i really respect your having come from labor, i have come from labor as well. i have received the letters from the labor council and frankly labor council resolution has come from staff from ibw and i don't believe the two are different from one another. i also feel that what is in there in terms of suggestions or statements aren't exactly accurate. they are talking about one of the letters from ibw that we have a contract with shell and it's not the case. there is almost a whole vacuum that exist between the puc and labor. actually the puc has contacted labor throughout the build out for our water system and managing our program program as well as. there is a relationship there, that relationship will continue regardless of what action we took today. it's something that is fruitful and respectful and has been without major strout for many years. i think it's a delay that makes this vote. i think it's time we move forward with a vote today. hopefully it can happen with your support if you company care about moving forward with this program that we can have it e

labor councils, in that regard, we have -- i will confirm positive conversations with your staff. the conversations, i will offer some corrective supplement, yes, we do acknowledge that to require that all power production and maintenance and operation be performed union is a reach, however, we do believe it is entirely appropriate for the commission to insist as you ask its staff to work out standards for wages and for benefits for that production. tla's entirely within your purview, i think it is unfortunate that she cast some doubt about a project labor agreement for the work, and did not actually tell you what the criteria were for having the project labor agreement with the city. i believe that it's very straight forward and that it requires that there be some advantage that the city gains by having a project labor agreement and i'll give you one example in this particular context, every one of our project labor agreements has a dispute resolution agreement to which contractors and trades are bound, you've been told a problem with the production of solar power in this town be

another person said this is an important context in labor negotiations, it is. we do not have that information. to pass that we need to pass the not to exceed rate today. in addition, if we pass the rate today we can launch next spring which means we can launch in a time when there is other options available. the only way we can launch with that energy is if we launch at a time that is excess available that others are not using which means we need to launch in the spring. this not to exceed rate has to be passed today. thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, again, my name is in monroe. i come to you in strong support of community choice aggregation primarily just as a citizen. i'm extremely concerned about global climate change and i think as it's been brought up already it's an urgent issue that every minute of delay actually makes a different. by then of the century, we can be looking at hundreds of millions climate refugees from floods, droughts, fires, sea level rise, potentially could be over 30 feet alone from green lands, antarct

the labor council's principles and to remind you what those principles w the labor council adopted a resolution with the three principles that power purchase by cleanpowersf be from unionized california facilities, secondly, that renewable energy generation projects be subject to projects labor agreements so that component of the local build, and also that energy efficiency projects, another component of our local build be subject to project labor agreements as well. i can report that with respect to the first item, the puc cannot limit procurement to unionized california facilities and in our discussion, members of the labor council agreed with that assessment. with regard to the issue of pla's for energy projects both generation and energy efficiency, you know, the labor representatives were helpful in sharing some examples of project labor agreements that they have with other jurisdictions, both private and public, but nothing has been resolved in these conversations. city rules require certain requirements to be met before a city agency could enter into a pla, it's certainly a co

the second event that i want to talk about is the 19th annual labor fest, which is happening on labor day. this is an annual celebration here in san francisco. it's put on by the ilw local 10 at their union hall. there is a flyer that looks like this out on the front table, i hope, unless it has walked away. it's going to be, again, on labor damon, september 2nd, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. it's a combination labor fest and celebration of the port's 150th anniversary. the local 10 labor hall is located at 301 beach street, which is between mason and taylor street up in the fisherman's wharf area. labor fest is open and free to the public. and much like the event i talked about, there will be children's activities, there will be live music, food vendors, there will be an exhibit of the 1934 and 38 strikes, exhibit of the bethlehem shipyard. [speaker not understood], a film of the 1974 bill moyer's interview of harry bridges and lots of other great things. so, again, monday september 2nd from 11 to 5. labor fest runs from july 5th to labor day, which signifies bloody thursday and from

