i'm the secretary and treasurer of teamsters local 250. we perform the sorting and represent all the drivers that collect the material. and i'd like to echo a couple of points that ms. rafael and mr. porter made particularly in regards to the c and d collection and where it's being dumped. i think it's important that the materials being picked up is regulated in a fashion that we know where it's going, and it has been a big problem. there are a lot of bad players out there who are taking this material outside of san francisco, and i think it would be beneficial for all involved for the city to consider an ordinance that require any c and d being generated in san francisco -- [inaudible] >> supervisor safai: i'll ask you a couple questions. just from your perspective, how does it affect the workers because your time is up, but we should probably add a few seconds. how does it affect the workforce? >> well, the workforce is not being afforded the opportunity to get their hands on the material. obviously, we cannot sort the material that's co

one of the first graduates is already a teamster. you saving to buy a house. >>> the east bay unveiled a new mural. to call the artwork the fabric of unity. it is on the walls of rancho market at fifth and market. the intersection has a history of loitering and violence. the hope the mural will have a lasting impact on neighbors. >> by taking the whole wall, it sends a huge message, letting the community know that we care. we are here and want to invest in our children and the community. >> the mural is meant to represent north richmond history including the jazz culture. it took 3.5 weeks to paint. >>> why your next uber or lyft trip to the airport may cost more than you thought. that is coming up. >>> as we head into the weekend, temperatures will be pretty warm. i will let you know what to expect for saturday and sunday. >>> space x debuts its latest and greatest rocket. what sets this rocket apart. >>> three, two, one, zero, ignition, lift off. >> spacek launched bangladesh's first satellite into orbit using an upgraded rocket de

randy who's a retiree and teamster since 1972 in fort wayne, indiana, wrote, my entire working career i was promised what i would earn from my pension. now i'm 65 years old and i have health issues. i need your help to pass the butch-lewis act of 2017. that way we can all live the rest of our years with dignity and respect without becoming a burden to anyone. steven, steven is a marine veteran from columbia city, indiana. he served from 1971 through 19 1974. he wrote, without my pension, social security is my only income. we're not asking for a handout, only what most of us worked 30 years for. we earned our pension and as a member of central states pension fund, the government was already watching over our funds. what happened? not many of us have anything else to live on. i am 66 years old and cannot replace a lost pension. elizabeth from fort wayne wrote, my husband and i are both drawing a pension from central states. together we worked 45 years without employer contribution to the pension fund. during this time we sacrificed a lot, a lot in hourly wages so our company could contr

hi, i'm jennifer schwab, a representative in the cannabis for the teamsters union and here on behalf of the joint council 7 of northern california for the teamsters and doug would love to be here but is out on meetings. teamsters represent more than 100,000 individuals in northern california and 12,000 in the city and county of san francisco and we need to protect the workers. working on this regulation, they support the peace agreement. we have witnessed multiple companies attempting to avoid signing l.p.a.s, why this particular regulation is so important to protect workers. that's pretty much all i have to say. thank you for including, it's really important to support our workers in the industry that is brand-new and forming. and it gives them an opportunity to emerge from the black market and have a really solid career in an industry that they love. so, thank you. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. any additional public comment? public comment is closed. >> i just, i wanted to echo supervisor sheehy and thank him for taking leadership on this issue. the legalization of adult use mar

thank you to the teamsters and the janitors for coming out today. i think we've learned quite a bit. we will continue to work -- we've already started some things working with your office, drar -- director rafael, and i think we will continue in that motion. i think it's interesting to hear the teamsters say they're doing it in south city and other places and they're looking at the black stream. so maybe that's a conversation we can have with recology, and looking at these large property owners, we've already started a conversation with you. we will reach out to them and the janitors and keep this conversation. thank you -- i guess what do we need to do, make a motion to file this? >> yes. >> supervisor safai: make a motion to file the hearing. >> supervisor ronen: yes. thank you. before i ask you to call item number four, mr. clerk -- i'll wait for one sec. i just wanted to acknowledge and welcome supervisor mar back into the committee room. it's so good to see you back in, supervisor mar. call the next item, mr. clerk. >> clerk: also, i'm going to

