. But putting
bars, he
behind
the promoter
stressed, is no help to the victimized
purchaser who has lost his money.
“Timely prevention is better than
The
belated remedy,” he said.
merit of the Williams bill is that
“it is designed to prevent frauds.”
The legislation would also give
purchasers the right to sue if they
are sold land on the
ceptive claims.
basis of de-
Shishkin urged “early action” to
enact the bill “in the present session
of Congress.”
ht
rig
the
e
tor
res
to
on
ati
isl
leg
on
GS
IN
AR
HE
L
NA
IO
CONGRESS
construction sites opened before a House Labor sub&
ng
ldi
Bui
O
CI
LAF
the
of
ty
er
gg
Ha
J.
C.
s.
Pre
committee.
onati
str
ini
Adm
the
ses
cus
dis
t)
(lef
t.
Dep
des
Tra
ion
uct
Constr
backed bill with Rep. James G. O’Hara (D-Mich.).
to picket
d
e
d
n
a
p
x
E
s
k
c
a
B
Labor
Centers
Mental Health
nd
pa
ex
and
ue
tin
con
to
ss
re
ng
Co
on
led
cal
The AFL-CIO has
s
thi
t
tha
out
ng
nti
poi
,
Act
s
ter
Cen
th
al
He
al
nt
Me
y
it
the Commun
st
exi
s
ter
cen
er
ev
er
wh
ms
ra
og
pr
ate
oti
neg
to
ons
will enable uni
to provide services.
m,”
ble
pro
lth
hea
one
er
mb
nu
a’s
ric
Ame
,
eed
ind
is,
lth
hea
l
“Menta
Bert Seidman,
director of the AFL-¢
ly ill workers. rarely real
nt
me
d,
sai
CIO Dept. of Social Security, told a
any kind of treatment, good.
ved
cei
Public
on
Subcommittee
House
or bad. The mentally ill wound up
Health & Welfare.
in institutions and received custodial
“One out of every 12 Americans care rather than active therapy, he
is now being hospitalized for mental added.
illness at some time during his life,”
Seidman
Seidman observed, adding:
“By providing early diagnosis
and early treatment on an outpatient basis through the Com-
‘munity Mental Health Centers,
this frightful toll can be substan-
tially reduced.
“About one-half of the hospital
beds in this country are used in
treatment
of the
mentally
ill.
Through early diagnosis and treatment, many people who would
hospitalization
require
otherwise
can be kept on their feet, on their
jobs and in their families and in
their communities.”
Seidman declared labor’s support
for amendments sponsored by Rep.
Harley Staggers (D-W.Va.) which
would continue federal aid for the
construction and staffing of community centers and allow acquisition of existing buildings.
said
union-negotiated
mental health programs have demonstrated the potential — of out-
patient care.
He cited the Retell Clerks: pro-
gram in Los Angeles, where psy-
chiatric care is offered at several
centers open day and night. The
program is financed by a 2 cents
an hour employer contribution to
the health and welfare fund and
a $2 per visit fee.
The “great promise” of the Community Mental Health Centers Act,
he concluded,
is that it would
en-
able unions to negotiate similar pro- »
grams wherever. a center can pro-
vide services.
David Sullivan
.
r
o
f
d
e
t
a
n
g
i
s
De
COPE Adds
3 New Areas
Nears:
t
h
g
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F
s
k
c
a
B
Labor
In Expansion
.
d
n
u
F
n
o
i
t
For Elec
.
on the issue after its Easter recess.
d
an
O
CI
LAF
the
g
in
ud
cl
in
g—
in
nc
na
Supporters of federal fi
ak
re
-b
nd
ou
gr
the
in
ts
en
em
ov
pr
im
d
ge
ur
e
av
the Administration—h
ing legislation passed last year. The'®
new law would allow taxpayers to
earmark a dollar of their federal
income tax returns for a bipartisan
campaign fund.
Opponents have called for outright repeal of the law and Sen.
Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) introduced
a repealer as an amendment to an
unrelated bill restoring the 7 percent tax credit for industry invest—
ment in new equipment.
AFL-CIO Legislative Dir. Andrew J. Biemiller said labor
“strongly” supports “the principle
of public financing of campaigns
for public office as the surest way
of freeing candidates from improper influence because of interest group contributions to their
3
campaigns.”
