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Show Qun Advocate Wednesday, June 13, 1SG4 Cbor The Candidates 'TO'!' Big labor bullies (BUMS TO THE teSP Should a woman who knows how to knit be permitted to pick up a few extra dollars by doing piecework in her home for a commercial company? Not unless she is handicapped, caring for an invalid, or can prove she is an independent contractor. So says the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 and a recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that prevented Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan from removing the restrictions on the knitted outerwear industry. The court was concerned that these cottage-industr- y women would be victimized by subminimum wages, no overtime pay and similar deprivations that would redound to the advantage of greedy employers. Never mind that most American women are capable of entering into a contractual agreement whereby they can earn some money at home without subjecting themselves to sweatshop conditions. The court has canceled this income source for the time being. The homework brouhaha began five years ago when the Labor Department penalized a Vermont company for purchasing knitted ski caps from local women. The company insisted these women were independent contractors who preferred to remain at home. This argument persuaded Donovan who, soon after he arrived in Washington, proposed lifting the ban on home-base- d piecework in seven garment and trades. accessory Opposition from organized labor eventually led him to exclude only knitted outerwear from the regulation. But the International Ladies Garment Workers Union filed suit to prevent any exceptions to the FSLA. And the court decided that such an exception not only has the potential to exploit homeworkers, but would also put employers who comply with the act at a competitive disadvantage, and depress the wages of all industry employees. This ruling pleases labor unions because it protects their members from competition, pushes up wage rates and strengthens their strike hand. But it is a blow to thousands of American women who want to earn some money while working at home. Granted they wont receive the fringe benefits available to their unionized counterparts. Homework does, however, offer compensations for women with small children. has Accordingly, Sen. Orrin Hatch, sponsored legislation to eliminate the federal ban on p- t- mSTOfflwHflZIS aw? Alii) HAVE BELLOWED r.HILE IVE svr WCTAIUM days, possibly weeks, eating and nothing but one of those miracle drinking Chatterbox columnist diet plans. The one where in days loss weight Well, summers here and vacation is just youve reached a near anorexic state. Girls and boys, these are the marvy diets around the corner. Did you make it into your bikini like you wanted, or are the folks gonna that leave you so weak you cant stand up, say, Looks like youve put on a little let alone give you enough strength to reach for the grapes (or cookies) while youre weight, honey. What can I say? All those fantasized trips soaking up those vacation rays. to the health spa and swimming pool just What really slaughters me, are the ads didnt pay off, did they? Thats the only real (complete with pictures) Yes, you too can problem with fantasy, its a wonderful lose up to 3ft pounds of ugly fat in just three therapy for the head, but does nothing for days, with this fast miracle, weight loss diet . ones physical appearance: plan! should what with do I where from So, here, Why spend money on some fad? I you go and to become four vacation can weeks until three skinny all by myself. Have you just you still look a little plump. Have no fear, ever read the directions to one of those fad you can always go on the absolute mad diet. diets? They tell you, Do not eat, drink or You know the one, where you starve yourself consume any other substance other than for By LEIGH OLSON thus permitting thousands of persons the chance to earn money in the comfort of their homes. The Reagan adifiiOxation , should therefore support and Congress should enact ' this sensible measure which is menaced by Big -- Labor. Baseball caps may be short ! 1 what is in this container! Profound! You could be eating something totally gross (like bugs) for all you know. Forget it! Oh, of course they give you a list of ingredients, but who can read or understand words? You never know, you those may be getting so many preservatives, that when you expire, you wont need a funeral, just pack your bod away in ice for a couple of a years, and after the grand break out, Completely fit to do it all over again. 