opportunities we're not just jobs but access with health care on one check you know so i was and retirement security he's our explaining through them in the 43rd mayor please welcome mayor course i went through as far as like city build i mean w cd that was my whole thing to say to ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> vince thank you very much walk them through steps they can i'm striving to be your you know what i'm saying get what i have and basically got brilliant mayor (laughter) vince thank you for your two niece it is trying to follow leadership and labors my own, of course, working with the any lead and nephew that is buildings and trades can't have working also you know a greater partnering let me say it welcome to alex southeast and what else do i say community facility center in our (laughter) bayview. >> (clapping.) >> how are things going >> (clapping.) >> so i know that ramon and all right. all right. you're still in shape keeping healthy shall shamann knows this is what i'm happy to be here on every occasion to be in the community we're talking about good paying success looks like thank you

jobs and families and careers very much brother. working with the labor unions >> (clapping.) >> hello my name is megan i'm but i want to say alex name i super excited i live in bayview think he'd be happy to be here on top of the hill and can't if you knew him about workforce training and part of puc family tell you hoechlts the sewer has backward on any street and; and part of everybody's family and came from the bayview right? so i'm here because i'm an african engineer and got to community making the connections with we've been asked for many be an operating engineer - decades we see those plant in thank you. >> (clapping.) >> and is i got through through our community can we be a part city build and this was a great of a better environment and get experience and my friend didn't the good jobs for dwaerngz make it past orientation helped promised and yet really hard to me get in it is crazy she's not fulfill we're here to do that in i am but happy to be in and before i talk about this particular p l a and sign the happy to be here and anyone that documents we have i want to say wants to join should give the this week we're on a roles last operators - what else let's see night and for the last 48 hours

we have been helping another well that's it i guess thank you all for coming i had more - group of workforce men and women that's our be janitors. >> (clapping.) >> (clapping.) >> as of last night they >> short and sweet. >> thank you sister for being averted a strike because they were serious about it because here. >> (clapping.) >> so i saw martin brand they have to be serious because the wages and benefits as all labor unions are because they're earlier hi marty for joining us on is lower end of wage aribnb martin understand really, really well, how difficult sometimes to careers they need to do represent multiple interests everything to help their names we do it all the time in our staff assist and reached a marketing martin showed me an tentative agreement we have to go and do the ratification awful lot of of ropes what is a everybody abroad we're happy to skilled trade the collective see the managers of the bargaining trade our next buildings and the labor unions speaker is one of the high-level and the membership avert a strike and that's in a way why skilled new yorkers a lot like we're here today because awhile kevin hugh's with the ibw is we've diverted a strike and level of sophistication and strategic thinking you know there are a lot of competing something for the janitors the interests and have to your your

ultimate reason we're here is about labor peace it mroo sighed of the table to barbara garcia like the bargaining with our own folks you have to ratify project is what i think our and bargaining with the other brilliant department head harlan side of the table one of the things organized labor in san kelly said this is the francisco was very, very lucky expression of a pipeline a to have that extremely well is pipeline that the labor unions my brother and the secretary know about when they form unions this was the feeder into all the treasurer of the san francisco building council mike. great jobs we have and people working really hard >> (clapping.) >> there just about the right to make those labor union pipelines for directly beneficial i have educators height oath of the - the folks in people in education with the city college or public education labor i will actually reiterate you have people unrunning for one guy behind closed doors ma officer in the school board i hope you'll have people on the sew and he had manning that is school board trying to tell our kids here's his or her how to be hiding back there the two behind successful and build careers work in the education system and the scenes guys as much as vince make those connections with our

says i maybe a skilled bargainer nonprofits community-based organizations they're doing a nonetheless that's not possible lot of training getting ready for the jobs the pipeline that without a willing participant on the other side that are willing our workforce confirmations to arithmetic the difficult development workforce hopes to details of an agreement such as work with our labor we came to early on for the organizations and enforcement water system program and to the people are making sure that everyone knows those are our estimation to the sewer system program i want to tell you that sewer systems get a bad wrap but pipelines pipelines is more than pipes it is the extra and how to get both that infrastructure if behind us there no great city you know me i think the trades and there are none of the long know me as the infrastructure time high-rises thank you, mayor man, i'm all g about infrastructure selling it to ed lee we're happy to billed and residents through bonds we've without what is behind us none of the charming and comfortable been successful with the general hospital or the water system neighborhoods that who's we're able to do or the residents defend them vigorously emergency water system we're in the middle of completing and without what is behind us we want to make sure this water system infrastructure works for that ferry time of ideas the everyone not just the system and

