LABOR

Addresses

AFL-CIO Convention: Representative Kaptur, 35812 [16DE]

Challenges Facing Mining Industry: Representative George Miller, 24904 [22SE]

FMI Annual Convention—Mandated Benefits Workshop, Gerald R. Rudd, 17221 [24JN]

Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act: Robert Anderson, 9459 [23AP]

National Farmers Organization: Owen Bieber, UAW, 35743 [15DE]

United Steelworkers of America: Senator Heinz, 19273 [9JY]

Workplace Health and Safety: Representative Dingell, 11283 [5MY]

Amendments

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30353 [30OC]

Building and construction industry: collective bargaining (H.R. 281), 15646, 15647 [12JN], 16082, 16083 [15JN], 16291-16294 [16JN], 16523, 16532, 16536, 16537, 16540, 16542, 16544, 16545, 16546 [17JN], 17627 [25JN]

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (S. 538), 18563 [1JY]

Federal aid programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), 7508, 7556 [31MR], 7803 [2AP]

Occupational diseases: notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 24353 [17SE], 27881, 27906, 27907, 27908, 27912, 27913, 27914 [14OC], 27965, 27968, 27975, 27976, 27977 [15OC]

Youth: payment of opportunity wages (H.R. 2710), 17655 [26JN]

Analyses

Construction Labor Reform Act (H.R. 2648), 15401 [10JN]

Davis-Bacon Act Amendment (H.R. 2216), 10597 [29AP]

High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), 3146 [5FE]

Retiree Benefits Protection Act (H.R. 2969), 20288 [20JY]

Articles and editorials

All-American Work Ethic—It's Alive and Well and Prospering in Wisconsin, 3910 [23FE]

Backers of Tough Antitrust Enforcement Hit Bork, 19594 [13JY]

Bad Idea Then, a Bad Idea Now, 17866 [26JN], 18101 [29JN]

Canada Unveils $4 Billion Plan on Child Care, 34991 [10DE]

Can't Stay, Can't Leave—Huge ``Exit Costs'' Multiply Industry's Woes, 19273 [9JY]

Child Labor, 18822-18835 [7JY]

Child Labor—The Profits of Shame, 19818 [14JY], 20454

Corporate Angst on Capitol Hill—Democrats Push for a Passel of Pro-Labor Bills, 17026 [23JN]

Cruel Kindness of the Minimum Wage, 20597 [21JY], 20807 [22JY]

Cure May Be Worse Than the Ill, 13298 [20MY]

CWA, Union Leaders Kick Off ``Jobs With Justice'' Campaign, 24118 [16SE]

Demand for Pilots, 29863 [29OC]

Democrats' European Disease, 18716 [1JY], 18889, 18904 [8JY]

Despite Perils, Bad Press, Labor Still Fights for Freedom, 24249 [16SE]

Dispelling the Myths About a Higher Minimum Wage, 28295 [16OC]

Do We Subsidize Exploitation of Foreign Workers?, 15627 [11JN]

Don't Raise the Minimum Wage, 24564 [18SE]

Education, the Best Investment, 14711 [4JN]

Enforcing Sanctions, 17866 [26JN]

EPA Denies Use of Fines for Douglas, 1645 [21JA]

EPA Report Ignores ``Happiness'', 1644 [21JA]

FBI Agent—Official Took Roofer Cash, 16542 [17JN]

For Thai Children, Train Station Offers One-Way Trip to Exploitation, 21389 [28JY], 28774 [21OC]

Former Official's Statement Allowed in Bribery Trial, 16540 [17JN]

Garment Work—Home Is Not a Sweatshop, 5990 [17MR]

Hard Hit CWA Members Tell Why We Need ``Jobs With Justice'', 24119, 24120 [16SE]

Hard Law for Hardhats, 16520 [17JN]

How To Maintain Full Employment, 4384 [26FE]

In Primitive Factory, Indian Children Producing Glass, Profits for Corning, 20804 [22JY], 21389 [28JY]

Job Isn't Always a Solution—Some Can't Afford to Work, 26741 [6OC]

Job-Destruction Bill, 7657 [1AP]

Jobs for Everyone, 9793 [27AP]

Labor a Vital Ingredient in Recipe for Rail Change, 23396 [7AU]

Labor Lending—How a Union Survives in Banking by Pushing Services Over Profits, 38264 [22DE]

Lack of Flexibility Proves Expensive, 15097 [9JN]

Let's Not Torpedo the Growth of Jobs, 15486 [11JN]

``Made in USSR''—By Forced Labor, 1378 [16JA]

Manufacturing Competitiveness, 5221 [10MR]

Matter for the Entrepreneur, 28789 [21OC]

Metzenbaum's Metzen-bomb, 7657 [1AP]

Middle-Class Dream Fades for Some—Workers See Earnings Decline as Companies Cut Labor Costs, 1432 [20JA]

Millions of Children Toil in Sweatshops of the Third World, 19089-19091 [8JY]

Moral Motivation and Power of Example, 4967 [5MR]

New Cutting Edge in Factories—Education, 9175-9177 [21AP], 11119-11121 [5MY]

Not Enough Jobs, 14710 [4JN]

Only Decent Thing To Do, 31237 [6NO]

OSHA Chief Removed in Roofers Union Probe, 16541 [17JN]

