union. i don't want to be forced to join a union. i don't want to join a union. i like having my wages go to myself or my wife and kid. i don't want to have to pay dues to the union, have a portion of the check go to the union for dues and have multiple bosses. i just like being nonunion. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commissioners. jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. we have supported in the past project labor agreements. we've endorsed them when they've come before the board of supervisors for approval when they meet the test of the boston harbor case from the u.s. supreme court which said major projects that are time sensitive that meet the federal requirement can have a union bid. boston harbor gig, airport terminals, clearly the type of programs multimillion dollar or billion-dollar programs that project labor agreements were designed to serve, and to serve the public interest. what we have here is an obvious conflict between serving the interests of small business and local hire and the unionization of all city

be delayed yet again. another delay is the fact of the union forces will not be stopped. he is going to deal with this gentleman in the middle, dan sickles, a fantastic character. if i had the opportunity to sit down with anybody during the civil war, i would sit down with dan sickles. i would not believe a word out of their mouths. i would have a fabulous evening. they tell fanciful stories. i can't get into dan sickles too much. there are some great accounts of him, speaking in this high falsetto voice. he is a notorious liar. he is a woman iron -- womanizer. he is now a core commander. dan sickles will move his core of men forward from his assigned line toward the road, taking up a position along that peach orchard back toward double standard. -- toward devil's den. this guy at the bottom, i would say he is manic-depressive. the greatest quote i heard as he has a screw loose and is not accountable for all of his freaks. that is what charles wainwright is going to say about him. warren is a good officer. you want him in charge of your engineering department. he's going

the smaller shops that are, like, four people, five people, they've tended not to be union. the larger shops, a lot of those larger l.b.e.s tend to be signatory to a union. >> i'm trying to focus the conversation a little bit more for the audience. i want to help disspell some of the information that's out there. we have a program that to your credit and to the credit of the people in the city, we've created over the course of time, as you said, 14b has been in existence, and a major piece of that is the discount. that happens between the five to ten million range. some of those have spoken here today and are represented here today. they're signatory to labor. i'm sure they started out in the mic microrange but they graduated to a signatory. that's all i have for now. also, through the chair, i wanted to call josh back up, director of city build. mr. arsay, so for the audience, some of these questions i already know, but sometimes i ask questions so we get it on the record. for those listening, the audience. how long have we been in existence and how long has the business bee

union members in private sector unions are not being fooled by this. in the last election you probably read 42% of union families voted for president trump despite unanimous big labor support for hillary clinton. that includes government union members. if you took the government out and just look at private sector unions it's more like 65% of union families supported president trump. union workers private sector union workers are not being fooled by what is happening with big labor. these are the strongholds that the progressives have in our society. and it's what they've used to insinuate themselves into our lives and to really educate a generation of americans through the entertainment industry and through the education system into the very tours of social jim, trying to attack the evils of capitalism. the characterization of cap calism is based on greeds is simply wrong. and if you're out there defending this, there's a very easy explanation for this, very easy argument to make that will disspell that. the isn't gordon geck dough, greeds is go. the m

i don't think government employees should be unionized. i think it's inappropriate and by the way franklin roosevelt did agree with that. i think we need to get rid of those unions and so people are doing the job, they need to be held accountable just like in the private sector. it used to be we attracted people in the public sector to take lower salaries because they would have job security and data have these great benefits. guess what, now they're making more than people in the private sector so that justification has disappeared. i'm a supporter of private sector unions. i'm not a supporter of government unions. state and federal level, they should be abolished. >> that will help, that will actually help a lot and there's also, hhs came out with a ruling last week that said, it's a proposed rule that came out that says that state unions can't take medicare phones or medicaid funds from the people who perform home healthcare services and believe it or not, that's a multimillion dollar tip tothe union . because they've been taking, they'v

it is already being policed. the unions do their own recruiting and they have their guidelines that are better than the davis-bacon act. and so those issues, i think are already covered. i am kind of agreeing with the last young lady that just spoke. we have a bid on p.l.a. projects, and we cannot get a trucker to sign. >> know that is your time. i'm so sorry. thank you. i am so sorry. that is your time. we allot everyone the same amount of time. i can't let you just keep. thank you very much. next speaker. hello, my name is carl. i grew up in san francisco and worked in the union and started a local business. the problem would be for a small business is the threshold has to change in terms of the numbers. [applause] i mean that's not a problem. things have to change in terms of the numbers. i don't want to draw this out all day. from the other speakers, they will say whatever they have to say and i agree with them. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> before the next speaker i will call out more speaker cards. notice other

