my name is kay walker, seiu. the west bay chapter of retirees have decided to oppose both amendments, at this point. we will do this publicly. this amendment could change, so it is not written in stone. however, here is my suggestion, in terms of being competitive with adachi, which kind of seems to be the m.o. here. if you remove the governance of the board, retirees will not fight that issue. we are bound and determined, most of us, to oppose this thing as it is now because of that item. a lot of seiu people, even though they do not come up and say this, are looking at adachi having a better deal for actives, in that there is a better sliding scale going on with contributions. this amendment does not. some of the people that are active and employed will go to adachi's amendment because of this. this is happening in seiu, a lot of infighting. you may not hear it, but you will see it eventually in the campaign unless q adopt his scheme and put that in your amendment. another point, some of us are upset about the

who is the biggest donor of seiu? guest: we have 300,000 individual members that donates $5 to $7 per month out of their paycheck. it is a collection of individuals working people that unite together to have a strong voice in our government. host: do you have outside donors or contributors? guest: we do not. host: san antonio, texas, democrat line, gigi. caller: good morning. i have worked on both sides of the street, for union and non- union. i am 68 years old. when unions, into a place of business they slowly but surely choke the business out of business. you charge $25 a month for d ues and anything else you can get. it is not fair to the american people. all you do is take and not give. as soon as you get in, you promise and you promise. there's nothing that you do except for take the business and choke it until it has to close its doors. that is the way i see it. we have a president that is all show and no substance. host: as a democrat, will you support president obama for reelection? caller: absolutely not. hos

who is the biggest donor of seiu? guest: we have 300,000 individual members that donates $5 to $7 per month out of their paycheck. it is a collection of individuals working people that unite together to have a strong voice in our government. host: do you have outside donors or contributors? guest: we do not. host: san antonio, texas, democrat line, gigi. caller: good morning. i have worked on both sides of the street, for union and non- union. i am 68 years old. when unions, into a place of business they slowly but surely choke the business out of business. you charge $25 a month for d ues and anything else you can get. it is not fair to the american people. all you do is take and not give. as soon as you get in, you promise and you promise. there's nothing that you do except for take the business and choke it until it has to close itdoors. that is thway i see it. we have a president that is all show and no substance. host: as a democrat, will you support president obama for reelection? caller: absolutely not. host: w

tenemos hijos porque ellos no piensan en eso 14:21 aunque estos trabajadores estan sindicalizados con seiu, esa organizacion tampoco estuvo disponible para comentarios....ellos hoy se sienten solos y esperan que haya para todos los trabajadores el mismo nivel de escrutinio que dicen hubo para ellos. 6:48 que nos den el trabajo o una revision general, una revision general 6:54 take sot - animated open cu --buenas noches les saluda blanca garza, gracias por acompaÑarnos . --en san francisco... --un completo caos el que se armo para los usuarios del muni esta noche afectando a cientos de sus tranvias. vo --la ruta "n- judah" y la "j- church" tuvieron problemas esta tarde y de hecho hubo un momento en el que otras 3 rutas se detuvieron. --lo que se supo, es que los tranvias se quedaron sin energia electrica asi que los trabajadores del muni estan tratando de ponerlos en marcha y es posible que maÑana tampoco haya servicio....asi que habra autobuses temporales reemplazando a los trenes. cu --- ayer legisladores celebraron haber aprobado el presupuesto estatal a tiempo. --- pero hoy el gobernado

local 87 seiu 28:15 para finales de julio estamos esperando que vayan a ser un total de 800 personas y cada dia esta semana nos dejaron saber otras dos companias van a ser afectadas 28:24 50:15 que por favor ya paren esto no es posible deber tanto 50:17 isabel gonzalez/perdio el trabajo hace un mes 50:19 mucha gente afectada?mucha mas de 500 personas, mas de 500 no solo 20 o 30, somos mas de quinientas personas 50:29 el sufrimiento de estas personas esta a flor de piel no lleva cg 40:34 me despiden sin derecho a nada, solo porque soy indocumentada y eso me ha traido muchos problemas mi salud 40:45 no lleva cg 24:44 que le hable por telefono, mama no te voy a poder mandar mas dinero porque me corrieron del trabajo por los papeles, se me partio el corazon y pues un sentimiento muy duro...y esta dificil la situacion 24:58 las nuevas empresas que seran blanco de las auditorias estan en el sector de comida, agricultura, cuidado de salud y transporte entre otros. pilar nino 53:31 inmigracion no especifico en que zonas geograficas estarian estas companias pero si que las eligen basados en r

i am the political action share for seiu local 1021 and a nonprofit worker here in san francisco. we represent workers, rn's and other health-care providers in community clinics and in general hospitals. we represent the classified nutrition workers and the school secretaries and the folks that keep your schools clean. we also represent many of the nonprofits, especially supportive housing and mental health care. this is, for us, the third year of straight cuts in a row. we see things in san francisco that we have not seen before. we see recreation programs close, parks locked up during the day, basic city services take longer. lines are longer. and because of layoffs and freezing of front-line positions. workers in both nonprofit and the public sector have given out of their paycheck over and over again to try to help close these deficits, and it has been devastating. our family programs, youth violence prevention, aid services, and supportive housing. it is exciting to think that there is other ways of dealing with the budget deficit, not just cuts. there is actually weighs, and

