union but is a bargaining unit with rights in the same way as maa, mea appointed out to me earlier the seiu is affiliate would with the afl-cio, for whatever that is worth. my hope is that the we send this forward without recommendation as suggested by chair mar, there may be other relatively modest but important concessions that we may be able to get in the intervening period. i would conquer with that sentiment and want to add my voice to thanking members of the public and our various city staff for their attendance and presentations. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor haney? >> i said a lot of -- i thought about this and asked questions earlier. i want to thank everybody who called in and the staff here. i hope we have all held how strong the demands are for change for the systematic sweeping changes to policing in the city. i think we are in a position with this m.o.u. that frankly is very frustrating. we have the choice to vote it up or down. voting it down means the police get raises immediately and we have been told as we have heard from some of the folks who called in this

seiu has been strong on your behalf and behalf of all home care workers. thank you, and i have a couple questions when we get finished, okay? >> thank you. >> thank you, britney. so i'll turn it over now to you, to mary turner. intro tduce yourself and share with us what you are seeing in the icu. >> i'm mary turner, president of the minnesota nurse's association, which is an affiliate of national nurses united, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the country. i proudly work as an icu nurse on the night shift. in a covid unit in minnesota, and i have been since the end of february. thank you for inviting us to take part in this roundtable. national nurses united has been proud to work closely with you, and we so deeply appreciate your commitment to addressing this pandemic and fighting to protect nurses and other frontline workers. right now, covid-19 infections are surging across minnesota and the country. our hospitals i tell you are overflowing with covid patients. and we aren't prepared. we don't have the necessary re

seiu has been strong on your behalf and behalf of all home care workers. thank you, and i have a couple questions when we get finished, okay? >> thank you. >> thank you, britney. so i'll turn it over now to you, to mary turner. intro tduce yourself and share with us what you are seeing in the icu. >> i'm mary turner, president of the minnesota nurse's association, which is an affiliate of national nurses united, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the country. i proudly work as an icu nurse on the night shift. in a covid unit in minnesota, and i have been since the end of february. thank you for inviting us to take part in this roundtable. national nurses united has been proud to work closely with you, and we so deeply appreciate your commitment to addressing this pandemic and fighting to protect nurses and other frontline workers. right now, covid-19 infections are surging across minnesota and the country. our hospitals i tell you are overflowing with covid patients. and we aren't prepared. we don't have the necessary re

he's more on what teacher's aids and paraeducators are asking for. 20 members of seiu local 521 gathered in front of the santa clara county education office this morning. they are some of the 13,000 teacher aides, occupational therapists and paraeducators working directly with the county's special needs students. since october 5th, 80 special needs students have been allowed back to the classroom for in-person instruction at 5 different santa clara schools. >> covid-19 is spiking across our nation. as the higher levels shut down in march. we can't allow our ourselves to pretend the worse is behind us. >> reporter: they need more training on safety protocols, better cleaning procedures and the flexibility to work from him when they can. >> and i think with the smaller member of students returning in person, we can do this safely if we implement the appropriate training and safety protocols. >> reporter: she is an occupational therapist with the santa clara county education office. she likes being back in the classroom with special needs students but she and others need more staff. >> and

. >> reporter: and that is a representative from seiu, the union representing these workers.alth care management received more than $12 million from the federal c.a.r.e.s. act earlier this year. they say where is that money? they want to know where it's gone and why it hasn't gone to compensate them and pay them hazard pay. in about 20 minutes, the chicago teachers union and the chicago federation of labor is expected to be here to show their solidarity for these workers of the we have reached out to management several times but have not heard back. >> thank you very much from chicago's south side there. >>> the busiest shopping season of the year will be scaled back dramatically in california. new restrictions on shopping go into effect tomorrow. santa clara announced some of the strictest new rules in the bay area for businesses. let's go to scott cohn standing by for us. give us an example of what these restrictions will look like, scott. >> reporter: alex, they're not as draconian as the restrictions we saw they beginning of all of this. remember, santa clara county was a

local 2121 and seiu 1021. i was born and raised in san francisco, and my entire family went to city college. when my dad came to this country as an immigrant, he was laid off from his factually job, so i went to city college to improve his english. he learned about the city college culinary program, and he supported my family as the sole provider for two decades. the training my dad received enabled my dad to afford housing in the sunset and get health care. my mom took e.s.l. classes that improved herself confidence and talking to family members. as a senior going to s.f. high, i took ccsf classes when i was a junior, helping me to graduate from u.c. san diego when i was just 19 years old. i expanded city college into the sunset by working with city college, sfusd and local nonprofits, and i spent a year writing the city college workforce and recovery fund education legislation to ensure that we provide opportunities for our working families during covid-19. today, my dad has been played off, like many other

between the city and county and seiu to update the work study provisions. item 17 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the first amendment to the 2019-2022 m.o.u. between the city and county and the seiu local 1021 staff and per diem nurses, to make administrative amendments to the overtime provisions. item 18 is an ordinance amending ordinance number 106-20 fixing compensation for persons employed by the city and county whose compensation is subject to the provisions of section a-8.409 of the charter, in job codes not represented by an employee organization, and establishing working schedules. >> president yee: okay. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on items 11 through 18 -- [roll call] >> president ye >> clerk: mr. president, you have 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. the items are passed on first reading. madam clerk, call item 19. >> clerk: item 19 is an ordinance adopting and implementing the tentative agreement between the city and county and the san francisco police officers association including adopting and implementing the first am

