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96 Monthly Lab. Rev. 73 (1973)
Developments in Industrial Relations

handle is hein.journals/month96 and id is 1433 raw text is: AFL-CIO scores the President The 10th biennial convention of the AFL-CIO, held October 18-23 in Bal Harbour, Fla., was dom- inated by the crisis over the Watergate tapes and the war in the Middle East. (A full report on the convention appears on pp. 59-60.),In an unprece- dented action, the delegates called for President Nixon's resignation, and for the House of Repre- sentatives to impeach him forthwith if he did not resign. The resolution, passed prior to the President's decision to release the tapes, asserted that the con- stitutional crisis had been brought to a head by the firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus. Other resolutions adopted called on the Executive Council to consider establishment of a new depart- ment for public employees; proposed an economic program for the Nation, centering on termination of wage and price controls; and backed Federal legisla- tion to protect workers' pensions and to set uniform unemployment and workmen's compensation stand- ards. The delegates also unanimously approved a reso- lution condemning what was termed Arab aggres- sion against Israel and backing a massive airlift of military equipment to Israel.. Another successful resolution, reversing a Federation stand, endorsed the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment barring sex discrimination on the job and elsewhere. In other actions, Presidents. Joseph Tonelli of the United Paperworkers and Sol Stetin of the Textile Workers and Vice President Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Teachers were elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Developments in Industrial Relations is prepared by Leon Bornstein and other members of the staff of the Division of Trends in Employee Compensation, Bureau of Ubor Statistics, and is largely based on information from second- ary sources. 1 Council. They replaced William Pollock of the Tex- tile Workers and Joseph Curran of the Maritime Union, who had retired, and Karl F. Feller of the United Brewery Workers. (On October 23, Mr. Feller signed an agreement with Teamsters President Frank E. Fitzsimmons for a merger of their unions. The signing followed the AFL-CIO's revocation of the Brewery Workers' charter because of the merger discussions.) During the convention, AFL-CIO President George Meany expressed hope of soon bringing to final consummation a tentative agreement between the Teamsters and Farm Workers Unions to end their jurisdictional dispute. The accord, announced on September 28 by Mr. Meany and Teamsters President Fitzsimmons (Monthly Labor Review, November 1973, p. 73), reportedly stipulated that Teamster representation of fieldhands would end, while jurisdiction over workers in canneries and warehouses would continue. Mr. Meany said com- plications had developed and that at the moment, the matter is in a state of flux. He. expressed hope the matter could be resolved at a Teamsters' execu- tive board meeting. (The board reportedly rejected the accord.) The growers, meanwhile, were insisting that the pacts they-signel with the Teamsters (after expiration of agreements with the Farm Workers) were binding. Construction unions convene The Federation's Building and Construction Trades Department also convened in Bal Harbour. The delegates approved an increase in monthly per capita payments to 8 cents, from 4. The additional money was slated for organizing, to strengthen local councils, and to improve information programs. These efforts were designed to meet the challepge posed by the growth of the nonunion contra tor paying substandard wages and abusing acceptable and fair working conditions. In an effort to counter what Department Presi- dent Frank Bonadio called an all-out concerted 73

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