the largestir areas in we are over market is seiu. some of that is attributable to comparable worth. absolutely. but it's not our view we are required to exclude all market classification that receive comparable worth. however in the negotiations the union hasn't responded to our proposals -- never counted on the proposals but if comparable worth were the issue we would look at the classifications that are not subject to comparable worth and we haven't received a response on that either. >> i think comparable worth is the issue and what we want to focus on here. the negotiations are on going, the discussions you're having, but the numbers that -- what 10 to one and that we're moving back on the work that we have done for women and people of color and in the classifications are coming forward and based on market surveys they're lowering the pay according to the classifications that are comparable and i see we're moving away from the standard that we have in place. that's what the numbers suggest and i would like you to focus on in your

in 1980 and continuing to 1986 i was the point person for seiu on pay equity and i started with local 400. local 400 became 790 and today now it's 1021 i didn't go anywhere and had a lot of change and it was on pay inequities and thanks for the fact base summary of it is issues and paying a lot to the attention to the period i was here doing the work so i can skip that and make a couple of quick key points. first of all the 1981 declaration of city policy by this board that no longer would the city tolerate race discrimination based on race and sex was a policy separate to any implementation approach so in my view that is a long standing one today and any proposal to over turn it, roll it back by imposing discriminatory wages by classifications with people of color and women is in not with the policy and you have to protect your rights and i am surprised it's on the board today and the board after hearing evidence based on years of study, two major studies. one referenced and conducted by our own gail butler who was a professor of economics. the board held hearings and took testimony

which is seiu funded group, the ngo war on one, these go on and on.e neutrality agreement, why don't we just say this, their mission of all these groups is very simple, name and shame and truth and justice has nothing to do with it. they work hard laws and soft laws to basically -- what is the word i am looking for? defame an employer that goes against them. their mission like i said is name and shame and it doesn't have anything to do with justice. let me give you an example of a neutrality agreement. if you look on page 3 of that neutrality agreement, paragraph 4 says employers, the employer will not file a petition with the national labor relations board for an election in connection with any demand for recognition by the union. you can challenge them. you just have to take their word for it and the employer is left completely out of the loop they're going across the pond with neutrality agreements through what is called international framework agreements. i will give you an example of a company, most people heard of a company called gee 4s at the

my name is arlet smith, seiu local 1021 member. i am also employed at the san francisco human services average as a child protective service worker. i am one of the 45 classifications being targeted in our job at 2940, protect services social workers we work with high risk children in which children have suffered physical or emotional and sexual abuse. we work in dangerous environments. many of the parents have criminal histories which include violate crimes and substance abuse. you know the worlds we don't know what is going on to be on the other side of a door when we go out on a call. we deal with verbal and threats and sometimes physical assaults. our job is stressful and difficult with the higher case loads and work demands. the workers in this classification are predominantly women and people of color. proposition h passed in 1986 provided protection for these workers by guaranteeing a living wage and equal pay for equal work. the city now it appears wants to roll back the clock on progress. the message that these workers fee

jobs with justice, able to union coalition, justice for janitors the seiu grew. the ngo it goes on and on. the neutrality agreement the mission with all groups is simple common name and shame. truth and justice has nothing to do with it. they work hard and soft was -- was to basically defame an employer that goes against them. i want to give you an example of a neutrality agreement that is out there. look on page three paragraph four is says employers will not file a petition with the nlrb before election in connection with union demand for recognition. you cannot challenge them. just take their word for it in the employer is left out. forget freedom of association. the neutrality agreements take place even further out to. through international framework agreements. one example most people heard of a security company. . . s they provided security for the olympics. they had a subsidiary in the u.s. they would take on that seiu they did not get a ground at the time teethree worked the triangular situation. what took place is it had a contractor working for them in

next speaker please. >> supervisors, larry bradshaw vice president of seiu. if i came before the committee and roll back a civil rights gain i wouldn't come and say i'm going to turn the clock back to the bald old days. instead of i would muddle the conversation and department has done a good job at doing that. let me talk about whether union agreed to this. we had a modest proposal to lift of women and people of confirm. the city has a proposal to lower these wages. under the charter the arbitrator is forced to chose between the city's proposal and the union's proposal. he has to pick one or the other. and prior to arbitration they put on a mediator hat and i think this is a good compromise. if you don't accept it you have the risk of getting the other proposal and we acquiesce to this to avoid that outcome but we said we would never negotiate with the pay equity gains we have made. regarding the market. i encourage to you look at the survey you got prepared by the union in 1999. it's in your packet and they said we surveyed the surrounding bay area and thes