Pathmark's Parent Cutting Back, May Sell Some Stores, 11673 [7MY]

Plant Closing Law Won't Help Workers, 17867 [26JN]

Plant Closings—Government, Industry Must Find Way To Allow Advance Warning, 4790 [4MR]

Plant Closings—Warnings, Not Laws, 7657 [1AP]

Plantation Children Reap Grim Harvest, 21553 [29JY]

Plea for Protection, 8268 [7AP]

Progress on the Trade Bill, 18925 [8JY]

Provide Jobs for Those on Welfare in Puerto Rico, 20291 [20JY]

Psychological Murder, 10170 [28AP]

Risky Proposition, 31238 [6NO]

RX for Jobs Lost Through Mergers, 5099 [9MR]

Saving Airline Jobs, 29859 [29OC]

School Children in Peril?, 9724 [24AP]

Soviet Refugee Describes Forced Labor on Pipeline, 1377 [16JA]

Stop Exploiting Child Laborers, 29776 [28OC], 30252 [29OC]

Stop Stretching the Davis Bacon Act, 24562 [18SE]

Third World Ignores Its Own Labor Laws—Exploitation of Young Workers Helps Spur Race for Development, 21046 [23JY]

Tracking the Roofers Probe—5 Areas of Focus, 16541 [17JN]

Use for PD's $400,000 Fine, 1644 [21JA]

Virginia Tech Instructor Sees Youth Labor Shortage, 1222 [13JA]

Wage Debate With No Real Winners, 6712 [24MR]

Wages of Uncertainty—Pension Fund Changes Leave Workers Feeling Yanked Into Crisis, 18966, 18967 [8JY]

Welcome Attack on Davis Bacon, 24561 [18SE]

When Wages Fly Higher Than Airlines, 29859 [29OC]

With Liberty and Justice for All—Civil Rights Issue, 14793 [4JN]

WPA Met a Big Need, May Again, 5651 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: establish health standards on field sanitation relative to employees engaged in hand labor operations (see H.R. 349)

———job training for transition to other economic activities (see H.R. 1202)

Artists: grant certain labor rights to employers and performers (see S. 1346; H.R. 1638)

Bankruptcy: extend provision relative to continuation of health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1912)

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend to prohibit reduction of disability benefits (see H.R. 2481)

BLS: accounting of unemployed (see H.R. 1639)

Committees of the Senate: requirements for proposed legislation on new employee benefits (see S. Res. 218)

Construction industries: collective bargaining (see S. 1346; H.R. 281, 1840)

———minimum wage on public projects (see S. 1621)

Construction Labor Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2648)

Labor disputes: prohibit any threat or act of violence (see H.R. 64)

———prohibit extortion (see H.R. 107)

Dislocated business concern: delivery of services and information (see H.R. 728)

———prenotification to affected employees and communities (see H.R. 161)

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (see S. 538; H.R. 1122)

Education: establish Literacy Training Program relative to employment (see S. 904)

———foreign language and international education programs to enhance competitiveness (see H.R. 1875)

———minimum funding for certain outreach recruitment and training programs (see H.R. 1373)

———programs to strengthen competitiveness of industry (see S. 406)

———workplace literacy programs (see H.R. 1342)

Employee stock ownership plans: estate tax deduction for employer securities sales (see H.R. 1311)

Employment: expansion of worker trade readjustment allowance (see H.R. 2162)

———financial assistance for supplemental worker training programs (see H.R. 1461)

———guarantee work opportunity (see S. 777)

———international worker rights (see S. 498)

———preparation for disadvantaged individuals and families (see H.R. 3359)

———waiver of Federal regulations to stimulate employment in trade-impacted sectors of industry (see H.R. 270)

———work opportunities (see H.R. 2197)

ERISA: amend title I (see H.R. 2575)

Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2676)

Federal aid programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (see S. 514)

Fire fighters: collective bargaining (see H.R. 1201)

Foreign trade: denial of internationally recognized worker rights (see H.R. 1735)

———prohibit importation of items made by child labor which violates internationally recognized child labor rights (see H.R. 3112)

Government contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328)

———employee protection against reprisal for disclosures (see H.R. 1716)

———local defense construction obligations (see H.R. 1873, 1874)

———prevailing wages in affected areas (see H.R. 596, 2216)

Health care: minimum benefits for all U.S. workers (see S. 1265)

Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 637; H.R. 535, 597, 1367)

Industry: prohibit certain plant closings and layoffs (see H.R. 1753)

Job Training Partnership Act: accreditation of training providers (see H.R. 3829)

Labor Productivity Assistance Act: enact (see S. 617)

Labor unions: deny crewmember status in cases of certain strikes and lockouts (see H.R. 285)

———remove certain limitations upon Sherman Act application (see H.R. 102)

———rights relative to membership (see H.R. 97)

———security personnel (see H.R. 3560)

Long Island Railroad: prohibit strikes or lockouts (see H.J. Res. 93)

———settlement of labor-management dispute (see H.J. Res. 185)

Low-Income Opportunity Board: establish (see H.R. 1288)

Made in the U.S.A. Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 177)

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: amend relative to rights action (see S. 683)

———mediation and conciliation actions (see H.R. 1722)

Minimum wage: adjust (see H.R. 1189)

———fair and equitable (see S. 837; H.R. 1834)

———increase (see H.R. 79, 1209)

