and nonprofit entities. they've asked for consideration of the grace period. i haven't heard from any other departments. i plan in the next two weeks to do outreach of my own to businesses that are not associated with the associations and the representatives we heard today. i'm talking about january terse, i'm talking about bouma and the apartments and association and golden gate restaurant association. there is a considerable list of businesses that are impacted that are on this newly furnished list. the department of environment provided. the american industrial complex in particular. the industrial businesses are not fully represented. i would be interested to hear from the school district as well where their thoughts are on this. so it seems like there is a lot of moving parts and work that needs to be done when it comes to moving this legislation

forward. any other comments? >> thank you. i want to start out by thanking supervisor safai for this important piece of legislation. i know there is a lot of questions still. i want to thank my colleagues for asking all the questions. i've been in listening mode. i'm fine with accepting the amendments because i think it's good to work off one body, one piece of legislation. so i am fine with accepting them and knowing that we have two weeks to address all of the concerns that have come up. and work with supervisor safai on any more amendments you might want to make. so i am fine with moving the amendments forward today. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> president cohen: when is the next budget meeting? >> the next finance meeting is november 15.

>> just one last point. the one example that they gave that talked about the cost savings of $28,000 before the zero waste facilitator and after, i would ask the department, if we can get this one case study is great. it shows how much money was saved. shows how the annual cost is a significant savings to the building. if you can show more examples of that. if you can bring those, i think that will be very helpful to this committee. because it will talk about some real life examples about why this is important. how the cost savings are there. and specifically what the overall benefit is. so i think that is an important point. then i would just again say to the committee, i think president cohen's point is a good one, i would prefer to have the amendments accepted today and we can move forward with further

conversation. i know they sounded technical and cumbersome, but we did spend a significant amount of time talking about a lot of those today, in a lot of detail. >> supervisor safai, you definitely put a lot of work in this. this is quite a heavy lift. you definitely have many stakeholders that are at the table that are touching this legislation. even myself, when i first heard about it and learned about, i didn't even think about the impacts to some almost secondary stakeholders. so i appreciate your willingness and flexibility to work with us on the legislation. >> supervisor safai: through the chair, to your point about the affordable housing, i am -- having been a former housing authority commissioner, having worked with the housing authority, i'm cognizant of that and i think sitting down with the affordable housing stakeholders, i appreciated mr. cohen's comments today about

working with the department in terms of helping them get up and running and/or education as both you and supervisor fewer talked about today. i would say in some cases if you're at 3% diversion rate, that could be the availability of the right equipment. could be education. but it also could be a real opportunity to put some pinocchifolks in a position to have a job opportunity. you know this firsthand, supervisor, president cohen, even though we have a low unemployment rate certain communities have a significant unemployment rate that is not reflected. and it's emphasized and magnified in public housing. so we could be giving residents and/or students and youth an opportunity. this does not mandate the type

of person going in, but it mandates the type of work and focus. >> supervisor fewer: i would like just to follow up with the department of environment on some of the data that i requested. i was hoping you can get that to the supervisors as soon as possible. so we can have actually a deeper analysis. that would be greatly appreciated. supervisor safai, i'd like to make a motion to move these amendments with a positive recommend takes. and -- recommendation. i and believe that triggers a two-week waiting period because we don't have a meeting next week. and the meeting of the 15th. steph >> would you like to accept the amendment proposed by the port? supervisor safai, i would like to remind you you're a guest here. >> thank you for reminding me. >> let me check with my committee. ladies?

would you like to accept the amendments from the port? >> supervisor stefani: i this in the two week time we have time to talk with the port. i don't know if i'm comfortable, because i haven't had a chance to talk to the sponsor of the legislation. not saying that i wouldn't accept them in two weeks, but right now, it's important to get feedback from supervisor safai. >> president cohen: supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: i would be open to having further discuss and i'd like to meet with the port to see how this might have impact and whether or not to reevaluate the proposals so see whether or not it will impact they want. >> supervisor safai: thank you. sorry. didn't want to speak out of turn. through the chair and to everyone, i just received those this morning. they are referencing a separate