local 87 seiu 28:15 para finales de julio estamos esperando que vayan a ser un total de 800 personas y cada dia esta semana nos dejaron saber otras dos companias van a ser afectadas 28:24 50:15 que por favor ya paren esto no es posible deber tanto 50:17 isabel gonzalez/perdio el trabajo hace un mes 50:19 mucha gente afectada?mucha mas de 500 personas, mas de 500 no solo 20 o 30, somos mas de quinientas personas 50:29 el sufrimiento de estas personas esta a flor de piel no lleva cg 40:34 me despiden sin derecho a nada, solo porque soy indocumentada y eso me ha traido muchos problemas mi salud 40:45 no lleva cg 24:44 que le hable por telefono, mama no te voy a poder mandar mas dinero porque me corrieron del trabajo por los papeles, se me partio el corazon y pues un sentimiento muy duro...y esta dificil la situacion 24:58 las nuevas empresas que seran blanco de las auditorias estan en el sector de comida, agricultura, cuidado de salud y transporte entre otros. pilar nino 53:31 inmigracion no especifico en que zonas geograficas estarian estas companias pero si que las eligen basados en r

a representative of seiu local 1021. we are honored to represent over 5000 employees who work in the health department. those employees put their life at risk every day when they go to work. they do so willingly, but we feel they do their best in security and safety when they go to work and complete their assignments. we are urging a no vote in this prop j. we feel that would be a step back in security and safety not only of the staff, but also the patients and visitors and public in sanford cisco that uses these facilities. the dph has been knocking itself out trying to convince you that you should contract out the services. -- visitors and public in san francisco that use the services. we would agree with them and others who have pointed out that this is a defective system that needs to be fixed. for example, the management costs of the current system -- over 28%. we think that is excessive. furthermore, there are definitely excessive overtime costs when we have sheriff deputies filling the jobs of people and being pai

who is the biggest donor of seiu? guest: we have 300,000 individual members that donates $5 to $7 per month out of their paycheck. it is a collection of individuals working people that unite together to have a strong voice in our government. host: do you have outside donors or contributors? guest: we do not. host: san antonio, texas, democrat line, gigi. caller: good morning. i have worked on both sides of the street, for union and non- union. i am 68 years old. when unions, into a place of business they slowly but surely choke the business out of business. you charge $25 a month for d ues and anything else you can get. it is not fair to the american people. all you do is take and not give. as soon as you get in, you promise and you promise. there's nothing that you do except for take the business and choke it until it has to close its doors. that is the way i see it. we have a president that is all show and no substance. host: as a democrat, will you support president obama for reelection? caller: absolutely not. hos

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supervisor chu just mentioned on general hospital and laguna honda, i have been visited and others by seiu in trying to float an alternative proposal. we were not sure if there had been any discussion internally about an alternative proposal that continues to meet the need of providing for sworn officers at general hospital laguna honda while trying to save dollars, which is the goal. i do not know if there is any response to that. >> supervisor, the proposal, of course, is that of the department of public health. it is their budget, their facilities, and it is my understanding -- and i may not be 100% correct, but it is my and a standing the proposal is to retain the current ip officers and to presumably group them in one or two work sites and then to have a contractor provide the security services at primarily san francisco general hospital. that is the proposal i have heard. if you look at page 7 of the handout, which i have given you, you will see how we analyze or how i analyze financially whether the prop j is approved or not approve, and again, this is based on our discussions with

i am also a home care worker and executive board member for seiu uhw. i am here on behalf of myself and also my members. we are here so you can hear us about the increase of our premium. our members have mentioned that we have had cut spirit we have had 3.6% of our hours cut. we have had cuts to money, too. we also want you to realize the economic holidays. we have had our water raised, our garbage raised, our muni raised. there have not been other it -- there have another increases. we have not had a raise in wages since 2008. we take care of low-income seniors and disabled, and they would like to live in their home and dignity, but we also need our insurance, affordable insurance, like every citizen here in san francisco. county workers -- they have the good health insurance also. we have already put into about $2 million into the budget with the cuts that happened in february, so i'm hoping you will also take that into consideration, that we have already put our part in there, and i know that $7 seems not a lot to a lot of people, but it is a lot to

as you point out, we have people in seiu, people in the provision offices, district attorney's office as well, so all of those are also members in different programs. supervisor mirkarimi: which is a pertinent subject because today's category before us is public safety, so that is what is the itemized before this committee today. you have a substantial portion of people that we're entertaining on a 1000-person front, so i think it should not go unnoticed. but if you were not able to achieve any of this conversion, would this be a valid change? >> no, actually, what we are doing is that the ballot provides the option. it says if we mutually agreed to go into the plan for active employees, these are the plans that they would be in, and it lays them out, and it also sets forth that we will achieve equivalent savings if they do not go through the negotiation process. we achieved our savings either way but in a way that the members are more comfortable with and they do not feel like they are being forced into it. should this go forward, we would not need another change to the charter. i be