representation of when you're the largest of the real workers' union by some distance but it will be an argument for having a single union operating for real we workers so's we didn't have disputes among. as well as disputes between units of management and we're absolutely we're an industrial union we're not for about a privilege for the higher pay grades or about a privilege for people who were awake already work we organized right across the railway industry and would encourage everybody to join in i am today. but without that for you know can i thank you for begin now it's time to show and i don't know if there's going to be a single really want because union steve but i know we're going to present you with the exam and quickly you know the drill and you don't have to wait your next visit to scott real. quick and then toast to your fellow workers ok thank you very much it's lovely great pleasure steve thank you for coming up after the break i speak to a story in michael fry a man who was made up of tecla study of the course lying to scotland which is via a back and forward between

that must be a union flag, as opposed to more stars being added. even as the union cause became obscure, the confederate cause remained distinct, its symbols alone showcasing that. its memory, its symbols continue to stand apart, suspended in time, and inseparable from the war, and in a movie, "gone with the wind" in 1936 and 1939. increasingly, it appeared as if the confederacy was the civil war. in 1961 through 1965, the lost cause stood alongside reconciliation as the predominant memory of the war. and here we have the flag being raised above the south carolina capitol in 1961. but all of this was a product of 20th century americans. not the veterans or women of the civil war generation. thank you. [ applause ] >>> that was a wonderful, wonderful talk. and we do have time for some questions. if you have some questions, if you would like to move the microphones, we do believe they're working, so lean into them, and they should be working just fine. and we'll take as many questions as we can before we're out of time. >> yes. professor roberts had h

representation of in your the largest of the real workers' union by some distance but it will be an argument for having a single union operating for real we workers so's we didn't have disputes among unions as well as disputes between units of management and the absolute they were an industrial union were not for about a privilege for the higher pay grades or about a privilege for people who were awake already work we organize right across the railway industry and would encourage everybody to join ianthe. but with a vote for your union can i thank you for the good now it's time to show and i don't know if there's going to be a single really workers' union steve but i know we're going to present you with the exam and quickly you know the drill a little of the way to your next visit to the school real. quick and then toast to your fellow workers ok thank you very much it's lovely. great pleasure steve thank you for coming up after the break i speak the story of michael fry a man who has made a particular study of the east coast lying to scotland which is fear but i can forward betw

be revisited, right. because these states come in, they secedeed from the union. what will the place now be? the federal government sees a symbol of the union. will the exthe pang of the tphalt government as the face of the kwraoupb -- will the extent of the national government as the face of the union. and federalism does involve a renegotiation virtually or the reimagining of what is state's rights. what is the power of the federal government. renegotiation of that relationship. why do you think states rights will be some what discredited now? any ideas? the idea of states rights. the state has certain rights. remember who are the people who have evoked states rights before? and for what purpose? before the war. yeah, abby. wait for the mic. make sure the mic is close to you so that everyone can hear your intelligent questions and responses. >> maybe before the civil war was southern politicians that wrote state rights and a lot of that had to do with slavery. some politicians in south carolina in that statement, they evoke state rights between the states but now the federal government has

be revisited, right? because these states, you know, this he succeeded from the union. what will the status of these rebel states now be? the federal government is a sort of symbol of the victorious union. how are they going to negotiate these rights again? will the expansion of the national government or the federal government as the face of the victorious union be connected to the issue of black rights? clearly here that seems to be the imagery. and this is an image right from the middle of reconstruction. this is the issue that is being represented in the north, that the federal government is closely connected to this issue of black rights and that the issue of federalism does involve a renegotiation virtually or a reimagining of what is states rights, what are the powers of the federal government, renegotiation of that relationship. why do you think states rights would be somewhat discredited now? any ideas? the idea of states rights, the states have certain rights. remember who are the people who have evoked states rights before and for what purpose? before the war.

