U.S. mediator on job sees gains in dock strike talks
West Coast dock strike talks gain momentum as J Curtis Counts arrives from Washington to press negotiations. Count says Nixon administration can apply leverage on shipowners and longshoremen to speed a settlement on a 24 port shutdown from Seattle to San Diego since July 1. He notes progress on containerization while wage freezes and proposed concessions remain debated.
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J. Curtis Counts
Washington
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Harbor pay cuts restored as longshore strike drags
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission voted 32 to restore 10 percent pay cuts for about 500 harbor employees effective immediately. If the longshoremen's strike isn’t settled by Oct 6, drastic cost reductions, including furloughs and deeper salary cuts, may follow. Commission members cited the $1.5 million cost of the 78 day strike against the $38,000 monthly salaries.
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Frank ©. Sullivan
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Assembly committee kills farm labor bill in Sacramento
A California Assembly committee defeated a farm labor bill aimed at secret union representation elections and banning secondary boycotts. Despite heavy turnout from growers, workers and opponents framed the measure as a path to slavery, while supporters argued it would empower farm workers to organize.
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Labor Relations
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San Francisco
Ketchum
California
Democratic Assembly
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D-Van
Dolores Huerta
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UFWOC
Juanita Herrera
Earilmart
Santa Clara County Council of Churches
Judge bars mass picketing in Monterey strike
Monterey County Judge Stanley Lawson issued a temporary restraining order against the United Farmworkers Organizing Committee. The order limits picketing in a six day old strike against Basic Vegetable Products Inc. A preliminary injunction hearing is set for September 24.
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United Farmworkers Organizing Committee
Basic Vegetable Products Inc
Monterey County
Stanley Lawson
Senate OKs VD class exception in sex ed bill
Sacramento reporters say the Senate narrowly passed a bill to exempt general disease instruction from parental consent for sex education and family planning. The 21 to 10 vote sends the measure to the Assembly with technical amendments. Opponents warned it weakens state controls and parental rights over school courses.
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UPS
Senate
Assemblyomen
March Fong
Doakland
Assembly
John Harmir
Glendale
Younsters
Arlen Gregorio
San Mateo
California
No release for Russo in Pentagon papers case
A federal judge in Los Angeles refused to release Anthony J. Russo Jr. until he agrees to answer a federal grand jury’s questions about the leak of documents on American involvement in Vietnam known as the Pentagon papers. Russo, 34, was jailed for contempt August 16 after he refused to answer 12 of the jury’s questions about releasing and publishing the material.
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Anthony J. Russo Jr
Vietnam
Russo
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