HomeMy WebLinkAbout09.07.1976MHRC BusirEss tGetj-ng - 9n/76
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Sister Jud]' - t niteal Farn $brkers Liaison
Absent:
qrest:
Sister Judy
Wanted to cal.l t]rc plight of the [dg]:ant r,rDrker to our attention ard t]E need for
the rmion. Scne statistics stre gar,rc us:
--average fur@rc $3,000 a f/ear, per fanily; death rate 125t higher than the noun;
average edrrcation 8th grade; no nrcney for housirq or health c€rre i lro polit.icaJ-
i-nvolvsrent because thel' are transient; 7? of Calif. Corporations @ntrol 75& of
the tillab1e 1aIIl1 in California e.g. Uniteal Emit Gror^,ers i average life o<pec-
tanry 49 years; four people available for eactr job ard lou can always fird
scfiEone !*p wj,I]- r.ork for less; election batlots have to be prirrted irl nfuie
languages in spite of tle idea that rLigrant pzoblens only i-nrrcIve Chicarps;
corlnrations inq:ort. vorkers at will;800,000 chilCb€n in California r,rork along-
side tlreir par€nts to sutr4>lsrcnt fanily inccne; 1,000 r,,Drkers are kilIed
direcEJ.y or jndirectly [. pesticides eactr year--union trlzing to irrstitute
safety prccedtres.
--Chavez I union fighti-rg to inq>lsrEnt r^orker contrasts and a union n:n hirilghaJ.l. eg'ri business has rrc\rer been unionized.
-Iake\,ood Oqmmity College was goirg to shos, film "Fightirtg for Our Lirres",
a social aocwentarv ard there $as to be a fa::n r,lorkers gatlerilrg in tle T.C.early October. 'l
C€rEra1 Business
Discussion . . futur€ rrE]€ up of ccnrn-ission; fub:re role in @mrni-ty.
secretalT Iarsen will write lGnager Miller. Aarise him of ttre follcnril}g onnission
decisions ard ask hfun to fuplarent wittl ttp CiQz &:ncil:
--FItEnd blz-1aus to provide for quarter\, neetiIlgs in Septenber, DecsTber, Marrh
ard Jr:rE, Nfr/or at the call of the Chair or Vice-chair. Day and place u.iII be
the sare.
--AnErd by-lans to sev€n qnnissioners.
--eppojntrEnts for Pau.]. Ior'Jerlr, Cecilia MahrDod, Jim }.aa]1ey, and Peter Vanclerpoelopired Aryust 31, 1976.
--ilanet l(alq)f , Chairperson, is resigni-ng. Vioe-cfEj-r Fletcter wi11 act as Chaj-r
prp tsn until fo::na1 elections in Decqnber.
--.farEt Grant has resigred.
--Cecelia }4ahrl]od has noved out of the a:ea.
2-MHRC lbnthlv l\reetinq
September 7', l-976
\/ --Request reappointrEnt for Jim !4a11ey and Maria Iarsen
Ccnmission nake rp for 76fi7 , p:esr4posi-ng reatrpointrrErrt for l,la1ley and Larserr
will be . . . Ittal.ley, !4ar1c^^r, Fletcher, Bariks, Iarsen. I?ris wiJ-1 give us a quonrn
rrder the ttfr lavz enenitrent.
vE will initiate a capaign to get canilidates for ru berstdp to fill uno<pired
terms of Grant ard Kanpf through Alrgust 31, 1977. Sugqesticn . . . ctteck out past
rrErnbers ard see if tlrey wcuJ.d be willfug to accept real4:ointrEnt to ccnrnission
ruder rew neeting set up.
Ieague of l,li-nresota HurEn Rights Ccrnnissions dues harze been i-ncreased for thefiscal year 76-77; bal.anc-e to Maple$Dod $7.71. lbtion carried to pay bal-ance.
Fletcher, Marlo\^', Iarsen authorized to go to Spring lti11 bnference being
conducted by League of ltinnesota mman Rights Ccnnrissions. October.
NocE. neetjrg Eosnber 7, 1976. will be a joint neetillg beB€en t}le l,Iapl,e\rcod
HRA and the MHrc. AIrcng discussion itglls will be tfE housing survel' and
atrErtrent occlpancl, [t large fanilies.
l,laria Iarsen
Secretary Pro Tsn