for the labor unions, it was huge. had a lot of working people who could not get to work because of this. and i think this is still an issue that hasn't been addressed by labor. >> but on this, for me, the most fascinating thing -- people would say, this is ridiculous. why can they strike? 20 years ago, i bet people would say, good for them, because they're raising my wage. now they have something i don't. all of a sudden, the new bar is so low, that we're not talking about retirement security, affordability as it relates to our health care, it's just isolating a class issue that's now not just the 1% but folks that have the benefits. >> if the democrat party is perceived as the ones who are giving this to the public employee unions while i do without -- in other words, are they taking care of their own, and i don't feel like they're doing it for me? >> i think this is a challenge for labor unions going forward. everyone is fighting over their pieces of pie and the perception that somehow they get more. i don't think t

another event is also happening labor day weekend or actually a couple days right after labor day. well, this one is september 3rd through sixth at south beach harbor. it is a -- an event put on by the bay area association of disabled sailors in combination with the south beach yacht club hosting the 2013 north american combined access class championships. and effective less what that is is a sailing race for people who need special access to their yves ill. ~ vessel. they run liberty access dingy. should be pretty exciting. the labor day association of bay area sailors is the only nonprofit that provides sailing opportunities for people regardless of disability, experience, age or financial resources. they've been operating at pier 40 for 25 years. in 2012 they started a program for wounded warriors where they help disabled vettion learn how to sail for the first time. we are proud of their achievements. we help sponsor their event and he with hope everyone will come and support them september 3rd through 6 out at pier 40. another event is happening at pier 70 september 9th. this

it can be sex trafficking or labor, forced labor. we see both of those in our country, probably we see a lot around here in the bay area we look at west oakland and international boulevard and young children being prostituted. so anyone under 18 in this country that ends up in prostitution is real lay trafficking victim. we also see labor. where we are seeing is we can see people in construction, people working in small businesses, domestic servants, street peddling and begging. i often thought people were begging for themselves. we are learning people are forced to beg for the benefit of someone else. people washing dishes, work in hotels and motels. >> are these people -- i mean the people who are being trafficked, these individuals, are they generally citizens of this country, immigrants of this country? >> immigration status has nothing to do with human traffic. we can traffic our own citizens. >> it and happens? yes. we can have someone cool into the country illegally and be trafficked. so they might come in on a student visa. o

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. >>> labor unions, they give us weekends, child labor laws, and the guaranteed minimum wage. they virtually created the american middle class but a lot of people are asking, what have they done for us lately. in the united states, union membership has been on the decline for half a century. nowadays, fewer than 12% of americans belong to a union and lately they have come under attack. >> the union has to be broken. >> being blamed for everything from the failure of our school system to the death of the twinkie. but if the american middle class disappear, the middle class could go with them. income and equality into this country is already nearing record highs and the worker is on the losing side of the equation. we know workers still need protection. the question is, are unions still the best way for them to get it? these days, there are a lot of people who question whether labor unions are even necessary. according to a 2012 gallup poll, just 52% of americans consider themselves pro-union versus 48% who don't. today, not only have unions been villainized but now people just

the san francisco labor council held its preannual labor day breakfast. mayor lee spoke to what he called the investment of the men and women of labor have made to the innovation capital. world. >> no matter what the challenge is, your talent is always about innovating through solutions and when we as local government work with labor and with business we can accomplish a lot. >> the breakfast was attended by several labor leaders and also local and state officials including gascon and tom amiano. >>> well, it's usually packed during the labor day holiday weekend. but this year, things are looking different in lake tahoe. why people are staying away. >>> and let's take you outside. there's a beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. things are starting to warm up. rosemary, though, will be here with a look at the cooler pattern headed our way this weekend. >>> and stepping down, san diego's embattled mayor leaves office today. we'll tell you about the people lining up to reep place -- to replace him. [ m ] in my family, we're big cereal lovers. so we just

