my name is mike casey petraeus is speaking as president of local two and the san francisco labor council. first, i want to thank you for your initiative on closing this loophole, supervisor campos. during the darkest days of the bush administration, san francisco stood out as a beacon of light in terms of addressing real working families' needs. during that time, sick days for all working families in a san francisco was passed. we had worker retention ordinances passed. we had the right to organize legislation passed. we had living wage past. we had minimum-wage past, and this legislation initiated by a the supervisor unprecedented anywhere in the country was passed. unfortunately over the past several years, we have seen a real erosion of working people's rights across this country, and likewise, an erosion of the responsibility of employers. responsibility that, in better times, was fully accepted, to provide for working families to be able to make ends meet. this groundbreaking concept of providing universal health care was one that created hope of real coverage of health care. this w