———increase and index (see H.R. 649, 659)

National Apprenticeship Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 202)

National Labor Relations Act: amend (see H.R. 1865)

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 223; H.J. Res. 414)

NLRB: statutory authority relative to employees and labor unions engaged in violence (see H.R. 2375)

Occupational diseases: identification, notification, and prevention (see H.R. 162)

———identification, notification, and prevention (H.R. 162), consideration (see H. Res. 280)

———notification of workers at risk (see S. 79)

Pensions: portability of benefits (see H.R. 1992)

———private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of plan termination (see S. Con. Res. 58), 12300 [13MY]

Plant shutdowns: notification (see H.R. 2016)

———prohibit certain layoffs (see H.R. 1828)

Polygraph: examinations of applicants by employers (see H.R. 1536)

Poverty: improve work assistance programs (see H.R. 1288)

Railroad Retirement Act: amend provision relative to employment of workers in nonrailroad work and qualifications for annuity (see S. 346)

Reagan, President: authority to stabilize prices, wages, interest rates, and corporate dividends (see H.R. 272)

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (see S. 673)

Service Contract Act: amend relative to coverage threshold for contracts (see S. 1556)

Social Security: earnings test (see S. 1777)

———period of transition and formula with respect to workers born in years after 1916 and before 1930 (see S. 1830)

Soviet Union: relative to forced labor policies (see H. Con. Res. 83)

Spanish Americans: presence in the labor market (see H. Res. 261)

Tariff: work gloves (see S. 206)

Taxation: credit for employers providing onsite day care services for dependents of their employees (see H.R. 1254)

———targeted job credit relative to certain wages (see H.R. 1534)

———targeted jobs tax credit on wages paid during a labor dispute (see H.R. 2215)

Textile industry and fabrics: exempt from overtime requirements certain employees in cleaning of carpets or fabrics (see H.R. 3280)

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: waive certain time limitations for certain workers (see S. 1053)

Unemployment: finance adjustment to international competition (see H.R. 1408, 1412)

———job training benefits for dislocated workers from closures due to environmental law violations (see S. 370)

———treatment as national priority (see H. Con. Res. 111)

VA: exclusion of residents and interns from labor-management statute (see H.R. 2014)

Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (see H.R. 1882)

Vocational education: funding (see S. Con. Res. 20)

Worker Adjustment Assistance Program: improve (see H.R. 2617)

Youth: employment opportunity wage (see H.R. 2572, 2710)

Descriptions

Economic Excellence Act (S. 1249), 13248 [20MY]

Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act (S. 777), 14710 [4JN]

Documents

Developing New Tactics—Winning With Coordinated Corporate Campaigns, AFL-CIO, 16540 [17JN]

Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act, 27675 [13OC]

Factsheets

Drugs in the Workplace: VA, 33887 [3DE]

Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (S. 287), 1144, 1145 [12JA]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): Federal labor relations authority (testimony), D194 [25MR]

———Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (testimony), D247 [8AP]

———Labor Management Services Administration and the BLS (testimony), D235 [6AP]

———Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, NLRB and Railroad Retirement Board (testimony), D239 [7AP]

Committee on Education and Labor: construction industry labor law amendments (H.R. 281)

———Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (H.R. 1122) (testimony), D159 [17MR]

———Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act (H.R. 90), D149 [12MR]

———Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act (H.R. 90) (testimony from Richard F. Celeste, Governor of Ohio), D85 [25FE]

———Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act (H.R. 90) (testimony from William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor), D71 [19FE]

———Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act (H.R. 90) (testimony from public witnesses), D58 [10FE], D59 [11FE]

———establish fair and equitable minimum wage (H.R. 1834), D305 [30AP]

———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162), D248 [8AP], D279 [23AP]

———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162) (testimony), D159 [17MR]

———minimum wage, D255 [9AP]

———OSHA oversight, D297 [29AP]

Committee on Finance: impact of trade deficit on U.S. industry (S. 490; H.R. 3) (testimony), D164 [18MR]

Committee on Government Operations: underreporting of occupational injuries and its impact on workers' safety (testimony), D176 [19MR]

Committee on Governmental Affairs: government role in economic competitiveness (testimony), D237 [7AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from Ed Farris, Carmen Colon, John Jacob, Raul Yzaguirre and Leon H. Sullivan), D46 [3FE]

———bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from John Horsley, Pierce Quinlan, and Stephen Heintz), D50 [4FE]

———bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from Michael Dukakis, Richard McAloon, Madeleine M. Kunin, and Dawn Lawson), D46 [3FE]

———employees parental and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances (S. 249) (testimony), D275 [23AP]

———employment in the U.S. (testimony from Senator Simon, William E. Brock, Thomas Donahue, Joseph Sullivan, Michael Harrington, Barry Bluestone, and Karen Nussbaum), D12 [13JA]

———guarantee a work opportunity for all citizens (S. 777) (testimony), D289 [28AP]

———Mine Safety and Health Administration (testimony from Alan C. McMillan, Rich Trumka, and John A. Knebel), D145 [12MR]

———notification of workers at risk of occupational disease (testimony from John A. Knebel, Bernard Roy, Earl Arp, Gerry Raabe, George A. Rodenhausen, Bruce W. Karrh, Edward J. Burger, Jr., John Higginson, Frederick Hoerger, Martin Reape, Wallace Parker, Peter Ruane, Craig Berrington, Eugene Humphrey, James F. Patterson, and Allyn Tatum), D125 [9MR]

