European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday january 14, 1986page 4 the Star due say Janua. Y _ court to Rule on benefits for pregnant workers Washington a the supreme court in n key Case fur american business monday agreed to decide we Cher suites May require employers to provide  fringe Benefit for pregnant workers. The Justice u ill Pludy a  to a California Law requiring employer to Grant leaves of absence to Prog Nam workers who request them even if leaves Are nol Grant. Cd for any other cause. The Law is a Cine slacked a illegals  a faint Nienan my pregnant women. The l�7k California Law was challenged by the califor Nia Federal Sii Vini Ami  association and other Imit ploy Rii whose in ivc polity did nol Mel he slate Law requirements tile i i w Sais employer Musi provide up to four months or Clancy to civic Anil mum reinstate Hie employee in the same Job unless Businow not Cissily makes that impose by. Cal Ted s lawyers contend that inc slate Law requires a special preference barred by a Federal Law known As title Vii of inc civil rights act of 1964. Congress amended the Federal in in 1918 to make Clear thai discrimination in employment based on preg Nancy also is Harreii. In another pregnancy Case the court limited pension benefits for american airlines stewardesses fired a feet becoming pregnant but later rehired following a civil Richli lawsuit. In other action the court agreed to decide whether Stales May limit voting in i a Politica parly s primary election to voters who Are registered members of that parly. The justices said Totcy will review a ruling Hulford is Connecticut to allow voters  with any party to Vole in Republican primaries. Agreed to decide who incr the government May regu la rain groups spawling in tedcrr.1 election end p the iaftim5 voted to consider applying 0  of � Federal election Reform Law to a Massachi Isacks a Nikito supreme court Roundup Ion group and of her non Profil. Ideological corp a agreed to decide whether inc Reagan administration in a curtail Japan s Fujine rights in . Waters to Reta Liate for continued japanese killing of sperm whales in the North Pacific. In a Case involving presidential treaty making Powers As Well of a hoi environmental controversy the court until u will review n ruling dial the administration is bound by Law to retaliate against Japan. Said it will decide whether the confessions of mentally ill criminal defendants May be used against them. The court voted o decide whether Denver prosecutors May use As trial evidence the confession of a Man accused in the 1982 murder of a 14-year-old girl. I artwork from Colorado Snow Snow sculptor Gerry Kirk puts la final louche on a to Foai High Snow sculpture Tjoei prize of the Cen tour at ski sunlight Attr Glenwood Springs. Colo the sculpture features two figure Uvea on characters associates who Traic Ifon in Edgar rom Burroughs science Helton not Moon Sand ind Sno t sculptures.  the cold we Tiger piece of Art took be Days to Complete. Kirk and Todd Vander Lilym own san ditto based Sand sculptors  no Tab has associates travel throughout the country creating 23 cruise ships fail cleanliness tests Miami a Twenty three of 55 cruise ships including the Queen Elizabeth i and the sea or utress failed recent cleanliness inspections according to it Federal re port. The ships failed unannounced inspections meant to pre vent intestinal ills caused primarily by food or water borne germs said the dec. 27 report of the us. Centers for disease control s division of quarantine the inspections Are conducted about every sin months on ships which sail from . Ports at least six months a year. The government standards Are Fine As a goal said Ralph Banna president of canard lines whose Queen Elizabeth 2 failed a dec. 24 inspection. The passing Rale had been improving since the Early 1970s, when one in five vessels a assert inspection said John c. A Olshuk chief of the Federal government s cruise ship inspection unit based in Miami the failure Rale dropped to 25 percent a year ago he said. The outbreak of disease also has declined he said. A decade Aeo it was common to have an outbreak once a month. Yashuk said. Last year there were Only two out Breaks of Hikcs Wirtal disease. Last month More than 60 at 400-plus sea Princess passengers had an unknown Bug that left them suffering from nausea cramps and diarrhoea. The sea Princess owned by the los Angeles based Princess cruise lines scored 10 of a possible 100 Points on its most recent inspection. Ships Are cored in six major categories