on behalf of the labor local 61, over 3000 members in the city and county of san francisco, on the apprentice, i do not think we have any problem. we have more than 99% of the new emperor this is coming through. there san francisco residents. thank you to maria for working it out to do this pla. i think it is going to agree to a lot of work for all the san franciscans. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> at this time, public comment is now closed. >> we will move into your next item, approving the minutes of the september 8 meeting. >> so moved. >> we have a first. is there is second? >> i will second. supervisor kim: thank you. we will do a roll-call vote. >> with that, first and second. director harper. dr. lloyd had another engagement and left. director metcalf. the next one. and madam chair. with that, the minutes are approved. that does conclude your agenda for today. supervisor kim: thank you. are there any announcements? the meeting is adjourned.

been completed by local labor. if there are any questions -- director kim: comments or questions? director reiskin? director reiskin: thank you. ghraib report. it looks a tremendous progress that you all are making. -- great report. while it is clear the progress is significant, just looking at the graphics of the status of the wall, but dress, it looks like you might be running ahead of schedule. it would be helpful in these presentations to get a better sense of not just how much progress we are making, but where we are relative to the baseline original, and baseline cost. just glancing at the summary, it looks like you are going to beat the shoring wall and buttress. >> that is based on the original baseline schedule. more than one month ahead in completing that area. unfortunately, that is not worth the critical path runs through the project. that is through the buttress that at this point. a thing that we can do to expedite that. but it is getting close to right where we expected it to be. there had been some

and there are the hours to date with local labor running right around 70%. total labor being worked on in the transit center. happy to take any questions. thank you very much. >> just a few questions. this is a great report and looks like it is making good progress. how are we doing specifically relative to budget and schedule? >> still very well. there are still, as the executive director pointed out -- we are waiting for those 100% cd drawings that spring, and that is more on the pre- construction site which turner is now working on. >> on the construction side, going well, there have been a few unknowns. we had it at the 72 shafts to the such as planned, so the change order was successfully negotiated, significantly less than the original request and also included some negotiation, so that has been a big, overall change. there continue to be minor unforeseen -- or not unforeseen, but changes the scope that were not covered during the additional utilities that were not planned on for rerouting and things like that. all fairly small in nature and well withi

local labor 261. >> good morning, directors. on behalf of my members, this is one of the greatest pla's i have ever seen. i have to think area. she put in a lot of effort for the perhaps quickest pla that has happened in history. i think we did a great job. this pla can put thousands to work. not only in east bay, san franciscans, all over the bay area. it is a really good pla. i forgot to mention, everything that will be put into the building, that facility will need to be made in the united states, which is really good. i hope you support all of that. thank you. director kim: i noticed many of your members are here. would you like them to stand in support? thank you. >> james bryant. >> good morning, directors. >director kim: we called mr. bryan be we will continue to call the names. >> james bryant. western regional director. have done a very fine job, maria, you always have done a fine job around the city. you continue. i am impressed that you all have been very good about looking at what is important about making sure this

there's also supporters of occupy oakland, occupy san francisco, as well as supporters from various local labor unions. this is all part of a day of action in the general strike called by student. this morning, tunes hung up banners -- banners and signs and rolled up rugs. >> kind of help facilitate a learning -- learning victim that's very friendly and homie and is not threatening. >> we also feel the need to show we're not just an angry mob. >> reporter: but students say they have plenty to be angry about. they are worried about lien debts, threats to the -- loan debts, threes to the education center -- threats to the education center. >> here we are the people, we need to demand it. >> reporter: other students say they are here to protest what happened last week when police clashed with students in this plaza after tunes tried to establish and occupy cal. >> i was here last week when we set up the tents and i was so surprised by the response of the police and the university. >> reporter: now, for the -- now the plan is to come back tonight. live in the uc berkeley -- live on the uc berkeley

local labor groups accused them of punishing people who complained about working conditions and triedorganize a union. today they said the lay off was strikely an economic decision. >> the ufcw has taken this opportunity to use anying they can to exploit these unfortunate reductions in the past. >> reporter: he is as he came unannounced because they distributed a letter at his church inviting the public to talk to employees himself. but after chatting with several workers he was asked to leave. >> management has nothing to hide and they are going to welcome people in like myself, then i think they need to give me the right. >> do not allow a politician that is the puppet of the ufcw to come here and discredit our good names. >> reporter: he did not say what workers said here but set up a hot line for employees that could lead to a public hearing. robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there may be more work that needs to be done to improve the battery on the 4s system. apple says the software fixed the problem however many apple customers are posting comphraeupblts on message boards.