i am also a citizen of san francisco and also on the bargaining unit of seiu. i am talking about against contracting out for private security. as you heard, there has been a doctor on staff at another hospital, and there was another nurse that was killed, unfortunately. we get clients from napa through our acute system and on to my floor. there is a client that was not from napa. he was sent through pes, through acute, through our facility. he later was discharged, ended up out of state in jail and killed his cell mate. we have violent clients that come through our system every day. we are faced with difficult clients, and by the grace of god, no one has been killed in our facilities. they can put hands on. they can take down a patient that is really violent. they can put cuffs on him. they can do a police report. all of these things need to be done, and an assault is an assault, whether it occurs on the streets of san francisco, or whether it occurs in a hospital. it is an assault. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i listene

i also have a card from members of seiu uhw. i know you will not be speaking, but if you could just stand, i would like to recognize your presence as well. thank you. i do not have any further speaker cards in front of me. i have called them all. there are any members of the public who have yet to speak and would like to speak on the items nine, 10, 11, and 12, please come on up. seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim: just wanted to take a moment to thank all the folks that have come out today to speak in public comment. many of the people in this room have been here since 9:00 a.m. for the press conference we organized very last minute. the turnout and support has been tremendous. it speaks volumes about the support this project is receiving currently. as in all cases when you think of people at press conferences, you inevitably lead people out, and i know many people -- many of our labor partners were there, and i want to acknowledge and thank you again, and and the carpenters and laborers are in the room, so t

. -- seiu. it is the fastest-growing union in north america. they have but the trend and -- but the trend -- bucked the trend through a national campaign, grew by more than 1.2 million workers, turning traditionally underpaid service work into jobs that can help support a family and lived up a community. as a labor leader, he is a leading voice on major issues new facing in confronting american workers. he was named in 2010 as the presidential appointee for the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. last but not least is laura tyson. she is a professor of global management at the university of california berkeley. prior to that she was the dean at the london business school from 2002 to 2006 and dean from 1998 to 2001. she is a member of the president's council on jobs and competitiveness and a member of the president's economic recovery advisory board. she served in the clinton in ministration and was chair of the council of economic advisers from 1993 to 1995, and the president's national economic adviser from 1995 to 1996.

he is the former president of the 2.2 million member service employees union, the seiu. it is the fastest-growing union in north america. under his tenure, the seiu through its signature global organizing campaigns and grew it by more than 1.2 million workers, turning traditionally underpaid service work into jobs that can help support a family and lived at the community. previously as a labor leader, and the is a leading voice on major issues facing and confronting american workers. he was named in 2010 as the presidential appointee for the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. last but not least, is laura tyson, the professor of global management at the haas school of business in uc-berkeley. she was a dean at the london business school from 2002-2006 and dean at haas for 1998-2001 very she was a member of the president's council on jobs and competitiveness and was a member of the president's economic recovery advisory board. she served in the clinton administration and was chair of the council of economic advisers from 1993-1995 and the president's

>> it is exactly what we found the evidence as far as what happened with the casinos and the seiu.erested in. we have also formed a political action committee called our voice which is really to say we as people do not want to have this kind of thing happening in our united states. we were talking just before we came on about our young men and women who are serving now in afghanistan. one of the things that they do take over there is the idea that people should have the right to choose, the right to vote. that's our voice. so that's what we are encouraging with this political action committee. that's one of the things that we are doing with this book is all the proceeds go into our voice pac.org. what we are going to do is make sure our voice is heard in elections. >> one of the things you say in this book, you're very critical of president obama's policies. >> yes. >> at one point you also question the legitimacy of his election. you say 53% of american voters elected a president not on qualifications or experience, not even on the content of his demonstrated character. the nation

who is the biggest donor of seiu? guest: we have 300,000 individual members that donates $5 to $7 per month out of their paycheck. it is a collection of individuals working people that unite together to have a strong voice in our government. host: do you have outside donors or contributors? guest: we do not. host: san antonio, texas, democrat line, gigi. caller: good morning. i have worked on both sides of the street, for union and non- union. i am 68 years old. when unions, into a place of business they slowly but surely choke the business out of business. you charge $25 a month for d ues and anything else you can get. it is not fair to the american people. all you do is take and not give. as soon as you get in, you promise and you promise. there's nothing that you do except for take the business and choke it until it has to close its doors. that is the way i see it. we have a president that is all show and no substance. host: as a democrat, will you support president obama for reelection? caller: absolutely not. hos

not be surprising during the 2008 campaign, president obama addressed a gathering of members of the seiu, probably the most powerful -- politically powerful union in the country. during his speech, the president told the crowd that if he were elected -- quote -- "we are going to paint the nation purple with seiu." apparently apparently, mr. president, this is the one campaign promise president obama intends to keep. madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin is recognized. mr. johnson: i would like to be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. johnson: thank you. madam president, i have been here for almost six months now, but i have been carefully watching washington for the last 32 years while i have been running my manufacturing business in oshkosh, wisconsin. watching how increasingly broken washington has become over the years. nothing i've seen the last six months has changed that evaluation. washington is broken, and america is going