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USD Mexlco-u.s. Law Institute To Translate Mexican Conatl- tu; n_s~ In September, t ith the help of a $200 contribution from the San Diego County Bar Asso- ciation. the Urm,ersity...of San DieQQ_Law..5chool's Mexico- U.S. Law Institute plans to begin translating the Mexican Constitution into nglish to assist area attorneys and students Jorge Vargas, the institute's director and a USO law professor, said he is unaware of any such translation existing in the United States. After Mexico's Constitution is translated, Vargas plans to translate Mexico's criminal and civil codes. "The money from the Bar Association will help us launch this program," said Vargas. /._'

!.----'"'.. Pr . omoting Career Progress for Women" 1s the theme of the l985 International Conference on Women and Organizations that concludes today at USD. The two- day conference, attracting women from as far as Singapore and Europe, is covering such topics as "Issues for Two-Career Families " "Ethics in the Eighties: Ho;,, Women Can Make A Difference" and "Why the America! Model f~r Women in Organizations Doesn't Work in Europe." All event.a take place at USD's Manchester,.Con- ference Center_ ? :>J-S • ,. •"'-/?~

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The ad in the airline magazine wasn't particularly flashy, but it found an appreciative audience: Stephen Schlossberg, deputy un- dersecretary for the U.S. Labor Department. The Motorola ad simply stated: "Productivity and quality through employee participation." An hour or so later Schlossberg delivered precisely the same me ge to the audience attending a labor-management relations con- ference at the Umversjty J2{ San Diego. c- .---=-~ Sc ossberg's crusade is to bridge what may be a closing gap between business and labor, be- tween employers and employees and between an earlier philosophy and a new one. "We no longer can afford busi- ne s as it has been," said Schlossberg in an interview after his talk yesterday. "It's been too hostile and too adversarial. "It used to be that a Captain of Industry was considered a hero by his peers because he beat down employee demands, and vice versa for a labor leader. "It's time we all realized that we have to work together. We can't be - and be careful how this comes out - a coolie nation, dependent on low wages. To compete globally we must do so using the American system. "It's time for innovation. It's

share the same stock plans, will park in the same lots, and about 80 percent of the work force will be "That means an employee won't have to be afraid to make sugges- tions that could lead to a loss of a job," said the undersecretary. "Of course, GM is taking a tremendous risk, but it's a super example of what we're looking for." At a commanding 6 foot, 4 in- ches, Schlossberg, an attorney and the UAW, speaks with an enthusiasm that probably persuaded Secretary of Labor William Brock to appoint him undersecretary last May 20. Schlossberg is a forceful cheerleader and, frankly, that is about the best the Labor Depart- ment can offer. The Saturn ex- periment was made without any government interference. There are no legislative remedies to help the management-labor relations, says the undersecretary. "We have a small budget," says Schlossberg. "Our main job is to act as a storing house of informa- tion. We have to keep on top of the good things happening in business, and be able to relay that informa- tion when a company comes seek- ing some help. "We haven't come up with any- thing earth shattering, but we're making a genuine effort. A lot of businesses are also." -Michael Krey · 1 former counsel for guaranteed lifetime jobs.

time for risky programs. The truth is, we're 1n some trouble. We'll have some failures before we're through." berg is stray- ing from the Reagan Administra- tion line. He says things are get- ting better. Jobs have been created end management-labor relations are improving. But he points out that unem- p Io y men t is 7 . 3 percent; under ·tated because so many have given up looking for jobs; and that the trade deficit is $150 billion and growing. "To be bold there must be trust," Schlossberg says. "When Douglas Frazier (of the United Auto Workers ) was helping save Chrysler, behind his back a lot of people said he gave in to the union. Canyou believe that?" In San Diego, the Labor De- partment's Labor-Management Relations Division gives high marks to the Post Office, General Dynamics and Rohr Industries for initiating Quality of Work Life Programs. Essentially, that means employees get in on some man- agement decisions. For example, at Rohr the top brass had to admit that employee health benefits were becoming far too costly. The ex,Jcutives worked (Continued or ~age 6A I It's not that Sehl

with the employees and a model health program resulted. But Schlossberg's favorite ex- ample is the new Saturn subsidiary of General Motors. At that plant there will be no time clocks for labor "because there never are time clocks for the executives," There will not be any executive cafeterias. "It's a symbol, but an says Schlossberg.