section of chapter 19 that is not referenced in my legislation. i asked both the port and the department of environment to speak. they're looking at them. the first one that talks about waiving the responsibility of them, that would be an exclusive wavering request that no other accounts have. so my reaction to that, i'm not open that, but i'm open to sitting down and talking to them. the second is about the public trash cans and we have started -- one of the amendments today deals with that. i do want the department of environment, myself and the port to sit down and have further conversations. we met with them months ago about this. they said they would get back to us and we just got the language today. >> president cohen: what we'll do is hold off on accepting the amendments proposed by the port. we'll chew on them for two weeks and then bring it back up in

discussion. you're welcome. so supervisor fewer has made a motion to accept the amendments made by supervisor safai. i think we can take that without objection. thank you very much. without objection, the amendments are accepted. and then i will say that we will continue this item for two week's time as amended to the november 15th budget meeting. all right, we can take that without objection. thank you. is there any business before the body? >> no further business. >> thank you, we're adjourned. thank you very much.

>> good afternoon. welcome to the special meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. today is november 2nd, 2018. thank you all for being here with us for this important matter. i will begin with attendance and i will lead the pledge of

allegiance. we'll move to communications and then the members will nominate and appoint their presiding officer pro tem for the day. to roll call for attendance. [ roll call ] >> we have a quorum. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the

flag of the united states of america. to the republic, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. during the call of the rolls those marked present, those marked not present were supervisor kim, supervisor peskin and president cohen. my office is in receipt of three requests to be excused from today's meeting by supervisor kim peskin and president cohen. in a moment, a motion to excuse the members from today's meeting will be presented by the presiding officer pro tem, when appointed by the members. but first, to our organizational issue, given that the president of the board is not present at today's meeting, pursuant to board rule 4.7 the clerk of the board will call the meeting to order and additionally, given that the president is not present, the members will decide who, among them, will be the

presiding officer for today's meeting. historically, the most senior member of the board is appointed to be the chair. but it can be another member of the board. once this member is appointed, the appointment will terminate at the end of the meeting today. the nomination requires a first, a second and a majority of the members present. and if you are ready, i will call the names on the roster as they appear. if there is one nomination, we will just vote on that nomination. if there are more names than one, then a different type of voting will occur and we'll cross that bridge if it's necessary. so, if you are ready to make a nomination, nominations are open. supervisor ronen, your name is on the roster. >> thank you, madam clerk. i have an opportunity to talk to supervisor yee and ask him, as one of the senior most members of this board if he would be willing to pre side as president pro tem of this meeting and he

said that he would. and so i'd like to nominate norman yee, supervisor yee and thank him for his willingness to play this role. >> thank you, supervisor ronen has nominated supervisor yee. is there a second? >> second. >> supervisor safai is the second. are there any other nominations to be made? >> call ones and twice. there are no other nominations, nominations are closed. so then, supervisor ronen, thank you for removing your name from the roster. motion made by supervisor ronen and seconds by supervisor yee to nominate supervisor safai to nominate supervisor yee. can we do that with unanimous content. ok. supervisor yee, congratulations.

chair yee now. i'll take a moment to hand him the gavel. let's get started. first of all, i have your chair protem. colleagues, may i have a motion

to excuse president cohen, supervisor peskin s there a second. supervisor fewer. madam clerk. can i have roll call. >> clerk: on the motion to excuse supervisors kim, peskin and president cohen. supervisor fewer. >> aye. >> mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor ronen. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> tang. >> eye. >> yee. >> aye. >> brown. >> aye. there are eight ayes. >> good. president cohen, supervisor kim and supervisor peskin are excused from today's meeting by unanimous vote. please call today's item. >> clerk: the board of supervisors approved a motion to convene as a committee of the

whole today, at a special meeting of the board of supervisors. for a public hearing regarding the month-long major labor dispute between san francisco hiss pit tally industry to include the 2,000 hotel workers who walked off the job at southern marriott operated hotels citing the company's failure to keep up with the escalating cost of living and growing job insecurity. >> ok. thank you, as a clerk stated the motion to enter into a committee of the whole was approved on october 30th. therefore, we will now convene as a committee of the whole. are there any opening statements from the members before i open to public comment? supervisor ronen. >> thank you so much, chair yee. i wanted to just start out by thanking my colleagues and thanking the clerk and the city attorney's office for being