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one is the sunshining proposal and then the second item for seiu is the public hearing for the district and local and i believe we have a speaker from local 10 to 1. so there's no recommendation to read in other words. >> no. >> all right. i do have one speaker signed up from the public. [inaudible]. >> good evening. my name is johnson miller, i'm the chapter president for the school district chapter and i been sick. you guys haven't seen me because i've been out for the last two months, but we have a new rep and i would like to introduce him to you. his name is [inaudible] and he will go ahead and talk about the sunshining. >> thank you president miller. good evening and to the public as well. my name is [inaudible], i'm the new assigned union representative from the [inaudible] and i'm here just to introduce myself and also to give a little bit presentation in terms of the intent of [inaudible] to bargain a contract for our 1100 classified employees in the district. [inaudible] submitted our sunshine letter and we are willing to negotiate in good faith and i am looking forward to work

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work with his office on sb 10 08 which was the dual project legislation, and we were cooperating with seiu to design some long-term care training models that were going to be used statewide during this demonstration project. something ammiano and i have done, a lot of fund-raising work together in the hiv community mostly under one roof. he also works with my partner who is the director of the experience area doing fund-raising for school programs. >> so, staying uniform with my line of questioning, for those members here listening, you can please tailor your comments to incorporate them to my question. i'd like you to describe for me the work you've done in various ethnic communities within the lgbt. >>> first knowing there is an lgbt population throughout san francisco, i have a lot of working diversity in my professional career and in my service. i'm a member of glide. i do a lot of volunteer work at glide, sing with the choir there, i've been with them for 10 years. in my current work we have an extremely diverse client base. our client base is microcosm of san francisco. i think that

the seiu city committee on comparable worth was convened in 1981 as was referenced by supervisor avalos the board passed a resolution stating adopting a policy to erase pay inequities and based on race and sex and bringing the un classified positions towp charter and law. at the same time the state passed a senate bill and it's comparable statute but not clear whether applies to charter city like san francisco. next slide. and then in 1984 mayor

members of seiu 1021 authorizing a strike against their own leaders. they have been without a contract since last year. and they are unhappy leaders and they are pushing for concessions on pensions and healthcare. but they report the attempt at a deal may have been reached. >> on to the news it is time for your first class travel. with the selection of pope francis last week we thought this week we should talk about some of the best churches to visit in europe. joining us via skype is travel expert lee abumonte out of the shangrila in paris. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks a lot. happy to be here. >> first of all before we get to paris and the note tr notre dam cathedral let's talk about vatican city. why should we go there? i have been there myself. >> saint peters is one of the most beautiful churches in the world. it is the biggest church of the world right in the middle of the vatican in the heart of rome. it is fantastic. being inside is like being in another world. you can see the pope service there, too. great place to be no mat

but members of the seiu labor union see it differently.say women and minorities are being targeted. >> our jobs are not any less strenuous, our jobs are not any less demanding in fact, they're becoming more demanding and the city is giving up the message that when they do that that certain individuals, certain classifications have less value. >> city officials say they are committed to the principal's of equal pay for equal work and the new wage cuts would effect only new employees hires after april 20. >>> the family of the woman who died after a nurse failed to give her cpr says that laurane baylis had full knowledge of the limitations of the care at that facility. >>> a man flys to the bay area for a job interview with google and is killed in a robbery. amber lee is live in the newsroom and tell us why his widow almost didn't make the trip to testify. amber-- >> reporter: tomorrow the victim's wife will come face to face with the man who killed her husband for the first time. >> what he lived for, we were together for more than 20 years

but members of the seiu labor union see it differently.men and minorities are being targeted. >> our jobs are not any less strenuous, our jobs are not any less demanding in fact, they're becoming more demanding and the city is giving up the message that when they do that that certain individuals, certain classifications have less value. >> city officials say they are committed to the principal's of equal pay for equal work and the new wage cuts would effect only new employees hires after april 20. >>> the family of the woman who died after a nurse failed to give her cpr says that laurane baylis had full knowledge of the limitations of the care at that facility. >>> a man flys to the bay area for a job interview with google and is killed in a robbery. amber lee is live in the newsroom and tell us why his widow almost didn't make the trip to testify. amber-- >> reporter: tomorrow the victim's wife will come face to face with the man who killed her husband for the first time. >> what he lived for, we were together for more than 20 years. and

>>steve: i was saying in san francisco, the biggest labor union is seiu. they represent the most people who work for the city of san francisco. it's kind of ironic that apparently seiu local 1021, the membership has voted to go on strike against their own union bosses because apparently they feel like -- >>brian: they're not getting anywhere. >>steve: the bosses want them to cave on concessions on pensions and health care and stuff like that. and so what the union leadership has done is they said this is just a small minority of people who want to go on strike. small minority. 94% voted let's go on strike. >> not sitting well, i'm sure, with the union bosses. but where did they learn to strike? from the bosses they're striking against. >>steve: how delicious is that. city officials say the salaries are too high when they look at other similar situations and jobs in the city by the bay. >>brian: 12 minutes after the top of the hour. ahead, a scary lesson coming to schools. graphic stories of war and bombings for third graders. is that appropriate? why these

