E LECTI 0 N ENDORSEMENTS INSIDE
“THE ONLY FRIEND
Cuomo Endorsed
ouuncil 82 hay endoryed Democrat
wl is mnging
families to goto the polly
hhim as “the only fiend of fabor on
theballot seeking the governorate
John Burke, executive dinectar of
Council 82, along with many other le
hor leaders throughout the state, ay
well as thousands of union members
around New York endoryed and worked
for Cuomo’scomecttom-behind win in
the Democratic primary against New
York City Mayor Ed Koch,
Right after the primary victory
mo started off the campaigh for
the general election with the first of a
utes with his Republican
opponent, Lewis Lehrman, an
who, in a multi-million dollar cam:
paign, has promised that he would
0p:
cu
series of d
‘oppose reform of the Taylor
OF
LABOR”
|
pose changes in the inequitable Vier
I pension pin for state workers, cut
state workers from the payroll, and put
atreezeon local expenditures—a more
whicha jobs,
Most of his money was spent for tel
vision time, ‘That kind of money
spent on television cam sell almost
kind of product, and
i
He hay tied 10 characterise Mario
Cuomoas
anced, organized, man:
an divected” by public worker
tuniony and theit “bosses
Cuomo’s success in the primary wa,
boy andl large, attributable to the hand
work of rank-and-file union members
and other workers, who knocked on
doors, stuffed envelopes for mays mail
ings,and made thousands of telephone
cally, That isthe kind of political sup-
port that money rarely can buy.
Throughout the campaign, Come
spent some ion while Lich:
rman reportedly spent neatly $8 mil
Jion, and was prepared! to spend at least
another §8 million on the general elec
tion campaign.
is no exception.
The difference between the two can:
dlidates is stark, Guomo,at New Yorker
thas been in public service much of his
lie, while Lchrman bas moved, within
the past few years, to New York Cit
from Pennsylvania, where he repott=
cally enjoyed! a tremendous tax advan
tage while conducting his busines in
the city, Lehrman has never held at
public or clected office, and he holds
that out as one of his virtues
For Council
Cuomo isthe only logical choice, since
The has state that he will consult with,
the couneil before he names. state
Burke feels that
commissioners,
by Council 82
Burke feels that one of the most inv
portant ples no has made dur
i isthat he will restore
cies to full
strength, Also, he hat sud he will sup
ase
porta second prison bond issue
ovecrowling in the prisons, would
never allow double-bunking of pri
somes andl would allow early release
‘of some prisoners to ease tensions,
Cuomo, Burke reminded, for eight
years has been a part of astateadminise
twation that hay cut taxesiand created a
half-million private sector jobs, while
Leluman promises to bring to New
York a program that sounds stangely
like Reganomies, but he denies that he
will bring the same
resulty—soating unemployment and
on of education, health, and
—as howof President
cor his pro
social prog
Reagan.
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Director’s Corner
Cuomo is a “Clear Choice,”
Lehrman’s Drug Store Empire Has Attitude
That Life Would be Better Without Unions
The business venture which Repub
lican gubernatorial candidate Lewis
ing ile that denies workers theit
dignity, pays them a minimum wage
and est nek the unions
“Thisis what emerges from:
October October
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
Among the violations found: firing
people because of union activity, with.
By John Burke million per holding pay of those fired, having
hased ow an operate workers arrested on picket lines vwsrean
ed videotaping workers on picket lin
which the union claimed were legal
and which were not shown 10 be
otherwise
COUNCIL 82-ENDORSED CANDIDATES BY REGION
HOOHSOSSHHHSSSSS
Congress
34 Stan Lundine
3 K
39 Henry Ne
32 John Lai
Lehrman is attempting to buy the election by spending part of his
Rite-Aid warehouse fortune on saturation advertising ‘t
disclosed is that he earned those millions by runnin
of “unlawfully fore jo applica
jie detector
and employees to tal
tests.”