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P, c. B - Worker input called vital to success in markets Although appointed recently to an you can't allow workers to partiei• administration accused of anti-labor pate in management," be said. "And views, the former United Auto Work- there still are people who believe ers counsel said President Reagan that wliom can serve their members not only supports union-management best if they remain antagonistic cooperation but also wants to eill!u...-e · toward management" Staff Writer ?- COWltry are putting aside their tradi- The United States can win superi- tional antagonism and working to- ~rity in the world market system gether to Ullprove productivity, com- only throuah management-labor co- petition and the quality of working ""' ",.. he said. .operation that includes letting work- ........., ers contribute to workplace deci- Techniques have been borrowed sions, a Reagan administration offi. from Japan and Europe to give cial told San Diego business and workers power with company offi- q_nion leaders yesterday. cials to make dxis.ioos about the .:: Stepbeli Schlossberg, a Labor De- production of their goods and the partment deputy undersecretary, quality of their workplace. was one of several speakers extolling "We didn't learn ·all this from the benefits of union-management Japan," Schlossberg said, "and any- cooperation at conlerence attended body who says t!!at is full of non- by 250 area wlion and company offi. - sense. cials at the Uniyersity of San Diego. "Industrial democracy was born in · "There's something new in the the United States, and it was en- atr," Schlossberg said in an interview riched and enhanced abroad. We can ~fter addressing the lunchtime learn a lot of tblngs from Japan, but crowd. we don't need the Japanese to tell us . In response to foreign countries how to conduct a meeting or hold cutting into the U.S. market, indWJ.- 'quality circles.'" that such advancements do not leave In some places there have been out any minority or special group. tremendous gains, Rehmus said. "Things change," he said. "We can For example, while he was touring recapture that competitive edge that the Pontiac Fiero plant, United Auto will make Americans acknowledge Workers shut down the .wernbly line their ingenuity and egalitarian spirit because they were displeased with and rise again like the phoenix from the quality of the bumpers coming the ashes of the smokestack indus- from another plant. tries that everybody says are dead." . In addition, cooperation between quality the management wants," Rehmus said. "Where union and management cooperation is institu- tionalized, both partners will see real gains." •' The conference was sponsored by the Federal Mediation and Coocilia• tion Service, the Department of Labor, the Industrial Relations Re- search Association and USD. In workshops throughout the day, union and management representatives re- . counted experiences with union-man- agement cooperation. Among the leaders in the private sector are AT&T and the Communi- cation Workers of America. Since di- vestiture of the corporation, commit- Union-management cooperation is the wlion and management is appar- a new concept just as collective bar- ent in the contract between General gaining was in the 1930s, said Charles Motors aid the UAW at the just-an- Rehmus, former dean of the Cornell nounced Saturn carmaking complex- University School of Industrial Rela- in central Tennessee. tions. He predicted that it will not be "As a nation, we cannot allow the J a~epted eas~y by either side._ · _ slow strangulation of the unioll8 and In the Uruted States, the idea is - get the improved productivity and - tees- F.sr 1888 By Di8Jle Lindquist

including management ' and union workers have been established to deal both with tile quality of the product and the quality of workers' lives, said CWA representative Greg Nicklas and Mountain Bell repre- sentative Tom Taylor. Employing the techniques at a General Dynamics plant at Fort Worth b_as increased productivity, cut the turnover rate, increased at- tendance and reduced the backlog, said J.B. Moss, international vice president of the Office and Profes- sional Employees union, and General Dynamics vice president Dan Zimmer. / /