local 2121 and seiu 1021. i was born and raised in san francisco, and my entire family went to city college. when my dad came to this country as an immigrant, he was laid off from his factually job, so i went to city college to improve his english. he learned about the city college culinary program, and he supported my family as the sole provider for two decades. the training my dad received enabled my dad to afford housing in the sunset and get health care. my mom took e.s.l. classes that improved herself confidence and talking to family members. as a senior going to s.f. high, i took ccsf classes when i was a junior, helping me to graduate from u.c. san diego when i was just 19 years old. i expanded city college into the sunset by working with city college, sfusd and local nonprofits, and i spent a year writing the city college workforce and recovery fund education legislation to ensure that we provide opportunities for our working families during covid-19. today, my dad has been played off, like many other

my name is richard miller, and i am a retired seiu member.e outer richmond, and i go by this street, o'farrell, quite often. i go to trader joe's, and i used to go to best buy. and the planning department did not look at the traffic flow when you leave o'farrell street. o'farrell street is a one-way street leading down to kaiser. it's jammed up, but for me to go through the neighborhoods, to get back to the richmond, i have to drive by the raul wallenberg school, so this is going to put more traffic in the neighborhood across the street there, unless they're going to make o'farrell a two-way street. you should reject this on the traffic flow issue because this is going to cause a lot of traffic and congestions, and i don't see how they're going to support the people in the western additions. i don't even shop at whole foods because of their prices. thank you for listening to me, and i hope you reject this environmental report. thank you. >> clerk: okay. thank you for your comments. operations, do we have another caller, please? a caller in su

she was recently endorsed before the democrat convention by the seiu, the most far-left of the union leadership. the blog has been on the case researching benson with posts here and here. in order to ensure that elections are fair, conducted with integrity and legitimate, and are legitimate, joslyn benson and her friends at he -- at the secretary of state project must be defeated by any legal means necessary. soros, eep acorn, moveon.org and the rest of those groups out of the secretary of state office. we'll be keeping a close eye on this race. but nonetheless, that, again, that was 2010. and then they go on to list lots of liberal democrats supporting he secretary of state project. at least 250 of the 1,600. but then here's another article rom february of 2010. fox news, he had barnes, secretaries of state are tipping the balance of power. n 2000, katherine harris secretary of state of florida made critical decisions. n 2004, it was kenneth black wel, ohio secretary of state who ensured a close republican win. 2008, it was secretary of state of minnesota, who handed that tate senat

the seiu and the san francisco labor locals representing the trades that engage in cleaning our streets and maintaining some of our parks. they're talking about we need more resources, we need more resources. they believe that this new structure, which is going to put the board of supervisors in the position of straiting political appointee -- placing political appointees into governing these agencies, they believe it will mean significantly higher spending. and nowhere do the proponents of proposition b stay straight to the san francisco people that this is a major spending increase. will it address any of the core issues of cleaning san francisco streets? not if it atdss drug addiction, homeless, and mental illness on our streets, the root of so much of our problem. >> thank you. the same question to you, honey. why create a new department? >> well, i would like to first address some factual inaccuracies in some of those statements. one, the measure does require the department to set public standards for cleaning. we want to hold community outreach to set those standards. there is a m

union but is a bargaining unit with rights in the same way as maa, mea appointed out to me earlier the seiuis affiliate would with the afl-cio, for whatever that is worth. my hope is that the we send this forward without recommendation as suggested by chair mar, there may be other relatively modest but important concessions that we may be able to get in the intervening period. i would conquer with that sentiment and want to add my voice to thanking members of the public and our various city staff for their attendance and presentations. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor haney? >> i said a lot of -- i thought about this and asked questions earlier. i want to thank everybody who called in and the staff here. i hope we have all held how strong the demands are for change for the systematic sweeping changes to policing in the city. i think we are in a position with this m.o.u. that frankly is very frustrating. we have the choice to vote it up or down. voting it down means the police get raises immediately and we have been told as we have heard from some of the folks who called in this c

union but is a bargaining unit with rights in the same way as maa, mea appointed out to me earlier the seiu is affiliate would with the afl-cio, for whatever that is worth. my hope is that the we send this forward without recommendation as suggested by chair mar, there may be other relatively modest but important concessions that we may be able to get in the intervening period. i would conquer with that sentiment and want to add my voice to thanking members of the public and our various city staff for their attendance and presentations. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor haney? >> i said a lot of -- i thought about this and asked questions earlier. i want to thank everybody who called in and the staff here. i hope we have all held how strong the demands are for change for the systematic sweeping changes to policing in the city. i think we are in a position with this m.o.u. that frankly is very frustrating. we have the choice to vote it up or down. voting it down means the police get raises immediately and we have been told as we have heard from some of the folks who called in this