have seen that Rite-Aid hires many 1 Ken Lavalle (®)
part-timers, For years, corporations State Senate
sishy unions ofthe way Lelirman has This continued for a year and, ac 10 Charles Schur (0) 31 James Martin
" 8 Geraldine Ferraro (0)
dealt with his workers. cording to the Teamsters, it was cost
upports Public Workers Tiel re $2003 8 Jae tune
Hisemerprise,RiteAid DrugStores, 1 BNCA ie a heon 7 Ben Rosenthal (0)
prises they kept up the pounding of the un- (0) 6 dom Ao (0)
iy virtually non-union, with only
; abut 15 percent of theemploycesone 0H 4 no endorsement «2 Vincent Mare Accom D
¢ tganized, many of them by thetntern- ‘Teamsters in Rome described work- 5 Arnold Miller (0) —_, aH
beewcen Mario Game and baw Pehraan, Mario Guoma a one tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, ining conditions in the warehouse as ‘Assembly (0)
supporter of law enforcement and law enforcement personnel and he is Fane enti Pennsylvania, nnd “slave Labor.” A Teamser newspaper
friend af public workers Rome, NY described Rite-Aid!'s labor relations 8 cena si (0)
He years, . this way: “The company feels that
Rite-Aid lar corpora " (0) 0)
afatecat, union: hing bn maintained his residence in Penn tion, Sean L000 stores i whatever the employer offers in the 78 urs reer o
sylvania until 1976, and who has absolutely no government experience wworkersane paid the mi way of er sould accepied by the (0) 74 Louis Nine Ht (R)
aerate pai employees. Followingacceptance, they (0) (0)
(On the vital issues facing law enforcement personnel, Mario Cuomo $3.35 per hou—when th ule, career sve labor from te returning io) 72 Jet Marton o State Sen 1s Hicpard se i
and not much more than that when the workers, If they had their way, there 71 Herrman Farrell (0) 64 John Daly (R) 140 Robin Schimminger (0)
ove Gcltes can be alles workers are able to fight back sreanieed (0) 70 Geraldine Daniels (©) 60 Gene Culliana {D) 199 Matthew Murphy (0)
would not be any organized labor in » es suiinen {o, © Gene Cul Mere fa
Lew Lehman supports double-bunking, a practice we know to be Using the excuse that the er America.” {68 Angelo DelToro (0) §3 Paul Kehoe ‘®) (®)
dlangerous,a threat to the ives and well-being of all of our members who are marketers logs the pate, the company tiestose 67 Jerrold Nadler (0)
st ‘it t in it Newburgh, bot 66 Mark Si
the prisons timidate worker, Whe ete tute in donate New. York, Rite Ai
ioncontracts,however,theteareclauses brought in non-union contractors to
vc wenden hat on ae song on ral drei which prohibit dhe use of polygraph yuild hit facilities, according to the
‘rime isthe inereased presence of law enforcement personnel on the streets, d
port Nite tests as a condition of employment building trades unions which tied (0
agencies, while his opponent has concocted a bizarre scheme to use Nai In January, 1981, the Maryland at- fight the lower-pay, non-union jobs. 1 noendorsement
Guard troops .auclear vio p torney general secured a $57,000 set Lehrman has made an issue of the State S
separation of the military and police in the United States, lement fom itAid in Batimo%e, — yyanhr of jos that he wll bring 10 8 Carol Berman (0)
; (of 22 employeesandjobap~ New York State, if he' selected gover- oN (")
sheriff union-b Kforce. Lon ers who are in 6
and has a law which ¢¢
ational Guatd should be forced to patrol the South Bronx or anywhere Ferrante mi teal HA a ae 5
il takeaway jabs from other kaw enforcement personnel Fa ee eee abletodod 4
wand take away je is y ondition of and the ' 3
attorney general accused the com The Teamsters and other unions 2 James Lack (®)
dames tipe ote Borie ‘Thomas inglee
President Executive Director Treewrar
Trustoot Jobe Evans
Vice-President Ronald Russell Seeriey
Robert Otermeler
Pome
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Bernard Sith Roland Martin
Kevin Caney tye DS
Steve Page Cambere!