to officially open the bridge on labor day weekend. they say that the governor has actually thrown his support behind a labor day opening and it's up to the committee which includes the head of caltrans and executive director of the bay area transportation authority and the head of the transportation commission to actually take a public vote that will happen at 10 a.m. and again that will be a formality at this point. they will officially approve a labor day opening. there will be a modest ceremony of sorts nowhere near the big grand opening party that's been planned earlier this year in order to open the bridge on labor day. instead it will be something modest but there may be discussions to have a larger ceremony at some point something that is open to the public and will be sort of a large-scale celebration of the opening of the bridge. any other details about that celebration will come in that meeting tomorrow but again we want to stress we have learned from some very well placed sources within the state transportation authority th

and a labor day opening is back on the table. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran shows us how the feds got involved. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank. now, in this letter that kpix 5 obtained, the federal highway administration gave caltrans the green light to put that temporary fix that may involve opening the bay bridge by labor day weekend as originally planned. the feds cleared caltrans to strategically place 3" steel shims in the swiveling bearings to keep them from moving up and down in an earthquake. the feds say this will adequately replace the function of the failed anchor rods and they say "we see no reason to delay opening the bridge to traffic" > i think everyone's focus right now including people who i have been critical of in the whole process i think is properly focused on safety and getting people off the old bridge and on the new bridge as soon as possible. >> reporter: here's a projected timeline. up to a week and a half to install the shims, and another two to four weeks to notify the public, airports

welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners, david altore with the labor 261 and i took the liberty to writing my thoughts down on paper, the labor have long sought to be elite partner this the city's pursuit of renewable energy and job creation goal, back in march bh the sfpuc thought of setting rates, we asked three critical questions on behalf of our members many of whom are here today, in the overflow room, and they are one, where this program create jobs for our members and the local community members we seek to promote, how many jobs will the program create and three, where and when will these jobs be created? today we have no concrete answer tos these specific questions and cannot support moving forward with a program as it is proposed today, we will however support the sfpuc's immediate issuance of solar bonds and in the immediate progress towards a local build-out of renewable and efficiency that creates local jobs but under the circumstance, we cannot support going forward with what is proposed before the commission today. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other comments

day weekend labor day closure. four years ago in 2009, bart saw a 30% increase in ridership. we just turned our camera around. i want to show you the parking lot. lots of empty spaces. this is the time to come to park because i believe these lots will fill up quickly this morning. also, another reminder if you don't have one of those monthly parkin passes, you'll want to park in the c parking area. keep this in mind if this is something you don't normally do. live at the dublin-pleasanton, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> cate caugiran is at the alameda ferry where additional ferry service will help commuters work around this bridge closure. any boaters yet, any takers? >> reporter: no, frank. as anne mentioned, the parking lot over here is pretty empty. now they are pretty limited. but we'll expect to see more boats in the water today as the ferry services try to get more commuters over from here to the city. now, there's going to be a direct route from alameda main street and san francisco as well as oakland and san fra

and then, to explore in that conversation, the amrikbility of the public labor agreements to the work that would be done and we could come back to the commission with the results of that discussion, for possible action by the commission to direct the staff to negotiate the project labor agreements with us. we have had it through california, and on the clean power generation and we have had them in san francisco, in particular, and on the energy efficiency work and including the small residential contexts. and we are agnostic on the subject of shell. they are or billed as an evil empire and from our point of view they are just capitalist, and as long as we can oblej them to honor the working people we will work with them. and pg&e is not a matter of our concern, just that they honor the labor standards and take care of the folks that they represent. we look forward to continuing the conversations with your staff and thank you for the opportunity. >> any questions? >> thank you very much. >> >> good afternoon, commissioners eric brooks, san francisco green party and the local grassroots

labor practices and labor policies because for once this country has never had a very strong labor party history of trade unions. while you can argue that they have been historically rather weak and also as i think you alluded to in the united states there's still no consensus on the role of government in providing social security and social justice and yet some of the critics of your organization have said in the pas that the ilo may be too strongly influenced by the united states and the so-called market fundamentalism that the united states often represents how would you respond to such purposes no i don't think that's a reasonable view of the way our organization works or indeed how the united states works in the united states is a major player in the international labor organization and upholds really our fundamental values very strongly no the united states has its own challenges it has its own challenges in terms of social security as we've talked about it's got its challenges in respect of employment at the moment and of course keeping people out of poverty but social safety net