here. it's very unusual that we call a special meeting of the board of supervisors to hear an item on a friday afternoon, especially four days before an election. i think the willingness of my colleagues to come and hold this special meeting and for us to make these arrangements is testament to how important this issue is to the city and county of san francisco. so i just really wanted to thank all my colleagues for moving around your busy schedules to be here. i also want to note, my disappointment that the c.e.o. of marriott isn't here. i did send mr. sorenson a letter asking for him to be here. i did receive a letter in response declining to come here. but i just wanted to ask now if there's any representatives from marriott who showed up today? if you have, can you please make

yourself be known. i don't see anyone. i know we do have overflow rooms in room 263 and in the north side court. if there is any representative of marriott, please come to the board chamber because we would like to hear from you. i will say that there are thousands of workers, of your workers from your hotel here and all over this building right now and i'm incredibly, incredibly disappointed and in fact insulted that you decided not to show up today. i just wanted to give you an opportunity to come and you will be welcome to speak at any point during this hearing if any representative shows up. i proposed that we hold this hearing because i've been becoming more and more concerned about the marriott hotel strike, which is just entered its second

month. and as far as i'm aware, this is the biggest strike that san francisco has seen in any industry in more than a generation. as i said last week, i know that going on strike is one of the hardest decisions that anyone could possibly make. when thousands of san franciscans feel the need to lay down their tools and to walk off the job, it is a sure sign that something is not right in our city. that is why i'm again, so grateful for my colleagues who agreed to hold this special meeting as a committee of the whole and i think all of us agree we need to hear from the work worse have taken this action. we would like to hear from the company effected again, i will say it's unfortunate that they're not here. this strike touches on nearly everything we, as supervisors, are asked to weigh in on. from income inequality to environmental sustainability, to healthcare and the budget.

almost everything at stake in this dispute is something that all san franciscans hold important. looking out at the audience and having seen everyone in the howl ways on the way to this room, it's obvious who these striking workers are. they are across section of our city. they are our neighbors, our family members, our friends. they represent the best of what san francisco has always been, a community of working people from diverse backgrounds who stand together united in a common cause. we all know how important the tourism industry is to san francisco. in 2017, visitors spent $9.1 billion in san francisco. hotel companies clearly play a key role in that economy. i have already mentioned that i reached out to mr. sorenson to speak of this hearing. i really sincerely hoped they

would be here to tell their side of the story. after all, san francisco is known as one of the most important tourist destinations in north america. we generate some of the highest room rates in the country and are a market every hotel company wants to be in. our city isn't just another profit center on a spread sheet somewhere. our city is a place where real people struggle to build a future, to raise families, to grow old together. doing that is getting harder and harder for so many. from what i hear, that's the reality that led to the strike, which is the subject of this hearing today. i want today see if any of my colleagues wanted to make opening remarks before i call up the president of local 2 to speak from the union's perspective about what is driving the strike and what this dispute means to the city as a

whole. i want today give an opportunity to any of my colleagues, if anyone wants to make opening remarks. i'm not seeing any. >> supervisor ronen, i just want to say i'm very thankful that you called for this hearing. this issue is very important to many of us here. if not all of us. and certainly what is happening in the city is not what i like to see of san francisco. we need to help this situation be resolved. thank you, very much. >> thank you so much. with that, is it ok if we call up the president of unite here local 2. >> colleagues, would you -- is there any objection to have him

speak as a speaker, presenter? >> thank you, supervisors. thank you for taking this very rare move to call for this urgent special hearing about a crisis with the marriott corporation in this city that's in fact turned this city, turned san francisco and its tourism industry upside down. i, along with striking workers, a short time ago, met with mayor breed, who continues to be very supportive of our campaign and it's central goal. that one job should be enough. today, this board, this committee of the whole, will hear firsthand testimony from striking marriott workers. about why this crisis occurred in this city. what is at stake for this city? if it's not quickly and fairly resolved. and make no mistake about it, folks, this is a crisis. there are 2500 families that