‘Leander McCall Fin Abasciano:
‘Hayward Beverly Richard Bischart
tice complaints against Rite-Aid.
meas
mannyc
ras
mits
é
CENTRAL
" have used par-time employees to get ®
fario€ ' dll people who ; clieaper and mote manipulable labor, 3 Abe Bornstein (0)
work for a living. He strongly supported the 2-year, hal pay vetirerent They're used to pushing people jay lessin wages, pay no benefit mes
pension | around,” sid one union staffer who {eep them separtedon the question of n Bogut (0)
system, which will put more money into the pockets of retires, and he hadanalyaed Rite-Aid-union relations, rgynizing in unions. 28 Franz Leichter 0)
PP y of the p aaylor Law. explaining that, when they tried to 27 Mantred Ohrenstein (0)
tet theyraninto year, Asigificant part of dhe drug store 26 Roy Goodman i
You can buy a lot of things with money, but you can’t buy experience dae kes tn Wes Virginia al in <i's growth as come from gob 35 Matin Conor 9 souruenn
makers Rome, where the strike ended last ling up other, smaller chains, prac 23 Chris Mega ® (2) (0)
any other Ww swing tic tha creates a wider profit margin, 32 Ann detterson 0) (0) Congrass 0)
Alford to give him on-the job-training mu“ . but does sore ray jobs or 21 Martin Markowitz 0 (0) 2 PeerPeyser (0) it
Law enforcement issuts ate oo serious and vital 10 lave toan amateur. nee ee beter 70 Tom Bartociewie? o 20 Richard Otinger ©) (0)
Mario Cuomo has eight years of statewide politcal experience. he | hci gp withing Unis that have ee ighing for ong isn (0) ®)
the same job in bordering Pennsylva- “ ren fighting House (0) State Senate (0)
‘understands our needs an he willbe responsive to them. Thre hid a the workers of Rite Aid include: Dis-
nia Rite ese again toe Tago he Hot Won 19 Mario Blagg rt) (0) 44 Hugh Farley ® ®)
Onn , ‘ wee | demand $1 per hour, of the Hospital Workers (re- Robert Ger 0 (0) 42 Howard Nolan (0) )
and vote for Mario Cuomo, and the Rome sik gan. Dresenting the retail workers in New 17 Ted Weiss ©) (0) 4 JayRotrson ®) «
York City); United Food and Com: 16 Charles Rengel (0 )
During the course of the Rome mercial Workers; Retail, Wholesale, 14 Leo Zetterett rc) (0) 50 Ricard Senermerhor ) (0)
strike, the National Labor Relations and Department Store Union, and the 18 Stephen Solarz 9) (Roman ® ®)
Board issued three unfair labor prac: International Association of Machin- {2 Major Owens He {B) 35 Jonn Flynn )
30 Bill Benet (0)
NORTH COUNTRY
Congress
26 David Landy (0)
24 Roy Esiason (0)
Stato Senate
45 Ronald Statford (R)
State Assembly
112 John O'Neit (R)
10 Ancrew Ayan (R)
®)
{08 Maru LaLonde (0)
27 Elaine Lyte! (0)
25 Sherwood Boehiert (R)
State Assombly
194 Roger Robach (0)
182 Pinny Cooke (R)
131 Gary Prot (0)
130 Louise Slaughter (0)
129 Frank Talomie (R)
128 ‘Souhan (0)
127 David Fusco (D)
126 George Winner (A)
(R)
(A)
(R)
(0)
149 Kay Benedict (0)
118 Mike Bragman (0)
Legislative Report
By Ralph Kent
Council 82
Legislative Director
om
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Vote for Our Friends
This November, many’ ol Counc it 82's Lendl anal several enemies in the
New York Stave Legislature will be up for te-rlection,
Our anion has formed anany excellent relationships with both senators
anit members of the Assembly, Several have tough races abwead, sand your
Support can be the key to their stacey on Election: Day
interest to uy in
Here's a quick rundown of the races of partic
Conmil 82
THE ASSEMBLY
Assemblyman andy Ryan faces a tough race, Andy bias alwys been a
members, He
Fhay our endorsement, atid that of the ABL-CIO,
Javemblyman Ray Kivor haya tough new district and faces a real ight
Ray proved he was Fighter with his work for the 2 all-pay bill lor
conection officers, He worked hand for uy. We must do the sume tor bin
Other friends who deserve special assistance are Assembly won
Sater, Assenby nats Maaice Hincliey, and Assemblyman Nick Span.
it, Dismict 128, Go Lriendl of labor will lace
anticunion right-winger, Te couneil fas many anembery in this distict
nvake a major differeme
THE SENATE
Asyemlyman Steve Riford isrunning
ingjor factor i the passage of our
04 COUNCIL 82 REVIEW October
os)
“By dames Sipe
Coumel 2 Prsdent
Congressional Elections are as
Important as State, Local Races
‘what happened in Washington would not affect us on the job.
