and it was in the 1934, 1935, 1936 time period when the growth of the uaw, the growth of the teamsters union in detroit really kind of changed attitudes within the plant. the big strikes or the flint sit down and there were some others in chrysler and floored being -- ford being the last one to go was really quite a contentious change. these were not happy times. union workers were fighting very hard against the automobile management that didn't want to give up any kind of control within the plant. they wanted worker bees to get paid, and go home, and not talk back. and the union guys thought that they had a pretty good feel for what was wrong with some of the manufacturing, both from the injury standpoint, from the pay standpoint, and just ways of doing things better. and these things turned into battles. they turned into fights that involved clubs. we've had a couple of clubs that were loaned to us from the walter ruth library across the street. these were basically automobile parts that were co-opted to be weapons. and these were the things the guys, the union guys, who were fightin

i am the secretary and treasure teamsteres lowly 34 out of pennsylvania. y set up national contracting goals and policies for teamster chool bus drivers across the country. i'm honored to be here today to concerns of ty drivers monitors and mechanics we represent. these hardworking men and women had an honor of representing for over 18 years to make their industry and job safer. federal laws and regulations do school othing to help bus drivers. once a school bus comes off the tlp are no g line, federal rules requiring that it working n the state condition. many people are shocked to learn that the u.s. government plays setting role in minimum standards for school bus operations in our country. a recipe for disaster. private companies use businesses money or small districts strapped for cash are often thrift decide whether investing new buses isrs and a smart financial decision nstead of whether it is the right one. this should never be just a dollars and cents calculation. t should be based on what is safest for our children each and every time. in my view

we've been blocked by everyone from law enforcement to my friends at the teamsters, and that proposal has not seen success in sacramento. at our last meeting, i called on the san francisco police officers association to call for a carve out for the city of san francisco and i am happy to say that they responded in the affirmative, and i am hopeful that this moves forward in sacramento. if sacramento does not get it done, it would not be a san francisco first, mr. givner, if we went our own way. we did that in same sex marriage. we did that back in the day as it related to needle exchange which was not legal under state law. we declared an emergency and did it any way. to that end, if san francisco cannot get it done, i will be asking the city attorney to draft some policy ideas, even if they are accompanied by a cautionary memo as to how we can moderate discretionary speed enforcement, law be dammed. finally, i would like to adjourn this meeting in memory of ronnie sawyer, passed away this sunday in north beach of pancreatic cancer. ronald was the best of what north beach has to offer

my name is mike, and i'm with teamsters local 386. i'm part of the team that originally negotiated j.c. decaux. just real quickly, agreements do include fully paid teamster health and welfare. we've had a very strong and professional relationship with j.c. decaux. i do want to thank all parties that were involved in getting the harmony language in there, and their professionalness, and with that, i'm in support. >> chair fewer: thank you. any other public comment? public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: i make a motion to accept the proposed amend. can i do that without objection? thank you very much. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: and i would like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended. thank you very much. >> clerk: madam clerk, the amendment is just to the legislation itself, but the full contract can be recommended to the board. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: madam clerk, can you call item 4. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you ver

i share those concerns, as well as the concerns that were raised by the teamsters.ss there are concerns about that, we could direct our clerk to prepare a resolution finding that grandering of granf this license does not meet public use and necessity. i'll take a motion for that. >> so moved. >> chairman: moved by supervisor walton with positive recommendation. >> i second it and i share those concerns. >> chairman: great. all right. then we will move that forward to the full board with positive recommendation. [gavel] >> chairman: all right, mr. clerk, call the next item. >> agenda item number two is a hearing on the current state of worker rights in california's gig economy, and to 2018 supreme court's dynemax case. >> chairman: great. thank you. colleagues -- i want to note we have been joined by -- that's about as good as -- >> please don't interrupt. >> chairman: i will try to speak directly into the microphone. we have been joined by supervisor mar. i'm going to make a few remarks, and i think supervisor mar has a few as well. colleagues, today we're going to

the senator and i met with some brothers from the teamsters union. you have some candidates say, well, the union workers work hard for their health care. some of that health care is not really covering the needs. these particular members in the teamsters believe in a medicare for all system. it's a system not attached to a job. it is a system where the average family will save money and they don't have to have their doctor haggle with whether they can get the prescriptions they need or a procedure they need. the way it is now, an insurance company gets to tell a doctor what you can get or not get, because if it cuts into their profits, they don't care whether you live or die. >> let's talk news of the day. president trump has dragged senator sanders in the runningings. how does your campaign respond to the comments the president made about congressman cummings? >> he is lying about who he is. it is more than unfortunate, instead of trying to solve the problems of this country, the president the just pours the gasoline and lights a match and watches e