you have to form new state governments and then you will be readmitted to the union. you will not be readmitted under these conditions. and in that, because of johnson, the republican party has moved toward the radical vision. will began with a civil rights bill that johnson vetoed, ends up with a program for black suffrage in order to reconstruct the south. that is pretty radical. member most northern states don't give lachman the right to vote, including connecticut. connecticut had not only taken away the right to vote for black men with the spread of jacksonian democracy, during this time, a referendum came up in connecticut after the civil war to give black men the right to vote. it was defeated. agreed, the percentage of people in the north favored black into have the right to vote kept increasing. wherever the referendum came up in the north, it was normally defeated. wisconsin, minnesota, connecticut. when radical construction begins, it's not only redefining democracy and rights in the south, it is doing that for the nation as a whole. in the 14th and 15th ame

i am a supporter of private sector union but not of government unions at the state and federal level they should be abolished. >> also hhs cannot with the ruling that is a proposed rule that says that states unions cannot take medicare or medicaidfu fine from those who performpe healthful -- home healthcare services in the multimillion dollar hit to the union because they are getting these home healthcare workers who by the way their kids or relative. i'm not there is a walkout or or strike against your child you are the onlyth employee was able make it and change the rule that they cannot use the money for you do and that will be huge. they are being rained in. thank you everybody. >> i will find books for anybody that has one that would like signed. thank you again. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

be done. there were trade unions to be smashed because unions were organized and might offer resistance. many political parties in germany. these the nazis destroyed and were determined to smash every organization where people might ban together and resist them. there were jews to be beant and killed. jews were not powerful but they were a convenient excuse for all the nation's ills. and besides a nazi party member could not take over the man's store. hundreds of cage licks were put in -- catholics were put in jail because the church could resist the nazi tribe for power. they had split the nation into 100 pieces and then one by one, they had destroyed the pieces. over the broken pieces, the nazis went into power. one party, one nation, one religion. these men had one day struggledfor power. they now ruled all of germany. but still they had trouble with their oldest and most resistant enemy the truth. they found the truth does not die easily and so they decided to abolish truth. one great source of truth is literature so they burned books. 20 million of them. many great many germany spok

anybody that wouldn't want to in the union -- anybody in a union that would vote republican needs to behrown out of the union. i cannot -- i cannot believe that anybody in a union would vote anything but democrat because of what the republicans do. host: what are you and your fellow union members doing to get out the vote in november? caller: i'm retired, but i'm going down to the facility at work that. i'm going to talk to the younger union members. a lot of them voted for trump. a lot of them voted against obama because the nra said they were going to take away their guns. and them young guys leave that. they actually -- they believed. they told me that if obama was the military was going to come into their house and take away their guns. that's how ignorant they are. they can't -- they've got to do research. they cannot us into what republicans tell them. it's all yes. for them, their wife, and their children is to vote straight democrat and be union. there, in kinsman, ohio. hi, jerry, go ahead. >> good morning. host: how are you? caller: pretty good. i plan on voting for the republ

union square for my family. to me, it is a win-win. there may be other ice cream places, they are not the type of calibre of ice cream places. they are scattered throughout the city. this union square area is underserved in terms of excellent top-quality ice cream. thank you, very much. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i also spoke the last time we were here. i want to say that this is really frustrating. if this rehearing goes through, it would directly add to the narrative that powerful organizations are able to lobby government agencies for their interest regarding -- regardless of how the public feels about it. if a less influential group brought this argument forward, it would be denied because the data is outdated and does not tie into the issues they are raising. by this point, i am sure it is apparent to you that they are good people and a positive influence on their community. i implore you to end this stressful and upsetting back and forth and grant s.f. hometown creamery at the rates we all know they deserve. thank you. >> cl

i don't think government employees should be unionized. by the way, franklin roosevelt agreed with that. [inaudible] >> yes, we need to get rid of those unions. the people doing the job made to be held accountable just like the air. he used to be we attract people into the public sector because they would have job security and these great benefits when they retired. they are now making more than people in the air. the justification has disappeared. i'm a supporter of private-sector unions. i think they are good. i'm not a supporter of government unions paid with state and federal level they should be abolished. >> there is a supreme court ruling. >> that will actually help a lot. hhs came out with the ruling just last week. the proposed rule that just came out that says state unions can't take medicare funds for medicaid funds for the people who perform perform -- services. that is a multimillion dollar saved to the unions because they'vein been getting so many health care workers, by the way who work with their kids are relatively work for

