the buses here from input, from our operators, transit workers union local 258. the san francisco transit riders union. the mta advisory committee. a lot of folks working together, our fleet engineers, mechanics, supervisors, operators, most of whom are under the leadership of john who has been the driving force of getting these here. the one person who was so excited about this is our mayor. he kept saying when are we going to get to ride those buses? i'm happy to say this day is here. i would like to introduce you're san francisco mayor,ed lee. [ applause ] >> thank you. some of them have arrived and all of them will arrive by july. i want to thank the commission and ed riis skin and the staff for investing properly. this is what we talked about for a number of years. when you realize that many of the buses that we have are over 13 years old in the city and you realize on how not only how run down they are but we keep replacing the parts over again. we have learned the lessons of fuel economy, of ergonomics and designs and free coating on there and material tha

ian lewis speaking from the restaurant hotel and workers union local 2. i looked at this project primarily with respect to its hotel variant and i poured over it, having submitted comment during scoping and in this two-page -- two-inch thick document, i found about six places where hotels were treated differently from residential. and i need to call that out and insist that you revise this and treat hotels as they should be. they're not a residential use. they function differently. hotels are the place of employment for nearly 20,000 san francisco workers. the volumes of trash that flow through the building, the conditions for employees in hotels are extraordinarily important. you know, those six places that were addressed differently seem to me places where some technician looked up in a book and found that the technical follow viewv of trip generation or parking demand differed in some way from verix decksv, no familiarity ~ with what makes hotels unique. ~ uses. i'm not going to go through an inventory of all the omissions here. i refer first back to t

union of roofers, and water proofers and allied workers local 40. carpenters, and locksmith union, local 22.united association ofjourneymen and apprentices of the plumbing and pipefitting industry of the united states and canada, local 38; plasterers, local 66; sheet metal workers, local 104; auto, marine and specialty painters, local 1176; teamsters, local 853; and automotive machinists, local 1414 (joint common craft >> and number three to the tentative agreement between the district and the international union of operating engineers, local 39 and at the present timive agreement and between the district and the service employees and international union. local 1021. >> moved and second. >> i see no public speakers for this item. and so, at this time, i would like to call on the superintendent to read the recommendation for each agreement. >> thank you. >> president norton, i would like to call on executive director carm elo scarloto to read the motion. >> thank you, superintendent. >> and board. >> so the recommendation for the tentative agreement b

during my august recess, i had the opportunity to visit the sheet metal workers' union, local 24, located in the district. i also had the opportunity to have a laborer' town hall meetings and tubing to those teaching our children, talking to workers, improving our infrastructure, police and first responders and electric workers, those working in transportation, he postal service, nurses, our local, state, federal and municipal government employees, those that assist us every day and their work improves our community and our local economy. it is so important for us to come here today as members of congress and yes, members of the congressional black caucus and legality me tell you why. because in our current economic climate, unions are more important than ever before. you see, we need fair wages. wage.d a higher minimum if our economy continues toe recover from the worst recession in 80 years, many workers are forced to spend their savings and figure out how to make ends meet. yes, unions are a vital part of our society and so important as we continue to rebuild america. e news ensure tha

geothermal pow e it has 578 employees in northern california and their local construction programs have employed more than 1200 union workers. as a public agency, we're proud to be able to support union workers and prevailing wage workers. we've already begun local build o*ut from the solar installation, we've identified new sites for solar at transportation port and is non-profit organizations within our service area, they're in early planning stages, we provide service to almost 2 thousand net energy metering customer that is are generating their own power on their rooftops getting power to our load and the installation of our airport project created 20 jobs through the 20 month construction phase through our feed-in tariff and as well as the feed-in tariff , it also generated new jobs w we pay for those programs to promote local jobs. >> we have lofted two minutes per witness z. >> this year, we also launched a 4.1 million energy program that's available to cc a programs that launch. we understand there are complexities involved and encourage you to keep in mind by taking action to move this program forward, you are allo

