item number 24 amendment no. 1 to the 20102012 transport union workers of america local 200. item number 21 to adopt the first amendment to the 2010-2012 ford of transport -- the non mass transit authority -- an item number 22, adopting the amendment no. 1 to the 2010-2012 for the transport workers union of america, local 228. adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 unit 8 -- and adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 for unit 1188, 324. no. 25, for a minute -- 24 -- >> this is item two-five, 7-24. we will turn this over. >> good morning. does so from the department of human resources. these are all the amendments with the alternative health savings agreement, to the provision that we had negotiated in the spring of 2010. when we bargained with the various groups at the public employee labor council, we agreed that we would seek certain health care savings starting in fiscal year 2012. we have the city only paying up to the second-highest for the employee only coverage, and the parties complicated up -- commented that we could come up with an alternate, and often it wo

there is a transportation union that is pretty powerful that deals with you. we need to hear from them. some of you are aspiring to be my ears, so it is good for you all to no that the deliberations that take place here, hopefully when you are the major you will do the right thing. -- some of you are aspiring to be mayors, so it is good for you all to know that the deliberations that take place here, hopefully when you are the mayor, you will do the right thing. i want to make good use of my time, so i can tell you exactly what people at home field. when i walked to see it -- streets of san francisco, they come up to me and say thank you. they say thank you because i put myself in their shoes. i really do not need to come here. i am retired. i could go spend a lot of time in the bahamas or what ever. but what i see when it comes to transportation, and that is linked with -- for example they are saying this and that in the newspaper, but they do not have a good transportation document. the cac must deliberate on that issue. thank you very much. supervisor campo

go through this experience, there is an assistance program have in construction with the transport workers union. >> -- in conjunction with the transport workers union. >> what are we doing -- are we beefing up security in this area? >> yes. we are working in tandem with the san francisco police department. if you want more specifics, i can have our officers that to the might as he is working with the commander -- i can have our officer stepped up to the microphone as he is working with their commander. at this juncture, if you could step up to the microphone, please. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, board members. we have police department units out there working overtime. we have the mrts and housing authorities writing under cover to ensure passengers and our operators are safe. we have extra coverage on the bayview district and on those bus routes. >> are we working with a supervisor kim's office? >> yes. there is coordination. >> is there any connection with this and the shooting incident the other night? >> we are not sure. it is still under investigation, but we do think there is some cor

our third witness is the alternative -- altered legislative director for the transportation union. the chair recognizes mr. risch for members of the committee, on behalf of the -- on the united transportation union i'd like to thank you for the opportunity to address the committee today. due to leave kuwait represent thousands of trends and rail employees. each and every day members of the front line of travel to keep the transportation network secure. members are committed to work with employers and the government to improve the lines of defense against those who wish the nation harm. offer to work with the nation's railroad on the security training and had a positive discussion on possible joint partnerships. a primary concern to the members is the lack of blocks for doors and windows on the locomotive cabs. we believe it should be required all locomotives be quote with locks for the doors and windows to prevent unauthorized entry to the operating compartment. when windows and doors are locked the locomotive cab needs to be air-conditioned certainly in cold weather operating crew

our third witness is the alternative -- altered legislative director for the transportation union. the chair recognizes mr. risch for members of the committee, on behalf of the -- on the united transportation union i'd like to thank you for the opportunity to address the committee today. due to leave kuwait represent thousands of trends and rail employees. each and every day members of the front line of travel to keep the transportation network secure. members are committed to work with employers and the government to improve the lines of defense against those who wish the nation harm. offer to work with the nation's railroad on the security training and had a positive discussion on possible joint partnerships. a primary concern to the members is the lack of blocks for doors and windows on the locomotive cabs. we believe it should be required all locomotives be quote with locks for the doors and windows to prevent unauthorized entry to the operating compartment. when windows and doors are locked the locomotive cab needs to be air-conditioned certainly in cold weather operating crew

our third witness is the alternative -- altered legislative director for the transportation union. opportunity to address the committee today. due to leave kuwait represent thousands of trends and rail employees. each and every day members of the front line of travel to keep the transportation network secure. members are committed to work with employers and the government to improve the lines of defense against those who wish the nation harm. offer to work with the nation's railroad on the security training and had a positive discussion on possible joint partnerships. a primary concern to the members is the lack of blocks for doors and windows on the locomotive cabs. we believe it should be required all locomotives be quote with locks for the doors and windows to prevent unauthorized entry to the operating compartment. when windows and doors are locked the locomotive cab needs to be air-conditioned certainly in cold weather operating crews will close the windows and doors however in hot weather without air-conditioning operating they're forced to open the doors and windows compromi