congressman and union officer edward mcpherson warned that it must never be forgotten that that the force which was the deciding one between combatants for nearly equally matched was the strength of our cause and the moral weakness of their cause. we fought for union and liberty. they fought for disunion and slavery. nothing can gloss over the difference. the rebellion he intoned had not been a redeeming feature but was wholly bad. not uncertain what this book -- what this war was about. while union veterans certainly celebrated reunion, reunion meaning the reunification of the country. that is precisely what they fought for. of course they celebrated reunion. reconciliation was something different. many of them openly rejected sentiments that called for them to forgive their former enemies. or forget that there had been a right side and a wrong side. confederates had committed treason, they maintained and for many union veterans this is much more important than the role of slavery. at least in the 1880s and 1890s. we should not forget that they committed treason. they said indications li

be great. throughout they belong in spain and in the european union i don't believe that as more country is difficult world would be would survive better alone so the force last year when you witnessed scenes that we saw all round the world what was your thought as the as the socialist leader in catalonia well i was very worried about the breaking of the rule of law that dependence parties falls upon everyone and i was also very concerned about the. the no response the non political response of the popular party and the worst day of this period was the first of october when the popular party decided to go against a referendum by using the police force upon people that wanted to vote and you must address the issue telling the pro independence people did you see another way to reach your go and to be better together we've been lucky enough to have a change granting the government of spain and the new government. of the socialist parties has i'm willing to engage into a political dialogue i think it's no good also what is your message to your party colleague senior sanchez the new prime minister spain a

union for me a scenario in your scenario involving independents who have to be in a scenario there forsome coming of mediation the mediation of. because we don't want to go to. a union for economic reasons but also for other. reasons we are now experiencing what it means to be under the protection of the european. union. there are people in jail. you can count them. the. couple of hands. we have seen the judiciary has done in germany in britain in. in scotland so an enemy scenario you see catalonia future friendly european union but of course the right to resist in the process of leaving the european union what's your assessment of the protests. actual economic damage for the united kingdom i cannot see how the how the united kingdom. could possibly. benefit from the store large to become a single. europe it's totally in bangor while europe has benefited a lot from trade from medicaid in. from europe it seems to me. that move i don't know where you'll be tossed in catalonia in near future i hope it success but when you do then please use the quick you know the drill whisky in the quick

of myself and george the other author i think we have divided opinions and i see the european union as being undemocratic and run in a very near liberal agenda which is one of the reasons i think it is undemocratic which i think neal liberalism tends towards authoritarianism i also think it's interesting coming back to what's happening katter when you contrast that with the same silence towards the right wing parties reemerging across europe and implementing measures against migrants against muslims and so on you know the european union is not a bastion of democracy chris bambery thank you and that's it for the show will be back on monday job as a good cia backed coup screw ups in the colonialism in congo one of the most it will take is the resource rich and poor countries of the world building to be judge of us by social media will be back on monday like you do years since the birth of the revolutionary and the diversion list repeatedly targeted for assassination. by the united states. this is my love hate relationship with the united kingdom. and the love it because it's shambolic and frau

union? so we went from being down and out, you are one of the most successful in the union. very close to the top.

union women could be equally disdainful of reconciliation is to efforts. we have the national wrc president fiercely objecting to a suggestion that union women should decorate the graves of on memorialsoldiers day. "treason is treason, whether living or dead, are blue -- our boys in blue were loyal. never while life shall last that we that of urc will honor the grave. return to where he began, how do these competing memories of the warfare in the 20th century? although most northerners to not succumb to the lost cause, by the 1920's and 1930's it seemed as if the confederate memory of the war had eclipsed that of the union. groups worked vigilantly to keep the lost cause alive. the monuments that were created , most ofese years these monuments go up between the late 1880's, starting in the 1890's through about 1915. there is another way to the early 1920's. this corresponds to the height of veterans association, both union and confederate. there is a correspondence to the dying off of veterans. and the response is not one of defiance but union veterans are

