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Inventory of the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Records

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Series Descriptions

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Series 1 Bill Files 1967-2008

Physical Description: 669 file folders and 1 videotape

Alternative Form of Materials Available

Microfilm copies of bill files are available for the years 1977-1984 where indicated with MF before the LP number.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by legislative session, then numerically bill number.

Access Information

Access to audiovisual materials requires the production of use copies.

Scope and Content Note

Bill files created by the committee may include analyses, amendments and resolutions, author's statements, testimony, press releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and committee statements. The committee analyzed any bill affecting the Labor Code. Of particular interest are those bills relating to the regulation of Cal-OSHA, workplace safety - including the handling of toxic materials in the workplace, investigations of industrial accidents and discussions of immigration, unemployment and the underground economy. Some bills of note include AB119 (1969), a controversial "professional strikebreakers" bill; AB1533 (1975), on farm labor disputes; and AB1 (1983-1984), to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Researchers may also want to examine AB13 (1993-1994), which banned smoking in public workplaces; SB733 (1993-1994), which stated that job centers must first verify the legal residency of their clients; or AB1001 (1999-2000), which added sexual orientation to the categories of discrimination prohibited under the Fair Employment and Housing Act. Although not all of these bills passed, the bill files often indicate intense debate surrounding these issues.

Note: The California State Archives received only a few bill files for the year 1970.

Assembly Industrial Relations Committee, 1967-1969

1967: AB157-AB2369, ACR50, HR100, SB736-1491 (2ff) LP183:50-51

1968: AB158-AB805 (1ff) LP183:64

1968: AB820-AB2090, SB171-SB1070 (1ff) LP183:65

1969: AB119-AB2220 (4ff) LP183:68-71

1969: SB197-SB1192 (1ff) LP183:72

1970: AB22-AB2501 (2ff) LP183:84-85

1970: SB678, SB1033, SCR44 (1ff) LP183:84-86

Assembly Labor Relations Committee, 1971-1976

1971: AB30-AB2845, ACR101, AJR2 (3ff) LP184:1-3

1971: SB40-SB1207, SJR31 (1ff) LP184:4

1972: AB9-AB2388, ACA93 (5ff) LP184:5-9

1972: SB381-SB1499, SCR54, SCR56, SJR18 (1ff) LP184:10

1973-1974: AB10-AB4537, ACR30, AJR49 (6ff) LP210:1-6

1973-1974: SB524-SB2463, SCR103, SJR34 (1ff) LP210:7

1975-1976: AB1-AB4506, ACA98, ACR42-ACR232, AJR6-AJR79 (13ff) LP210:9-23

1975-1976: SB155-SB2060, SJR8-SJR45 (3ff) LP210:24-26

1975: SB1xxx (1ff) LP210:27

Assembly Labor, Employment and Consumer Affairs, 1977-1980

1977-1978: AB18-AB3794, ACR21-ACR148, AJR13-AJR91 (27ff) MF LP210:38-64

1977-1978: SB28-SB2141, SCR6-SCR94, SJR17, SJR32 (8ff) MF LP210:65-72

1979-1980: AB1-AB3448, ACR59-ACR140, AJR24-AJR73 (25ff) MF LP222:183-207

1979-1980: SB2-SB2058, SCR69, SCR76 (6ff) MF LP222:208-213

Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, 1981-2008

1981-1982: AB1-AB2800 (10ff) MF LP222:215-224; AB2839-AB3798, ACA48, ACR16-ACR102, AJR24-AJR119 (6ff) MF LP232:165-170; AB2X (1ff) MF LP232:171