i'm cory helmonds with the national brother hood of teamsters.i'm here to support the gig workers who are sharing their horror stories about being misclassified as being independent contractors by companies like uber and lyft in san francisco. every employee should have the right to a basic livable wage, minimum wage. they should have the right to workers comp and social security benefits. that's why teamsters is in support of assembly bill 5, and we support it here in san francisco. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is javier bermonds, and i'm a member of local 1021. last month's uber strike was an indictment by the public. gate workers are classified as independent contractors, and allow the companies to avoid minimum wage, unemployment, workers compensation. this is disrepect fulful to the historical gains of the labor movement. just this week my friend, who drives in the bay area for lyft, she was in an accident and injured her arm severely and was telling me she hasn't even considered taking a day o

if author writes, it would be the biggest since the teamsters strike of 1997. workers are demanding more money, better benefits and demand against staffing shortages. >>> doerun is here now and it is heating up in certain spots. you are promising a cool down. >> this will look good when we show you how different monday and tuesday will feel and i am talking about tomorrow. you can see those low clouds drifting there over alcatraz. low clouds, keep doing your job there and get your friends. here is a good overview on today. 73, in the city. 103, livermore. i am waiting for the latest numbers to come out but these are pretty much spot on. look how much better it was in at 79. east bay cities of concord, let's come in for a closer look and i'd like to spot the details of how different parts of the bay area felt from others. concord at 101. pleasant hill, 98. while likely, 101. 101, clayton. antioch is closer to the water so 98 there. antioch got off easier than anyone else. let's go south to the tri- valley. the further inland you go, 102 in livermore to 82 in key

a few nonsubstantial changes which acknowledge that local 102, the international brotherhood of teamsters is added to this resolution. i want to thank the sponsors, and i would like to make a motion to move the amendments that are in the short title, long title, on page 1, line 17, on page 1, line 23, on page 1 and page 2. >> president yee: can we take motion as amended without objection? and can we take this item, madam clerk, same house, same call? then without objection, item passes. >> clerk: item 62 is a resolution to oppose california state assembly bill number 62 authored by assembly man phil ting. >> president yee: okay. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, mr. president. colleagues, it is rather rare that a member of a local governing body introduces a resolution that opposes unless amends -- although we did actually oppose senator wiener's sb-50, but i want to proceed very carefully. i want to thank the mayor's office and assembly member ting's office. this is fundamentally an issue around the applicability of rent control accessory dwelling units, and we have mad

>> ima member of the teamsters union. -- i am a member of the teamsters union. and we and other unions are struggling. i want to know what you plan to do. sen. booker: this is complicated. if we just put forward billions of dollars to bail out wall street, to bail out big financial firms, how can we be a country with pension plans that affect thousands and thousands of hard-working people who the kind ofery day, folks that take a shower at the end of the day, how can we leave those folks to have to retire in poverty? -- thererson right now are bills right now that solve this crisis and i support those bills. if i am president, i will not leave union members in the fear and insecurity that they have right now and we will bail out those pension funds. ok? i am going to an aclu motor. voter.clu >> i'm going to ask you about i.c.e. sen. booker: i am hot. i thought you were going to offer me some ice. another bad joke. noncitizens in did tensions include asylum-seekers, longtime u.s. residents and green cardholders. the you commit to reducing the system by at least 7

folks, the teamsters, the people who work in the plants and the executives are now working together.nions are now partners in the process.ring the auto industry today in detroit is so much different than it was even 50 years ago. 50 years ago, almost all the cars in north america were built in northeast michigan. now they are built around the world, in other countries, in other states. there are other countries building. in this area, many other companies that now reside in detroit are from japan or germany. . they bring their technology here. of the big three, ford, general motors and chrysler, chrysler is now owned by an italian company. there has been a real change in the nature of the business as far as manufacturing goes. the profit margins are so thin in design,ency efficiencies in manufacturing, in seo practices, all those things have to be -- in sale practices, all those things have to be refined for a company to remain viable. detroit has always had ups and downs. we became a one-trick pony as far as what we hung our hats on for the economics of the city and of course, when

one from the teamsters and one from unite here. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. dingell: thank you. and thank you, again, to chairman scott and chairman neal for their leadership and taking a lot of words and putting it into real action. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. the gentlewoman from michigan is correct. the union members are not at fault. the union bosses are at fault, and hardworking, nonunion taxpayers should not be bailing out the union bosses for their mistakes. i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from tennessee, dr. roe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for three minutes. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in opposition to h.r. 397 because it's nothing more than a huge step backward in our work to save failing multiemployer pensions. it's the government picking retiree winners and retiree losers. our work in congress until now has been bipartisan with both sides realizing that workers' ret