have been out on strike for a month now. they made that difficult decision, they made that sacrifice, they took that step after months of failed negotiations with this company. you know, a century ago, in this country, working people fought and struck and did everything they could to impresses on their bosses the need for an eight-hour workday due to the exploitation of those times being driven and overworked. the need for a weekend. they were successful in making that demand heard. they were successful in winning the weekend. they were successful in achieving the promise of security and security and quality of life. today that promise is all but gone. you know, too often hotel workers, service sector working, marriott workers here and across this country have to work

multiple jobs just to survive. the work they provide reaps record profits for the corporations for which they work. just to pay rent in this city, a housekeeper working at the marriott has to work 40 hours a week. 40 hours a week, a full-time job that only does enough to pay the rent in this city. that's why more and more of our members, that's why more and more working people in this city are working two sometimes throwe jobs. they're commuting longer and from longer distances from further away. that's a burden, not just born on our members, on those wor workers. it's on their families and especially their children. the average full-time marriott worker in this city earns $44,000 a year. i don't have to tell you what you already know.

that's enough to make ends meet here in the bay area in today's bay area. so, that is what has driven this campaign. that's the under pinnings of our campaign. that one job should be enough. that is why workers took this step. this courageous step to walk out on strike to fight for themselves and their families. 30 days ago. now, since that time, we've seen some movement at the table from this corporation. in negotiations earlier this week, we made, for the first time, significant progress on one of our key objectives. real job security. the ability to really negotiate over new technology and the workplace. and food and beverage operations. we believe that progress was made and that we took those steps because of the action that workers have taken. that being said, we are still significantly a part on issues that matter most to working

people in this city. on the issue of healthcare, healthcare in this market in northern california here in this city, healthcare is all but out of reach for working peoplement for hotel workers, union hotel workers in this city, because of years of struggle, because of campaigns in the past, we have achieved a standard where the cost associated with health insurance are born by the employer. and while some employers may squawk and say it's an unfair burden to impose on employers, it certainly can't be born by working people, who just barely make enough to pay the rent. we, as of today, as of today, 30 days into a strike, our contract expired august 1st. months of failed negotiations.

we still today do not have a commitment from this company to maintain workers ehealth' health benefits over the next several years. the marriott corporation, worth $49 billion, in this city, a city that is a life blood industry worth over $9 billion. if the marriott corporation is not going to step up and say yes, we will protect your healthcare, yes, we have a responsibility as a corporate citizen in this city to do right by our workers, if they won't do that and if we won't hold them accountable to do that, then what will other corporate citizens do? who are we as a city? this brazen position that this company has taken and unreasonable position, has an impact on the entire industry and in fact, it's an attack, not

just on the workers at the marriott corporation. not just on hotel workers in this city. but on working people in this city and in fact on this city as a whole. and that's why we're here today. we're here to tell our stories. we're here to tell you about why workers have taken this step. why we're out on strike. what this strike means to us. what it means when we say one job should be enough. at the end of the day, when you boil it all down, to its real core. when you think about those words. one job should be enough. it really is a modest demand and it's something that marriott can achieve today. we go back to the table with this company here in san francisco on november 12th. we know we're gathering stanley cup or the and we're stronger by the day. we will last one daylonger than the marriott corporation. with the support of this board and the city and the mayor, we

know we're going to win this fight. i can't say it any better than the strikers themselves many of with that i'll turn it back to the chair. you will hear testimony today directly firsthand from striking workers that will really tell the story of what this campaign is about. i thank you. [applause] >> i just want to remind the audience, if you need to express a positive expression, just wave your hands. we'll see all your hands. it's against the rules for us to make noise out there. if you are hearing something you don't like, just go thumbs down. [laughter] >> thank you, very much. supervisor ronen. >> yes, i just had a couple of

questions for you. you made a couple points that really struck me. through preptation for this hearing, i learned that marriott employs more people worldwide than google sales force and facebook combined. is that right? >> that's accurate, yes. marriott is the largest hotel corporation in the history of the world. and they're the largest hotel employer here in san francisco. >> so then, the outcome of this strike and the precedent that's sent about this contract, about what healthcare benefits these workers received, what job security in this changing economy happens, the impact of this is not just going to impact these 2500 workers here in the san francisco but potentially millions of workers through out the country and perhaps the world. i wanted you to speak a little bit about that. i didn't realize that until i started researching this, and