not just the handling of the water and the cleans water by cost of bring people together does not and can't occur it is the wastewater as well and mr. an essential item in san francisco the sewer system it is kelly reminded me take a drink and said thank you for drinking recommended behind us we'll the watering no, no it's clean upgrade and when i was young water but clean enough for all this plant had been established of us to be respect of we want and it was a new thing and doing the water that everybody is drinking in the city whether the what it could but not what it living in our public housing or should and it was a dirtier thing and the ocean was dirtier living in the highest and when the system we're about to put in place it will be unaffordable unit in the city better the ocean and the bay they have to have clean water we'll have cleaner water and and the warriors eastern will better finish for the folks to have water and itself lucky catch and better water to bath museum every infrastructure in and swim and we will have a our city will be touched with this infrastructure we're building a $7 billion investment wonderful environment for the cyber bay area and country >> (clapping.) $7 billion >> but the theme for this event >> (clapping.) >> of rate payers and residents has been the entry for a

and communities particularly the bayview will all be proud apprenticeship when i broke in i because what we are talking was as iron worker they came about today is a project labor from this part of town as the agreement that isn't just about our unions it is with our unions first job were here on this plant those were tough jobs and creating the apprenticeship stuck with them and at the time program and now because of all guys they're retired which special leadership that people have over the years working with means they had good careers and us on local hiring the these careers began here that's preapprenticeship what we intended to do with the community-based organizations getting people ready for jobs mroo extension we're proud of a who were not ready if you took great job with the puc and with them off their jobs now wouldn't the community-based organizations around the bay succeed a apprenticeship and the area and with city build a after union hiring hall and the agreements we reach this is the pipeline that we're talking school maxwell helped done a about that will reach our residents or rate payers for all great job from bringing people the jobs and what makes our city from privileged areas including successful with our bond and here those folks are launched on

ratepayer programs what the infrastructure programs we're these keys and include other not just talking about bridges projects and other far beyond and revise but water systems the city and far beyond the that the rest of the country are region and be proud to talk talking about we are doing it about those later and proud to and doing it the right way thank talk about how they worked on you to everyone in the entire the sewer system of san spectrum of this building of francisco it's a great job and pipeline from our trade union great career and an essential leaders to their activation working with the brvrtsdz, to piece that makes san francisco the great city it is thank you. our workforce ready folks to the people that are in the >> (clapping.) >> back down a couple of community-based organizations saying we have hope for you if inches. you learn those skills while >> (laughter). >> so, please join me in giving your young those skills will a a round of applause mayor ed help you get into good fatiguing lee and harlan kelly and the jobs that are whether carpenters community workers or all the disciplines, and at this time, i'd like to transitioned all the other disciplines that help us focus invite the mayor and harlan kelly up to the table to execute on the infrastructure of our city so on a role no labor and peace this special agreement

pa p is what it takes and several billions of of construction with the airport and the revising our terminal and the port working on the piers and get public-private partnerships that will again respect our labor pipelines to make sure we are fitting in the local residents we are and already not even the major contracts that coming up apprentice hours on the water system 77 percent san francisco residents how about that. >> (clapping.) >> and just didn't happen by itself it takes dedication of everybody in this yard working together collaboratively together making sure we're not working in silos but making sure we talk and think about not only the labor peace both who it is

we're trying to get jobs for and be a part of this labor movement i'm very proud of the city very special time to the be the mayor of the san francisco sure challenges and housing affordability and homelessness need for more affordable housing are all there to tackle we can never make any significant really improvements in all those areas without labor working with us, without our collaboration with community this is all works together really well, we're building a pipeline and the other thing i want to say is this this program particularly are harry lanes leadership is a direct contribution to reducing violence in our communities direct contribution >> (clapping.) >> wet have our kids really

touched and involved themselves in the hopefully jobs in the skill setsdz in the preapprenticeship programs and getting them out of the isolated things we know contribute to less than peaceful resolution of people's problems i know i see off-street parking here thank you you've been a big champion as a former supervisor of this district and know full well, we have the conversations how to make sure those pipelines are created but all the community activists that have been here for years we're fulfilling old promises not creating new ones that water system when we were doing it and the creation of pipeline is a promise we've always said to be there we're now making it work for the right folks thanks to everybody that is here and dedicating their time in doing

this and making sure we're doing the right thing and keep the collaboration going it will be to everybody's benefit that our unions have a lot good talent resources that will feed into their pipeline that will feed into the major, major projects in the city and i'll keep on doing any work building more affordable housing and getting people off the streets, keeping the city economically strong to have good partners in private sectors and a public sector to keep the jobs going congratulations vince for your leadership. >> thank you everybody for being here >> (clapping.) >> thank you, mayor ed lee for helping you guess in the career pathway and shout out to the northern california carpenters

