. >> claire representing the sciu retirees i'm sorry sciu explicit is have the necessarily 83 formula the number of active employees can we have figures with regard to how those will fact the sciu members and, yes, i would direct you to wait before you accept those rates to see the rates overhead for each of the specific categories before you accept the rates being proposed thank you. >> all right. if i think i want to be sure claire if you would pause i understand you couldn't say i want to be sure i heard what you're requesting we do if indeed i was miss representing it your request we at least identify the demographics by active and retiree? yes >> yes. >> the component and the different formula for sciu. >> yes. >> all right. all right. so i'll turn to the executive director and maybe she can assist with the classification. >> executive director sciu has one hundred and 93 i'm sorry 96. >> repeat that. >> the employer picks up 96 of the rate for sciu the rates are for the majority of our active members which are at 93 percent so the constitutional rate itself by paid by the employ

james briepblt was with sciu at the time, to know he would take on all this work force work and be recommended by our committee is something really exciting and be avni, of course, what she's doing with emerald cities. everybody is really great. the only thing i wanted to speak to is the complication with respect to mr. bryant's seat. we were working off the draft of the ordinance up until the past year. up until the past couple days we had a draft that said candidate recommended by oewd late in the stage of the legislation it was added director of oewd and our committee is kind of honed by the city administrator, who may have sent a communication, i know there was a letter sent by the folks of oewd, the director will probably come within the next couple of days, you could even forward mr. bryant's day to the full board without recommendation in expectation of that letter's arrival. >> chair avalos, cis rod rod, department of the environment. i'm not here speaking specifically of any of the candidates but the ordinance does require the technical support of this committee and i wanted to stress

. >> thank you sciu retiree. >> and our r.c. c has asked i want to thank you and thank neil and mr. lee for all the work that was done on those for those rates that's a big issue we're happy wish it could be more and increase our benefits but we understand t and are very grateful. >> thank you very much any other public comment in these hearing none we're ready to vote all opposed by the same sign. >> i. >> all opposed by the same sign no so ordered we're ready for item number 6. >> item 6 discussion item presentation of pharmacy trends. >> as as we look at this particular item we've been talking about points of education for members of the board for those things that are happening across the spectrum providing the health benefits for the employees this presentation i'll classify a discussion item at this meeting but something we need to focus on because i think you've heard if in item number 3 the issue of speciality drug costs and how to manage them is a profound issue across the whole spectrum of health care today, i thank naomi for taking the time to bring us up to speed. >> tha

that are washing our dishes and in the back that don't get off night one or two clock in the morning scius here at the table and and hope they represent that constituency i want to make sure you guys are reaching out to unit here and had the opportunity to say yes or no in being in this conversation those workers are some of the people that really you know lifetime they can't afford a car or cab rides and they have irregular schedules so is it is really important to have they're thinking about this and speaking of someone from that experienced that i would want to make sure we're putting a lot of energy towards making sure those connections another night are happening to the best of our ability as easy as possible it won't take a lot of money to do that but with a little bit of shifting in schedules we can get a whole lot of wins with respecting the times someone is wailing e waiting on the corner of van ness waiting for the 49 other transportation it is terrifying so i think that is how we can coordinate those schedules and it is unfortunately, i hate to see it director heinecke people a

. >> martha hawthorne pensioner sciu 10 to within i support of the creation of this committee it is a good step forward i want to express on you, the urgency which our members have divestment we took it upon ourselves to come out in a strong recommendation you to do board to not only go to level it but ultimately divest i was happy to hear the report from calpers a couple months ago they've been engage for 10 years and nothing has really changed i think many speakers have spoken to climate science how we know more and more it is worse and worse on behalf of members of the suv 10 to one get this committee going but the ultimate rule is divest no rule of result in changing it's practices we will be ni eve to think that. >> i think that was calendar was going to address the level two vote that happened last week, i was wondering where that stand and what's going to happen next other thing i sort of wanted to mention was commissioner paskin-jordan comment about mr. jeremy grant with his foundation which we're essentially coal will have a part of many companies like a larger basket i have

but on this one i'm convinced by -- especially by testimony from many of the guards themselves and sciu* and others that the armed protection for the night -- the 18 of the security guards -- the 20% -- is a necessity. and i'll just read kind of one of the quotes from one of the security workers from the mta. she says that she and her coworkers are really concerned about this -- the heading is that she wrote to many of us -- "armed security is a must." and i think she's talking about the narrow amount of people that need this defense. she says, "if the contract is eliminated by april 30th at midnight, my coworkers and i will be defenseless against robbery attempts. without armed guards, the likelihood of violent offenses could increase putting mta employees and the community at risk." i'm appreciative that we've heard from a number of staff of the mta about this issue pch but also mr. ris kin has answered every single question not only for the budget committee and following up with what the budget and budget analyst has given us as well. but i'm appreciative of the training ris kin has