international union local 1021 and the staff and per diem nurses and item 39 between the city and the teamsterspervising registered nurses. both m.o.u.s to be effective july through june 2022. >> president yee: same house same call? without objection, these are passed unanimously. please call the next item. >> item 40 administrative code displaced tenant preference in affordable housing when it's no longer restricted by affordable housing restriction within five years and market rate rent in such tenant buildings is more than 40% of the tenant's gross household income. >> president yee: same house same call? this ordinance is passed. please call item 41. >> ordinance to call and provide for a session election to be held in the city on tuesday, march 3, 2020, for the purpose of submitting to the san francisco voters a proposition to incur bonded debt of the city in the amount of $628.5 million to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation and seismic retrofitting of multiple facilities for earthquake safety and emergency response. >> president yee: same house same call? witho

. >> as a member of the teamsters union so what do you plan to do if we put it billions of dollars to bail out wall street how can we be a country that has thousands and thousands of hard-working people showing up every day how do we retire in poverty? so right now to solve this crisis if i am president i will not leave union members of that fear and insecurity they have right now. now we will go to an aclu voter. >> the largest immigration detention system in the world with no oversight costing 8 million taxpayer dollars every single day with asylum-seekers and green card holders. >> she asked about the detention facility in the country that a significant number are private institutions that profit off the incarceration of others and some of those there to seek asylum so just two weeks ago to radically eliminate the significant number because we don't need them. i've been to the private detention facilities and they are abject day violation of those fundamental values so this has been telling us all my such as separate children from families and that is alive. and also affirms our va

you had a room full of union employers and teamsters and employees they would say pass this bill todaygressman, your freshman colleague, is she de facto your leader. >> absolutely not. i'll tell you why. we want politicians to give straight answers two we took back the house because of folks like me who have flipped red districts to blue districts with a centrist message. that again is why we control the house. that is where that party is. if you look at the largest caucus within the entire house it is the new democrats coalition and that has over a hundred members. they are very centrist business oriented democrats who want to get things done that is actually part of the reason, because of your district essentially is why you've seen nancy pelosi try to push off the squad and the progressive left on the issue of impeachment because what she is worried about is forcing people like you in those formally read congressional districts from taking a tough vote on impeachment and putting the house in place that republicans can regain in 2020. he's going to be on the ballot. >> to see this as

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when my teamster friends came up with a sense in folks over. a lot of those mexicans this is what they said. they have issues with drugs..it's going to be a quick meeting on that. another one who said you will have problems in laredo you do not have enough overpasses. what is going to happen is we will be able to do that. when they say that they will cut jobs to thirtysomething jobs that is more union members for them. i know that we have it over at sam's. we need to do a lot more of that. we add a lot of things. when we work with the mexicans we can coordinate a lot more. i have to work out at the lounge because i have the cbp commissioner and the tsa talking about central baseless for our folks with gsa. you have to get the signature and you have to do this. they are both supported and the border infrastructure coordinator. you might hear all of this rhetoric appear. we are working on making sure because trade is not going to stop it's going to continue. >> i really like this but if you want to come in with that. >> a quick point. we need thi

of personal experience working with front line janitor's and haulers of waste that happen to be teamsters, so that gave me an insider's perspective. but then having an insight of working in the construction industry. and when we originally came to the realization that we would not achieve our zero waste by 2020, and that was the original goal, worked on that piece of legislation over a decade ago, so that the idea was, then how with can he do that? so very -- how can we do that? very productive hearings where we talked about pathways. some of questions, what are the things we can be doing here locally? we aren't just increasing the fees and the charges on plastic bags. we talked about some of the single use plastics, straws, these are some of the smaller -- i like to say low-hanging fruit, but then we get into the conversations about how we're reducing or consumption and reducing our packaging, that's a very important thing. and now talking about the entire conversation about construction and demolition waste, and things we have done reflectively for a -- reflexsive reflexively for a long

if authorized the nationwide labor stoppage would be biggest since the teamster strike of 1997. workers are demanding more money, but benefits and a solid plan to combat staffing shortages. have been working without a contract since september. talks broke down earlier this month. >>> immigrants right advocates will converge on city hall to speak out against cooperation with i.c.e. said about the case of armando escobar lopez. according to the advancing justice asian law caucus. police pulled him over me and ask about his immigration status. he looked into his background and discovered he had an outstanding deportation order. the police transported him over to i.c.e. and he is in federal custody in bakersfield facing possible deportation to el salvador. daly city officials say the transfer wasn't isolated incident and they say police are now being retrained to comply with california sanctuary law. >>> we need another check with the weather. the traffic alert for super commuters coming in. the alert has ended. all lanes are open westbound 580 and grant line road from an earlier cr