try clinton franklin, 40,000 people walk over the madison bridge heading to albeit transportation center and the union station at many announced st. closure on trains but some commuters still caught by surprise >> it is a logger walk but no short path to where i am going >> back out here along interstate 294 traffic rerouting starting tomorrow is expected to continue through the end of the year and a sense of the detour involved interstate 190 be advised traffic going in and out of o'hare airport could also be impacted did yourself extra time >> not guilty of murdering a 2 year old daughter the verdict today against casey anthony a decision that absolutely stunned many legal experts and the court of public opinion convicted of lying to police who investigated. >> 10 hours 40 minutes and 33 seconds and jury deliberations spare the casey anthony life in prison or the death penalty >> casey marie anthony jury of your peers down do not guilty to charges contained count to one of the indictment murder in the first degree >> not guilty of murdering her two year-old daughter caylee or child abuse or manslaug

the house republicans wanted to make it harder for transportation employees to unionize.inutes past the hour. turning to a breaking story out of norway where at least 91 people are dead at the hands of what may have been a lone gunman. this kind of attack brings up and the images bring back memories of timothy mcveigh in oklahoma city. let's explain here. this is what you are seeing and it is a result of a first massive explosion in oslo, the capital. then came an attack at a youth camp on an island about 20 miles away. in that attack, anders breivik, got a group to gather and he fired into the crowd and he fired into the water as people tried to run and swim to safety. here is one survivor. >> he was yelling he was going to kill all and we all should die. so, he pointed the gun at me, but he did not pull the trigger. he left and returned maybe an hour later when a few other people found me and gathered around me. the people started running around because they did not know where to run. he suddenly showed up and he shot almost everyone. >> our diana magnay is near utoya i

interest already in seeing that people without do essential work in the nation's transportation system didn't form unionsnterested in making it difficult. well, the old saying around washington that elections have consequences, is this one of the consequences? he gets to weigh in on that provision and it's a principles that he thinks is worth fighting for. >> well, look it, he can have that fight during the debate on the overall faa bill. but he shouldn't have that fight that allowed for 4,000 people to be furloughed. these people aren't getting a paycheck. these are people that work for america's aviation system. and the construction workers, one of the largest unemployment segments in our economy today are the building trades, the construction trades. it's over 50%. why put all of these people out of work. why should we do that? it's not right. it's not fair. pass a clean bill. the president will sign it, have your debate on the union provision. have your debate on whether small communities should receive money, but not at the extension of these construction workers who can ill afford not to go to work

is republicans are insisting on a provision in the reauthorization to trip union rights from people who work in transportationnt to make it harder for people who work for airlines and railways to join unions. republicans want to strip the union rights and democrats don't. we have an impasse, time is up. the reason the dog is looking at john micah in this picture is because instead of passing another extension of the faa, john micah now says unless republicans get their way on the union stripping thing, even a temporary extension, this time, would put the screws to small town airports, cutting support for the few commercial airlines that serve them. it's going after, it so happens are in states represented by powerful senate democrats who get a say in these matters. reid's home state. another airport in glendive, montana, not near anything else except north dakota. montana is represented by max baucus who is in the finance committee. and alamogordo, new mexico, represented by democratic senator tom udall, who serves on the senate transportation committee, which makes tom udall the counterpart for john micah, f

republicans in the house are insisting that they be allowed to strip existing union rights from people who work in transportation. unless democrats cave on that, republicans say they'll kill off small airports one by one, starting with ones like this one in nevada. after that, the whole fight will start again over union rights in september. this is a fight that is maybe going to kill airports, and it is definitely going to grab the whole air travel system around the neck as soon as tomorrow. but it is not as much about planned specifically as it is about union rights, and how republicans have decided that stripping union rights is the hill they are going to die on this year. we have that john kasich footage? we have that? exemplary. this is ohio junior john kasich. he has spent his first year in office doing what republicans in congress are now insisting on, stripping union rights. this winter, the governor proposed a law that strips union rights in ohio. he proposed it. thousands of people protested. and then the republican legislature passed the bill called sb-5. governor kasich signed it. want to see how his

the union said today the tactic was meant to put pressure on the transportation district.kers are angry about the agency's plan to replace them with a dozen machines. >>> the first day of the city's so-called brownout plan to save money. the two stations that tend to get fewer calls will initially be impacted the most. suspended as needed, including on days with significant fire danger. >> and the first case of west nile this season recorded in contra costa county. the county reminds everyone drain any standing water on your property so that mosquitoes cannot breed. >> bay area catholics heading to an east bay church to pay respects to a saint that many swear is the reason they made it to the u.s. saint toribio of immigrants and as robert lills shows us, immigrants both legal and illegal. >> he stands just 4 feet, 5eu7b spes, but glides above this faithful group. some legal, some undocumented, but all have waited. >> how long have you carried this? >> ten years. >> others a lifetime just to touch our gaze upon patron saint of imgrants. >> they're going to make it better. >