labor practices and labor policies because for once this country has never had a very strong labor party history of trade unions. while you can argue that they have been historically rather weak and also as i think you alluded to in the united states there's still no consensus on the role of government in providing social security and social justice and yet some of the critics of the organization have said and the posit that the ilo may be too strongly influenced by the united states and the so-called market fundamentalism that the united states represents how would you respond to such purposes no i don't think that's a reasonable view of the way our organization works or indeed how the united states works in the united states is a major player in the international labor organization and upholds really our fundamental values very strongly no the united states has its own challenges it has its own challenges in terms of social security as we've talked about it's got its challenges in respect of employment at the moment and of course keeping people out of poverty but social safety net in t

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this time, it could be back to labor day. the feds have given caltrans the green light finding no reason to delay opening the bridge to traffic. >>> hayward city workers are on strike. the three-day strike could affect city service including water service and street maintenance. >>> a slippery mess on a road in solano county this morning. tomatoes are all over pedrick near interstate 80 at dixon. the tomato spill is not affecting i-80 traffic. >> chp says that tomato mess if you drive through, drive with extra care. it's slippery on pedrick road inics did son. at the livermore valley westbound traffic a big rig stalled out approaching livermore so we are looking at two consecutive mornings of very long delays for 580. this is leaving the altamont pass through the livermore valley heading into dublin. so set aside extra time for that commute. we also have an accident in the clearing stages over at the bay bridge toll plaza. so this is westbound 80. they are just pulling it off to the right-hand side. you could see right here a

he was a third generation laborer, who rose through the ranks of the labor's international union of north america and served as secretary treasurer and business manager of labor local's 261. in 2009, delatora was elected business manager of the north thener california district of labor and in 2010, appointed to the general executive board as the vice president as large. he is responsible for the non-profits and serves on the boards of the san francisco planning and urban research association, and mission housing, development corporation and the institute. he serves the laborers through his work on several labor boards as well as the joint apprenticement training committee. please join us and welcoming our partner, oscar delator. [ applause ] >> good evening. thank you, zelda for that kind introduction. and thank you mr. mayor, just made his remarks for being a mayor that invests in the youth of this great city. it also, supervisor breed for being here taking the time from your busy schedules. my remarks will be limited but, first i would like to congratulate all of the graduates that went

want to say, i hear some hissing in the background and i want to say we look forward to working with labor because this is going to create jobs and new jobs, competition, it's the american way, there will be jobs with the cleanpowersf program and hopefully they will be good jobs. please adopt these not to exceed rates. thank you. >> well, i'm sorry if somebody missed at you. if i find that again, i'll remove them from the roof, that's not appropriate behavior. jay carmona, he's referring to gwen, welcome. >> i'm gwen, you called me earlier, i've been a supporter, i believe the current not to exceed rates for the program are affordable to the majority of san franciscans to expand most of our city and find a local build-out creating green jobs and a sense of pride. i want to encourage you not to be in the shell shock campaign, this is clearly an attempt by pg&e, to maintain the monopoly, if cleanpowersf were not a greener energy portfolio than the one we already have, we would not have strong environmental records such as supervisor john avalos, supervisor mar, assembly member tom ammiano, i

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for labor local 261, we have taken a position in support of cc a, that hasn't changed but i think it's an important distinction to make because i did attend the hearing at the environment commission the other night, it was about three hours and i think one of the reasons why it was porntd to note what vice-president anglo king had to say today is because that was the fourth vote. we could be having a completely different conversation if the environment commission ak hull took a position and said we don't support rate setting either because these object stirs and goals have yet to be met and i think what they're referring to is they're referring to the draft of the outline of the plan, and so community advocates and correct me, i might add, have said, this has to be about the community and what's in it for them, it can't be one sided, it was always rep senate, that there would be opportunities for communities in needs, specifically the southeast sector and that's why we began to frame this sector as the green new deal and that's relevant because new deals deal specifically with jobs, wh