i'm cory helmonds with the national brother hood of teamsters.i'm here to support the gig workers who are sharing their horror stories about being misclassified as being independent contractors by companies like uber and lyft in san francisco. every employee should have the right to a basic livable wage, minimum wage. they should have the right to workers comp and social security benefits. that's why teamsters is in support of assembly bill 5, and we support it here in san francisco. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is javier bermonds, and i'm a member of local 1021. last month's uber strike was an indictment by the public. gate workers are classified as independent contractors, and allow the companies to avoid minimum wage, unemployment, workers compensation. this is disrepect fulful to the historical gains of the labor movement. just this week my friend, who drives in the bay area for lyft, she was in an accident and injured her arm severely and was telling me she hasn't even considered taking a day o