a local construction workers' union filed lawsuit, citing a laundry list of problems. >> bringing in sub contractors who bring in lesser-skilled, lower-paid workers hurts all workers. >> reporter: mayor reeve said they were trying to use sequa to pressure them to fire more of their workers. >> i think that's an abuse of the act. >> reporter: we caught up with struthers who maintains his concerns are legitimate. >> we will say no more. we will fight for people to do their jobs. >> reporter: -governor reagan signed sequa into law. >> there will be folks opposed, because what i've been doing all year is a bit challenging and painful. there are those who say it needs to be changed and tweaked and those who say it needs to be fundamentally written altogether. >> the bill is winding through the legislature right now, where the wording changes day by day. basically, it would make it harder to use the environmental law against some construction projects. >>> police say one man is responsible for mcdonald's robberies in 2 bay area cities and it was an inside job. 42-year-old felix gonzales be

a local construction workers' union filed an appeal krieth a laundry list of problems.ook the podium last month but barely talked about the requirement at all. >> the counsel denied the union's appeal. mayor read said they were trying to use sequa. he maintains his concerns are le lit mat, and he would not do done anything different. >> then governor ronald reagan sighed sequw into the law. senate president says the law has been beneficial but got to be amended to stop special interest from taking advantage of it. >> i've been trying all year to find that elusive grujd ground between those who say it's perfect and those who say it needs to be rewritten. >> supporters and critics say sequa's power and. >> the bill is winding its way through the legislature now. >>> well, imagine seeing a black bear walking down the street what would you do? if you had a brain, you'd get away. people in tennessee decided to chase the little bear to take his picture. you can see the bear running up and down the stairs obviously frightened. seemed more nervous than the people surrounding it

third, public sector workers and the unions are not to blame for the fiscal trouble of state and local government nor for the underfunding of their own pension. there is absolutely no correlation between those states where public sector workers have collective bargaining right and strong union and state -- in fact, states that allow public sector collective bargaining recently had 14% deficit compared those states where public sector collective bargaining was not allowed. they are a 16.5%. the biggest problem with the pension and deficit don't allow public sector collective bargaining like texas, north carolina, nevada. what that account for the ballooning state budget deficit. any -- >> you're making a speech. i need you to make an opening statement. >> yes, sir, your honor. of course, your honor. the deep recession in michigan in 2008 collapse of the housing market were to blame for the trouble the state budget are having. not the workers and their unions. rising health care costs both public and private sector workers. not the fault of the unions. they deliver significant benefit no

union's ceo took the podium at city hall last month but barely talked about the environment at all. >> bringing in subcontractors to bring in lesser skilled lower paid workers from sacramento hurts all local workers in the construction industry. >> reporter: the council denied the union's appeal. mayor reed said they were trying to use see request to pressure the builder to hire more of their workers. >> i think that's an abuse. >> reporter: he maintains his concerns are legitimate and the union man wouldn't have done any differently. >> we draw a line in the sand and say no more. we are going to fight for local people to get local jobs and i make no apologies for that. >> reporter: then governor ronald reagan signed ceqa into law in 1970 to protect the environment and public projects. senate president darrell steinberg says the law has been beneficial but it's got to be amended to stop special interests from taking advantage of it. >> there will be folks who are opposed because what i have been trying all year, it's been a bit challenging, some would say painful, to find that elusive middle ground between those who say that the statute's perfect and doesn't need to be changed and those w

a union representing bart workers took to twitter eluding to unruly passengers who have been calling problems. one tweet from the transit union local 1555 referred to annoying drunks riding the trains this labor day weekend. there was another tweet sent out. this one said the things we've seen during the bay bridge closure, yikes. riders we talked to have noticed a different kind of crowd. >> it wouldn't be my -- the crowd i'd like to ride the train with at all points in time. but you know, it is what it is. you know. people are having fun. it's a holiday weekend. >> reporter: the two sides remain tens of millions of dollars apart on the issues of pay and benefits. and the key sticking points have yet to be addressed and likely won't be for another couple weeks. planning to hold a news conference on the negotiations and what they say has been a lack of progress that happens at 11:00 this morning. live in walnut creek, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a patent office in northern california is meeting with protest for many silicon valley companies. the government says it doesn't have the money to open the office because of the s

