union of operating officer. and then the number one to the 2010-2012 teamsters local unit. item number 24 amendment no. 1 to the 20102012 transport union workers of america local 200. item number 21 to adopt the first amendment to the 2010-2012 ford of transport -- the non mass transit authority -- an item number 22, adopting the amendment no. 1 to the 2010-2012 for the transport workers union of america, local 228. adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 unit 8 -- and adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 for unit 1188, 324. no. 25, for a minute -- 24 -- >> this is item two-five, 7-24. we will turn this over. >> good morning. does so from the department of human resources. these are all the amendments with the alternative health savings agreement, to the provision that we had negotiated in the spring of 2010. when we bargained with the various groups at the public employee labor council, we agreed that we would seek certain health care savings starting in fiscal year 2012. we have the city only paying up to the second-highest for the employee only coverage, and the

union of operating officer. and then the number one to the 2010-2012 teamsters local unit. item number 24 amendment no. 1 to the 20102012 transport union workers of america local 200. item number 21 to adopt the first amendment to the 2010-2012 ford of transport -- the non mass transit authority -- an item number 22, adopting

the ordinance adopted an amendment no. 1 to the operating engineers local union -- the international union of operating officer. and then the number one to

>> he is the lobbyist on behalf of a local union, mainly here in san francisco. the union does work for pg&e, the line workers, is my understanding. and i also know that marin remains opposed to the bill. so it is a good question, and i appreciate mike's comments because there may be a strategy that i don't know. but it would be good to have maybe an intent motion from the commission along the lines of the chair's session, and then i can take that intent motion back and talk with the sfpuc staff about if marin remains opposed, and we are not, even though it doesn't effect us, perhaps we ought to consider -- but it does affect them -- perhaps we ought to consider an opposed position as well. supervisor mirkarimi: i would agree. and if marin, who has been in front considerably, and san francisco, who has kind of been a back stop in this whole calculation as one of the two remaining and yet vibrant counties in the state of california that is pursuing this course of action, no reason to let marin be out in front all alone and for us, the headquarters of where pg&e is

the musician's union, local six, the union for professional musicians founded in 1885.ur goal is to improve the economic status, social position and general welfare of our members. we are affiliated with the american federation of musicians in the united states and canada. in san francisco and the bay area, we represent areas, various regional and metropolitan symphony and opera organizations, major regional theaters, sky walker ranch, recording film scores, and games. celebrity shows that come through our large venues and more. musicians whose livelihoods come from working in the many restaurants, clubs and cafes throughout the city. these are extraordinarily hard timeses for musicians. we hear of orchestras filing for bankruptcy because giving has been drastically cut for the arts. government support is virtually nonexistent and shrinking court and -- corporate and individual give something not giving up with the cost of doing business. what we don't hear about is the plight of the last cat gore of musicians for whom we advocate. the club musicians on count on the ava

i want to give an extra shot out to the chair of our public employees union from local 21. i am surprised his marriage is still together, the amount of hours he has spent on this. i want to knowledge everyone surrounding us today. some of the other people working. i know tommy o'connor from the firefighters. the police representatives. along with the board of supervisors. there was a lot of number crunching to people were fully prepared when the move to the table. this is historic. i am really proud of both the public sector and the private sector that we can craft this kind of resolution. thank you. [applause] mayor lee: i also said the transparency was well beyond the labor unions as well, as well as our city workers. so, i know this transparency was reflected in the san francisco chamber of commerce and their ongoing participation. they listened very quickly to our efforts. >> thank you, mayor lee. the chamber of commerce and the entire business community of san francisco want to thank you for your leadership, and supervisor tells burns -- supervisor tells burns -- super

local citizens. i want these contracts to go into the first congress a -- congressional district of maryland. i don't have a lot of unionontractors in my district. there are a lot of districts that don't have a lot f we want local contractors to be employed, if we want local citizens to get jobs, local unemployment rates to go down, mr. chairman, i would suggest we defeat this amendment which will frequently require in order to qualify for a contract you have to hire out of district. you may have to go to another state. the gentleman says, if there was evidence, congress would not approve of project labor agreements. i again rise in strong support of the latourette amendment and urge it to be adopted. i yield back. . the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i'm here in opposition to this amendment and i heard a lot of the compelling arguments here today as to why this amendment should be adopted. let me remind the members that the appropriations committee passed the language that's in this bill right now that restricts funding from going to projects that require -- project labor

