although i'm not an expert of that jurisdiction of work, but, the private sector, seiu, that's local 80 7, olga maroneda. i have not received a telephone call, but, i want today alert all-or-nothing. i see no reason taking under advisement to not move forward. thank you. >> thank you. >> and your wish would then be to kontsz it to the next meeting. i've i i don't think so. if it's being recommended to us, i'll make the motion. life i secondsled. >> seconded. >> any discussion, any public comment. all in favor, >> ayes. >> the item carries. >> i testimony 9. (reading): >> item 9, (reading from agenda.). >> this is the came item that you heard or july 24, at that point, you asked us to to back and seek further input from the over site bond committee and [?] we have their input as well as the input from commissioner [inaudible]. there are 3 slides of summarized of key changes. if i pay go through those on the slide projector. the sit zbensz advisory committee was very placeed with the commissions actions in elevating key policy items in addition to all of the procedures and best practic

some people have called change to win change to seiu or lose change. the labor and hotel workers are now back in the afl-cio, the car pen iser thes dropped out. -- carpenters dropped out. isn't it a total flop? >> we don't think it's a flock. we're very, very close to ulcw, which is a large union, the seiu is even bigger than ours. we have very, very close working relationships. and what we've found and the reason why we left the afl-cio -- i have nothing bad to say about them, but we wanted to emphasize more organizing because that is our core of what we want to do. and that, we felt we could do that better outside of the afl-cio. but i want everybody to know that with regard to politics, with regard to social issues that even though we're in another federation, the teamsters, the seiu, we work extremely close with our friends in the afl-cio. we know each other, we have respect for each other, we eat dinner together, so, basically, we are united in one cause, to make america stronger. >> the teamsters have had a number of bitter battles with a small a

the seiu local 1 1500 janitors and security officer atthroughout the cps ... there were able to join the picket lines today na show of solidarity ... they feel it's imperative to send this message to the emanuel administration and the school board ... >>this affects all of us not just the teachers ... this affects our union and the kids as well ... maybe will get something going today ... >>this union says that many janitors are remaining on the job they do have the option of not crossing the picket line they can join and with the protests and many have ... a new development in lake forest where teachers are in their fourth day of a strike. lake forest high school officials say if teachers remain on strike into next week school will reopen monday. student attendance will be mandatory... and the school will have a full day of academic instruction. school buses will be running and most athletic events will also be held. it is not clear how the schools would operate... and who will be teaching classes. a judge has found a 72 year old seattle man guilty of kidnap

the seiu is even bigger than ours. we have very close working relationships and what we found, the reason why we left the afl-cio. and nothing bad to say, but we wanted to emphasize more organizing because that is our core of what we want to do. and that we felt was better outside the afl-cio. i want everybody to know with regard to politics, with regard to social issues, that even though were in another federation covered the teamsters, seiu, work extremely close up our friends in the afl-cio. we know each other, we have respect for each other. we get it together and were very collegial. so basically we are united in one cause to make america stronger. >> the teamsters said that a number of bitter battles with a small aircraft union, it aircraft mechanical association. what is so bad? >> well, it was called a pony union. they talk about it being, you know, a p.o. box in in connecticut. and that is about what it is. they've really done nothing for workers and we are out there in the airline industry and good wages and

also wednesday, seiu local 1 announced chicago janitors would stage a one-day solidarity strike with the chicago teachers. >> our members have reached out and said they would like to honor the picket lines. with a 48 hour notice in our contracts. local 1 members, janitors, very well may stand in solidarity. >> and florida, voters purged from the rolls after the or mistakenly labeled as noncitizens will have their voting rights restored in time for the november election. earlier this year, florida officials under republican governor rick scott created a list of supposed non-citizens who would be barred from voting unless they proved their citizenship within 30 days. at least two counties removed voters because they did not respond to certified letters and newspaper ads. on wednesday, ford announced it had used a federal immigration database to identify 207 voters who are not citizens. that is compared to the initial claim of 2600. the state has also reached an agreement with voting rights groups that had challenged the purge, saying it unfairly targeted latinos. under the settlement,

they came from acorn and the, the,seiu which is a far-left government union. run by andy stern. they gave $60 million to the obama campaign. the unions, those unions gave $400 million. not to mention $100,000 -- 100,000 campaign workers. this is, basically, what we're facing. now, what's wrong with these foundations? i mean, you know, first of all, of course, since the horowitz freedom center is also part of this universe -- although greatly outnumbered and greatly outspent like all conservative foundations -- um, there's something a little different in like the horowitz freedom center has 100,000 individual donors and supporters. so we have a constituency. and we represent, in a way, that constituency. the ford foundation has no constituency, has no shareholders. it's just a board that was created one way or another to have a particular political profile which doesn't at all reflect the views of its founders or the money that made it. and it exists in perpetuity, and it's answerable to no one, absolutely no one. corporations have customers. they have shareholders. they also hav

yesterday in daley plaza involving a lot of union folks, a lot of them teachers, including members of seiu and the chicago police and firefighters' unions as well in a big show of strength about their unhappiness specifically about the teachers' union. and the president of the union certainly didn't pull any opinion. s. >> the only way to beat a bully is to stand up to a bully! [cheers and applause] >> reporter: now, the cornerstone issue in the dispute is a longer school day and year. that is what mayor emanuel ran on, that is what he is trying to institute. the school board has voted to do so, but the teachers say, hey, that breaks the contract, come back to the table. so that's the dispute. strike deadline is monday, we were told negotiations are continuing in private, but no word on any breakthroughs yet. back to you. megyn: all right. steve brown, thank you. >>> well, interestingly organized labor has supported the democrats in recent years with tens of millions in donations and massive get out the vote efforts, but we're now hearing stories about unhappy union members. can we expect

walking down the street last night i ran into four union organizers from the seiu who successfully organized offices in wilmington at night. there are a lot of union organizers here in town. it may have a lasting impact on those people. we'll see. bill: those people have jobs but in this county alone, mechanic henneberg county, you're at 10%. statewide is 9.6%. how tough of a sell is that when it comes to the jobs and economy and democratic message this week, senator? >> bill, the main focus you will hear from our nominee, from barack obama, our president and joe biden, delaware's own joe biden, our vice president a relentless focus on middle class, high quality jobs. expanding access to health care. making our financial system more fair and transparent. fighting for the very things that have made the american middle class so strong in the past. that is message that resonates with folks looking for work. folks who are looking for better work and looking to hang on to jobs they have. we have had 29 straight months of job growth. bill: some of those workers say the keystone pipeline was a grea

last night seiu president talked about what's at stake for working americans. >> middle class americansr years of romney economics. we need a president who fights for us and that's what we have in president barack obama. >> we have such a large union president set. does he need to join us from the convention is form are tresor president ant -- >> it really was a defining moment about asking the right question of who is going to goff rn for the middle class. >> andy, the president himself in a television interview earlier this week said he gave himself an incomplete grade when it came to the economy. what grade would you give him? >> i would give him a very solid grade in terms of getting the economy to a stable place and putting together the policies that were going forward but it needs more work. which direction is america to go for the next four years. are we going to goff rn for the middle-class like we heard mish shell. >> i think really it's all about jobs. it all about whether people who go to work, like the parents of julian castro or michelle obama can have health care, can have