if authorized, the labor stoppage would be the biggest since the teamster strike in 1997. workers are demanding more money, better benefits and a solid plan to combat staffing shortages. they've been working without a contract since september. talks broke down earlier this month. >>> kids who have parents in prison had a day in the sun to play football with the pros. >> we just want them to have a fun day, where they feel encouragement, lifted up and have a good time. >> they hosted a barbecue and all day tournament in redwood city featuring super bowl champs and other pro players. more than 300 kids with incarcerated parents joined in the fun. the organizers say it's important to reach a prisoner's entire family in order to heal the community. >>> air conditioner repairs are costing some homeowners hundreds and even thousands of dollars. i'll tell you why. >>> and thinking of ordering in for dinner tonight? your driver might be taking more than just a tip. the percentage who admit to stealing your food. introducing togo's new hot chicken sandwiches. the brewpub chicken wi

. >> yes, sir, i am a member of the teamsters union, and we and many of the other units in this countryot of our members are struggling with the pension crisis. a lot are in trouble. i just want to know what you plan to do with it. sen. booker: this is not complicated to me. if we put forth billions of dollars, before i got to congress, to bail out wall street, to bailout big financial firms, how can we be a country went pension plans, that affect thousands of hard-working people who showed up every day, the kind of folks to take a shower at the end of how can we leave those folks to have to retire in poverty? and so i am a person right now i have tot believe wait come up now, i consult my , we willhose bills bailout those pension funds. ok? i am going to go to an aclu voter. bethi, my name is anna h. i want to ask you about i.c.e. sen. booker: [indiscernible] is the largest immigration detention center in the world with little to no meaningful oversight, which costs 8 million taxpayer dollars every day. u.s.fects longtime residents and green card holders. will you commit to reduce the

>> i am a member of the teamsters union. we and many other unions, a lot of our members are struggling with the pension crisis. a lot of multiemployer pensions are in trouble. this is not complicated. i'm sorry. if we just put forth billions and billions of dollars to bailout wall street, to bail out big financial firms, how can we be a country with pension plans that affect thousands and thousands of hard-working people who showed up every day, the kind of folks that take a shower at the end of the day, how can we leave those folks to have to retire in poverty? i am a person right now -- there are bills right now that solve this crisis. i support those bills. if i am president, i will not leave union members in the fear and insecurity that they have right now. we will bail out those pension funds. ok? i am going to go to an aclu voter. >> i'm going to ask you about i.c.e. ice is responsible for the largest -- sen. booker: i am hot. i thought you were going to offer me some ice. another bad joke. [laughter] >> it is the larg

multiemployer pension plans can provide security to millions of retired workers from everybody from the teamsters to the united food workers. this is important for my district which is home to musicians. actors, fund isamerican pension sent to run out of money. in fact, it is tragic that this fund has been put in position to applying to the u.s. treasury for reduction in the benefits, these benefits that these workers put in hard work. it would give pension funds to help buildup their funds ensuring that they could keep the full benefits that they earned and counted on. i urge my colleagues to vote for the butch lewis act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. mr. neal: i reserve. let me recognize the gentleman rom new york for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> every democrat and every republican in this house believes or should believe if you go to work every single day, you should have a decent life in america. if you work hard, you make enough money and find a place to live and educate your children and retire one

i looked at how to win back the blue collar voter in 2020 and it had to be sponsored by the teamsters part of the vibe here. many of the people here were journalists and not panelists. i think women power was a big scene. >> i think there was like a game. i don't know if you saw on the board where they were putting up who should drop out next, and we looked at it and the people who had the most votes was biden. that's not going to happen, but there was a sense of the people who wanted to reach out to the other side that that's not what people there were really into. another thing here. the 2020 nominees, they were asked by our abc "wall street journal" poll should they push big scale, big, big policies or smaller scale policies? it's a pretty big difference. people want big policy. are you hearing that kind of thing, dean? >> absolutely. people want bold, progressive vision here. they don't want timidity, they don't want transition stuff. climate change, medical care. it's all different age groups, all different sexual orientations, and intersectional work. i've seen so many panels wi