———notification of workers who are at risk of occupational disease (testimony from Michael J. Wright, Leslie Cheek, George Cafasso, Robert E. Finnigan, Robert Windom, James Melius, Philip J. Landrigan, John Seffrin, James A. Merchant, Howard D. Samuel, Robert Clark and Tom Evans), D78 [24FE]

———U.S. employment and productivity (testimony from Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., William Wiggenhorn, Donald D. Davis, Anthony Carnevale, G. Glenn Gardner, Jack Sheehan, and Pat Choate), D123 [6MR]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: impact of foreign trade practices on U.S. maritime industries and labor: (testimony from Edward V. Hickey, Jr. and John A. Gaughan), D149 [12MR]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: firings of air traffic controllers at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center, Aurora, IL (testimony from David Erickson, Richard P. Shewfelt and Robert L. Miller), D142 [11MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): protect benefits under a collective bargaining agreement to include retired employees (S. 548) (testimony), D282 [24AP]

Letters

Advance notification of plant closing: Bud Ogden, 18923 [8JY]

———John L. Kelly, 18888 [8JY]

———William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 18889 [8JY], 18906 [8JY]

Application of Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates: Senator Quayle, 16670 [18JN]

———several Senators, 16670 [18JN]

Boston Center air traffic controller system (sundry), 8660 [9AP]

Collective bargaining in building and construction industry: Representative William L. Clay, 16531 [17JN]

———Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., 16531 [17JN]

———William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 16512 [17JN]

Construction Labor Reform Act and Service Contract Threshold Increase Act: William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 21262 [28JY]

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 18907 [8JY]

Forced labor on the Siberian pipeline: Yuri Belov, 1377 [16JA]

Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act: Erick F. Schwarz, 9459 [23AP]

Manpower training programs: unemployed West Virginian, 14313 [2JN]

Minimum health benefits for U.S. workers: Gordon R. Trapnell, Actuarial Research Corp., 13582 [21MY]

Minimum wage on public construction projects: CBO, 23202 [7AU]

Occupational disease notification and prevention: Crum & Foster Insurance Cos., 25695 [30SE]

———Ken Foster, 26942 [7OC]

———Wilmer P. Eidemiller and others, Greensburg, PA, 33744 [2DE]

Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act: Dick Warden, UAW, 27670 [13OC]

———John J. Sheehan, United Steelworkers of America, 27669 [13OC]

Tax Reform Act: Joyce Strader, 23398 [7AU]

Treatment of airline employees in mergers: Albert D. Bourland, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 29860 [29OC]

Lists

Employer-provided prerequisites for consideration of plant shutdowns, 18886 [8JY]

Industry associations and companies in opposition to High-Risk Occupational Disease notification and Prevention Act, 24659 [21SE]

Occupational diseases and form of treatment, 27867 [14OC]

Meetings

Committee on Education and Labor: construction industry labor law amendments (H.R. 281), D214 [31MR]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: job training for homeless individuals and education for homeless children, D227 [2AP]

———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D289 [28AP]

———incentive bonus to States which train and employ long-term welfare dependents, D164 [18MR]

Memorandums

Arline Case and Contagious Diseases Section of the Rehabilitation Act: Lincoln C. Oliphant, 9725-9729 [24AP]

Importation of Forced Labor Products: International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen, 9720-9724 [24AP]

Worker's Rights: Dept. of Labor, 29732 [28OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, 25749 [30SE]

Idaho, 9324 [22AP]

Illinois, 26158 [1OC]

Maine, 13826 [27MY], 14328 [2JN], 20987 [23JY]

Massachusetts, 23080 [7AU]

Michigan, 35741 [15DE]

Messages

Federal Labor Relations Authority: President Reagan, 1619 [21JA], 1760 [21JA]

Opinions

Seasonal agricultural Employment: Rinehart Orchards, Washington County, MD, 6945 [25MR]

Petitions

Subversion of laborers rights by interfering with free trade unions: Detroit, MI, City Council, 34956 [10DE]

Press release

U.S. earner works 2 hours, 43 minutes per day to pay Federal, State, and local taxes: Tax Foundation, 11021 [4MY]

Questions

Dept. of Labor study of older workers reentering the workforce, 27762 [14OC]

Questions and answers

Fair Trade and Economic Justice Act, 6282 [19MR]

Remarks in House

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 20287 [20JY], 27676 [15OC]

Agriculture: farm-labor coalition, 35743 [15DE]

———job training for transition to other economic activities (H.R. 1202), 4109 [25FE]

Airlines: fair treatment of employees in mergers (H.R. 1101), 3321 [11FE]

Alaska: tribute to U.S. construction workers, 17964 [29JN]

American Arbitration Association: Arbitration Day conference in New York City, 11735 [7MY]

American workers: recognition, 17874 [26JN]

BLS: accounting of unemployed (H.R. 1639), 5777 [17MR]

Blue collar workers: productivity, 26349 [5OC]

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees: tribute, 23396 [7AU]

Building and construction industry: impact of Davis-Bacon legislation on public works, 27916 [14OC]

———increase stability of collective bargaining (S. 492), 9340 [22AP]