the severity and what is at stake in the strike hit me very hard. >> i think that's absolutely right. you know, the marriott corporation is not the worst hotel corporation in this country. i mean we're not making the point that marriott is somehow any worse than any other corporation, any other corporate employer. marriott is by far the largest. as the largest, they are the industry leader in this industry and they have a unique responsibility as the industry leader. here in this city, you know, as a large employer, certainly what we achieve here in san francisco will set a benchmark and will set a standard for the other hotel workers in this city. i think when you look nationally, when you kind of zoom back to the rest of the

country, what marriott does in multiple cities across the country will set a standard for working people across the country. but to your point, supervisor, ronen, it's not just about hotel workers. it's about working people, it's about service sector ploy's and working people in general in some of our largest cities. and what role do corporations have and what responsibilities to the largest corporations in our cities have to do right by working people. we argue and we fight and we strike because we believe that they do have a responsibility. it's not just about their bottom lines and it's not just about repeating record profits off working people. it's playing a role as a corporate leader and supervisors corporate responsibility. >> i want to make sure we have the facts right. so, you said that the average

hotel worker here in san francisco is earning about $44,000 a year. >> that's right. >> and that the c.e.o. compensation s. in 2017, was $1 million? $13 million? >> i believe that is correct. >> look, another reason why i call this hearing and why i think this strike is so important is because to me, it's at the heart of so many battles happening right now in san francisco. employers are saying look, the burden shouldn't be on us for healthcare, then, join us in the fight for single pay healthcare and don't accept tax breaks that make you millions of dollars more but make it impossible for the government to provide quality healthcare to the citizens. it's like we're damned in we don't and damned if they don't. they complain and complain but they're not part of the solution. the homeless crisis in san francisco, the battle that is

taking place between a couple of the billionaires that live here about whether they should be taxed a little bit more to take care of basic needs. i really see that struggle linked with the struggle of these workers. i just want to say, before i turn it over to hear directly from the workers, how inspired that i personally am by all of you because you are making a personal sacrifice in your own life, a sacrifice that i can't even again to imagine. you live in the most expensive region in the world and you have joined together to have each other's backs to fight not only for yourself but for the country, for the soul of workers everywhere and i just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. you are my heroes. i just want you to know that you are seen and that you are appreciated and that we look to you as the example of what we want to see everywhere in this country. thank you so much.

>> thank you. [applause] >> supervisor fewer. >> yes, thank you, chair. i just want to thank supervisor ronen for having us here today. thank you to local 2 for coming ot today and sharing your stories with us. i was a member of local 2 when i was a cocktail waitress at fairmont hotel. i was putting my way through college and i was on strike and i was on strike for many, many weeks. and i will never forget that experience. the idea that we come together united as labor partners, brothers and sisters. on the pickett lines. all of us eating bologna sandwiches that the union had given to us. someone would come with a big box of bologna sandwiches at dinnertime and we would all eat these sandwiches and have a bottle of water. but we're on the pickett line taking shifts because, at that time, the contract was a maid or

housekeeper was cleaning 17 rooms at minimum for $35 a day. this has been the fight of below and moderate wage workers for decades. this isn't something that is new that we've had to fight for a living wage for low and moderate wage workers all the time. i know how hard it is to be on strike. when i was on strike i would rather have been at work making tips and money more than $50 a week. on the pickett line, i learned a life lesson. i learned about privilege and i learned about the privilege that i have and i also learned about

the unity and strength of workers getting together. combined our dedication to actually fighting for not only our own wages but for wages for moderate and low-wage workers everywhere. in particular now, in san francisco. this expensive city experiencing the largest wealth gap we have ever experienced. i see how you are on strike fighting. i see how you would have to strike in order to demand wages and healthcare that you deserve. i just want to say thank you for coming out today. thank you to supervisor ronen for calling this hearing. we have heard many times in this chamber from elected officials that say labor stays united. these weeks of the strike for local 2 to unite here, you've demonstrated the tenacity, the