the sciu argues that mcdonald's can persuade franchise owners to pay their employees more. >> mcdonald's controls every decision. they control the rent, the paper products, the food. >> reporter: he says he would be paid even less without oakland's minimum wage. he says $15 an hour is about respect. >> and become, you know, american citizens and live like i was supposed to live. not live in poverty. >> reporter: this protest was well organized and peaceful. no incidents to report beyond the backup of traffic here in downtown berkely. >> ken pritchett live in berkely. >> reporter: right now, oakland's minimum wage is the highest in the nation at $12.25 an hour. san francisco's is set to increase to that same level on may 1. and increase annually to $15 an hour bay 2018. in san jose, the minimum wage stands at $10.30. statewide, the minimum wage is $9 an hour. it's set to rise to $10 an hour in 2016. >>> developing news now from san jose, where one person died tonight in a house fire. these are live pictures from gene avenue near the 280 interchange with 101. officials say two people lived

she's the represent of sciu to tell us a little bit more about why these are here. >> today's movement include adjunct faculty, child care workers, walmart workers from all across the bay area we're starting here today at mec donalds because cashiers are joining to say we want to fight for 15 in a union. >>reporter: i know it's very expensive to live and san francisco seems to be ahead of the ball game with increasing the minimum wage but san jose and oakland are trying to catch up. >> yes. i understand $5 million to own a home here in san francisco. and people need to have a wage that allows them to buy food, have a house and lead a decent life. >>reporter: that demonstration is happening all across this nation today and we're proud to be in san francisco where voters said yes to 15. now we need to raise wages so we can make ends meet. >>reporter: they scheduled these here in the states. how many cities participating? . >> 240 cities. brooklyn they just blocked an intersection. in detroit i saw things on twitter where they're also demonstrates at the university of detroit. so it's ama

other component of their fight is unionizing and i'm joined by one of the organizers, mary kay with sciu. what kind of difference would unionizing make for the folks behind me. >> workers need a seat at the table with multinational corporations like mcdonald's and walmart in order to make sure they have schedules and hours when they raise their wages and a good job is if they can negotiate over skedchedules and get pay for sick time and they can fight for retirement and health care for everyone in this country and that's why we're so proud to get the union. >> thank you, mary kay. it's a complicated component. it's not just about the dollar amount here that we're talking about and to give you some perspective, oakland recently increased their minimum wage and the impact for small business owners is still being measured and their minimum wage went up to 13 to $25 an hour and we spoke to the owner who speculated a 5% increase in menu pricing and a 15% surcharge cost to cover the cost. >> we spend a lot of time plugging in numbers and saying what's going to work? what's the best way? what c

are pulling off a workshop clinic to pull people together and organize the workshop, unite here, and sciu another labor union, are doing outreach, getting volunteers. two local agencies will train volunteers. charity programs around the country are working with united is, united food and commercial workers, catholic labor network conducting workshops, conducting outreach, screening sessions and other events. the work of the church in service and through immigrants really represents the expression of the catholic church's commitment to the full membership of newcomers in their chosen society and it is really exciting to be a part of that. happy to answer any questions. [applause] kevin: what i would like to do is talk about more recent history with regard to legislation and public policy, and our efforts to obtain comprehensive immigration reform. the four i do, let me just start with -- before i do, let me just start with, why are the bishops involved in the gratian reform -- in immigration reform? it is important to go over that because a lot of catholics don't understand why the church

emanuel: here's the thing you still haven't named three things you've tell the sciu -- >> [inaudible]: no, and that's what leadership requires. >> moderator: commissioner, i do have another question. your son has been arrested numerous times and court records described him as a gang member n. 2013 he was charged with attacking an off-duty police officer. is he still fang member? -- a gang member? garcia: phil, my wife and i live in a neighborhood that's had its share of problems including gang activity. my son grew up in that community, it's been challenging. we tried to be as loving and as caring and as supportive of my son as possible. he made some mistakes. i'm not proud of it. practice all the love we gave -- perhaps all the love we gave him hasn't been enough. hi son has four children that he's raising. he is a chef and he mentors kids in the community. he turned his life around, i'm proud of him. >> moderator: is he still in a gang? garcia: no. emanuel: can i say one thing? i don't actually think this is a fair line of questioning. >> moderator: actually -- emanuel: i don't want

i paid my own way through college working for three different unions, the steel workers, sciu and aiw. i came from a union family. my dad and mother both worked part time so we didn't have insurance most of the time. my dad was pattern maker in the auto industry. my mother was a nurse. it took me eight years to get through undergrad because i was serious about it at wayne university and i was fortunate enough to get a scholarship to cornell where i intended on going back to work in the auto industry in the unions but was enticed to start an hmo with four friends of mine. here i am in front of you to talk a little bit about why we did what we did at aetna. but more importantly why we think corporations and leadership in corporations have sort of lost their way. there is a big story in all of this that we can have a real impact. and when i took this job as ceo at aetna four years ago, i said to the board i had three sort of goals in mind. i'm the 14th chairman of a 164-year-old company. so i have an obligation to make sure that we have a commercial asset that continues into the future,