Despite longstanding necessity, the position of Executive Assistant to the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council Secretary-Treasurer had remained unfilled for years. On March 6, San Francisco native Sandra Duarte came on board to fill the role assisting Secretary-Treasurer Tim Paulson.
SACRAMENTO – The San Francisco Building Trades Council and San Francisco Labor Council hosted a series of meetings with Bay Area legislators in Sacramento April 2, along with the San Mateo County Building Trades Council and San Mateo County Central Labor Council.
San Francisco Animal Care and Control’s current location at 1200 15th Street was built in 1931 with the intended use as a warehouse for goods, not a home for animals.
As Organized Labor went to press, negotiations between the City and County of San Francisco and unions representing City workers were ongoing, but still at an impasse. After meetings facilitated by a federal mediator, the two sides were set to go into arbitration in mid-April.
Members of the Building Trades joined a rally organized by Service Employees International Union Local 1021 (SEIU) on March 7 in front of the Metropolitan Transportation Administration building at Market Street and Van Ness Avenue to demand an end to discrimination in City agencies and a fair contract with living wages for City workers. Members of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees, Local 21 (IFPTE) and Teamsters also participated.
Developers Hines and Urban Pacific Development recently revised their proposal for a high-rise project in the Transbay district. The developers have been working with the San Francisco Planning Department over the last year on the project for Transbay Parcel F at 542-550 Howard Street, which they purchased from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority for $160 million in 2016. The latest proposal reduces the number of housing units and office space.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently appointed Bart Pantoja to the Citizens’ General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee. Breed named Pantoja -- Business Representative for the Glaziers Local 718, District Council 16 – to the post following an interview late last year and after receiving recommendations from San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council Secretary-Treasurer Tim Paulson and President, Larry Mazzola, Jr, among others.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed signed legislation January 18 mandating the City to enter into a Citywide Project Labor Agreement with the San Francisco Building Trades Council for Public Works or improvement projects. The signing took place at the Plumbers Local 38 union hall.
Delegates to the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council unanimously endorsed Mayor London Breed for her re-election this November for San Francisco mayor. Ms. Breed was elected Mayor last June in a special election to serve until 2020, filling the remainder of the term of the late Mayor Ed Lee.
