a 0 propo
go 0 e
S G - t te Senator
Dan neGro and Senate �or-
ity Le der John ogler unveil
program they claim . an
alter tive" to Gov. Blanchard'
proposed AFDC grant incre
The .propo th t e spend
19 million to simply . e el-
f e recipient to en grant
only tre t th symp-
n t the problem," De­
id. ' e ant to spend
the mon y on mething more
valu ble hope and the
opportunity to become If-
icient."
neGro's pi , hich would
co 5.3 million in fiscal year
19 12.8 million in Fiscal
1989, d I el out ju over
20 million fo ensui year,
includes four components:
-MDC
our PREVE 0:
the Degro . plan all AFDC
recipients e 6 to 19 would
be required to m int in an
80 percent ttend ce record
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ASH GTO ,D.C. - Job
with a proportionately high
repre ntative of people of color
are paid significantly Ie than
compar b e jobs domin ted by
hite men, ccording to a
m [or n udy released thi
week by the ational Commit­
tee on P y Equity. The udy
included an analy· s of w e
data for Lo ele County
d dds new weight to a law­
uit brought by the Service
Employee International Union
ain L.A. County for em-
ployment discrimination on the
basi of r ce, ethnicity and
x.
The study, funded by the
Ford Foundation, dd to an
expanding body of re arch
o ing that discrimination i
significant f ctor in the tting
of e
I can tell you th t the ex-
perience of our member
rongly pports the udy
heiDI released today hidl
that discrimination on
b s of race, ethnicity
in the orkp ee re-
m idespread." John
S een y, pre ent of th
85 0 ,OOO-membe r Service Em­
ployee International Union, the
f e -gro q union in th
UIO.
In Los. Angele County,
hite-dornin ted job pay
ficantly more than minority­
dominated job requiring til
e el of du tion and
peri nee. Of th county'
230 permanent job ,
495 are r e- gre ted.
dditi nally, people of color
PLOYME T: AFDC recipient
who complete high school be­
fore the ge of 20 without
becoming pregnant or fathering
a child, then obtain employ­
ment within one year and
keep the job for two year
ould receive 1 OQO cash
payment. Medical rvice
ould al be continu d through
the edicaid program for tho
two years.
- CENTIVES FO SS
PERSO EL: Tho DSS em­
ployees who pi ce AFDC re­
cipients in un bsi dized em­
ployment through the MOST
program would be eligible for
bonuses. The bonu s would
be indexed to degree of dif­
ficulty of pi cement. Larger
bonu s ould be paid for
placing recipient from the fol­
lowing: F amilie with teen e
parents; famille with parents
ho were under e 18 when
they had their flr t child, and
families who have continuou y
received AFDC benefits for two
or more years.
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age evel
THE
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filing of eeping charge of
discrimin tion ainst the Coun­
ty with the EEOC in 1985.
P y Equity: An Issue of
Race, Ethnicity and Sex, is the
fir national analysis of how
the American workforce i
segregated by r ce, ethnicity
and sex and how all three
factors play am· or role in
the setting of wages. In
addition to a national overvie ,
which examines 1980 Census
date, the study includes three
ca s - ew York St te,
shington State and Los
Angele County.
Re archer used job evalu -
tions and other employment
data to document patterns of
occup tional segregation b d
on r ce, ethnicity and x and
the wage disparities th t result
from these pattern. The
study demon rates that men
and omen of color, a well
white women, will benefit
from pay equity, in which
wages are b d on such f tors
ill, effort, responsibility
and working conditions and not
the r ce and x of the worker.
Among the conclu ions are:
- The U.S. workforce . r ci­
ally and ethnically segregated.
-Occupations ith a dispro­
portionate representat ion of
people of color are paid Ie
than predominantly white male
occupations of compar ble value
to the employer.
-Raee and ethnicity are
f ctors in e ttin ofw e.
HANDIWOR - Pictured left to right, April Burton, eli
and ark Wright 100 at their handi 0 of a mural do e for
ciassroom of Thom G· ffendorf at Covert High School.
. in Hay)
amibia fights Sout
African occupation
ASHI GTO ,DC PAl
The long arm of apartheid
reaches into neighboring ami­
bia, a country of 1.5 million
people who have suffered severe
hardships under South Africa's
20-year illegal occupation.
