we have both of the executive director's, rudy gonzalez and tim paulson from the labor council and mysister alyssa from 2121. we have the operator's army in the house. we have mr james bryant who played an interesting -- a great role in labor over many years. we must continue to work together and continued to fight together. we are with you guys in terms of making sure that we continue to fight for worker's rights. thank you. [applause] >> i was going to try and recognize some of the labor folks here but i think joseph just covered everybody. tim, connie, ramon, also everybody else. thank you for participating and attending. the next speaker's rep estate -- reputation precedes her. she has been the organizing director with a chinese progressive association. [cheers and applause] >> i was nervous, but now i have something to distract you all. just watch him if i get off track here. good afternoon. many thanks to pat and -- let's give it one more round of applause to the hard-working staff of the office of labor standards enforcement you every day help workers to make sure every day law

the san francisco labor council and lifetime resident of the city and county of san francisco, rudy gonzalezeers and applause] >> you have heard from other speakers that san francisco was the first. that mean something. a mean something when labor unions like community, and when i say that, i mean community partners like the chinese progressive association and through their partnership with groups like jobs with justice, where they come together with leaders in san francisco, and set a tone for the rest of the country. we saw just yesterday massachusetts joins the likes of new york and others who have followed suit to raise their minimum wage. as an important statement in what are otherwise dark times in our country. labor will stand with community. we will continue to fight for the working poor and we will continue to fight for immigrants in our communities. we will continue to stand up and provide a voice for working people. not only in san francisco, but in this nation and in this world. it is important that amidst this despair this world. it is important that amidst this despair, we can

. >> rudy gonzalez. honorable members of the board. rise and support of the labor council. it's an important statement of our values that the city and county work with their public employee unions and show other agencies in this region that there are ways to support and strengthen the voices of working people. this is a process-oriented kind of thing. we're amending eous. workers need to be able to stand up together to collectively exert their voice against what all is coming about us. we're on attack targeted by the koch brothers, by right-wing forces that are much in alignment with other guests you will hear from later in the chambers that are attacking public employees and their very right to stand together and their freedom to associate with each other. this is an important step and statement. we rise in support of it. >> thank you, mr. gonzalez. nice to see you in your new role. seeing no further public comment on this item. public comment is now closed. and item no. 21. colleagues, can we take a motion to move forward item 21 with recommendation to the full board, and

i learned he was a teamster and talked to rudy gonzalez who told me that he was one of their best organizers that they ever had and that he brought all of the young people into their contract fight for one of their best achievements. i found out he was on the board of directors of jobs with justice. i didn't know that either. although after i found out he was a teamster, it made so much sense. of course, carlos, not only spent his life fighting for racial justice, fighting against violence and for peace in the community, but of course, he fought for economic justice as well. he saw the interconnections in all of those struggles. it quickly made sense. and then he didn't just fight for economic justice through the union movement, but then he realized he could bridge the gap between labor and community and what better place to do that then at jobs with justice where he could bring those two powerful forces together to fight for the san francisco that he cared about so much. than i learned that he not only meant so much to all of his friends in the mission that he grew up with, that he spent hi