. >> reporter: local labor unions encouraged their members to walk off the job. >> you see people on the streets? this is just beginning. >> reporter: today, police kept their distance. >> medic! >> reporter: the occupy movement is galvanized in part by images of marine scott olson, seriously injured by what witnesses say was a police projectile. today in new york a group of veterans marched through wall street. >> need to step up and make good. >> reporter: holding up pictures of olson. in philadelphia, police moved in to arrest nearly a dozen protesters who settled into the comcast building, the parent company of nbc universal. back in oakland, the police union says they, too, stand with protesters but they will also enforce the law. brian, the crowd has been growing all day. while for the most part it has been peaceful there have been incidents of vandalism. images of protest rs pouring through oakland streets. they are headed to the port of oakland and we have reports that the port has been shut down. protesters are reportedly blocking trucks from going in and out of the port. pr

coming up at 6:00, how local labor unions are handling the strike. i want to show you this children's village was set up. they will go trick-or-treating tonight. it's one of the changes in the movement today. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> across the bay occupy protesters in san francisco were hoping to get protection from city hall. live picture now from the plaza. more than 100 people. members are organizing themselves, you see signs, they served food during the day. christian will have a report at 5:30. >>> it was not a good day on wall street today. stocks ended the month with steep losses. investors were till worried about the greek debt crisis. here are too's -- today's closing numbers. the dow jones industrial average lost 276 points to close at 11,955.01., the nasdaq composite dropped 53 points. for the month, they were all up between 9 and 11%. >>> experts say hiring is booming but it may not be enough. the tech industry created 65% of all jobs from january through december. the bay area needs a rebound in housing,

at a local market for day laborers, laundry women wait hatefully -- wait patiently for work. they are about as half as much as men. >> we think it is the man who decides. we have to submit to what the man say. especially women with little education believe that. >> there is a lot of macho thinking. the woman is said to be demands's property. she may be beaten or sex -- the man's property. she may be beaten or sexually abused. >> the men do not treat us well. they missed treat us with physical violence or psychological abuse. -- mistreat us with physical violence or psychological abuse. >> of violence against women is commonplace. the women's shelter deals with several thousand cases every year. this woman is hiding from her husband. the director of the shelter tells us she has suffered a lot up violence. she says her husband beat her repeatedly and threaten to kill her. he also rates their daughter repeatedly over many years. f-- he also raped their daughter repeatedly over many years. >> i have suffered from this man. how can he do that to his own daughter? >> machismo is st

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local labor unions encouraged their members to walk off the job. >> you see the people on the street,his is just beginning. >> demonstrations have been largely peaceful, although some vandalism has been reported. this is a broken window at the chase bank with a sign stating, "we are better than this." tonight, the "san jose mercury" news reports that protesters have shut down the port of oakland. thousands are now gathered at the port's gates. >>> coming up, we're less than a week away from the election day in ohio. so what does governor john kasich have up his sleeve? we'll tell you next. >>> by joining together, we will get people back to work. after all, we want our kids to chase their dreams right here in ohio. >> vote yes on issue 2. >> you can smell the desperation of ohio governor john kasich and supporters of issue 2. polls show voters are prepared to repeal ohio's union busting law next tuesday. so kasich is going across the state telling people to vote yes on the issue 2 for the kids. a new ad by building a better ohio, a pro-issue 2 group, is pushing the same message. >> yo

local labor unions encouraged their members to walk off the job. >> you see the people on the street,his is just beginning. >> demonstrations have been largely peaceful, although some vandalism has been reported. this is a broken window at the chase bank with a sign stating, "we are better than this." tonight, the "san jose mercury" news reports that protesters have shut down the port of oakland. thousands are now gathered at the port's gates. >>> coming up, we're less than a week away from the election day in ohio. so what does governor john kasich have up his sleeve? we'll tell you next. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> by joining together, we will get people back to work. after all,

we would also like to see stronger local hiring provisions on this project labor agreement. in that way, there will be more doors open for job opportunities for underserved residents of san francisco. thank you. director kim: thank you. >> good morning, everyone. jackie plan. we are also in support of the pla. -- flynn. we feel the current pla is in line with product standards and is being completed on time and on budget. we appreciate that. we would like to see, as my colleague said, more definition around the apprenticeship programs, opportunities for disadvantaged residents. we would like to see a realistic, measurable goals for targeted hiring and community unregenerate recruitment. thank you for your time. director kim: thank you. >> good morning, madame chairman. i am here to speak in support of the pla, in appreciation for the work of the board of directors, their attention to detail, and genuine concern for the safety, security, and welfare of the workers on the project. with that, the operating engineers and represent 40,000 active and retired members across norther

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