are these places that are ripe for being unionized? or as you brought up in the book, robots, this just a temporary boon for employment opportunity for folks when robots may be taking over a large part of those responsibilities? >> guest: those are all great question. i will say these ultimate centers have the potential to be the sweatshops of the 21st century. it's all based on productivity and when you have billions the packages you had to get out the door, there's no way humanly possible you can compete with the robot that never gets tired and never needs a restroom break. to add to your question, i think they should be ripe for unionization. whether that can happen in 2018 or not i don't know know. i do think workers can be and are being exploited in his place it because literally for $12 an hour you shouldn't have to literally have to work yourself to death for ten hours a day. but at the same time automation is in the long run is far cheaper than paying people to do these jobs. when you're talking lifting boxes up, putting labels

it should be determined by the aste, the local governments, well as the labor unions. it should not be dictating because what have they done? to my home state of illinois, we just had the governor overturn a large union. ben: i've been following that. >> what advice can you give me going in as a future teacher, and may be against the usual status quo which is if you are a teacher, you support the union? this is the same advice i give the students in college. if you are -- you can push as far as you can push and push no further. this is a personal decision you're going to have to make. you have to determine what you are willing to lose her job over, what your willing to simply be hated over, and what you don't want to be bothered over. this is a decision i can't make for you. dore do you think you can the most good? whether it is an actress in hollywood or students in college, your use of your own schools -- skill set is what is important. getting fired may not be the most productive use of your own skill set if you can help infiltrate values to hundreds of students, ver

david, the blame game starts, it could be the european union, according to the government, they couldsearcher projects like those bridges across the country. basically, they have to blame somebody? they have, and this is a very graphic and well put together story on the front page of the times. on the left—hand side of the page, the political element of the story, italy's new populist government targeting particularly what they call the business elites and significantly bustled the eu, putting some blame in their direction. on the other side of the paper, the human element, this couple who perished. and some of the stories, yes, the 39 people who have perished, the awful tragedy that this has been. but on the other hand, the lucky people, including one 01’ hand, the lucky people, including one or two britz as i understand who survive. but you know, there was a line today thus sought, though this is not unique in italy. these problems in italy are not unique in recent yea rs, problems in italy are not unique in recent years, i find that extraordinary. interesting that the eu is coming

it should be determined by the state, the local government, as well as the labor union should not be dictating. what have they done in my home state of illinois? we just had the governor overturn a large union. what advice can you give me andg in as a future teacher kind of maybe going against the usual status quo which is if you're a teacher you support the unions? ben: this the same advice i give to students in college. far as you can push than you can push no further. this is a personal decision you'll have to make. you have to determine what you are willing to lose your job over, what you are willing to simply be hated over and what you don't want to be bothered over. that is a decision i cannot make for you. you have to make yourself. you know yourself better than i do. i have always said whether it is actors in hollywood, teachers, or student in college, your use of your own soul scat -- skill set is what is most important. getting fired may not be the most productive use. you really do have to calculate these things out. things where you can do the most good, i know it is fake

i would not be able to be a union steam fitter. i would not be able to have my pension. and a platform that protects me from the overreach of my employers i work for while building the systems of his country. i am asking you to make an effort to help me and my sisters defend my rights and the rights of our children and grandchildren. this is a lifetime appointment. contact your senators. ask them to please do not support the kavanaugh vote. oppose this. please. [applause] >> fired up. >> ready to go. >> fired up. .> our next speaker she will be followed by catherine been. >> buenos tardes. [speaking spanish] good afternoon. i am a domestic worker and organizer with the national domestic workers alliance. [applause] the 2.5e representing million nannies, house cleaners, and care workers around the united states. [speaking spanish] we are working women. mostly immigrants and women of color who care for other people's loved ones and homes. our work is critical to the economy and democracy. domestic workers have had to fight for the right to work with safety and dignity. spa

june this is called the people who join us in the pro you will be in approach new will be in union or minister i wish you well in your endeavors and to help you in the way i present you with the early simon quicken you know the drill whiskey only scotch in only which only scotch no other whisky what's in. your belly for this is not a thank you very much i think it's the zone. the gratitude of the surroundings and the palace of the generality that of catalonia should not disguise the fact that is still a feeble political atmosphere the vast majority of catalans want the right to determine their own future even if they are divided on what that decision and determination should be we've had from the new president about his strategy for the chief in his dream of an independent republic there is a new prime minister in madrid that is going to be a dialogue. becomes a meaningful dialogue or just a dialogue of the deaf remains to be seen one thing is certain catalunya still has the capacity to astonish the world so for myself and all the excitement sure is good bye for now. one of the featur

