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1992 Democratic Presidential Primary
Brown for President
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LABOR RECORD
"Jerry Brown has done more for working men and women than any Governor in California's history.'' —John Henning
From 1975-1983, Edmund G. Brown Jr. served as Governor of California. During these eight years, Brown and organized labor together achieved the following record:
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
- Created the historic Agriculture Labor Relations Act, which provided for representative elections in seven days (2 days if ½ of the work force goes out on strike). The law also provided for a powerful Make Whole remedy, and permitted secondary boycotts under specified conditions.
- Signed into law collective bargaining rights for all state employes, state college and university faculty, local government employees, and employees and teachers of all California public schools.
- Agency Shop for state and local government.
PREVAILING RATES
- Blocked repeated attempts to weaken Prevailing Rates in the building trades of California.
APPRENTICESHIPS
- Dramatically expanded apprenticeships and successfully fought off non-union employer efforts to create parallel programs.
SOCIAL INSURANCE
- Extended unemployment insurance to farm workers, public employees, and domestic workers.
- Provided disability benefits for pregnancy.
HEALTH & SAFTEY
- Signed first Right to Know laws to protect workers against toxic substances in the work place.
- Banned toxic substances such as DBCP in the face of federal government foot dragging and led the nation in worker protection.
OTHER KEY LABOR ADVANCES
- Abolished tip credit for culinary workers.
- Protected item pricing in supermarkets and saved tens of thousands of jobs.
- Banned hiring of professional strikebreakers.
- Curbed the use of temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions in strike situations.
- Enacted successor clause for labor agreements.
- Promoted major public works programs including water treatment plants and new state buildings.
- Appointed over 80 labor leaders to key state positions.
- Forged historic compromise between AFL-CIO and environmentalists to make permanent environmental protection of California's coast.
During Jerry Brown's governorship more than 2 million jobs were created in the state of California – 25% of the new jobs created in the entire nation.
BROWN FOR PRESIDENT, 2121 CLOVERFIELD, #120, SANTA MONICA, CA 90104, (213) 449-1992.
1-800-426-1112
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"Jerry Brown has done more for working men and women than any Governor in California's history.'' —John Henning
Executive
Secretary-Treasurer,
California Labor Federation, AFL-C/O
California Labor Federation, AFL-C/O
From 1975-1983, Edmund G. Brown Jr. served as Governor of California. During these eight years, Brown and organized labor together achieved the following record:
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
- Created the historic Agriculture Labor Relations Act, which provided for representative elections in seven days (2 days if ½ of the work force goes out on strike). The law also provided for a powerful Make Whole remedy, and permitted secondary boycotts under specified conditions.
- Signed into law collective bargaining rights for all state employes, state college and university faculty, local government employees, and employees and teachers of all California public schools.
- Agency Shop for state and local government.
PREVAILING RATES
- Blocked repeated attempts to weaken Prevailing Rates in the building trades of California.
APPRENTICESHIPS
- Dramatically expanded apprenticeships and successfully fought off non-union employer efforts to create parallel programs.
SOCIAL INSURANCE
- Extended unemployment insurance to farm workers, public employees, and domestic workers.
- Provided disability benefits for pregnancy.
HEALTH & SAFTEY
- Signed first Right to Know laws to protect workers against toxic substances in the work place.
- Banned toxic substances such as DBCP in the face of federal government foot dragging and led the nation in worker protection.
OTHER KEY LABOR ADVANCES
- Abolished tip credit for culinary workers.
- Protected item pricing in supermarkets and saved tens of thousands of jobs.
- Banned hiring of professional strikebreakers.
- Curbed the use of temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions in strike situations.
- Enacted successor clause for labor agreements.
- Promoted major public works programs including water treatment plants and new state buildings.
- Appointed over 80 labor leaders to key state positions.
- Forged historic compromise between AFL-CIO and environmentalists to make permanent environmental protection of California's coast.
During Jerry Brown's governorship more than 2 million jobs were created in the state of California – 25% of the new jobs created in the entire nation.
BROWN FOR PRESIDENT, 2121 CLOVERFIELD, #120, SANTA MONICA, CA 90104, (213) 449-1992.
1-800-426-1112
[union bug] [recycle bug]
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