local unions, but sometimes not how local companies seek profits. >> and say what you will about how effective unions are in the modern era. over the last 60 years, the average union worker makes about $10,000 more than the average non-union worker. >>> thank you, scott. three weeks into the cooling-off period bart workers are demanding bart management return to the bargaining table. they say they are a ready to talk and get this matter resolved. but they say bart management and their negotiates have refused to meet until the 37th day of the 60 day cooling-off period that was ordered by the governor. >> they are going to force us into a strike come october 10th when this cooling-off period expires. we have a great concern about that. >> according to bart, they have set a negotiating schedule and under it sessions will start a week from today. they said we are eager to hear from unions about our last offer, which to date, has gone unanswered. >>> the national park service is investigating the death of a crab fisherman in marin county. the 40 year old fell off his small boat yesterday. the fire department says he apparently got his leg caught on a rope that was attached to

well these maintenance workers are part of seiu local 1021 one of the unions that has yet to reach a with bart. we asked seiu if they have told their workers not to take any overtime offered john arrantes is the president of seiu, the union that represents maintenance workers and is currently embroiled in a contract dispute with bart management. he says the decision to work overtime is a personal choice. whatever the reason, until maintenance catches up, its whatever the reason, until maintenance catches up, its commuters who arunbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. the roadways have been busier. kron four's terisa estacio is live at the bridge with more

local unions upset. >> the cost of living increases and how housing has increased, food increased. gas has increased and everything has gone up but worker's wages and we need to keep the fight going to get the workers the wages they need otherwise how can people live and exist with dignity and with respect? >> reporter: this next statistic won't help. according to the bureau of economic analysis our salaries as a percentage of gdp, a measure of our national economy, used to be about half. in other words, we work to support our country. now it's down around 40%. employee compensation has been dropping. >> in every sector we see a move toward more temp workers, less benefits, less ability for folks to maintain their middle class quality of life. >> reporter: more labor but smaller wage and job growth. not what we want to celebrate. >> we also spoke the bay online labor leaders about how the tech industry plays into all of this information and we'll focus on that part tonight at 6:00. diane and raj, back to you. >> thank you, scott. >>> pretty exciting. the time is nearing. it seems like it and then they keep delaying. right now we're lookin

local hiring and we need them to be union. and a lot of what's happening is people want to bring in nonunion workers, pay them fees, and we're out of luck coming and going. so, you're doing a good job. thank you. >> next speaker. >>> good evening. good evening, commissioners. eric burks, san francisco green party, local grassroots organization of our city, and i'm also the grassroots organizer that has worked the most hours over the last decade to promote this program and get it to be successful. i would strongly urge you once i reach the three-minute mark if i have not made my point, to please ask questions because i have the basic answer to your question. first of all, i have to say that this program has become much closer, much closer to the vision that you are fighting for and demanding. since director kim malcolm came on board. before that, it was a struggle with the sfpuc power enterprise to get the buildout on the table. since ms. malcolm showed up, we've got the rates down. they're going to be competitive with pg&e, without which competitive rates, there would be no buildout because there would be no customers. since ms.

local controls to their residents can on the travel. >> negotiations are set to resume today between bart and its worker unions.irst time the two sides have met since the beginning of the 60 day cooling off period ordered by the governor. bart negotiators say they their final offer a month ago. that offer was a 10 percent raise over 4-years the president of bart's board of directors called on union negotiators to take the offer to its members while there is still time. the cooling off period expires october 10th. >> raiders opening the season on the road in indy. first quarter. andrew luck finds reggie wayne on the 12 but new raider quarterback terrelle pryor had an impressive debut. down 4. pryor hits denarius moore on the slant for the 5 yard touchdown pass and a 17-14 lead. luck and the colts would answer. luck breaks out of the pocket and rambles 19 yards for the go-ahead touchdown raiders with one last chance. pryor throws behind his receiver and the colts antoine bethea makes the interception to end the oakland threat. raiders lose a close one 21- 17. but fans can feel good about the debut of pryor. >> le

