that is a lot more important than saying we want local union jobs. we need access to the unions. eat also want it to be prevailing wage, and we want the jobs and event staging, local community service sector jobs, which many of our young people can get training in a short amount of time to do these jobs. we are very concerned that these jobs will not be local community jobs, but more city-wide. thank you. >> supervisors, i am terry anders of anderson anders agency. i am very glad to be here. one of the things we know is that since it is going to be on the water, what about the marine and maritime? we would love to see participation in see doors open. we know about the other unions. we also hope we can get access to those trades, but let's also talk to the marine and maritime unions, since it is going to be in their jurisdiction. we know this is a large city, and we do not see a lot people from different communities in that union. we also know the economic rewards that will be attributed to the city, we would like to see the various communities be able to participate sitting at the

he'll visit a local union training cent >> >>> president obama is heading to pittsburg to sell his jobs plan. he will be visiting a union center and meeting with jobs council. the senate is holding a procedural vote today to decide whether to take up the proposal just one day after a sobering report about household income. jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com, joins us live from new york now with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> so tell us. what did the report say? >> reporter: this is a tough one. real median annual household income fell more during the economic recovery that's the period from june 2009 to june 2011 than during the recession itself. that's a period between december 2007 and june 2009. income dropped 6.7% to just under $50,000 during the recovery. it dropped by a smaller though still significant 3.2% during the recession. that's a total of a nearly 10% drop in income in just 3.5 years. >> jill, how do you explain this? it almost defies common sense. would you think it would be much worse during the recession? that's why it's supposed

local 22 carpenters union. 20-year plan -- i think someone has been doing their homework. they think the train is ready to leave the station, and i think we all need to hop on board. this is a wonderful project, obviously. and ed reiskin brought up a good point. the area is changing. it is growing. we have to grow with it. we need to accommodate. we need to get ready. you have proven that with your resolution, and it is in the right direction. i want to thank supervisor farrell for pointing out to the grand jury that they missed the report that zynga was moving into the area and also that salesforce was moving into the area. closer to the subway. i guess twitter is kind of far. we need to grow. we need to accommodate that because the area is growing, and this is good. i think a lot of people have done their homework. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i want to comment on grand jury finding 26. no one likes to transfer, but the jury correctly noted that direct service to a number of stops along embarcadero, a few stop

now every day you're seeing different unions local unions standing in the polls that really brings more diversity for me sometime place. so well. yes. because there's been cooperation between occupy wall street those who are here today and the labor unions i believe the local sci you service workers union in providing food i think there are plans for the local let's say you to i have a medical truck here to preclude shots that are going to be staying over the winter here that seems like a good relationship really if you see people coming in from all over the country who've been attracted by the message i've seen abroad. and then just the fact is growing in scope. other than in others magazine they say the same thing and again and still no clear goal or demand. here if there is a demand for this discussing this day obviously the broad theme is still hanger wall street here an economic inequality you know demand for jobs and economic justice in this country i think it's just. sitting. there. they're not. there. they are not a private part right exercise. we have so many things. but right

makes these dreams come true the law says you cannot earn pension benefits from the city and the local union at the same time but the pension board says if the union outside of the city not local even if many of the members are in the city and even if called labor's district of chicago and a city >> not a good interpretation of the lot >> law professor with university of illinois >> interpretation is implausible a logical underlying the legislative intent no double dipping >> capasso generous interpretation of one word local costing the city millions of dollars allowed many union brethren to double dip even triple dip kind of and i scratch your back you scratch my back mentality started a long time ago capasso started in late 1950's street and sanitation dropped out of college lucky break at the age of 25 appointed trustee of the pension board for the last quarter- century executive director running the billion dollar operation while doing that job handed a second job as unit auditor id sot in lot of mob boss tony the big tuna accardo mobbed up long history as other locals in union around ch

i am with painters and allied trades, district council 16, local union 913 of dry wall painters and finishers. the district council covers painters, dry wall finishers, glaser's, and for lawyers. all of our collective bargaining agreements with sub contractors required 20% of the hours to be performed by apprentices. i stand in front of you in support of this pla and encourage you to get this project done so we have no interruptions in the workforce and we get this fantastic project finished on time and on budget with the highly skilled craftsmen and women who belong to our trade and getting paid a decent wage with health care and attention. thank you for your time. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> there is one more. supervisor kim: if there is any more public comment, please line up. >> good morning. 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 fo

>> yeah, the solidarity march with all of the local unions organizing today and they are expecting severalusand people i am told. i talked to one retired teacher, and he said he had been at the "i have a dream speech" in 1963, and he had a button in that speech that said jobs, and he said the message has not changed that much in 45 years. they are excited about the broadening of the coalition. >> and how does wall street process this? >> it's hard to say. there was a quote in the "new york times," a blind quote of a bank executive asking a times reporter asking if he should be worried about the safety, and nobody should be worried about their safety. i think they should be worried about the populist outcry against criminality and inequality and this sort of thing. >> the police presence is quite visible, especially after we saw 700 plus people arrested and then the clash the weekend before that was caught on video, and the police presence here, the fbi saying they are keeping an eye on the situation, and this is a sensitive area, we are at the edge of ground zero, but what do you make of t