these are seiu union workers.r some proposed wage cuts and in fact, we are told that some of them do plan to be arrested. we haven't seen any arrests as yet but you can see it's a pretty boisterous crowd there. again upset with these proposed wage cuts we're going to keep an eye on this and bring you any new developments should they occur during ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 which is up next. >>> a proposal for extended background checks remains in the lurch tonight as a senate economy prepared for votes on gun control legislations this week -- senate committee prepares for votes on gun control legislations this week. republicans have been stuck over democrats insis tapbs that records be kept on sales between private individuals -- insistence that records be kept on seams between private individuals. >>> santa clara county revealed how successful last week's gun buy back was. they recovered 47 assault weapons. they're calling it the most successful gun buy back in the area. some dangerous weapons were taken off the

to let me just pause and say thank you to mary kay come and thank you to seiu.let me now bring up, let me now bring up someone who is new to many of you, brad braxton, the senior pastor from the open church, one of those incredible leaders of faith that i mentioned earlier. rad, come on up. -- brad, come on up. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i am the reverend brad braxton, senior pastor of the open church in baltimore, maryland, and professor of preaching at southern methodist university in dallas, texas. my support of marriage equality is an endorsement of justice and love. marriage can be a moral good that strengthens individuals and communities. denying access to the fullness of that moral good on the basis of sexual orientation is politically unjust and morally inappropriate. [cheers and applause] >> my faith commitment compel me to seek justice for all. justice involves fair access for all people to the goods and services a society has to offer, including the moral goods. as a christian pastor and theologian, i realize there are

do you see seiu endorsing mitt romney? >> not mitt romney. he's history.t of the matter is, if the republican party wants to broaden itself out, going forward, they will choose canned -- candidates and issues that attract labor -- >> we have the very best! we have the very best issues about labor, we want to lower the taxes on working people and more liberty for working people. we want to protect america's borders and from terrorism for working people -- [overlapping dialogue] >> that has nothing to do with what we are talking about. >> we are not talking about the borders. you are conflating a burch of stuff that has nothing to do with unions itch the idea that working people is union membership is a fraud. working people need job creation. and conservative approximatelies will bring t. liberal policies will crush it -- [overlapping dialogue] >> that's proven to be untrue. >> shannon: gentlemen. we talked about the numbers. neap 1953, it is peak for union membership here. 26% of the labor force. now it's 11.3. if the unions are vital and so powerful, why

this is a pretty intense lobbying effort by unions, by the seiu, teamsters, afl-cio, other various lobbyingare out there and they are pushing the buttons. these are the same people preventing wal-mart from opening up in brooklyn because of their policies towards unions. these are also, trying to get, these groups are trying to get these companies like goldman sachs, to stop giving to the business council and the business roundtable and all these major business groups, the u.s. chamber of commerce. so this is a concerted effort. we'll see more of this in the future. if you want to know why lloyd blankfein is wading into this, listen, i'll be honest with you, i'm pro gay marriage. i have, i advocate it but you have to ask why a ceo of a major company is trying to draw the connection between gay marriage and profits, okay? it is a hard, that is, i think it is hard to make that connection. dennis: could be a way to draw talented employees to your firm if your firm is seen more progressive on issue and that issue is more important to the employee you're trying to recruit. >> if you're ceo of maj

thecampaign was run by teamsters, seiu, michael bloomberg, the son of michael soros. is athey did was, and this lesson for republicans to understand what they are up against, they employ the use of fear, and as you know, the war against women was first and foremost in their platform in running against someone like me. i am the woman who graduated from high school in the 1960's. i am a proud mother of six children, four girls, 13 grandchildren, four -- 13 grandchildren, some of which are girls. i am the first woman to hold the seat in congress for my district, and yet -- [applause] they portrayed me as was someone who was anti- woman. it is laughable, but they did it successfully by employing fear tactics, and that is so significant. the democrats are employee behavioral psychologists, and the republicans do not understand what they are up against -- the democrats are behavioral psychologist. they want to make us feel guilty. reallyublican party needs to get their arms around that. where do we go from here? number one, first and foremost, the republican party cannot be

that's working on -- guess youtecting, i could say, low-skilled american groups but you also have like seiu and teamsters, part of afl, a lot of labor unions are involved in the conversation. construction labor is very concerned, there's a high unemployment of american workers in construction at the moment but we have to look forward so if our housing market starts to again, where are those people to fill those jobs once the americans have also gone work and i think there tension there amongst our economyhere might be 10 to 15 years from now. guest: newsmakers at the top of the hour is with afl-cio richard trumka, he sat down with us earlier this week before there an announcement of a reported deal. we have no details on whether or eight, all eight of them agree to whatever labor leaders and business leaders have come up with but in that interview, mr. trumka talks low-skilledfor workers and he said business leaders wanted 25% minimum wage and not what minimum wage that we know. what he'splain talking about? host: a little bit. i'm not a labor expert. an issue over, the labor department tie