1975_11 The Daily Collegian November 1975

              2-TME DAILY COLLEGIAN      Wednesday,
Letter to the editor
Where do onion dues go?
US still monolingual
Chavez si, Teamsters Nol, a.
chant heard from UFWA (United
Farm Workers of America) supporters, Is heard for more reasons than the public realizes.
One Issue that concerns the
workers, is that of Union dues
that are being paid by the members for benefits, services, and
job security.
Union dues are the bargaining
link between union members and
their respective unions.
The UFWA, as adopted by the
first Constitutional Convention on
September 23, 1973, established
that two per cent of the member's pay checks will constitute
the needed union dues.
The Teamsters established that
eight dollars per month would
suffice as the membership dues
and guarantee union benefits.
The question Is, "where does
Uie money go?"
In 1874 the UFWA paid out
$1.14 million in medical plans to
Its membership, the year before
that the Farm Workers Union
spent 11.4 million In medical expenses for Its members.
The Teamsters have refused to
fits paid out to members.
here, Is that the Teamsters with
an approximate membership of
two mUUon, has much of Its
monies pending court decisions.
There also has been much
complaint by Teamster members
regarding the fact that they are
not receiving any or hardly any
of their benefits.
If Teamster membership dues
are not going out to their members, then where are they going?
If one were to investigate, they
Many people do not realize that
the 'top Teamster bosses," Including Teamster President
Frank Fltzslmmons, the Secretary-Treasurer, and 14 Vice-
presidents receive approximately
$425,000 In salaries alone. This
does not Include their personal
cars, all-expense paid trips for
themselves and their wives, plus
all secretarial help and services
which they deem necessary.
Teamster monlesarealsoused
to employ and pay annual salaries
to other "boss family members.'
Of the sixteen top bosses, each
has at least one member of his
family on the payroU (a brother,
wife, and/or children), receiving
anywhere from $1,700 to $78,000
by Rosemary Sojka
The U.8. has always felt pride
in being the "melting pot* of the
world.
A country that allows many
nationalities to enter and become
free, equal U.S. citizens.
Looking a bit closer, one can
easily find that equality is not
always there for the asking.
In spite of the diversity In
nationalities each with its own
language, the U.S. still remains
one of the monolingual countries
in the world.
People generally can't And true
equality In the U.S. If they can't
speak, read or write in English.
"Many children are handicapped
In our educa^onal system, which
rarely  recognizes any language
Where
>  United  Fa;
position, have a weekly salary of
Ave dollars each.
In conclusion, I would like to
thoughts to ponder.
If you do not care about how
your Union dues are spent, such
as supplementing the extravagant
life styles of the "top Teamster
bosses, ■ .continue to support their
habits.
On the other hand, if you care
about your famUy, your future
and the future of La Causa, then
help The United Farm Workers
of America strengthen their
Union.
Help the Union aclileve Its
goals, wldch Include the betterment of working conditions and
the returning of the rights back
to   all   agricultural   workers  In
d   Stat.
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but English, Then they enter
school with little or no capabilities in this predominant language.
Spanish speaking students
(children) have long been recipients of educational inequality.
When these children are expected to learn and communicate
in a language unknown to them,
It is Inevitable that they will fall
behind both academically and socially.
In many Instances seemingly,
without any care or understanding of the language problems,
Mexican-Americans have been
labeled   as   slow   learners,   or
tinued  to be taught and treated
as such throughout the years.
The   child   himself becomes
TACOMA to host
media workshop
by Ern«
cultural needs from the Chicano
perspective.
•This workshop Is another opportunity, being that this is the
third  workshop  In  a continuing
n the o
jnlty
:o Moreno
jn Advisory Com
mlttee,   of   Mexican-American
(TAGOMA)    will    be   hosting
Media Workshop Saturday, Nov.
15, from  12 noon to 5 p.m.
•The Intent of the workshop Is
to give the community an updated
report of TACOMA acUvltles
concerning the media. These activities Include programs currently produced by TACOMA productions (La Comunldaddel Valle
and Notlclas En Total), and ETV
18),- said Paul Rivera,TACOMA
chairperson.