———increase stability of collective bargaining (H.R. 281), 3204 [5FE], 6719 [25MR], 14793 [4JN], 15571-15575 [11JN], 16207, 16210, 16211, 16271 [16JN], 16429, 16502 [17JN], 16521 [19JN], 16522, 16535 [22JN]-16548 [17JN], 17131 [23JN], 17627 [25JN]

———increase stability of collective bargaining (H.R. 281), consideration (H. Res. 196), 16430-16436 [17JN]

———increase stability of collective bargaining (H.R. 281), corrections in engrossment, 16549 [17JN]

———increase stability of collective bargaining (H.R. 281), debate procedure, 16272 [16JN]

Bureau of the Census: child care arrangements of working families, 13283 [20MY]

Business: plant closing notification, 18716 [1JY]

Canada: child care plan, 34991 [10DE]

Child labor: agriculture, 21553 [29JY]

———exploitation, 35441 [11DE]

———U.N. cases, 34724 [10DE]

———underdeveloped countries, 19818 [14JY]

Collective bargaining: benefits for retirees (H.R. 548), 1097 [8JA]

Committee on Education and Labor: Jobs With Justice hearings, Nashville, TN, 31622-31624 [10NO]

Conflict of interest: contractors hiring certain government officials, 11910, 11911 [11MY]

Corporate takeovers: notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (H.R. 2016), 8384 [8AP]

———protection of public interest and investors, 19078 [8JY], 23689 [10SE]

Corporations: restructuring, 5099 [9MR]

Crown Point, IN: VA clinic construction relative to Davis-Bacon Act, 18598 [1JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: reform, 12049 [12MY]

Democratic countries: labor union activities, 24249 [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: contracting out of maintenance functions at certain Army depots, 11905-11907 [11MY]

———contracting out of security guard functions, 11903-11905 [11MY]

Dept. of Labor: U.S. Employment Service, 5280 [10MR]

Dislocated workers: employment assistance (H.R. 1122), 3445 [18FE]

Economic conditions: importance of job training, 23389 [7AU]

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1122), 3445 [18FE], 4790 [4MR], 18101 [29JN]

Economic Equity Act: enact, 14512 [3JN]

Education: foreign language and international education programs to enhance competitiveness (H.R. 1875), 7398 [31MR]

———workplace literacy programs (H.R. 1342), 4690 [3MR], 4791 [4MR], 6599 [23MR], 9175 [21AP], 26213 [1OC]

Education Training for American Competitiveness Act: enact (H.R. 90), 885 [7JA]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1696), 6230 [18MR]

Employment: effects of transition from manufacturing economy to service economy, 3451 [18FE]

———job training, 8560 [8AP]

———manufacturing and service sector, 13682 [21MY]

———minimum wage, 6712 [24MR]

———reform bills, 24883-24888 [22SE]

———role of apprenticeships on work force, 4727 [3MR]

———security, 21290 [28JY]

———work opportunities (H.R. 2197), 10603 [29AP]

Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2676), 15569 [11JN], 15636 [11JN], 36647 [19DE]

Fair Trade and Economic Justice Act: enact (H.R. 1735), 6281 [19MR]

Fair Work Opportunities Act: enact (H.R. 30), 890 [7JA]

Fairfield, OH: closing of GMC auto plant, 24572 [21SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: enact, 11669 [7MY]

Federal employees: protect contractor whistleblowers from reprisals, 12641 [18MY]

Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act: enact (H.R. 387), 888 [7JA]

Federal Pay Management Act: enact (H.R. 386), 895 [7JA]

Foreign trade: impact of education on U.S. competitiveness, 3206 [5FE]

———impact on U.S. jobs, 10177 [28AP], 30953 [5NO]

———internationally recognized worker's rights, 26689 [6OC]

———iron and steel industry, 1430 [20JA]

———prohibit importation of items made by child labor which violates internationally recognized child labor rights (H.R. 3112), 22694 [5AU], 29775 [28OC], 30252 [29OC]

———U.S. competitiveness, 3304 [11FE], 10279 [28AP]

Government contracts: amend rules (H.R. 2328), 11742 [7MY], 16792 [18JN]

————deny to companies violating Federal labor laws (H.R. 549), 1092 [8JA]

———local wage obligations (H.R. 1873), 14514 [3JN], 14591 [3JN], 18704 [1JY]

———local wage obligations (H.R. 1874), 14514 [3JN], 14592 [3JN], 18704 [1JY]

———revise standard for coverage under Davis-Bacon Act (H.R. 2216), 10596 [29AP], 11893 [11MY], 16792 [18JN]

Governor's Three Star Award: recipient, 35441 [11DE]

Hazardous substances: occupational and environmental hazards, 11283 [5MY]

Health care: minimum benefits for U.S. workers, 13682 [21MY]

———minimum benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13665 [21MY]

Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 535), 1099 [8JA], 5780 [17MR]

———ban, 5990 [17MR]

———facilitate (H.R. 1367), 4717 [3MR], 5192 [10MR]

Honda of America Motor Co.: expansion project at Anna, OH, production facility, 1689 [21JA]

Immigration: agricultural labor, 17962 [29JN]

Income: wage gap, 27940 [14OC]

INS: illegal alien employment regulations, 5776 [17MR]

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: tribute to Oakland, CA, chapter, 23395 [7AU]

Job Training Partnership Act: funding, 34056-34058 [3DE]

———reallocate unspent funds, 35433 [11DE]