union workers there are, the more wages are going to go up. puts money back into the middle class. it will raise revenue for the federal, and state and localin 1980, ed, we made 15% of the semi k -- we made 50% now we make 15%. boeing employees about 170,000. we need a strong manufacturing policy. and then invest back into our infrastructure roads and bridges, but also broadband and these institutes that the president wants to develop, like the one in youngstown. that judgmemp starts us. >> what's the solution? >> honestly, i doesn't see anything in the short term. >> we've got to take over the house, that's the bottom line. >> we've got to because these guy also continue to stall and deny obama no matter whether it's foreign policy or domestic. no matter what he say, they're going to be against it. we've got to win the house back and keep the senate as well and put together this big package. i think americans are yearning for a transformational kind of politics that obama talked about. and i think middle-aged people are ready to get involved. >> what are your constituents saying, and how are you going vote? >> i'm going to vote no. i thin

workers. these four unions of the alliance represent more than 1.5 million workers, many who build our nation's infrastructure. i myself am a member of the opera and engineers out of local324 in michigan where i spent a lot of time working on transportation projects as a young man as a crane operator. these four large basic trade unions that i represent built some in the nation's largest projects. we just are finishing up the first phase of the was like well project. we built the wilson bridge a few years ago and which is finish up the hot lanes in this capitol area. movable bit towards the midwest, right now we just heard the ohio river bridges in quÉbec in indiana. we recently finished the hoover dam bypass bridge in nevada and arizona your and a couple years ago, or for five years ago we finished building the tacoma bridge and we are currently underway with the alaskan way viaduct replacement of these pacific northwest which is in the state of washington. bottom line is, madam chairman, we build the nation's infrastructure. this is the most important jobs bill for construction workers that we have. and the reason we here today is because of the crisis of the highway

local and government workers are a vested right. city leaders nationwide are expected to introduce similar measures if san jose wins a legal battle with the unions is expected in the next knew months. >>> a few dozen schools have lost their academic ratings. they include four school districts in the bay area. the berryessa union, new haven unified, vallejo city unified and santa cruz city schools. these school districts lost their rating of the academic performance index, which is a key indicator by which california schools are judged. the school needs these ratings to meet performance targets. the schools that failed to achieve the targets over several years faced possible sanctions such as losing funding. >>> it was a rough game at candlestick park on sunday. not just for the 49ers beaten by the colts, 27-7. police are reporting at least two serious incidents of fan violence during sunday's game at the stick. officers say a 15-year-old boy suffered a concussion during a fight with a 29-year-old man early in the game. and two women were badly hurt during a fight after the game. the fan violence came despite increased stadium security. >>> tonig

workers out of the north. enforcements are pretty important thing obviously the government is responsible for that. union officials leak the prevailing wage law in their case they can use it to elevate locales to a point nonunion and union free construction companies can't compete because the labor line item is really the one area where there's some latitude if you will. so it's important element but it's something many states are addressing for taxpayers . host: independent line is next. caller: i want to make a comment to the c-span commentators. they do a lot of talking and sometimes it's 15 minutes before a call gets in. we want to hit these guys with hard hitting questions. this guy come on and pretend he's on workers rights. it's all about driving down wages. that's why a lot of companies went to the south because they have react to work laws. you can hire people at lower wages. more profits for the employer. this guy telling employers, employers are more concerned about making more money. often times these workers, if they're not in the union, they benefit from the union agreement but they don't have to pay the union dues. this is all about driving down wages just like these free t

workers out of the north. enforcements are pretty important thing, and obviously the government is responsible for that. union officials like the prevailing wage law in their case they can use it to elevate localwages to a point nonunion and union free construction companies can't compete because the labor line item is really the one area where there's some latitude, if you will. so it's important element but it's something many states are addressing for taxpayers. host: independent line is next. caller: i want to make a comment to the c-span commentators. they do a lot of talking, and sometimes it's 15 minutes before a call gets in. we want to hit these guys with hard hitting questions. this guy come on and pretends he's for workers rights. it's all about driving down wages. that's why a lot of companies went to the south because they had right to work laws. you can hire people at lower wages. more profits for the employer. this guy telling employers -- employers are more concerned about making more money. oftentimes these workers, if they're not in the union, they benefit from the union agreement, but they don't have to pay the union dues. this is all about driving down wages just like these