1981-1982: SB40-SB1857, SCR30 (4ff) MF LP232:172-174

1983-1984: AB1-AB3973, ACA3, ACA40, ACR37-ACR144, AJR2, AJR8 (25ff) MF LP232:176-200

1983-1984: SB14-SB2279 (4ff) MF LP232:201-204

1985-1986: AB1-AB4351, ACR76-ACR165, AJR79-AJR100 (22ff) LP323:1-22

1985-1986: SB11-SB2572 (9ff) LP323:23-31

1987-1988: AB1-AB4555, ACR108-ACR152, AJR77 (35ff) LP323:32-66

1987-1988: SB122-SB2855 (13ff) LP323:67-79

1989-1990: AB28-AB4311, ACR111, AJR9-AJR96 (35ff) LP323:80-116

1989-1990: SB197-SB2844, SCR77, SJR62, HR43 (13ff) LP323:117-129

1991-1992: AB15-AB3825, ACR65-ACR115, AJR33-AJR37, AB63X (22ff) LP323:133-154

1991-1992: SB222-SB1976, SCR23-SCR65, SJR46-SJR50 (7ff) LP323:155-161

1993-1994: AB13-AB3831, ACR90; ACR123; AJR57; HR17; HR25; AB14X (28ff) LP340:1-27

1993-1994: SB96-SB1694 (7ff) LP340:28-34

1995-1996: AB50-AB3479, ACR33, AJR17 (36ff) LP340:137-172

1995-1996: SB238-SB2166 (11ff) LP340:173-183

1997-1998: AB15-AB2800, ACR17, AJR64, HR16 (34ff) LP340:184-217

1997-1998: SB48-SB2192, SCR54 (9ff) LP340:218-226

1999-2000: AB60-AB2862, AJR51, HR61 (46ff) LP340:227-272

1999-2000: SB16-SB1999 (19ff) LP340:273-291

2001-2002: AB25-AB2991, ACR236-ACR239, AJR36, GRP1 (39ff) LP340:292-330

2001-2002: SB20-SB2066 (14ff) LP340:331-344

2003-2004: AB76-AB3037, ACR46-ACR213, AJR1-AJR91 (34ff) LP340:345-378

2003-2004: SB9-SB1904, SCR20 (9ff) LP340:379-387

2005-2006: AB48-AB3054, ACR43, AJR20-AJR27, HR15-HR18 (25ff) LP340:388-412

2005-2006: SB46-SB1719, SCR25, SJR7-SJR27 (8ff) LP340:413-420

2007-2008: AB124-AB3066, AJR27-AJR28, HR17 (25ff) LP340:421-445

2007-2008: SB18-SB1362, SCR102 (7ff) LP340:446-452

See Appendix B for LP numbers

Series 2 Hearing Files 1958-2008

Physical Description: 455 file folders, 38 volumes, 77 audiotapes, 2 videotapes, photographs

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by date of hearing.

Access Information

Access to audiovisual materials requires the production of use copies.

Scope and Content Note

Hearing files for the committee may contain agendas, audiotapes, transcripts, testimony, background, and working files for regular session hearings as well as interim hearings and select joint hearings. Audiotapes and videotapes have been separated to a cold-storage vault for preservation purposes and separation sheets are in the hearing files to alert the researcher to the existence of these tapes. Also found within this series are hearing files for the Senate Committee on Industrial Relations for the years of 1995 and 1996 that were kept by the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee.

Of potential interest are those files pertaining to bills such as AB607 (1959) on collective bargaining for state employees; HR245 (1961) on employment of the handicapped; AB865 (1966) on collective bargaining for hospital employees; AB1533 (1975) on collective bargaining by agricultural employees; or AB1 (1983) on discrimination based on sexual orientation. Other potentially significant hearings were held on October 28, 1997, to review amusement ride safety and on November 14, 2001, to review the impact of terrorism on California labor. In addition, researchers may want to examine hearings from the late 1970s on consumer abuse in low-income areas, licensing exams for various professions, unemployment and job creation programs. Also of interest are hearings in the late 1960s and early 1970s on protective labor laws for women, and hearings in the 1980s on workplace safety issues such as video display terminal safety.

For a list of hearing dates and topics, see Appendix B in in Additional Series Information.

Additional Series Information

Appendix B: List of Hearing Files

See Appendix C for LP numbers

Series 3 Subject Files 1965-1990

Physical Description: 83 files folders, 2 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject title.