55-let-ter Wa-L- ! : Be sensible', the only way to become the picture of thinness in a skimpy swimsuit, just in time for vacation, is to pig out on fruit and veggies and exhaust yourself with tnimal workouts for three to four weeks. Its jtist the idea of getting tt in gear thats a pain. J paul harvev A whole lot of people who never gave two thoughts to the issue of free trade vs. protectionism may soon be hit over the head with it. Theres going to be a shortage of baseball caps this year and the industry thinks it will be worse in July, the peak of the INI, Lm Angeles Ttmes Syndicate ng season. Apparently the United States and Taiwan (the latter the worlds major producer of baseball caps, although Korea comes a close second) have an agreement limiting textile imports into this country. It covers baseball caps. Thus, as the Los Angeles Times recently reported, when the U.S. Customs Service earlier this year began monitoring textile imports more carefully, the number of caps available plunged precipitously. No ones expecting a capless All-StGame come in little the stands...and a among July just shortage truck drivers and cabdrivers and lawn mower pushers. Therell be fewer corporate cap giveaways, too, which the importers say is a phenomenon second or used to be. (And only to matchbook giveaways economic was abstract. ) you thought theory So dont promise to eat your hat if your team loses; it might be hard to replace. 1 Judge uses preventive justice Ed OFarrell was shocked by the numbers. Ninety percent of all traffic fatalities involve a drunk driver. States pass laws against taverns on highways where the only access is by car. So Ed OFarrell began going New in Philadelphia, Ohio, promising, If you will elect me as the judge of your Municipal Court, I will do something about drunk drivers! They did and he did. When a drunk driver is brought before Judge OFarrell there is no plea bargaining. As a result he presides over many jury trials, more than any other court in the United States. He starts courts at 7:30 in the morning and works six days a week. First conviction, 15 days in jail, $750 fine, plus a six months door-to-do- (Reprinted by premiutM of The Sacramento Bee) A battered spirit The idea of the Olympic Games is to bring the worlds greatest athletes together so that they can test their skills against each other. It is not to provide a propaganda forum or a contest between nations, but that is how the Games are being used. The original Greek Games were competitions among individuals. When they were revived in modern times, the testing of individual prowess was the goid of the Games. But rivalry between nations has dominated the events in recent years. When the United States withdrew from the 1980 games, it was a political protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This year, the communist bloc nations have retaliated by withdrawing. This should not mean that individual athletes from nations cannot compete. But the International Olympic Committee has ruled that athletes from boycotting nations are not eligible to enter as individuals. Few athletes from boycotting countries would be able to come to Los Angeles for the Games. Those who could come, however, should be welcomed for their courage as well as their prowess. By refusing to allow these athletes to compete, the IOC has dealt another blow to the already battered Olympic spirit. yet allow drinking-drivin- g ar or one-jud- ge license suspension. That is for the FIRST conviction. Convicted a second time a drunk driver gets 30 to 60 days uTjail, a $1,000 fine qndlne-yea- r license suspension. non-compet- (Kc(Me4bypcndMiaftheScttoMe(Aita.)IMl)rPngmi) WC8'HVMP) Take it all off proscribed industries, cap-weari- f Srric chatterbox R-Ut- ' Copt? VlE'VE RPH5E& OUR homeworkers these 1984 . $me drivers must surrender their license plates. All Ohio judges have the authority to seize license plates but few use that authority. Judge OFarrell has seized 85 sets. While ' are adults under technically Ohios justice system. Judge OFarrell offers them an option. For the first offense assuming no accident was caused the teen-agdriver Is offered the standard first- e offense penalty of 15 days in jail, but with three days off for attending a drinking drivers hours of community service, a y curfew, a license suspension and he is allowed to The teen-agdrive to work during that time, but with special family plates on his car which identify the driver as having been convicted ofDWI. second The school-ager- s offense gives him an option of three days in jail, three days at a drinking drivers program, 50 emergency room for eight hours on a weekend night, witness one autopsy, and write a 1,000 word essay about the experience. So there have been NO teen-ag- e rehabilitation course. er 60-da- must -7 attend a six-mon- th hospital second-offender- s! Inevitable opposition is eroding as New Philadelphia, Ohio, sees the results: In 1981 there were 21 traffic fatalities in the county, 15 related to alcohol. By 1982 those numbers were down to nine and seven. Last year, 1983, only three alcohol related fatalities. It was in law school that a best friend, a brilliant student, was killed by a drunk driver. It was then and there that Ed OFarrells mainmost mission became preventive justice. |