He wrote Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell B. Long,
who sponsored the original campaign financing legislation, that the
law should be “retained and improved,” not scrapped “in the dim
hope that, somehow,
more perfect measure
ated.”
another and
can be cre-
Long has said that he has seyeral
perfecting amendments of his own
and has promised early hearings on
the legislation.
Biemiller said Long’s proposed
amendment to restrict presidential
campaigns to either public or private
financing,
but
not
both,
was
stationed
Now
education bill, including a twoyear expansion of the National
sends
which
Corps,
Teacher
teams of specially-trained teach-
McGrath will move his headquarters to the new area May 1. He has
been on the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
COPE staff for two years and previously was vice president of the
Central Westmoreland AFL-CIO at
Greensburg, Pa., and an official of
Meat Cutters Local 590.
New Area 11 comprises Michigan and Ohio, with Jack Lowry
as area director. Lowry formerly
Set
ers to poverty areas that request
them.
The program is high on the President’s priority list but has run into
heavy opposition in Congress and
m
edo
Fre
r
thei
e
gav
es
ste
tru
and
cers
offi
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US
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DO
FREE
al
ion
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the
of
or
ect
dir
ive
cut
exe
s,
kin
Wil
Roy
to
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and
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to
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but
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con
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below the budget request.
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over handling the legislation, the Pres. A. Philip
s.
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and
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all
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lin
hai
message
assigned
committee
training provision of the Teacher Hubert H. Humphrey praised him as a “sound liberal” in a film
~
Corps legislation to a subcommittee shown to 1,200 guests at the New York dinner.
dealing with a separate higher education bill. It also trimmed back
the Administration’s request for a
three-year extension to two years.
The committee approved spending authority for new programs of
aid in the education of handicapped
children and educational planning
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in the formula for allocating funds
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and
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the position that unless federal aid
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or
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were increased above the Adminisms
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for six years has been on the
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Lake, Mich.
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area of Illinois and Iowa, and legislative director of the Iowa Council
of Machinists.
ployer has made such a refusal, he
Both the latter appointments are
told the Arizona Republic.
effective immediately, COPE Dir.
Workers Alexander E. Barkan said.
The Communications
were certified recently to represent
The expansion removes the seven
30 grounds employes of the hotel. states involved from three existing
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a vote was put off until absent sen- thorized by Congress. The Adminbe
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the chief activity was in committees. ized by Congress, although it was
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The Education &
committee stressed, “has brought
last year.
mittee approved an elementary
dignity to the working men and
women of the United States enem
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cov-
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cr
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fo
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re
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members of the subcommittee—
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to
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opposed,
lenged.
The
NLRB
with
nine
ballots
chal-
election was held in the
office because of the refusal
of hotel management to agree to
hold it in the hotel, a board official
‘said.
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em
a
on
iz
Ar
an
at
th
s
ar
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than
rest of the economy
and said the
cut and Rhode
“complexities” of the problem redea
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long rush” to legislation.
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Jonas McBride
Area
|men & Enginemen, died quietly;
while greeting old friends at the an-|
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unio
national legislative representative in
1940. He had attended every safety
award dinner since the first one, in
1958. the union said.
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comprising
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mo
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paigns was at stake as the
Three area directors have been
added to the staff of the AFL-CIO
Committee on Political Education,
expanding the number of COPE
areas to 12 from the previous nine.
Frank McGrath has been named
director of the new Area 10, comprising New York and New Jersey.
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Senate Showdown
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Eight
8, 1967
D. C., APRIL
WASHINGTON,
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Page
AFL-CIO NEWS,
April 10, 1967
G. R. Hathaway
Secretary~- Treasurer
United Packinghouse,
Allied Yorkers
Food and
608 S. Dearbora Street
me a
Suite 1800
Chicago 5, Illinois
Dear Brother Hathaway:
Pursuant to our recent telephone conversation,
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the
as
$10,000
of
amount
the
in
check
a
g
enclosin
am hereby
contribution for the months of March and April toward the farm
worker organizing drive in Florida.
Checks in the amount of $5,000 monthly will follow
beginning May, 1967. Should there be any delay in receipt of
future contributions please let me know and I wili follow through.
Best regards.
Fraternally,
Irving Bluestone
.dministrative Assistant
IB
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Teamsters Joint Council 7 served notice that assistance
of its 42 affiliated unions in the San Francisco area will
be denied to any AFL-CIO union which. supports demon-
strationor
s attempts by the Federation’s UFWOC to discredit a
Teamster-Perelli-Minetti contract
that surpasses anything so far
negotiated
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for
other
farm
work-
“To the detriment of organized
labor, the United Farm Workers’
Organizing Committee (AFL-CIO)
has been demonstrating against
this agreement,” Joint Council 7
Officials informed AFL-CIO-affiliated unions in a letter that had
the unanimous endorsement of
Teamster unions in the Bay area.
