15,000 WORKERS PROTEST WAGE PLAN.Byline: Rick Orlov Orlov (Орлรณв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Daily News Staff Writer Waving union banners, American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of flags and placards, about 15,000 construction workers marched in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or on Monday Monday: see week. to protest Gov. Pete Wilson's proposal to stop paying top-scale wages on state contracts. Wilson Wilson, city (1990 pop. 36,930), seat of Wilson co., E N.C., in a rich agricultural region; inc. 1849. It is a commercial and industrial center with a large tobacco market. Manufactures include textile goods (especially clothing), metal products, and processed foods. wants a new formula adopted, which would base payments on the average wage paid to each trade in a given area, rather than the highest rate per trade. State officials claim the change would save the state about $200 million a year. But union leaders and several politicians said the proposal would result in as much as a 20 percent wage cut for workers. "I have a 4-year-old and I want to be able to save enough money to send him to college and get a good education," said construction worker Jerrod Nicklas of Long Beach. "They're talking about taking money away from us. It's already hard enough. We don't work all the time. We need the money we make to keep us going when we're out of work." The rally in a four-block area around the state building was held prior to a hearing before the state Department of Industrial Relations industrial relations pl.n. Relations between the management of an industrial enterprise and its employees. industrial relations Noun, pl the relations between management and workers , which will continue today. The department is expected to issue its decision on whether to change the state labor code in about 45 days, officials said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Construction workers in hard hats rally in opposition to Gov. Pete Wilson's wage plan Monday in downtown Los Angeles. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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