STRIKE CONTINUES VS

HUNDREDS OF UNION MEMBERS ATTENDED A PICNIC ON LABOR DAY IN ROYAL OAKS PARK TO SUPPORT THE 13-WEEK STRIKE AGAINST GRANITEROCK. A LONG PROCESSION OF VEHICLES THEN MADE THEIR WAY FROM THE PICNIC TO SUPPORT STRIKING QUARRY WORKERS IN AROMAS. WORKERS REPRESENTED BY SEVERAL SANTA CRUZ AND MONTEREY COUNTY UNIONS, WERE JOINED AT THE PICNIC BY POLITICAL LEADERS WHO SPOKE. DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLYMAN SIMON SALINAS, AND DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE SAM FARR, SUPPORTED THE STRIKING WORKERS, AND URGED THEM TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER. A VOTER REGISTRATION BOOTH WAS OPEN AT THE PICNIC READY TO SIGN UP ANY VOTERS THAT WERE NOT REGISTERED. ALSO IN THE AREA WAS A "PEACE VAN" BROUGHT IN BY THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. ON DISPLAY WERE BANNERS SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 72 (WHICH WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. PROP 72 WOULD REQUIRE COMPANIES WITH 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE. THE STRIKE WITH GRANITEROCK CONTINUES, AS UNION MEMBERS REJECTED THE LATEST OFFER OVER THE WEEKEND