———success of title III programs for displaced workers, 5287 [10MR]

Labor unions: erosion of fundamental rights, 31694 [10NO]

———criminal convictions, 16540-16543 [17JN]

———noted success of union-owned Amalgamated Bank of New York, 38264 [22DE]

———violence and coercion, 16545 [17JN]

———workers' rights, 29293 [27OC]

———workers' rights (H.R. 97), 4107 [25FE]

Long Island Rail Road: prohibit strikes or lockouts (H.J. Res. 93), 1975-1977 [27JA], 5508 [11MR]

———prohibit strikes or lockouts (H.J. Res. 93), corrections in enrollment, 1977 [27JA]

———settlement of labor-management dispute (H.J. Res. 185), 5468 [11MR]

Manpower training programs: funding, 14313 [2JN]

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: mediation and conciliation actions (H.R. 1722), 6945 [25MR]

Mining industry: black lung benefits, 35753 [15DE]

———challenges facing industry, 24904 [22SE]

Minimum wage, 7760 [2AP]

———anniversary, 13981 [28MY]

———increase, 1688 [21JA], 3962 [24FE], 4896 [5MR]

———increase (H.R. 79), 7083 [26MR]

National Labor Relations Act: effective date, 16548 [17JN]

———employee choice, 16523-16530 [17JN]

———prehire agreements, 16544, 16545 [17JN]

———single employer definition, 16532-16539 [17JN]

———statutory authority relative to employees and labor unions engaged in violence (H.R. 2375), 12227 [12MY]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (H.J. Res. 414), 33799 [2DE]

Occupational diseases: identification, notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 3250, 3254 [10FE], 11283 [5MY], 13034 [19MY], 13298 [20MY], 23602, 23640-23643 [9SE], 23690 [10SE], 23894, 23930 [15SE], 24658-24668 [21SE], 24698 [21SE], 25432 [29SE], 25694, 25739 [30SE], 25908 [30SE], 26606, 26685, 26697-26703 [6OC], 26942 [7OC], 27635 [13OC], 27845-27914 [14OC], 27965 [15OC], 27982 [19OC], 27983 [22OC], 27984, 27985, 28003-28007 [15OC], 28536, 28542 [20OC], 30242 [29OC], 33743-33746 [2DE]

———identification, notification and prevention (H.R. 162), consideration (H. Res. 280), 26813 [7OC]-27860 [14OC]

OSHA: funding, 8268 [7AP]

Pensions: portability of benefits (H.R. 1992), 8549 [8AP]

Plant closings and layoffs: prohibit certain (H.R. 1753), 6605 [23MR]

Poland: Solidarity, 34759 [10DE]

Polygraph: examinations of applicants by employers (H.R. 1536), 5197 [10MR]

Postal Employees' Political Activities Act: enact (H.R. 21), 891 [7JA]

Postal Service: adverse action appeal rights (H.R. 348), 897 [7JA]

Professional Secretaries Day: observance, 9352 [22AP]

Public welfare: mandatory work-for-benefits participation, 35004 [10DE]

Puerto Rico: provision of jobs for those on welfare, 20290 [20JY]

Railroads: restore protections for employees upon sale of short lines and regional railroads, 24914 [22SE]

Sheet Metal Workers International Association: anniversary, 35928 [16DE]

Shipping: tribute to accident victims at National Steel and Shipbuilding in San Diego, CA, 22330 [4AU]

South Africa: apartheid labor conditions, 24900 [22SE]

Spanish Americans: presence in the labor market (H. Res. 261), 23884 [14SE]

Supermarkets General Corp.: takeover, 11673 [7MY]

Taxation: exempt status of workers' compensation self-insurance funds, 5101 [9MR]

———targeted job credit relative to certain wages (H.R. 1534), 5269 [10MR]

———targeted jobs tax credit on wages paid during a labor dispute (H.R. 2215), 10618 [29AP]

Thailand: child labor, 28774 [21OC]

Trade adjustment assistance: restore appropriations, 9693 [23AP]

Unemployment: compensation system, 5548 [12MR]

———rate, 25918 [30SE]

———retraining, 6514 [23MR]

Volunteer workers: military services, 11931 [11MY]

Whistleblower Protection Act: enact (H.R. 25), 886 [7JA]

Women: economic equity (H.R. 2577), 24049 [15SE]

———working mothers, 24024 [15SE]

Worker Readjustment and Placement Act: enact (H.R. 728), 1939 [26JA], 2022 [27JA]

Workers: erosion of fundamental rights, 31694 [10NO]

Remarks in Senate

Aeronautics: fair treatment of employees in mergers, 29851, 29865 [29OC]

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30334 [30OC]

American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act: enact (S. 590), 4288-4290 [26FE]

Artist: rights of employers and performers (S. 1346), 15082 [9JN]

Building and construction industry: minimum wage on public projects (S. 1621), 23201 [7AU]

———stability in collective bargaining (H.R. 281), 16830 [19JN], 17046 [23JN]

Business: European experience, 15486 [11JN]

Child Care Assistance Act: enact (S. 4), 355-363 [6JA]

Children: availability of day care for working parents, 20262 [17JY]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: hearings on employment, 1221 [13JA]

Corporate takeovers: protection of public interest and investors, 19271 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: labor requirements in contracts, 25527-25530, 25532-25535 [29SE]

