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Show Onion Begins 1061 Fight for Repeal Of Utah's Right-to-Work lew By AFL-CIO Correspondent I many "anxious legislators," three network TV cameras, local press and several radio station representatives repre-sentatives who taped on-the-spot interviews. The labor leader emphasized that petition effort was not presented pre-sented to embarrass hard-working legislators who still had a back-breaking job to do. "We have presented this petition peti-tion to show that 'repealer' sup- A citizen's petition over one-third one-third mile long, containing over 15,000 signatures advocating repeal re-peal of Utah's Right-to-Work Law was dramatically unveiled for public viewing on state capi-tol capi-tol steps last week by union officials under leadership of LaMar Gulbransen, State President Presi-dent of Utah AFL-CIO. The entire effort, part of an active ac-tive month-long program, failed, however, to dissuade a combination combina-tion of dissident Democrats and united - to - a - man Republican Party members from defeating the repealer-bill by a close margin. mar-gin. Mr.' Gulbransen explained that signatures represented Utah citizens citi-zens from all walks of life and every corner of the state. "We were licked this time but just wait until next legislature. Once an idea becomes entrenched en-trenched in the minds of the public it takes time to bring out the true implications of labor-crippling labor-crippling legislation like this and defeat it. Let's not be disheartened. dis-heartened. We're going in the right direction," Gulbransen said. , The petition demonstration on the capitol steps was viewed by port does not come from any small self-interested group but rather represents the desires of thousands of voters throughout the state. "Now that the 'repealer' has been defeated we suggest to these legislators that they should take another look at their action in killing this bill to see if they are truly representing the people in their districts. "Further, because of tremendous tremen-dous support demonstrated by this petition we are obliged to continue work for repeal of this damaging, mis-named piece ' of legislation. We are starting today and will continue to work for our objective to have it repealed in the next legislature ... or in the one after that if necessary," neces-sary," Gulbransen said. f |