to introduce tom other conner, -- other' conner -- o' conner, the president of local 798, if fire -- the firefighter's union. family and friends, lieutenant vincent perez and firefighter tony valerio, thank you for allowing me the honor of taking part in this beautiful service to celebrate the lives of your son and your brothers. thank you for allowing me to commemorate their sacrifice and their service. and to their brothers and sisters in the san francisco fire department, to all of our colleagues in the fire service, and to all soon francis cans who are mourning this tragedy. and none of us will ever forget what happened this week. there are no words that can describe the pain and hurt that we feel. there are no words that can begin to do justice to the sacrifice that has been made. it is also difficult to put to words the lives of these men for they meant so much to so very many people. we can tell stories about them though, stories that help define who they were. we can share humorous stories, sharing little details such as the fact that tony had quite a gift for gab. tony could talk. and tony could ta

i want to give an extra shot out to the chair of our public employees union from local 21. i am surprised his marriage is still together, the amount of hours he has spent on this. i want to

state of michigan which citizens say might become a template for disturbing breakdown local democracy. greek trade unions have begun the general strike against new austerity plans which had to go to a crucial vote on wednesday some protests or even warning bell tried to prevent him from entering parliament twenty eight billion euro package of spending cuts and tax hikes is a key condition for the country to get more cash from again proved to be the new bailout of last year's eight. and handed over otherwise greece could become the first country to default on its debt. some states like that they are still keen to join the military others are beginning to rethink their membership plans some bottle. ship italy france thank you turkey is in asia minor and not in europe is police is not a. turkey started seeking integration with europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made in a new candidate in one thousand knowing that since then from some germany have remained opposed to continue stalling negotiations turkey. and european union. have actually stalled. the relationship for such a long time that turki

free debate people from outside of europe who come to any country in the european union shoot themselves through the local laws the local way of living when in rome do as a romans do and this is very important multiculturalism in reality does not work in europe we are seeing big problems in major cities major capitals in western europe where we see power societies that have emerged you know with so many people who don't feel they have to adapt themselves to the way of living in the country they went to and so this has to change i think we need a much more restrictive immigration and integration policy let's check out some other international news we have for you today. thirty four people have been killed and over eighty injured in the iraqi capital after three explosions at the local market police say the bombs targeted a shiite mosque there was no immediate claim of responsibility but such mosques are frequently attacked by sunni extremists including al qaeda. the european union has hit syria with more sanctions aimed at seven individuals and four companies it says the measures were broad because of the

well i think people from outside of europe who come to any country in the european union shoot themselves through the local laws the local way of living if someone comes to germany well he should speak german he chewed through the german culture and german way of thinking and what you do at home you know is your own is your own rights your own problem but you know once you start functioning within society you know you should know that you are in a certain country you should do when in rome do as the romans do and this is very important multiculturalism in reality does not work in europe we are seeing big problems in major cities major topic roles in western europe where we see the power of the societies that have emerged you know with so many people who don't feel they have to adapt themselves to the way of living in the country they went to and so this has to change i think we need a much more restrictive immigration and integration policy well of course europe is now experiencing a wave of immigrants from north africa and the middle east is it really ready to accept those people in those vast numbers obv

i'm a business representative with the international union of elevator constructors, local eight. thank you for allowing me to speak. i've been a resident of west would park for the last 20 years. i've worked in the downtown area for probably the last 30 years. it's with great pride that i watched the renewal and revitalization of the south of market area and areas around downtown. it was a project on the west side of the city which has not experienced any such renewal. this project is -- has enough provisions in it to protect the tenants in light of supervisor chiu's proposed amendments. i would strongly urge, in light of that, that you allow this important project to move forward. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. >> i am peter andersson. i'm a business owner, architect, and faculty member of california college of the arts. i strongly support this project and believe it should now be brought forward to the board of supervisors for review and approval. i sympathize with current rent whose individual households will be impacted in the short term. i would like to call attention

finances that financial manager has the power to do pretty much anything from void in union contracts to cutting local government services and even selling off huge chunks of the city public parks and power plants to his buddies in private corporations at a fire sale price it is the sugar law center says about it in a press release about the law it is a power grab by lancing politicians ideologically committed to reward in the private sector at the expense of the common good it is an attack on the very core of democracy and now the sugar law center is fighting back for more on their efforts to fire governor snyder's financial manager and injures i'm joined by john phyla legal director of the sugar law center for economic and social justice and the lead attorney suit filed against michigan john welcome. thank you thank you for having great great to have you with us first tell us a little bit about your organization why you're filing the suit well the sooner law center is you were nonprofit was or not that's organized around the idea is that people's economic and social rights are basically human rights

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