ustxtxb_obs_1979_05_25_50_00015-00000_000.pdf

Page 23

by

.NO and Associates 502 W. 15th Street Austin, Texas 78701 REALTOR .1 Representing all types of properties in Austin and Central Texas Interesting & unusual property a specialty 477-3651 E co Ed The Restaurant Where the era of fine dining is recaptured . Dinner Tuesday Sunday Sunday Brunch Fine Wines and Bar Rio Grande at 17th Sr. Austin, Texas 512/477-9948 e ‘ 11 r libert y lunch Austin’s only open-air dance floor is now open every day and night for live music and homestyle meals. Come enjoy our laid-back tropical garden atmosphere. Fine wines & beers 405 West Second Street 477-0461 l :;14:4,* a CAUCUS AT STARS Schedule your confe Call for reserva 727 West 234 Street in A ANDERSON & COMPANY COFFEE TEA SPICES AUSTIN, TEXAS 78731 512 453-1533 Send me your list. Name Street City Zip 1117 W. 5th Street Austin, Texas 78703 “Largest dispensatory of Botanicals in Texas” Teamwork. . . from page 8 At the subcommittee’s first meeting on May 9, the three members seemed more concerned about property rights than the rights of farmworkers. Whaley, in particular, was unyielding on the provision of the bill allowing union representatives access to workers on company property. Yet, this access is essential for union organizers, who’d otherwise be cut off from workers in the fields. It was clear the bill was going nowhere when a disproportionate amount of time was given to a Farm Bureau witness, flown in from the organization’s national headquarters in Illinois. His dark testimony was that field violence had increased in California since workers there had won bargaining rights. One final compromise effort was made when the subcommittee approached Garcia about eliminating the strike provision, but Garcia wasn’t about to give up the heart of his bill. Jim Harrington, attorney for the United Farm Workers, also told the subcommittee that disallowing harvest strikes or limiting organizers’ access to workers was unacceptable. This was probably what the subcommittee members wanted to hear. At the last meeting May 15, a quiet audience of about 16 farmworkers, including Orendain and Harrington, heard the three legislators offer the biennial solution to the plight of the farmworkers: another study. Whaley inquired of a neutral witness, “Do you think, ah, might it lessen tensions if there was a dialogue, objective speakers, say, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce down there, or maybe the church, even if a bill is not produced?” Hall asked if there was “anything to be gained by an interim study on the labor problems, the violence therein California and Arizona.” The farmworkers had heard enough. “Vamonos al valle,” muttered a disgusted Orendain as he and the others stalked out. classified FREEWHEELING BICYCLES. 2404 San Gabriel, Austin. For whatever your bicycle needs. BOOK-HUNTING? No obligation search for rare or out-of-print books. Ruth and John 8, Box 173, Austin 78703. TYPING. Can’t do it yourself? Or don’t have the time? Professional typing at reasonable rates in Austin or by mail around the state. JOIN THE ACLU. Membership $20. Texas Civil Liberties Union. 600 West 7th, Austin 78701. WANT TO TRADE: Beach-front cabin on Bolivar Pen …Ada for ten acres between Aus tin and Houston. Lipscomb, 330 Terrace. Houston 77007. WANTED: Features, Editorials, Cartoons energy , environment, etc. Samples, etc., to: E-Syndicate News Service, Sugarloaf Star Rt.. Boulder, CO 80302. BACKPACKING MOUNTAINEERING RAFTING. Outback Expeditions, P.O. Box THE SAN ANTONIO Democratic League meets the first Thursday of each month. For information, call Jim Bode at 344-1497. Classified advertising is 30 per word. Discounts for multiple insertions within a 12month period: 25 times, 50%; 12 times, 25%; 6 times, 10%. THE TEXAS OBSERVER 15