water refrigeration food preparation potential contamination of food personal cleanliness of food handlers and general cleanliness and repair. A ship which reaches b5 Points passes one fault in a major category could Taen failure. Tic government cannot Force compliance with Stan Dards but its twice monthly reports of the latest inspections Are mailed to some 20,000 individuals and travel agents. Cruise ship Industry officials Tay inspections Are Wel come but the pass fail measure is unfair. It is very difficult on a consistent basis to maintain these standards said John rears chairman of the inter National committee of passenger lines an Industry group. In the pregnancy benefits Case the California depart mint of fair employment and housing filed a a Maktal sol Cal fed in i�83, alleging thai the  association failed o reinstate Lillian Garland pc Coy after she had taken a pregnancy leave. Cil fed s policy u that if an employee s Job or a Siad i one n not available when the employee returns froma Lea of absence for any reason that employee May be the 9th u a circuit court of Apical a re Ecung Cal de s Appeal upheld the i97 California Law. The appeals court said Congress in enacting the 1911 ice Lalion called the pregnancy disability amendment intended to construct a floor beneath which pregnancy. Disability benefits May nol Drun nol a ceiling above a Stich they May not  Cal Ted then sought review from the nations highest the in slices had been considering the legitimacy at t similar Law in Montana but the court took no Ltd a in that Case monday. In the Montana Case i National organization for women and other organizations urged the court to Rule that such state a must to to Federal Law legislating on the basis of pregnancy As Montana a done might appear superficially to be Zemeic Fitl � women but in fact it has Many harmful effects the groups joint Brief contended. Hormel Plant opens without Union workers Austin Minn. A supervisors and non Union employees of Geo. A. Hof Mcl & co. Reported to Vnuk without incident monday As the meatpacking Plant opened for he first time since 1,500 Union workers went on sink 21 weeks ago three pickets stood at each Entrance the maximum number allowed under a court ruling and 90 Union Mem Bers stood quietly on a Snowbank four blocks from the Plant As the gales opened. Mayor Tom rough n striking Union member bad pit diced that the reopening could result in War and police chief Don Hoffman ordered extra officers on duly. No violence was reported however Harmet is Austin s largest employer and the Dail Here is Hormel s flagship facility. The company had  week that it would reopen and said in would begin bring workers to replace those who remained on strike weekend talks with the United food and come Wycal workers local p-9 collapsed. The walkout which began aug. 17, has divided fut Southern Minnesota town of 22,000. Rough a Hormel Engineer end a Union member for 31 Yean had asked that Hormel delay reopening the Plant and not hire nay re placement workers far the strikers to avoid violence Charles Nyberg Hormel senior vice president Lah tie company had gone the last mile in trying to resort in dispute Over wages and working conditions. Union president Jim Guelte said seven member hewed the picket lines monday a far cry from the Spoor 600 the company was expecting would Cross we be encouraged our employees to come to wort. Mia Well put them to work first said Dave Larson Honor vice president of labor relations. We be advertised u in Austin area newspapers. We re under the impression from the Nustrom cafe we be bad that Lien would be Way More people App thu than we can  although Tome people have suggested that Kou Getup aside As mayor during the labor dispute because Oft Postr we conflict of interest be Haa refused. I m looking out for the town. The town he suffered because of the strike he said. Koub said he planned to meet with City s 31-Officef police Force to Tell them to remain Neutral daring wry demonstrations when the Plant reopens. I Don t want to take Over the police department Hil our City is liable if they overreact he said. Plans to have an Independent fact finder Meel with both sides monday were cancelled sunday when Paul Goldberg of the Minnesota Bureau of mediation services said w session was not tidy to get anywhere. Guelte said p-9 will dispatch raving pickets very Shorter to Hormel slaughterhouses in of Unhwa lows and Fremont neb the Parent Union has refused to sane lion rovers saying the move would Only spread the a ref ing to other plants. It