*“*. .. (any) union which chooses
to aid UF WOC’s
attack upon the
Teamster’s Union is, in effect, ad-
vising us that it will not seek or
expect our support in its labor
activities. If such a request is
nevertheless made, it will be adversely considered.”
Less
than
1,500
covered
The letter pointed out that few-
er than
workers
1,500 out of 380,000 farm
in
California
presently
are covered by collective bargain_ ing agreements, and added that
“by demonstrating against the
Perelli-Minetti
agreement,
UFWOC is doing great harm to the
Cause of organizing farm workers.”’
A copy of Joint Council 7’s letter was
sent
by
Conference
Director Einar Mohn to other
Teamster Joint Councils in west
coast states with the recommendation that they consider similar
action in their respective areas.
Dealers warned
Retail liquor and wine dealers
throughout California were apprised of the facts in the PerelliMinetti contract and given reasons why they should not capitulate to UFWOC pressure and remove that firm’s wines, brandies
and Tribuno vermouth from their
_ Stores.
‘e*
In a letter to wholesale and re-
tail wine
dealers
izational
work
workers’
average
William
Grami,
director of Teamster Field Organin
the
West,
as-
serted that ‘“‘the Perelli-Minetti
agreement, considered in its total,
is superior to the Schenley agreement (with UF WOC) and provides
a better ‘package’ for the employee.’’ He pointed out that the Perelli-Minetti contract brought
ing from
which, he
earnings
$4.65 to $4.78 hourly
declared “are at least
90 cents per hour
more
Schenley workers receive.
“The
rang-
than
the
Perelli-Minetti-Teamster
agreement provides the seasonal .
worker and his family with a
medical and hospitalization program paid entirely by the company. The employee is eligible
after 80 hours of employment. The
-Schenley agreement does not provide coverage for the seasonal |
worker.
Jobless
pay
‘The Perelli-Minetti agreement
provides for unemployment insurance coverage for seasonal workers; the Schenley agreement does
not... (these are) benefits heretofore unknown in that industry.
“These are important facts that
demonstrate how our economy _
and society as a whole can be
aided through
farm workers,”
" Southern
organization
of all
Grami informed
California Teamster
Vol. XXVII—No.
PAGE
FOUR
16—Apr.
5, 1967
the wine dealers. “To my way of
thinking, it is utterly absurd for
the UFWOC to be trying to dis|
credit a contract that provides ©
such historic advances for farm
workers
as does
the
Teamster’s
Perelli-Minetti agreement.”
Buy
these
products
Here are Perelli-Minetti products that are deserving of every-
one’s patronage — Tribuno vermouth, brandies bearing the la
bels of Aristocrat, Victor Hugo,
and
A.
R.
Morrow,
and
wines
bearing these labels — Ambassador, Red Rooster, Guasti, F.I.,
Eleven
Calwa.
Cellars,
Greystone.
and —
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of
ok
viunennnng Sarr
sae
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womens:
After long opposition, agricultural giant Di Giorgio signs
an AFL-CIO contract giving benefits to workers at
three California farms. It may be prelude to more of same
Labor’s long and generally unsuccessful campaign to unionize farm
workers
produced
a_ spectacular
success this month: Di Giorgio Fruit
Corp., a major company in California’s $4-billion-a-year agriculture
industry, signed a model union contract
with
the
AFL-CIO
United
Farm Workers Organizing Committee. At the peak of the season, it
will cover more
than 2,600 workers
at three huge farms in the ‘San
Joaquin Valley. This is the largest
number of farm workers ever to
come under a collective bargaining
agreement.
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plants
strike leader Cesar Chavez sought to
organize workers on family basis.
SAE
TRESS
Labor veterans saw the possibility
of a turning point in farm organizing after 30 defeat-plagued years—
particularly since the Di Giorgio settlement followed hard on the heels
of pacts covering smaller groups at
- Schenley Industries, Inc., and Christian Brothers vineyards. AFL-CIO
President George Meany hailed it as
“a significant victory.”
Even
management
seemed
to
agree. Di Giorgio President J. Max
O'Neill predicted that the contract
would “establish precedents” for
similar pacts with other growers in
California and elsewhere.