determination and also how stead fast you are in believing in your right to earn a living wage here in san francisco. and so i look forward to hearing from you today. >> supervisor mandelman. >> i want to thank supervisor ronen for calling for this hearing. i am just struck by the disrespect of this major international corporation in not responding, supervisor ronen, to your request to have them come here and a explain to a city that is being impacted every single day by this strike what this position is and why they've been unable to resolve it. i think that the arrogance of that corporation shows through in the letter that they've given to us. they are, as you said, a $49 billion corporation. maybe they feel they are almost as big as san francisco city

government and maybe they don't feel the need to communicate with san francisco city government. i was troubled and i think it is ominous in an era of business consolidations and hotel consolidation this business apparently feels that it does not need to come here and talk to us. i want to express my respect for these workers. i cannot imagine what you all are going through. we are so grateful because it's not just about you, it's about the place of work in this city and the place of workers in this country and world and so i have ever confidence that you will win and your city is behind you. i do want to call my colleagues' attention to the other folks who are impacted by this including non profits who have had move their events away from these

hotels and have lost out for that and good for them for doing it. the impact of this strike are being felt not but just the workers but the city. we are very proud of you. we will be with you. thank you. [applause] supervisor safai. >> thank you, chair yee and so supervisor ronen for calling this meeting. i want to thank the workers for standing up for dignity, for standing up for respect and for not only standing up for their industry but the entire workforce industry in san francisco. because it's extremely important to understand that the struggle that you make, the solidarity that you show, has impacted across all sectors in san francisco. so when you stand strong, all other sectors in san francisco stand strong. and i want to thank you for the time that i served as working

with the janitors union, i was on the pickett line with you. i was in your membership meetings and i learned a tremendous a lot from you and the leadership of your union. so thank you for standing in solidarity today. thank you for standing up for dignity and respect and thank you for showing san francisco why and how its history is important for the city and the united states of america. thank you. >> supervisor brown. >> thank you. thank you supervisor ronen for calling this special board meeting so we can have people come in and tell their stories. i think that's what is really important. i'm hopeful and i'm encouraged that there will be some agreement on november 12th. on the local and national level. we all need to feel safe at work. we need to feel, as women we need to feel safe at work.

and we all need to be paid fair and equitable. we all need to be secure in our jobs. when i heard him talk about how much you make a year, $42,000, around there, i think about everyday that me and my colleagues are going out to fight for affordable housing in this city, because we know it's so expensive, for people like you and others to live here. not only -- you don't even make enough money to qualify for the lowest affordable housing. you have to, a family of three, needs to make $58,000 a year to qualify for affordable housing. a family of four needs to make $65,000 a year to qualify for housing in our city. it's crazy you don't even make enough to be able to qualify for affordable housing in our city when we're out there fighting for it everyday to have one more

unit, one more unit because we need people to be able to live and work in this city. you need to be able to live in the city to be able to get across town to get your children on time. you need to be able to live in this city so environmentally it's better when you are not driving or trying to get to the city on buses that you could actually just get across town on a bus to your job. i'm a little stunned. i'm stunned. and i'm ashamed. ashamed that a corporation like the marriott would do this. we're working very hard to have housing and fair housing in this city and we can't even get you housing. you don't qualify. that is ridiculous. i just really, really thank you today for coming out and spending time with us to tell your stories to us.

thank you. >> thank you. any other supervisor who would like to make a comment? seeing none. right now, what i'd like to do is open up to public comments. i want to let the public know that we do have translation services available for spanish and chinese speakers during this public comment period. so, i'd like to open up public comment. are there any of the members who would like to address the board on a marriott hotel workers strike during the committee of the whole? what i'd like you to do is go ahead and lineup to your right over here. we'll take you first come first serve. anybody here would like to speak?

each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. >> i realize there are speaker cards that i have. i'll call you up according to the order that i have received them. the first speaker will be casillo garcia. is that person here? come on up. next speaker will be ivanda mayors and following her will be

hija wong nicole. after her alfredo carterown and after that will be laura -- i can't read handwriting but laura carumba and after that will be julian penrose. i'll continue to call up the card names as soon as i get a couple of these speakers to speak. go ahead. >> good afternoon. my name is consillia. i work at the marriott for 29 years. i work as a attendant. i am on strike because i believe that one job should be enough to

have a dignified life to pay our rent and our bills and to be able to help out family. we live in this city with the cost of living is very, very expensive. what many ask is not enough to cover our needs. many of us have to work two or three jobs just to survive. we leave our homes very early and we come back very late. we don't have time for our families or for ourselves. our children and grandchildren are growing and we don't have time for them.