•The goals of the workshop
are to encourage persons from
the Spanish-speaking community
to participate within the various
media outlets: radio, television
and newspapers," continued the
concerned chairman.
Rivera said this would also
give the Spanish-speaking people
an opportunity to provide Ideas
and suggestions on programs
that deal with the Spanish-speaking.
Rivera feels there is adeQnlte
need for more participation by
the Spanish-speaking community
In this golden opportunity, and
that participation will enable the
Mejlcano/Chlcano to voice their
concerns in programs they feel
are more relevant to the unique
Student sought for TV job
El Conclllo de Fresno Is seek- an hour,
lng an interested student to work For  information contact Paul
for a local television station. Rivera    at    this   number,   233-
3376.  He  can   be reached dally
You    will   be   working  from after twelve noon.
5   p.m.   until   11   p.m.  Monday This job opening must be filled
through Friday. The pay Is $2.10 Immediately, call now.
nedia," said the
TACOMA chairman.
•TACOMA has worked vigorously to open doors for the Spanish-speaking within the field of
mass communication," Rivera
said. *lt Is up to the community
to take advantage of this oppor-
For the first time In the San
Joaquin Valley, the Spanish-
speaking community can voice
their opinions to the various
newspapers, television and radio
stations, and know for a fact their
thought  wUl  be heard, he said.
The agenda of the workshop
will Include such topics as the
following: history and goals of
TACOMA, community access to
the media, federal regulations
governing media, TACOMA Productions, community participation,   and   public    service  an-
Rlvera stated all persons interested in attending the workshop are welcome to do so. He
can be contacted at El Conclllo
de Fresno, P. O. Box 10064,
Fresno 83725, or reached at his
office at 233-3376 for more In-
LEGAL QUESTION?
The CSUF
LEGAL ADVISEMENT COORDINATOR
Call 487-2741 for an appointment.
frustrated, loses
and self-esteem % an* emotionally
drops out of school at an early
to approximately 375
school systems, through the Bilingual Education Act.
Programstare being set up to
give the large number of Spanish-
speaking children an Increase In
educational opportunities. -
Under the bilingual approach,
It's the schools that make the adjustment, not the child.
Bilingual schools not only teach
the children how to read, write
and speak both Spanish and English, they also Include blcultural
aspects which gives the child a
cultural awareness and pride in
the history and tradition of his/
her ancestral background.
The programs themselves are
progressive but unfortunately are
few and far between, presently
they only cover three per cent
Spanish-speaking
Programs like this will always
be met with resistance and
apathy; yet active public support
and letters to congressmen can
lithe
help.
Changes aren't
need for change Is exposed, and
even after that It sometimes
takes a great deal of pressure.
Why let all the little Johnnies
e only oi
who
the teacher?
Why not give some Uttle En-
riques an equal helping hand?
UFWA still
seeking
supplies
El Union de los Campeslnos,
UFWA, continues to seek supplies and other needed materials,
to enable It to continue providing
services for Its members.
According to union officials,
the Union Is in a critical position
and needs essential supplies to
maintain a viable program to
service the campeslnos.
Anyone wishing further information or who may want to donate
supplies to the Union, call either
the Health Clinic in Sanger or the
Union headquarters in Selma.
THE DALY COLLEGIAN
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Cal State. Fresno please call ua at
Speech Arts - Boom 133 (213) 937-3820
Fresno Collect!
"
CSUF instructor
Wednesday, November 6, 1975      THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
Former activist— Chicanos must deal with issues
by Angle Rios
U Aztlan Is a reality, La Rata
has to get back to the issues and
deal with them, says a CSUF Instructor who has been with the
California Chicano movimlento
since it began.
Ysldro Maclas, part-time La
Raza Studies Instructor, said
dealing with personalities Is not
the way of La Raza.
"LaRazahas always been communal in acknowledging accomplishments, rather than singling
out Individuals like the Anglo
has through history," said the
31-year-old University of California, Berkeley graduate.
any University of California stu-
lont demonstrator in 1968.
He was actively Involved In
the Third World Liberation Front
strike at Berkeley In 1968,which
he said was only the second student strike In the history of UC
cadjpuses. The reason for the
strike was to continue the struggle for developing La jiaza Studies Program on the Berkeley
campus, which was the purpose
of the first student strike which
took place at San FranclscoState.