Scope and Content Note

Subject Files created by the committee may include correspondence, background materials, notes, reports, newspaper clippings, and subcommittee information. Of particular note are those files related to the intense debates over the proposed shut down of Cal-OSHA under the Deukmejian Administration in 1987. Researchers may also be interested in files related to the underground economy in the construction industry, the regulation of work hazards, toxic material handling, apprenticeship programs and debates over pensions for public employees. Committee consultant files provide insight into such issues as racism in construction unions in the late 1960s, the grape strike and grape boycott of 1975 and the many debates over a labor relations law for farm workers in the 1970s and 1980s.

For a list of Subject Files, see Appendix C in in Additional Series Information.

Additional Series Information

Appendix C: List of Subject Files

See Appendix D for LP numbers

Series 4 Administrative Files 1959-1986

Physical Description: 21 file folders, 1 volume

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by topic.

Scope and Content Note

Administrative files created by the committees may include memoranda, notes, reports, schedules, rules, subcommittee information, questions for witnesses, and meeting agendas. Planning files include proposed schedules, proposed travel itineraries and potential witnesses for committee hearings. Legislative summaries may include very brief descriptions of each bill heard by the committee in any given session. These files will indicate to a researcher how the committee was organized and how it functioned.

For a list of Administrative Files, see Appendix D in in Additional Series Information.

Additional Series Information

Appendix D: List of Administrative Files

LP340:731-740

Series 5 Correspondence 1997-2005

Physical Description: 10 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

This committee's correspondence files consist of the Chairman's correspondence from 1997 to 2005 with state and local agencies and departments, state legislators, and constituents on subjects relating to bill hearings, bill amendments, administrative issues, information requests and constituent concerns.

LP340:741-744

Series 6 History Reports 1995-1996

Physical Description: 4 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

The committee's history reports contain bill scheduling charts, hearing results, reports of standing committees, author's amendments and committee hearing action reports relating to bill histories. Committee hearing action reports include measure numbers and a description of the actions taken.

LP340:745-785

Series 7 Agricultural Labor Relations Board Oversight Hearing Files 2010

Physical Description: 38 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by ALRB case number.

Scope and Content Note

The Agricultural Labor Relations Board Oversight Hearing Files consist of correspondence, background material, reports, and testimony documenting a charge made by the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO that San Joaquin Tomato Growers, Inc. had engaged in unfair labor practices. According to the charge, San Joaquin Tomato Growers, Inc. failed to bargain collectively in good faith and interfered with employee rights guaranteed in the Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975. The origin for this matter was an election conducted among the agricultural employees of San Joaquin Tomato Growers, Inc., LCL Farms, Inc., and Ace Tomato Company, Inc., in which the United Farm Workers of America was selected as their representative. San Joaquin Tomato Growers, Inc., LCL Farms, Inc., and Ace Tomato Company, Inc. objected to the results, claiming that the United Farm Workers of America had engaged in a campaign of violence, threats of violence, property damage, and other forms of intimidation and coercion that interfered with the employees' free choice. The hearing was held on June 15, 2010, at the ALRB regional office in Visalia.

Case No. 93-CE-38-VI: San Joaquin Tomato Growers, Inc., 2010 (5ff) LP340:745-749

Case No. 89-RC-4-VI: San Joaquin Tomato Growers, Inc. Election Documents, 2010 (12ff) LP340:750-761

Case No. 89-RC-5-VI: Ace Tomato Company, Inc Election Documents, 2010 (5ff) LP340:762-766

Case No. 93-CE-38-VI: San Joaquin Tomato Growers, Inc., Payroll Data, 2010 (14ff) LP340:767-780

Case No. 93-CE37-VI and Case No. 93-CE-38-VI General Compliance Records, 2010 (5ff) LP340:781-785

Series Descriptions

Bill Files

Hearing Files

Subject Files

Administrative Files

Correspondence

History Reports

Agricultural Labor Relations Board Oversight Hearing Files