sometimes i feel so bad when i see my co-workers. they live far, far away and they need to two hours to come to the city to make his day. marriott is one of the richest corporations in the world. we know they can make us just one job to be. it's time for marriott to take responsibility and sign our contract. thank you. >> one job should be enough. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is myers.

i work at the marriott marques hotel for four years. i am a san francisco resident. i've been struggling with homelessness. being from the city, i understand the struggle of being a resident here. i'm a single parent of three kids. i went to school and i worked and tried very hard for my children. when i started working at the marriott, i felt like i finally made it. i have a bmr. we talked about the affordable housing i was blessed to get. it's very -- the battle is it never ends. so you get employment and then you have to worry about the stress of losing your job for the job security or not having

benefits or to pay more out of pocket when it's almost impossible to live in this city as it is with other bills as far as childcare, transportation, you know, after school programs, food. it's very challenging. i believe one job should be enough. especially with all these big buildings that make all this money. i feel like they should share. there's no reason for us workers to work hard three or four jobs and not be able to get the money that we deserve. i don't think that we're asking for too much. we're just asking for what we deserve and what we know that they can give us. i appreciate you guys for taking the time out to listen to me and the workers. i really hope that we can come to speedy resolution to this. it's very hard for me and my workers to not only not make

enough to live in the city but to be on strike. that's even more of a struggle. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> hello, everyone. my name is hiwa. i'm the housekeeper in marriott

hotel. i'm here to represent my colleagues, especially i want to say something about the clean program. >> this grown program is effecting our income because we are low income people and this is very hard for us to get

enough working hours to work in marriott hotel. >> the hotel always asks us to stay home and we do not have a job to do. >> it makes us not guaranteed for our living. we did not have the very stable income because of this. to substance our cost of living. >> i'm a mother of two children and my children really notice how hard i am to making

education for my children. my kids always are support us when we are on strike. i'm hoping the agreement can be to some degree so we can come to a normal life. >> thank you for support. following alfred owe and laura. would be julian pemrose.

following her would be mimmim lou. >> good afternoon board of supervisors san francisco. i work for two hotels marriott and palace hotel for 29 years. i have to work double jobs to live in san francisco. the rent is very expensive. marriott doesn't want to pay our benefits, pension and healthcare and everything. we need to support to tell the marriott to help us to sign a contract because we are sacrificing our levels, days and we are outside for this fight. thank you, very much for your support. >> thank you. >> hi.

my name is laura. i work in marriott marque for six and a half years. i joined the strike with the union because i'm a single mom of three kids. i think we deserve a fair wages and healthcare for me and my kids. i cannot afford to live in the city with my wages. after working in marriott, i need to pick up my kids and go to another job and i don't have time for them. i am the only one they have. and i cannot afford to be sick. if i get sick and i cannot pay my health benefits. what would happen to my kids? i was in an apartment because i cannot pay the rent and i'm living with my sister. it's so hard to occupy one room

with my three of my kids but i'm still fighting for this because i want my kids to know the value of respect and dignity. marriott is the biggest company. they raise the wages, the salary of the c.e.o. of the company. why can't they give us a little dollar for us to eastern a decent living here in the city. sorry. >> it's ok. thank you. julian. >> i was very moved by the last speaker. i would first like to thank the board of supervisors for their time and for their willingness to hear from the working people that make up our community. my name is julian penrose, i live here in san francisco. i've worked at the w hotel for the past eight years as a bellman. during that time, i've had to

work two jobs in order to make ends meet. i've also worked tongues of overtime. just because i needed the money in order to survive in the city. at times i worked multiple times 24 hours straight. i've even worked 32 hours straight shift. even with all this, i don't feel like my wife and i can afford to have children in this city and raise them. which is pretty grim. marriott is the largest and richest hotel company the world has ever known. they made billions in profits last year on the backs of their workers. and they give their c.e.o. millions in compensation and a golden parachute, even when he is done, he will be fine for the rest of his life. i'm here to today to say that one job should be enough. one job should be enough to make ends meet. one job should be enough to have ail