It started Nov. 8, 1868 and lasted
until March of 1868.
The second longest strike at
the Berkeley campus, said Ma-
: las, lasted from Jan. 3, 1969
until March IS. The Mexican-
American Student Confederation
(MASC), which was the recognized Chicano student organization on campus, negotiated with
the university, which Maclas described as having a "typical all-
lalk-and-no-action admlnlstra-
Because of this, said Maclas,
tne students felt there was a need
for  a strike and boycotting of
1'i.ntlonabk'S."
Maclas said although there
were only about 50 Chicano salients on the campus at that time,
and only about 30 took part In the
demonstrations, they were able
to get national attention. He said
*ven the Federation of Teachers
and other non-Chlcano groups
like the Academic Senate were
felling the university president
T* -give In."
The boylsh-looklng Instructor
from Soledad said the Introduction of La Raza Studies programs
into other universities was a
direct result of the strikes and
■ ot of what be called "lntellec-
tual acknowledgements."
After the strikes, Maclas said
the students began to realize the
need for involvement with the
Chicano community. He said a
sort of vacuum developed and
students, started joining organizations   like   MAP A   and  other
YSJDRIOMACIAS
e organiza-
co mm unity
Another cause which contributed to the involvement of the
students with the community, said
Maclas, was El Plan de Santa
Barbara in 1868, which was begun to develop better communication between Chicanos. This
in turn led to the development of
MECHA, he said.
Movimlento Estudlantll Chicano de Aztlan (MECHA) was
first introduced as a resolution
at the convention for El Plan de
Santa Barbara, said Maclas, who
shied away from claiming credit
for coming up with the idea, but
did acknowledge he played a role
In its formation. ,
After the concept of MECHA
was adopted, Chicano student
groups all over started changing
their names and bylaws to mesh
with the new Chicano student
movement and more unification
was gained, said Maclas.
Soon after this, Corky Gonzales, the well-known Chicano
activist and former boxer from
Colorado, began the Chicano
Youth Council In 1871, said Maclas.
"Here was a coming together
of Ideas from the student element
and the street gang element,"
said the CSUF instructor. The
mixing of the two elements led
students to discover they weren't
as Intellectual as they thought
and the street gangs found out
the students weren't all venl-
dldos, be said.
Corky Gonzales also proposed
the Crusade for Justice, which
was a Colorado based operation
in '70-71, said Maclas. He said
the conference was held which
produced the revival of the Proclamation ot El Plan de Aztlan.
Maclas said the conference allowed the Chicano to recognize
the history of the Aztecas as
being part of the Southwest and
not • separate entity outside
theu.8.
But the primary result of the
conference, said Maclas, was the
discovery by the Chicano that
they all had a lot In common.
Unification was the theme of Bl
Plan de.Aztlan and the purpose
was to take knowledge and share
It, he said.
"During this time we became
wrapped up with beautiful energy," said Maclas, emotionally
recalling the memories, "se nos
prendlo el foco," he smiled. "We
could have built a nation overnight, but realised we were
speaking of a long range goal."
Asked, after dismissing a
Tuesday morning class. If he
feels today's students are more
apathetic, he paused and thoughtfully answered that they are, but
first one should know what happened back a few years.
•The most Important reason
(for the apathy) Is the lack of a
struggle," he said. "Too many
people feel there have been
enough gains. Why try for more? •
Maclas adds what the/ fall to
see Is that doors are not opened
offering opportunities.
■Struggles have to be made," I
said.
As  an example be cited I
"There should be more," he said.
Noting the CSUF Chicano program has no departmental status
FTE and no budget of Ua own, he
said the reason can be attributed
to the fact people bare not strug-
standing the problems at hand.
As for the contemporary student, he feels his efforts are just
as Important.
"They are faced with the struggle 'for a goal and the question
is whether that goal Is for the
Individual or for the community,*
be said.
"There li
here, only a
the Anglo value of sell before
community, which Isn't true for
La Baza," said Maclas. "As Individuals we are part of the
mass, and aa a community we
develop  a harmony of asplra-
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