Dept. of Labor: portability of pensions, 35240 [11DE]

Ecology: job training for dislocated workers from closures due to environmental law violations (S. 370), 1643 [21JA]

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (S. 538), 3725-3727 [19FE], 6502 [20MR], 7657 [1AP], 10665 [30AP], 16133 [16JN], 16363 [17JN], 19139 [9JY], 19149 [10JY]

Economic Excellence Act: enact (S. 1249), 13248 [20MY]

Economic Policy Institute: tribute, 17043 [23JN]

Education: establish Literacy Training Program relative to employment (S. 904), 7949 [3AP]

Employment: guarantee work opportunity (S. 777), 9459 [23AP], 14709-14713 [4JN]

———include American Samoans in Federal training programs (S. 102), 567 [6JA]

———maintain full, 4384 [26FE]

———mandated benefits, 17221 [24JN]

———wages, 5065 [6MR]

Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: enact (S. 287), 1142 [12JA]

Federal programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), 7793-7813 [2AP]

———establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), unanimous-consent agreement, 7508 [31MR]

Foreign trade: importation of forced labor products, 9719 [24AP]

———U.S. plant closings, 17866 [26JN]

Gasoline: labeling of benzene levels (S. 1724), 25419 [28SE]

Health care: minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13576, 13583 [21MY]

Homework: facilitate (S. 637), 4608 [3MR]

Immigration: enforcing sanctions, 17866 [26JN]

Income: minimum wages, 20597 [21JY], 24564 [18SE]

———pay equity, 14315 [2JN]

———raise minimum wage, 5687 [13MR]

Industry: plant closings, 18516 [1JY]

———U.S. competitiveness, 11119 [5MY]

Iron and steel industry: restructuring, 12927 [19MY], 19272 [9JY]

———retirement plans, 22831 [6AU]

Labor law and legislation: administration's regulatory changes, 24561 [18SE]

Labor Productivity Assistance Act: enact (S. 617), 4342 [26FE], 4662 [3MR]

Lawrence, MA: Year of the Worker, 1525 [20JA]

Made in the U.S.A. Month: designate (S.J. Res. 177), 20647 [22JY]

Manpower training programs: funding, 14306 [2JN]

Mexico: maquila industrial assembly plants, 5119 [10MR]

———Miquiladoras program economic stimulus on U.S.-Mexican border, 3671 [19FE]

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: amend relative to rights action (S. 683), 5049 [6MR]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 6877 [25MR], 21899 [31JY], 28294 [16OC]

National Apprenticeship Act: anniversary (S.J. Res. 202), 27817 [14OC]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (S.J. Res. 223), 33263 [30NO], 33513 [1DE]

New Jersey: AFL-CIO Central Labor Union Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Celebration, 23352 [7AU]

Occupational diseases: notification, identification and Prevention (S. 79), 536, 540 [6JA], 3146 [5FE]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: European labor market reforms, 17044 [23JN]

Pensions: portability 18965 [8JY], 28144 [15OC]

Plant shutdowns: advanced notification, 18876 [8JY]

Public works: application of Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates, 16669 [18JN]

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (S. 673), 9724 [24AP]

Schools and workplaces: ensure healthful (S. 673), 5027 [6MR]

Service Contract Act: amend relative to coverage threshold for contracts (S. 1556), 21261 [28JY]

Social Security: earnings test (S. 1777), 27112 [8OC]

Spain: unemployment, 15096 [9JN]

Taxation: treat similarly all tier 1 railroad retirement benefits for income tax purposes (S. 1514), 20562 [21JY]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: waive certain time limitations for certain workers (S. 1053), 9137 [21AP]

Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1882), 32810 [19NO]

Wisconsin: productivity of workers, 3910 [23FE]

Reports

Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation: Dept. of Labor, 18881, 18882, 18890, 18900 [8JY]

Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 514), 7804 [2AP]

Reform of Microeconomic Policies: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 17045 [23JN]

System To Identify, Notify, and Prevent Illness Among Workers at High Risk of Occupational Illness (H.R. 162), Consideration (H. Res. 280), 26683 [6OC]

Reports filed

Collective Bargaining in Building and Construction Industry: Committee on Rules (H.R. 281) (H. Rept. 100-157), 16271 [16JN]

Deny Crewmember Labor Union Status in Cases of Certain Strikes and Lockouts: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 285) (H. Rept. 100-282), 22796 [6AU]

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1122) (H. Rept. 100-285), 23076 [7AU]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 538), 12956 [19MY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 538) (S. Rept. 100-62), 14328 [2JN]

National Labor Relations Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 281) (H. Rept. 100-137), 14918 [8JN]

Prevention of High Risk Occupational Disease: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 162) (H. Rept. 100-194), 17696 [26JN]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 162), consideration (H. Con. Res. 280) (H. Rept. 100-356), 26813 [7OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Small Business in America, 13299 [20MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Youth: payment of employment opportunity wages (H.R. 2710), 17655 [26JN]

Statements

Advanced Notification in Plant Shutdowns: Tom Donohue, 18884 [8JY]

Another OSHA Looms in Washington: John Sloan, National Federation of Independent Business, 13034 [19MY]

Appropriations for Trade Adjustment Assistance, Job Corps, and Library Services: Representative Oberstar, 9694 [23AP]