but the union said today that the tactic was meant to put pressure on the transportation district. >> i think we chose to say there would be so everyone would understand that we are serious and if needs to happen, we were prepared to do that. >> ticket takers are angry about the agency's plan to replace a dozen agents. >>> san francisco police say alcohol definitely played a role in a misadventure on the bay. after jumping off pier 7. one of the men tells the chronicle he went in after someone threw his coat containing his id and social security card in the water. his friend followed to try to save him. police say that both of these men were drunk. getting them out involved a diver from the police department and a ladder. one guy came up without his pants. >> he's been a saint for just over a decade, but he's well known among mexicans. a statue of the patron saint of immigrants. he's on display in concord tonight. a priest who died in the 1920s, robert lyles reports accounts that spread decades later fuel his popularity. >> he weighs 88-pounds, but glides above the fateful group of me

union square business improvement district, property owners, and the businesses, i would like to thank mayor lee, supervisor david chiu, the city departments, the san francisco municipal transportation agency, and audi of america, and a special thank you to those who supported this trend for this project. when we embark on this new project, it reminded us of where we have been and where we are going in union square. 164 years ago, jasper overall, who has a street named after him one week away, was commissioned by the city to lay out a design for its streets and parks, including union square. the park's design was designed to be infighting, accessible, beautiful, and memorable. today, architect walter put has applied those same qualities beautifully to the powell street promenade with a contemporary landscape design with features and heard of, like solar technology and wi-fi. o'farrell may not have imagined at the time that 100,000 people would use this street every weekend, making it the busiest city corridor. now with this promenade, it will be one of the best places to enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city, out of its hustle and bustle by working with the city, audi, and union s

union why or how this happened. >>> increased costs starting today for many people using public transportation. muni passengers are paying $2 more for monthly pass. one dollar more for seniors and low income riders, cost on cable car is $6 a trip. daily parking lot costs one dollar more. stickers like that one will no longer give drivers a free pass in the carpool lanes when they drive solo. >> wait until you get your notice before you renew your registration. a new law prohibits it until the expiration date or until the dmv send out a renewal notice. they are trying to reduce backlog. dmv says everyone will get a grace period of 30 days before late fees kick in. >>> a divided oakland city council finally passed a budget hours before the deadline. the mayor cast the deciding vote to break the tie. it includes hiring back 22 police officers that were laid off. it imposes 15 furlough days on city staffers. they are facing a $58 million deficit. they have approved $28 million sale of the kaiser convention center. >>> you can add oakland to the list of cities that will be suing to stop the state fr

use their own funds to get people into unions to pay for their tools, to give them clothing and attire to get to the job. and they don't even have transportation sometimes. so there's a lot of small things that can happen to get them tools, tooled up, booted, suited, transportation to all the construction jobs that are in their neighborhood. thank you. chairman mirkarimi: thank you very much. next speaker, please. anybody who else would like to speak? i've run out of yellow cards. just stand in the aisle, one after the other. thank you. >> thank you so much for the opportunity to speak. i come here as a taxpayer and as a former emergency room worker who's worked quite a bit with exactly the kind of population we're talking about today. and i'm also -- because some of the conversation has been about the event last night in the bay view, i was witness to that event. i went to go hear chief the chief speak, and i went to hear what the community had to say. i was disappointed that it wasn't able to happen. but i do want to provide testimony that almost all of the people who were actually from the bayview really wanted to hear the chief speak. i th

transportation costs for them and g.m. the company also took advantage of the two-tiered wage system negotiated in 2007 with the united auto workers union. 40% of the employees here are entry level, and those lower- paid workers shave about $200 off the sonic's production costs. carl montrosse works in the paint shop and is encouraged by how well the company and union are working together on this project. >> i think any manufacturing company that wants to be competitive in a global market is going to have to come up with ways to reduce costs and build more cars for less. >> reporter: kristin dziczek is a labor relations expert at the center for automotive research. she thinks if the sonic is successful, other car companies could follow g.m.'s lead. >> a lot of the imports are, of course, coming from international manufacturers, but the domestic manufacturers are importing as well. ford's small car, the fiesta, for example, is made in mexico. fiat is building the 500 in mexico. so these are near-shore opportunities for small car production. >> reporter: it could take months for g.m. to know if the sonic is a hit with consumers, and if th