i'm very happy with our labor environment, we just got the teamsters agreement few months ago passede're in between agreements with the ipa, our labor union, for the pilots so we're in good stead there and besides that, i couldn't tell you a lot more about others >> small and medium size businesses continue to be a focus for you. i would assume the sunday rollout is trying to cater to them as well do you expect they're going to become an even larger percentage of your overall shipping >> they will be. all of these initiatives, not just sunday, but all that we announced, it is a holistic plan to allow these small and midsize shippers to punch above their weight and this allows them to compete with these big e-tailers and we couldn't be more -- any more excited about what we can do from a customer base. >> when it comes to exciting, people look at this new drone subsidiary and get excited s it re is it something that will have a commercial opportunity for you and if so, when? >> it will have a commercial opportunity. we don't believe that all of a sudden everything is going to be deliv

i think the new democrat left is pretty bad, when i am in knoxville and i talked to teamsters and they agree with the democrat agenda and they are openly out supporting me, so i think america is waking up and they are getting tired of it. host: oklahoma, jared is next, independent. caller: good morning. congressmen, you seem to have a grasp of the american work ethic. i truly appreciate that. it is insulting to me when i hear congresswoman cortez speaking about being coerced by pelosi into having positions on certain committees. given the status and ranking idea ofongress, her having to work is somewhat contrary to what you are espousing and her remarks are very insulting to me and what i am hearing from you as a freshman congressman and what you are communicating resonates. i want to thank you for that. guest: thank you. sometimes the folks that actually do the work around the capital, the custodial staff or security or capitol police will sometimes stand back and let us get on the hill and i say you won't get in here, you are the ones really working. it is really a shame, we are not

to the teamster who has played by the rules, to the carpenter who is already seeing a drop in his monthly benefits, we are here today to do something. but the ringing irony, that the very people opposing this bill are some of the very people who rush to vote to pass a tax relief act for the wealthiest corporations and the biggest banks, ballooning our deficit by $1.9 trillion, we scratch our heads. and we ask, why is it that you cannot lift a finger for the middle class? today we deliver for the american people and we save the pensions of those who have never asked for anything. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. ms. stevens: those who are not armed for the lobbyists but rather for the people. so our grocery stores are stocked, our cars are made and ur safety standards are met. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentlewoman will suspend. the gentlewoman deserves to be heard. ms. stevens: take it from me, my friends. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will susp

the largest plan is the central states pension fund, which has been sponsored by the teamsters. it has approximately 385,000 participants and is underfunded by $41 billion. to ensure struggling pension plans would not affect the defined benefit promise to employers, congress created the pension benefit guarantee corporation to provide financial assistance to pay participant benefits. the pension benefit guarantee corporation is funded through premiums paid by plan funds and is currently not backed by the taxpayer. since 2003, the pension benefit guarantee corporation has held a deficit when comparing its current multiemployer pension assets to its outstanding liabilities due to these insolvent union-managed pension plans. today, the pension benefit guarantee corporation has a deficit of $54 billion. the entity congress created to protect insolvent plans is estimated to be insolvent tself. this crisis did not materialize suddenly. during the 2008 recession, retirement plans throughout the country lost nearly 30% of their value. but the weaknesses of the multiemployer system were

just here in -- >> all right division on that stage last night joining me international brotherhood teamstersanks for joining me. >> al good to be here. >> first your wreaks to the democratic debate last not a he what did you think? >> well, i think we are not hearing enough about the issues that are important to people here in michigan. don't forget the republicans won michigan, in the last election, that is unheard of because they talked about kitchen table issues talked about what are they going to do for people here in michigan. what are they going to do about jobs what are they going to do about trade when a are they going to do about making giving people hope here in michigan? i didn't hear enough of that last night i think people should focus more on that i think that settle a talks about what we have to do a headlined in the paper major plant closes off that is important, because hundreds of people are going to lose jobs. that is what is going on here, so people are worried about their jobs worries about health care, worried about retirement security, and they don't have that kind of

already pay 16, 25 to 20.80 on average per hour for employees in that warehouse brought wi fieu teamsters competition to amazon on prime day, they are announcing the detail of their deal debut they want furniture indoor rugs kitchen brands small appliances toys also offering deep discounts up to 50% on hundreds of thousands of items, next week. >> and steve wahe says about privacy for members benefits make sense for most he says you should this is a quote should you figure out a way to get off the facebook. maria, back to you. >> thank you so much we have been talking about that wozniak interesting to see him say it homeland security pushing for 1,000 additional national guard troops toll to border vice president pence visiting on friday the average retiree spending on health care costs wait till you hear this. >> ♪ country, to a down home, country, to ♪ dear tech, let's talk. we have a pretty good relationship. you've done a lot of good for the world. but i feel like you have the potential to do so much more. can we build ai without bias? how do we bake security into everything we do? we