With the coming of Reaganomics, those days are gone forever. The
sili hich used to
come to New York St
‘cutbacks in programs across the board.
‘Among the deep cuts are those in the Law Enforcement Assistance Ad-
ministration, which has, in effect, ben eliminated, and other crime-control
programs that helped us immensely atthe local level.
“This year, the president attempted to cut the $50,000 death benefit for
aierd we 0 oe eee chet
‘This was a cold-hearted attempt to take away this needed program, and was
‘stopped by the Congress, with the help of our friends.
i wemust
have strong voices, not only in Albany, but in Washington.
cof Representatives for re-elect
22nd District. 100
percent AFSCME voting record for the past two years. He faces a tough rice
Senator Richard hayh
cil, As chainmaan of the Senate Civil Serview Co
made. The Peyser-Gilman race i Peyser will
hhisdoor open for AESCME Counc unions
legislation each year, Dick isa fighter, and we nied! bia in the Senate
‘HE BLOCKS TO GLEN WARREN this year! For years, Glen Wate
laimed to he Council 82's end, while voting against our key legit
This year, send Glen a message, Vote lor Frank Eowlicht!
Per
CONGRESSMAN RICHARD OTTINGER, 20th District. Dick Ouin-
er
i ischai @ ittee, and has
‘worked to stop the natural gas price decontrol that the Reagan Administra
Lehrman Commercial Blames Unions
Aradio commercial aived in upstate cuugedd the fall of New: Vork City’s
New York in mid-Octahet by Lewis economy, The listener is supposed to
Lehrman, Republican candidate for get the feeling that, somehow, these
governor, laid the lame for the col watkets did nor deserve what they got
anya in wages andl benelits
lapse of the New Vork City ec
wat the feet of publi
workersand their unions
Further, the commercial aysutes the
listener that Lehrman iy not indebted
Although it specifically mentioned tothe publieworkersind their unions,
public union bosses,” and singled as. he ammouncer makes cleat, Demo
cout Gothaumn, executive dite cratic canidate Manion Cuomo i
tor of AFSCME District Council S7.b8 gy ye endo the commercial, the
sane the amen wy Tistener feels that, if Leman is
The commercial attempted, lected the problems of to much pay
succeeded, to give the Listener the and too many benelity for public
pression that the demands of public workers such as those in New York
workers for a living wage and good City will not happen to New York
benefits are the factors that ditectly Skate
tus hundreds of dollars each year, and would have made the oil companies
{which control the gas) even richer.
MATT McHUGH, 28th District
pki
the jails. Matt is a key member of the House of Representatives’ most impor-
tant committee, Ways and Means. Here, he has established a 100 percent
AFSCME voting record.
CONGRESSMAN LEO ZERETTI, lth District, Leo Zereti has had a
100 percent AFSCME voting record. His district disappeared in the reappor-
tionment plan. He faces an uphill battle against Guy Molinari, who has
ion only 10 percent ofthe time, L i
needed him. He needs us now.
Blue Collar Worker Back to Democrats
Joe Sixpack is back with the and businesses are closing down
jon spot
Democrats in a telev
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Address...
“Millions of Americans are
without jobs, and we've got todo
the current political cam-
ie something.
Joe" is James Wilders of Bal-
timore who was paid by the Re-
publicans to walk through an
empty factory and bemoan his
fate under the Democrats,
“Remember me?" he asks in
the current 30-minute spot.
“In 1980, the Republicans paid
ime to go on television because
they promised us they would
make things better and I believed
them,
“1m a Democrat, but I voted
Republican once—and it'sa
take TI never make again.
“Well, since they've been in
control, unemployment is. the “And 1 didn’t get paid to say
his.”
highestsince the Great Depression c
