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AMENDING MIGRATORY LABOR LAW'S 375 And so because they're withholding FICA contributions, then they must withhold the other, so the record does not appear anywhere. Senator Murpuy. Your suggestion then is that in some areas at least the contractor is withholding this money, is not carrying through and reporting the money as he should? Mr. Cuavez. That’s correct. Senator Murewy. That’s a crime, ] would think. * Mr. Cravez. And this practice is widespread too. . é Senator Wruzasta. That's what we call out of trust. . Senator Munruy. Orstealing, to use an old-fashioned term. : Mr, Cuavez. Now, they've gone a step further, Labor contractors : now in Delano are organizing the Kern-Tulare Independent Farm ele Workers’ Association, which is a company union, but this is also « anot function that they perform for the growers, : r Writiams. When was the council resolution opposing the 2, strikeSdopted Mr Cuavez. I don’t have the record with me. The resolution was in nction with their opposition to us receiving a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity. This was in the early part of the i ieve, around the Sth, the 7th of October of last year. The city of Delano itself has placed some restrictions on us. Since the strike they’ve passed a city ordinance interfering with our right, what we believe to be our right, of demonstrating. They passed a resolution requiring that we must give them 30 ye notice before we can hold a parade or before we can demonstrate in a public place. Then later on I understand after our attorney called on them and suggested to them that this was unconstitutional, they later instead of requiring the 30 days, they lowered it to 4 or 5 days. What I'm trying to point out is that in a strike in Delano or anv— I would feel inany agricultural area, in any part of the country, when you go into a strike. vou have all of these forces agninst you. ‘Justice doesn’t really exist after youcallastrike. Tagire y It’s been very difficult for us to get complaints t inst some of the abuses committed against the strikers. For instance, we've had cases where the growers. cases where the Jahor contractors. and cases where the security police that have been hired by the growers have abused the women pickets, making remav) i at are un- rintable. | And we've gone to the local jus Delano, ixley, and also in Porterville. and we have not been able-to get complaints filed acainst the other side. Now, on the other hand, it’s very, very easy to get complaints filed against one of our pickets because he happened to have -:epped into Private property or he happened to shout “huelga” in the case of the 44 and other similar things. So when we look into the whole spectrum of strikes, we must also understand that this doesn't only involve a labor strike, ‘This is the primary issue. Once you get into that, then the whole issne of civil rights begins to develop because there are restrictions placed on us that takes away and prohibits us from carrying out our strike activi- ties. and we feel we should—— Senator Murriry. Is there any threat of violence on the part of the strikers? I know when von get on the picket lines sometimes enthn- siasm takes the place of good judgment, but have there been any wen a See apt, LTS