and i had the great fortune of working with the front line workers in this industry, both the teamsters and the janitors, responsible for dealing with the waste. a decade ago, i know we are going to call up director rafael from the department of the environment. over a decade ago we started this conversation about mandatory recycling and composting. if many of you in the public remember, we went from one black bin, to then two and then three, where the green and the blue bin was created, and became part of our daily routine for some people. some people ignored it for a long time, and some people still do. but in general, san francisco began to change its culture, and began to be on the cutting edge of what it meant to be environmentally responsible. back in 2002, all the way back in 2002, 16 years ago, the board of supervisors passed a resolution stating that we would send no more than -- we would be diverting 75% of our waste from landfill. and then one year later, we came out with the goal of having 0 waste by 2020. here we are, unbelievably, it's 2018, and it came out and come to our

it puts them on the road into the teamsters union. for trr, it was a great fit. >> she is flexible and a team player. -- tiara -- >> reporter: there is a nationwide shortage for commercial drivers. waste management gets hundreds of applications for very few openings. that is why the partnership is so critical. >> as the saying goes, it is about who you know. this agency got her in the door. waste management has design this route specifically for apprentice graduates of the program. >> it is something of a training route. she is no stranger to hard work. it is set up like are the roots. with this agency, they have already gone through so much. >> reporter: for this woman, sitting behind the wheel is a way to look ahead. when the apprenticeship is finished, the starting pay for a job here is $75,000 per year with benefits. it is closer to her dream of being a published author. she can build a future for her children that is full of possibilities. >> i am blessed to be in this position. i see a future for myself and my family. >> that wa

that lyft drivers that pick up disney world guests and drive them around the resort can join the teamstersndo. the lyft drivers are disney world employees who will earn extra money by driving from lyft. previously the union waived the right to represent any workers not mentioned in its earlier five-year contract. >>> and amazon is planning more locations for its cashierless amazon go stores. the e-commerce giant says it plans to open locations in chicago and san francisco. amazon didn't say when. shoppers enter the store by scanning a smartphone app and take what they want. amazon's technology keeps track of what shoppers pick up and charges customers after they leave. anne-marie? >> like the way you slipped in the whole miniature horse thing right at the end. >> i know, i know. >> they need their own seat. >> definitely. i would certainly think so. >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, strike up the band. ♪ >> reporter: it's music fit for a king or queen. i'm teri okita in york, england, with noteworthy additions for the upc

we are proud of our partnership with the team stares and local -- teamsters and local 65 that set the bar for microtransit in the bay area. we are committing to reducing congestion. one chariot takes on average 10 single occupancy vehicles off the road. we are committed to safety as the sfmta report showed, chariot has low as 3.2 collisions per 100,000 miles driven and we're also committed to accessibility. we have a fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles and on app functionality. and we are developing service for areas of concern as we speak. thank you for your time. and we look toward to working with san francisco. >> thank you for your comments. are there any other members of the public on item nine? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you, mr. logan, for your work and your presentation. we look forward to continue dealing with this emerging mobility sector. mr. clerk, next item please. >> item 10, preliminary fiscal year 2018-2019 annual budget and work program. this is information item. >> good morning. cynthia fong. what i have before you today is information item. thi

if you are interested i have many books i can suggest, the fight between the ufw and the teamsters, fights within the ufw itself, and they are actually able to represent fewer and fewer farmworkers over the course of the 1970's, 19 80's, and 1990's. and today very few farmworkers, and places like california even, where there is now state legislation, are protected by union contracts. in addition, chavez himself has an interesting, long history as well. he is very critical of undocumented workers because he sees them competing with the mexican americans he is trying to represent in california. here is an image of the boycott. they are clearly trying to not look like hippies. you can see they are wearing suits and trying to demonstrate their respectability politics. here again, boycott california grapes was across class, across race coalition and this is really about consumers and labor coming together. any questions about chavez or the great boycott, etc.? ok. i am going to move to the last segment of this lecture, about new york state. again thinking about how this , affects what we today,

