the carpenter's union has the full support of this project and the development team. the team at bild have done an extensive amount of outreach to the community, to the labor up including the carpenter's union. this project is a reflection of that extensive amount of outreach. to jane campus as comment on the agreement, there is a labor agreement in place with build inc. they are using eight union general contractor on all projects. by making that commitment, they are making more than just a commitment to labor. they're making a to standards. -- they are making a commitment to standards. it will create opportunities for men, women, individuals who are incarcerated, to step into a career. not just a job. to provide for the families and continue to live in the city and county of san francisco. not to mention the 1500 units of housing that this will create for the already entitled housing units in the city of san francisco that we need. again, that we need in the city and county of san francisco, to ensure that individuals who are currently living here have housing and t

carpenters, unions, those individuals who do a lot of work on infrastructure are supporting me. i am delighted to have their contributions. firefighters, i am happy to have their support. this is the point we should take consideration of. union station represented a of thenvestment federal government in infrastructure based on using stimulus money that i worked with barack obama on to make sure was included for improving the rail from new haven to hartford to springfield, and i was able to work with a person to use additional stimulus money for the following purpose, improve rail north of greenfield. the governor has agreed next year to begin experimental efforts to extend rail transportation to the north. that is infrastructure. anytime we can improve and enhance productivity, it is important. i worked with governor baker to make sure to 91 was done, a $291 million investment. >> opportunity to respond? infrastructure is critical to keeping our community vibrant. it is between transportation and the inner cities, making sure it is affordable and that routes are not ring cut and

field representative for carpenters union. i represent 38,000 members throughout northern california, 1200 living in the city and county of san francisco. the opportunity to work on the project in the central soma plan. the carpenters units and members are here to express support for the plan and certification of the final e.i.r. this plan has been nine years in the making. staff developers and community groups invested an incredible amount of time for a well thought out plan to promote 8550 housing units 33% below market rates downtown to generate tax revenue and provide customers for allow businesses. these individuals could be long-term from san francisco or newcomers. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening. thank you for allowing me to speak. i am in opposition only to blue ncfn's appeal. we understand a few residents in the blue condo are concerned about unobstructed views too tall and too dense now have filed an appeal. we urge the board to not support the misguided appeal in interest of a select view. one developmen

[reading names] [reading names] [reading names] father, a union carpenter.ou are deeply missed. >> and my uncle. though i only knew you for the first 10 years of my life, i learned a lot from the way you lived. to always family first, give fight is inand the the timing. we miss you. [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> and my cousin, sergeant in the nypd. we love and miss you. >> and my uncle. we love you, we miss you, and although i never got to meet you , you still have a special place in my heart area -- heart. [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> there's not a day that goes by without you are thought about, talked about, or remembered. your wife, rosalie, is our rock. they have done so much to ensure your name is carried on and everything you did for the community and the fire department is continued and improved upon. it's a reminder that you are always with us and watching over us. watch over your son and the members of the team headed to the carolinas in preparation for the hurricane. firefighters, the polic

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union before washington was president. immigrants and the sons of immigrants, carrying on the heritage of the boston carpenters who fought forhile missouri was still indian territory. ♪ union men weing, are, we will battle onward side-by-side victory will come. the minekesman for owners, the rights and interests of the laboring man will be cared for not by the labor agitator but by the christian god's wisdom has been given control of the property interests of this country. ♪ >> freedom doesn't come like the bird on the wing, doesn't come down like the summer rain. , freedom, is a hard-one thing you have to work for it, fight for it, day and night for it and every generation has got to in it again pass it on to your children, mother pass it on to your children, brother >> i came to chicago green off the boat, 1910. got myself a job in a men's clothing shop. shaking in your boots, scared of being fired for talking, sneezing, looking at the foreman cross eyed. >> a busy season, it up before dawn, come home in the dark am a children's faces you don't look on except when they are sleeping. season, you can go crazy with the speed,

we are not talking about private such as carpenters and the like. and if the unionsere representing their people the way they should be and listening to the people, then probably my case would have never come to the historical and that it did and it probably would have never filed it, but because they didn't, we now have this situation that we are under today. >> martha: what bothered you was to have union leadership like richard trumka professing to sort of have a political viewpoint that represents all workers, correct? and you believe that that's wrong? >> i think workers have the right to choose their own path and their own opinions. for trumka to report that he speaks for all workers i think is erroneous because not all workers, myself included, believe that the leadership of the unions speak for everybody. we are independent, individual people and to say that everybody within a union agrees with what the leadership says i think is just wrong. >> martha: what about what the president said about the decline of unions and the decline of membership that has been ov

their experience is often with industrial unions or craft ,nions, uaw or the carpenters height-fitters and the like. the workers organizing in the ,ost -- service sector workers janitors and building service workers. so a lot of students, the popular, what people see about unions in the news does not always reflect what unions and workers are doing on the ground. from let's hear from steve plainview, new york, republican line. caller: i'm a republican and also a union member. i would like to know why who no longerrs have to pay union dues get all the benefits of being in a union? that takes away, of course, all leverage that unions have. -- says that he is for the worker, but his foundation is funded by the koch brothers. tohe's really using janice represent big business. it is not about the worker, it is about breaking the workers' union. what can the unions do? union-member only benefits? host: thank you for your question. guest: it is a challenging one. first off, why did nonmembers get all the benefits? this is the law that we have. it is the law, as it evolved in the 1930's and ea

unions got together to spread the word about the free training programs they have available. including hands on demonstrations. considering the an industry wide survey, 80% of construction firms report siiron workers to carpenters as older workers are retiring and hall grads are choosing college over construction. contractors are competing for workers with those in the north bay, where workers are paid top dollar to repair communities lost to last area's fairs. -- fires. >> they have constant cause on the books. it's a good problem to have but at the same time, contracts need to be full filled. >> reporter: the hardest jobs to fill, bricklayers, installers pipe layers and carpenters. >> going to work all day and going to school at night keeps the youth busy. >> reporter: the way things look for tray john, the sky is the limit. >> i'm serious about it and going up with >>the sentencing heing rwwht ctedo fain the way testimony. a grab and go robbery at a bay area apple store, where the thieves hit this time. >>> the people in hope village in san jose are told to move again, where they are moving to this time, next. where a homeless camp is packing up and moving...again. "hope ir >>> south bay, a homeless camp is