are these places that are ripe for being unionized? or, as you kind of brought up ii the book, will robots -- this is just a temporary boom for employment opportunities for folks when, you know, robots may be taking over a large part of those responsibilities? >> guest: those are all great questions, and i will say certainly these fulfillment centers have the potential to be the sweatshops of the 21st century. it's all based on productivity, and when you have billions ofas packages you have to get out the door, there's no way possible you can compete with a robot n that never gets tired and never needs a a restroom break. so tooo answer your question, i think they should bek. ripe fori unionization. whether that can happen in 2018 oror not, i don't know.za i do think that workers can be and are being exploited in these places because literally, you know, for $12 an hour you shouldn't have to literally have to, you know, work yourself to death for 10 hours a day. but at the same t time, you kno, automation is in the long run far cheaper

which western donors all with an businesses are usually more keen to participate or let unions take part of and china being part of asia well doesn't even have in it at the labor unions in the country so this means that chinese firms on really used to dealing with labor unions labor rights and relations and this is perhaps why chinese firms operating in africa are often accused of violating international labor laws as well as the national laws in the country spent so are we going to start seeing the chinese out of africa if the unions get their act together. well in africa it's actually africa itself it's actually a very important part of the one belt one row initiative and this is a key geopolitical initiative announced by chinese president xi jinping in twenty so tina and this is actually the silk road economic belt and it seems to be a platform for international cooperation as well as to build more if a structure connecting geopolitical and global countries all together and it's very important important for africa's infrastructure as well as the construction firms and. estimated africa's infrastructure

hour strike at frankfurt on airport check in desks were unstaffed and passengers nowhere to be seen pilots' unions representatives say the message is that ryanair must change. almost anything not about defeating ryanair it's about sending a clear sign that defeating their own employees has to end. some passengers at berlin shona failed airport were forced to spend the night there many didn't know when they'd finally be able to fly out but some are still sympathetic to the pilot's demands and it's a bit unfair the pilots draw the short straw just because people want to fly on the cheap. i think it's a safety risk if someone's employed as a so-called freelance pilot then perhaps doesn't stay home when they're sick so i think it's justified. pilots in belgium ireland and sweden also walked out on friday in the airline's first coordinated europe wide strike a total of four hundred flights were canceled disruption of european airports was a de minimus with passengers informed in advance of the cancellations. the u.s. reinstated economic sanctions against iran beginning tuesday a few weeks after u.s. pr

the shirts that said down and negotiate with union leaders about such issues as payment holidays so the hardest thing he's ever done in his life these can be clearly david and goliath battles unions against large multinationals do you think the success in kenya has emboldened the unions to stand up for their rights oh yes i think it has i mean so far there are about eighty agreements in place across africa i mean that is little more than than a famous drop in the ocean but nevertheless. think for many unions that is quite a starting point as you said it often is a david versus goliath battle and unions often felt powerless they felt they simply were not strong enough to negotiate with multinational companies like these and i think these these agreements have shown them and they're actually able to do something so your first eighty agreements a starting point in this case which were fairing to we're talking about east africa is that bolder approach or means the same across the continent you know unfortunately it is not a do it really depends what country you're looking at the problem is an awfully tarion countries in africa unions do not ha

union should have people who do that. with. you know that yeah we have our own legal service department. so that services like that have to be paid for obviously they're not for free so. this workers need to organize we need organized labor and unions because obviously we can achieve a lot more when we join forces and move it isn't an eyeball the costs are thing right. yes you have to join the union that's not asking too much if you know how much they have been well if you have a decent income the d.g.p. unions charge you one percent of that income. i think it's a good investment in this do you just get josie and marcus do you want to spend one percent of your income on a union or go back to since we're already in the. great. that's what i like to hear. what joining unions other organizations is something xclusive two human beings machines by contrast have no need to use for a group to look after their interests so what will become of us when the world is deep in the throes of the fourth industrial revolution and robots have taken over many of our jobs. how we work in the future. human factory staff will be replaced by robot