for being here >> (clapping.) >> >> thanking you for helping me understand the finer points and commissioner shamann walton thank you for all your hard work. >> and it is a special treat after school maxwell thank you for being here and all you do appreciate it. >> our next speaker a mentor of anything like that helping me understand more about the ropes and expand any scope understand how it is we can add value not only to 9 community workforce but to san franciscans in general i'm proud to stand with them i'm proud to have an opportunity to learn from him he sees the good orchestra that the water system improvement and obviously clean power and now with the general manager

launching this great sewer system improvement program harlan kelly >> (clapping.) >> thank you vince the amazing vince courtney thank you very much (laughter) got to give each other's names i know that's how that works first of all, i want to thank the mayor for those of you who don't know the mayor and i go back when he was the director of public works and we knew we had to make sure that the community participant in the building of that when i came to the puc those were the traits i carried forward and coming to the puc i came to run or construct the waters system improvement program a $4.6 billion program i know that has an engineer 70

percent of the cost is new construction i knew i had to make sure that we had harmony out in the fold and make sure we have quality contractor and employ people in the community so we reached out to the building trade and the unions and got the deal of $4.6 billion and the system program is a model of how successful programs could be rolled out and what is really amazing about the mroo is that in times hiring local people they stepped up we had a lot of specialized projects and how to get the community people to participate we went to the union they came up with a training program with people in the community to participate in the training and worked with the

contractor to put them on projects that's the model in the community i want to applaud the union for coming abroad >> (clapping.) >> and not only that they're working to help small businesses get on board and role them of course, like them to be union but it is a great opportunity also want to thank my staff where is tommy? tommy the one that has the $7 billion i'm sure he got chance lying around and so tommy has the money and karen is spending it and where is ma suicidal making sure our union community and contractors are 2, 3, 4 alignment and todd where's

todd there's todd he's a big part of getting this together so here's a great opportunity and great to see folks who i've been working with i remember off-street parking we went to florida and i played - i got the mike shamann he wants to know when the program is rolling out i like being a member of the community i can't get any hair cut or play basketball when are you going to do this i'm proud today, we're signing the project labor agreement i know this is how we embrace the community and have them participate in building this awesome facility

we plan to build thank you, everybody for coming today and look forward to signing the contract >> (clapping.) >> can i get robert harrison and megan please come up to the front. >> (clapping.) >> so i'll tell you i've learned a lot from a lot of the people in this room right now but learned pro bono more from the workers we represent i know that john you know what it's all about and charley and anthony the union labors guys know you in fact on the work and forgot to focus on the people we do a good job in focusing on the needs of folks all over the place proud of the work we've

done and harlan ann and the mayor to make sure we connect folks to those career pathway and connection them to sold careers again in the just jobs but solid careers in the industry and would san francisco for tomorrow mayor ed lee deserves credit for being the workforce hero and not forget what the workforce can teach us so, please robert. >> (clapping.) >> first of all, how is everybody do thank the mayor first and foremost for the programs what am i speaking about oh. >> first of all, i have i'm a resident of san francisco

i have been for 35 years and i have been trying to find a way to get ahead you know with the jobs i was landing i'm saying not enough inform support my family and not enough to do anything i've been hearing about w c, d, and city build i took it upon myself to get into the program you know and to see in any could you know obtain some work i went through y c, d, and did a 12 week program at the w cd and the service i objected at w cd was enough to get into the construction field and further i

want to you know thank 4ru67 and western water for giving me the opportunity to show any skills pretty much and i'm approval of the draft minutes right now you know what i'm saying my whole thing was like going through the program so, so other guys like in any community could you know one day they're saying like they never get the opportunity to get a job or to get a better job so as people start seeing me going introduce the class they saw how serious that changed a lot of things like hanging out and hanging with the you know guys i used to hang with and have to say w cd gave me the steps you

know what i'm saying the real you know what i'm saying the strength to know that i could you know go through these with the certifies with the certifies i objected and saying that to say i have been like a kind of like a role model like a lot of people that see me and like knowing how i used to be and used to do and like go through city build and w cd also and saying that to say man, i'm drifting. >> okay but my overall thing is that the

program is working you know i mean because of myself you know i don't know about a lot of people i got a lot of people that friends that went through the program not just me and seeing what i went through i gave them and pushed them through the same thing i went through like for instance, i got a nephew that also went through city build and got you know a couple of nieces they've seen any check saying (laughter) >> (clapping.) >> they seen one of my checks and saying wow. (laughter) like how did you get all of that