to be cooperation between occupy wall street who are here to get me and the labor unions i believe the local x.e.n.u. the service workers union and providing food if i think their plans are going to let's say you do i have a medical truck here to preclude shots if you're going to be staying over the winter here this seems like a good relationship really have you seen people coming in from all over the country who've been attracted by the message that's in abroad. and you can just the fact is broken go. other than others see basically the same thing and again this still no clear goal or demand. here if there is a demand worker discussing this day obviously the broad theme is still can your wall street can your economic inequality you know demand spur for jobs and economic justice in this country i think it's just. they're not. there. they are not a private part of practice i. love writing in my case the beginning and i think this term wall street proper respect you got south park into a sort of militarized zone they really have their heavy equipment out there they have their mounted police th

occupy oakland activists say they have the support of the mayor and local union leaders. police have been closely watching the situation but have not made demands about them getting out of the area. they say they don't have an end time planned. i asked how long they are going to stay out here? they said no plans. they are here until they are not. this is not just limited to the major cities in the bay area. occupy walnut creek is expected to start tomorrow afternoon at 4:00. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> wealth and end equality and lack of jobs are at the core of what driving these protests across the country. today president obama and his republican challengers for the white house will tackle the issues on several fronts. >> reporter: it is all about jobs this morning. the president and the republican candidates for president have high profile events on tap to highlight their respective remedies for unemployment. president obama's 447 billion dollar jobs plan faces its first test vote in the senate today. he's been pushing it hard by most accounts it doesn't stand a cha

i am is representative for the operating engineers local union, and we will be representing the guys operate the machine. just to allay the german's concerns, it will be a pressure balance concern, and the face of the tunnel will be pressurized with minimal impact on the workers and the integrity of the tunnel. delays for the project at this time are unreasonable. i have liveded are around the world in london, new york, paris, all cities with great subway systems. it is what this city needs. it is only going to get more expensive. i do not know where the opposition have been, but everything is going up, and the longer we wait, the more expensive it will get. and the city -- it is the economic powerhouse of northern california leading us out of this recession. this project means thousands of quality jobs going up in chinatown and north beach. i like to go over there with my kids. it is really difficult right now to park. all the mechanisms are in place to monetize and manage the project -- a monitor and manage the project. there is no reason to hold it up at this time. the report talk

last board meeting we honored karen bishop, one of our own, president of our local union here, representing our classified employees and today in the city they honored her. today is karen bishop day so kudos go out to her. and i want you to know that later on this evening we have a great presentation. we're going to talk a little bit about facilities and it's kind of interesting. this last week, you know, several board members, myself, we attended two hundredth anniversaries, schools, including glen park and last week, cleveland elementary school had their hundredth anniversary. tomorrow, jean parker is having their 100th anniversary and george washington high school is celebrating their 75th anniversary and we'll honor them this evening and when you look at that and you look at the presentation that will take place later on in the meeting about our facilities. david golden will update us on our facilities and when you have schools over 100 years old and you look at the work put into them to make sure kids feel valued when a walk into a school that's nice and clean, shiny, and looks marvelo

we went out to meet with small businesses, companies, local unions. we went out to meet san franciscans in their own neighborhoods and coffee shops. we called these meetings 20/20's because we wanted to listen and get from you a clear vision for the future. this city deserves a mayor with a vision of what san francisco should be in 2020. after listening, we have created that vision. we should be a city with public schools that give every student a shot at the future with wraparound services and that also would activity before and after school, a city that rewards teachers with retention bonuses and help with affordable housing, where muni is free for kids who go public school, where we give kids $100 for college savings each year they complete in school. we should be a city that is open, accessible, and responsive to its people and businesses. i will put caseworkers on every merchant corridor in your city to interface with small businesses, respond to their issues. we should be a city where city hall is independent from undue influence. i will reform

he'll visit a local union training center, tour a classroom and meet with his jobs council. >> the senateo hold a procedural vote to decide whether or not to take up the president's proposal. susan mcginnis has more. >> what do you want? >> more jobs. >> when do you want it now? >> protestors stood along a crumbling bridge in downtown los angeles demanding congress pass president obama's jobs plan. >> my dad is unemployed. my brother is unemployed. my sister is unemployed. >> demonstration into the night, they called on lawmakers to put americans back to work, rebuilding the nation's roads and bridges. >> people aring their homes and we need jobs. >> today, the senate holds a vote. a key early test to decide whether to move the bill forward. democrats need 60 votes to beat a republican filibuster. >> this is not a time to squabble. it is a time to get together and pass a jobs bill. >> but some democrats say they won't vote for the measure because of a proposed tax increase on millionaires. republicans are against any tax increases and what they call job-killing spending measures. >> this

. >>> a local union outside detroit has rejected a contract agreement between ford and the united autoworkers. union members are angry the contract doesn't give back some things they lost in previous agreements including annual raises. they're also mad about ford's ceo mullally's $26.5 million pay package last year. >>> soaring costs go to dulles. >> metro silver line extension in loudoun county is going to cost at least $100 million more. we'll have that and much more when we come back. >>> good morning and welcome back to 9news now. 4:44, wednesday morning and it is going to be a wet wednesday in our area. >> yeah, it is going to be. already raining in spots. that rain will be on and off most of the day through tonight as well. got a couple more chances for thursday into friday. but the weekend, the weekend looks good. weather is going to cooperate for that. today, not the outdoors day. probably an indoor recess for the kids as well. here is a look at our bus stop forecast. i am completely in the wrong -- i have to fast forward. here is a quick preview of the seven-day forecast. all right,