i think i have a comment from kristin from teamsters medical 7. is there anyone else who would like to make public comment? public comment is closed. so public comment is closed. thank you. the one mement that -- the one amendment we have in writing, can i take that without objection? and i think we will continue it to the next meeting. >> the next regularly scheduled meeting is the 23rd of may. >> we have a special on the 16th, right? >> do you want to go to the 16th? >> a let's try to continue to the 16th. >> without objection. >> >> motion from supervisor yee i am hering is to continue as amended to the may 16 meeting to the public safety and neighborhood services committee. >> correct. >> okay. >> and then i think we're ready for item number two. so mr. clerk, the item two is the safety of the drinking water and testing standards for san francisco groundwater supply project. >> i will turn it over to supervisor yee. >> thank you very much chair sheehy. colleague, today i am holding a follow-up hearing from the first hearing on may 24, 2017, on

we are proud of our partnership with the teamsters local 665 who negotiated good wages and benefits for the members, setting the bar for micro transit in the bay area. they reduce congestion by removing ten single occupancy vehicles per chariot on the road. we're committed to safety as he ca -- accessibility with a fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles we have and we have an in-app function that you can request a wheelchair accessible vehicle through the app. we're also providing service to areas of -- >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, again, directors. i did spend much of the morning looking over this report. i think it's a good first step. i hope that some effective regulation comes out of it. but i wanted to specifically talk about the tncs and has been noted by a couple of directors, this -- the biggest part of the congestion problem in the city is undoubtedly the tncs. the city has thus far taken the position they don't have regulatory authority over tncs, but certainly you have regulatory authority in so far as it goes -- the general rules, the rules of applicati

the labor relations said the drivers can be represented by teamsters. >>> and new reports said that music streaming service title has faked hundreds of millions of plays from kenye and beyonce. they did a investigation and said the site inflated play counts for both artists and beyonce's husband owns the service. we'll be right back. good luck -? our consumer investigator helps a couple whose venue burned down! >>> if rain on your wedding day is good luck. what is fire. >> and a trip to the california capital. >> today in the bay, tomorrow morning 4:30 to 7:00. in la, mayor antonio villaraigosa put more police on the streets and cut violent crime in half. california's police chiefs trust antonio for governor. >>> welcome back to you. don't forget to join our conversation every morning. all morning long, and my kids made me several cards. this is one of them. like my facebook page and read the cute message at the bottom. >> and then the joke about the day after mother's day. >>> of course what is going on online, we stay on top of that as well and on nbcbayarea.com. >> mike inouye joins us

we organized with the help of teamsters union and one hour xpo still refuses to recognize our union and negotiate a contract. now the have fired me to scare and intimidate my coworkers. we play by the rules. xpo didn't. and california is slated to become the first u.s. state requiring solar panels be installed on all new single-family homes. the unanimous move by the california energy commission is expected to raise the cost of mortgages amid a dire housing crisis, but savings from reduced energy use will lower the cost of homes over their lifespans due to lower energy prices. california has set a goal of all homes being zero net energy by 2020. and in a correction to one of yesterday's headlines, a louisiana judge has ruled that one of the permits for the bayou bridge pipeline is illegal, but this ruling has not halted construction along the controversial 163-mile pipeline. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. -- nermeen: and i am nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our liste

getting a prevailing wage and that it's an adequate wage, so we've worked particularly with the teamsters on several contracts, some of which they only recently organized and have gotten and supported through our budget good wages for those workers. i heard your concern about the growth of fte's in our budget, so we're also trying to kind of manage for that. there's the direct service that we provide that is within and always has been within the core competency of the agency, that we do want to use permanent civil service employees for. there are these other elements that have always been contracts out that we propose to continue to do so. one of the biggest driver's of our cost that are rising faster than our revenues are our employee related costs particularly related to health and pension benefits. so we're trying to be responsible how we manage our resources, but we believe that the contracts that we do have provide a good, steady consistent jobs for the people who work them, whether there are employees or from a contractor. >> director reiskin, correct me if i am wrong, but you're no

we are proud of our partnership with the teamsters local 665 who negotiated good wages and benefits for the members, setting the bar for micro transit in the bay area. they reduce congestion by removing ten single occupancy vehicles per chariot on the road. we're committed to safety as he ca -- accessibility with a fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles we have and we have an in-app function that you

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