Repeat? A cloud, however, hung
over labor’s celebrations. Under an
agreement with the U.S. Interior
Dept., Di Giorgio must sell much of
the land covered by the contract in
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Union contract will guarantee these
workers a $1.65 hourly minimum wage.
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order to conform with acreage limitations on the use of federal water
for irrigation—and the UFWOC contract has no successor clause.
This means that whoever buys
the land—possibly a multitude of
small growers—won’t automatically
be required to recognize the union
or provide the wages and benefits
established in the Di Giorgio contract. The UFWOC
may have to
fight much of its Di Giorgio campaign all over again. |
Nevertheless, the company’s bellwether position in the industry and
the pact’s substantial gains seemed
to justify at least some of the union
cheers.
Beneficial. The three-year contract
provided for a 25¢ increase that
brought the hourly minimum wage
up
to
$1.65,
with
another
nickel
next year and the opportunity for
renegotiation in 1969; a guarantee
of four hours’ pay on any day the
employee works; paid vacations and
holidays; medical and life insurance;
a
seniority
system;
arbitration
of
grievances;
unemployment _ insurance; and a union shop. Di Giorgio
also
agreed
to recruit workers
through a union hing hall. turning
to other sources only if the union
fails to provide enough workers
within 72 hours.
In part, the contract followed the
terms
of
an_
arbitration
award
handed down by Sam Kagel, a San
Francisco
lawyer,
and_ Professor
Ronald Haughton of Wayne State
University, a former University of
California professor and labor consultant to former Governor
Pai
Brown. By company-union agreement, the arbitrators had stepped in
when
contract
negotiations
collapsed.
Last chapter. The contract signing was the last chapter, at least for
the present, in an action-packed
story that began in September, 1965,
with strikes against Di Giorgio and
other growers in the Delano area.
Originally, two organizations were
involved: the AFL-CIO
Workers
with a
Agricultural
Organizing
Committee,
mainly Filipino-American
membership, ana the independent
National Farm Workers Assn... whose
members
were
largely MexicanAmerican. The latter’s leader, Cesar
Chavez, sought to organize farm
workers
on a family and community
mento,
and
basis rather than by conventional
trade union methods.
Chavez became strike leader when
the two groups merged under the
AFL-CIO banner as UFWOC, and
the campaign took on overtones of
a crusade for social justice. Clergvmen
participated
in
UFWOC’s
march on the state capitol at Sacracivil
rights
activists
supported the AFL-CIO boycott of
Di Giorgio products
Since farm work. rs are exempt
from the provisions of the Wagner
Act—and most other labor laws—
Di Giorgio could not be required to
BUSINESS WEEK April 22, 1967
participate in a representation election under National }.abor Relations
Board auspices. Last /\pril, however,
the company agreed voluntarily to
a representation
election
at the ma-
jor struck farm.
Teamsters defeat. \Vrangles over
election rules postponed the vote til]
August, when the UFWOC
won
over both “no union” and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Later, UFWOC won elections at the
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peak
of the
s*a
<
Antle
Co.,
»acker of let!) workers at
ii.
IBT is also invoiv«
in a complicated feud with the
“FWOC over
a Delano vineyard of \. Perelli-Minetti & Sons. The Teamsters signed
a contract with the company while
UFWOC was picketing it in an
attempt to get bargaining rights.
UFWOC
thereupon picketed Los
Angeles supermarkets and_ liquor
stores
that carry
Perelli-Minetti
wines. IBT promptly notified AFLCIO unions that any union supporting the UFWOC boycott would risk
loss of Teamsters backing in its own
battles.
Good prospects. For both AFLCIO and Teamsters, organizing prospects among the 100,000 workers
who form the core of California’s
farm labor force—and among the 1million basic farm workers in the
country at large—may be brighter
than ever before.
The U.S. Labor Dept.’s suspension of working privileges for braceros (Mexicans who crossed the
border to join the farm work force
at harvest time) has given U.S.
workers a better bargaining position
with their employers. At the same
time, growers have faced the fact
that they will have to operate differently in the future—and_ presumably the difference could include
union
contracts,
Whether the combined impact of
the Labor Dept. actio. and recent
union victories will s art the ball
rolling at last—or will simply nudge
it along a few more inches—is the
big question that neither farm organizers nor farm employers can yet
answer. End
BUSINESS WEEK April 22, 1967
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