Automobile Industry: Robert C. Stempel, 29498-29500 [27OC]

Bankruptcy: President Reagan, 27674 [13OC]

Commitment to the Working Man: Samuel Gompers, 28355 [19OC]

Competitiveness and U.S. Management: Myron Tribus, 10279 [28AP]

Construction Industry Labor Laws: William A. Pogue, 14785-14787 [4JN]

Corporate Takeovers: Clayton C. Oster, 14618 [4JN]

———James E. Hatfield, Glass, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers, 14617 [4JN]

Costs and Equities of Health Care for Employees: Robert L. Crandall, American Airlines, Inc., 13832 [27MY]

Davis-Bacon Act Reform: Representative Fawell, 16792 [18JN]

Federal Control of International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Representative Stokes, 19577 [13JY]

Forced Labor in the Soviet Union: AFL-CIO, 27419 [13OC]

———Vladimir Bukovsky, 27418 [13OC]

Global Economics and U.S. Competitiveness: Frank P. Doyle, 23389 [7AU]

Healthful Schools and Workplaces, 5028 [6MR]

Impact of Imports on Bicycle Tire Industry: Jack Hollis, 5220 [10MR]

Minimum Wage: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 13981 [28MY]

NLRB: Richard Trumka, 31694 [10NO]

Recommendations: Task Force on Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation, 3727 [19FE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Eligibility Benefits for Certain Workers: Senator Dole, 20212 [17JY]

———Senator Metzenbaum, 20212 [17JY]

———Senator Weicker, 20212 [17JY]

U.S. Employment Service: Wacker Siltronic Corp., 5281 [10MR]

Why a Nonconstruction Company Opposes H.R. 282/S. 492, 9341 [22AP]

Workplace Literacy Programs: Barbara Bush, 6599 [23MR]

———Jonathan Kozol, 6599 [23MR]

———President Reagan, 6599 [23MR]

———(sundry), 6599 [23MR]

———Terrel H. Bell, 6599 [23MR]

Studies

Advanced Notification in Plant Closings: Industrial Relations Adjustment Service, 18899 [8JY]

Comparable Worth: American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees, 18906 [8JY]

Fair Work Opportunities: Manpower Demonstrative Research Corp., 891 [7JA]

Fall of the Minimum Wage, 4896 [5MR]

Organized Labor's Menu for the 100th Congress: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 18907 [8JY]

Summaries

American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act (S. 590), 4291 [26FE]

BLS Accounting of Unemployed (H.R. 1639), 5778 [17MR]

Facing Global Realities—Conference on Trade, Competitiveness and U.S. Living Standards: Economic Policy Institute, 17043 [23JN]

Fair Work Opportunities Act (H.R. 30), 891 [7JA]

Government Contracts Rules Amendments (H.R. 2328), 11743 [7MY]

Location Decisions Regarding Maquiladora/In-Bond Plants Operating in Baja California, Mexico, 5119 [10MR]

Tables

Employment and average weekly wages, private industry, March, 1986, 3819 [19FE]

Pension eligibility, 28145 [15OC]

Telegrams

Labor's role in congressional committees: Howard D. Samuel, AFL-CIO, 17627 [25JN]

Testimonies

Occupational Health and Safety: Leslie Cheek III, 25739 [30SE]

Retirees Protection: Jean Bush, 37703 [21DE]

———William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 37704 [21DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 261, Spanish American employment, 23884 [14SE]

H.J. Res. 93, ban on strikes or lockouts on Long Island Railroad, 1975 [27JA]

H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 3251-3253 [10FE]

H.R. 349, field sanitation standards for agricultural employees engaged in hand labor operations, 1938 [26JA]

H.R. 1342, workplace literacy programs, 4690 [3MR]

H.R. 1639, BLS accounting of unemployed, 5778 [17MR]

H.R. 1875, International Education for a Competitive America Act, 7399-7401 [31MR]

H.R. 2328, Government contracts rules amendments, 11744 [7MY]

H.R. 2480, temporarily extend fishing agreement between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea, 16892 [22JN]

H.R. 3112, Child Labor Prevention Act, 22694 [5AU]

S. 4, Child Care Assistance Act, 363-366 [6JA]

S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 537-540 [6JA]

S. 102, include American Samoans in Federal training programs, 567 [6JA]

S. 287, Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, 1145 [12JA]

S. 370, job training for workers dislocated from closures due to environmental law violations, 1644 [21JA]

S. 514, establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals, 7793-7796, 7810-7813 [2AP]

S. 590, American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act, 4290

S. 673, ensure healthful schools and workplaces, 4608 [3MR], 5028 [6MR]

S. 837, Minimum Wage Restoration Act, 6877 [25MR]

S. 901, Apprenticeship Improvement Act, 7850 [2AP]

S. 1053, waive certain time limitations Trade Adjustment Assistance Program for certain workers, 9138 [21AP]

S. 1158, Omnibus Health and Science Reauthorization Act, 11541 [6MY]

S. 1265, assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers, 13578-13582 [21MY]

S. 1556, amend Service Contract Act relative to coverage threshold for contracts, 21262 [28JY]

S. 1621, minimum wage on public construction projects, 23202 [7AU]

S. Res. 218, requirements for proposed legislation on new employee benefits, 13265 [20MY]

S.J. Res. 223, National Productivity Improvement Week, 33514 [1DE]