Bill would reduce Welfare strikes, panel told
A California Senate committee heard that pending collective bargaining for public employees would cut strikes, not raise them. Walter W. Taylor of the California State Employees Association argued the bill substitutes reason for strikes and would regulate labor relations for teachers, police, firefighters and other workers. The measure would allow strikes only after extensive procedures and ban them when public health or safety is at risk.
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Sacramento
Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
California
Taylor
Senate
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
State Finance Department
Dills
Roll’s Rise Continues as California Welfare Rolls Grow
California welfare rolls reached a 20 month high in January with 1,384,561 people on AFDC. The AFDC-U subcategory rose 9.1 percent as unemployment kept families reliant on aid. Officials cited continued depressed economy as a major factor in the bulge.
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Sacramento
California
Capitol protest targets California utility rate structure
Hundreds of consumers and activists filled the State Capitol halls to urge lower residential rates from Pacific Gas & Electric and others. Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy spoke at a church rally across from the Capitol and backed a bill by Assemblyman Miller to cut small rate charges in half. Spokesmen claimed petitions totaling 100000 signatures.
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Alice Dolan
San Francisco
Brown
Sacramento
California
Assembly
Leo McCarthy
Capitol
McCarthy
Electricity & Gas For the People
E&gp
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Michael Mitroff
John Miller
Oakland
California Migrant Housing Camps Receive One-Year Federal Funding
California Employment Development Department head James Lorenz says federal officials will provide $1 million to fund twenty five migrant farm worker housing centers for one more year. He notes the Labor Department wants the program ended after this year and hints he may seek other federal aid next year if needed.
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Sacramento
California
James Lorenz
Employment Development Department
U.S
Labor Department
Lorenz
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