But the fight for amibia s
freedom continues. One recent
case in point i the legal battle
over a du to dawn curfew
impo d by the South African
military powers. Lawyers for
thre amibian bishops said
they will appeal the recent
court decision upholding the
curfew in northern amibia,
affecting half of the popula­
tion of the country.
While prote ts have been
lodged here again t the tate of
emergency impo d by the apar­
theid government in South Afri­
ca, little focus has been given
to amibia. Approximately
100 000 South African troops
occupy amibia despite U. .
decrees calling for South Africa
to withdraw.
South Africa's violent grip
over the colony led to organized
protest by amibians who form­
ed the South West Africa
Peoples Organiz tion (SW APO)
in 1960. After nonviolent
opposition failed, APO
launched an armed struggle
gainst South Africa. The
repression and resistance are
most pronounced in the nor­
thern region where the curfe
has been imposed.
The Windhoek Supreme
Court I month dismi sed the
petition filed by bi ops of the
Anglican, Roman Catholic and
Evangelical Luthem Churches -
the three principal denomina­
tions. The petition argued
that the curfe "created far­
reaching inroads in the funda­
mental rights of at lea t half
a million amibians and . . .
a substantial ri of death
injury and suffering e isted."
The curfew ha intensified
the repression in the daily
lives of mo t amibian .
According to recent report,
innocent amibian have be n
threatened ith arre and
ootings for violating the cur­
few to u out ide toilet facil­
itie .
The court, citing APO
guerill attacks in the north
maintained that the curfe was
nece ry to "protect the local
population and to maintain law
and order." The bishops were
a d court costs and d­
vi d to negotiate with the
'interim government" and the
South African mini er of de­
fen .
The interim government a
coalition of political p rti s
organized by South Africa has
been rejected as bogus by the
vast majority of amibian and
by the international community,
including the United St tes.
Commenting on the court'
decision on the curfew Angli­
can Bishop James Kauluma
ated, , e fail to under tand
how the judges can dvise us
to negotiate with the same
people who are causing death,
suffering and inconveni nee of
our people. The jud e ) spo e
of action of the insurgents,
but not once did (they men­
tion the many ca of rape
and murder committed by
the army and police units."
The curfe gre out of
restriction in effect since 1979
which give the South African
• occupation force em rgency
powers to impo curfe de­
tentions without charge tor­
ture and other human rights
abu s. Amnesty International
h s documented ch ide­
spre d bu s in t 0 separate
report on human right vi­
I tions and torture in ami-
bia.
in hool e ch mester, unIe
illne cau the b nee. If
they don't meet the atten­
d nee rate the grant for that
child ould be cut. If th t
child is the le reason for the
receipt of FDC, the would
be clo
- LO - CO SCHOOL
DROPOUT PREVE no :
A y 10 -income ichigan re .­
dent family income le than
s 11 (00) under 20 who com­
plete high school and has not
become pregnant or fathered a
child would receive a voucher
for two year of education
at any community college in
th teo Further, tho
individuals who complete com­
munity college would receive a
oucher orth $2,000 for udy
t any ·chisan four-year co­
lege or univer ity. During col­
lege, medical expen s for AFDC
recipients would be provid d
through edicaid.
- CENTIVE TO F DE -
o
are concentrated in tho de­
partments here up ard­
mobility is limited.
"Extreme occup tional segra­
tion is t the root of discrimi­
nation in Lo Angeles County.
early one half of the Black
wor ers in the County are in
jobs that are Bl ck-dominated
- primarily low-p ying service
job ," id Sweeney. "like­
wise, over 80% of all County
jobs are segregated by sex.
Jobs held predominantly by
women and minority workers
e p id far belo tho held
by white men. For examp e,
Bl c women e paid, on the
aver e, 62.9% of the verage
hite mal e."
Blac s and white women .
are repre nted in the l...o
Angele County workforce in
percent es gre ter th their
repre ntation in the County
a whole. Hispanics are under­
repre nted in the County's
orlcforce. 80 e er, integra­
tion on the surface i counter­
ed by segregation in individual
job classification and depart­
ment.
After the Board of Super­
visors of L.A. County repe t­
edJy refu d to voluntarily end
discrimination, Service Em­
ployee Union Locals 434, 535
and 660, which tog ther re­
present 47 ()()() employee, filed
a civil it against the county
in 19 6 charging intentional
di rimin tion on the basi of
r ce, x and national origin
in wage , promotion and other
employment practices.
The 1 it follo ed the