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Union Labor Celebrated at Potrero Launch Construction Project PDF Print E-mail
  • AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust Brings Jobs and Funding to San Francisco

0301s.jpgBuilding Trades members at the Potrero Launch Apartments construction site were honored Nov. 3 at a workers’ appreciation luncheon hosted by the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) at the job site. Potrero Launch at 2235 3rd Street is one of three residential projects currently under construction in San Francisco with HIT financing. The union members were joined by representatives from HIT, along with San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council Secretary-Treasurer Mike Theriault and several local union business agents.

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Election Brings Proposition Victories and Full Term for Mayor Lee PDF Print E-mail
  • Measures for School Finance and Pensions Win as Interim Leader Bests Several Challengers

0201.jpgThe Building Trades and other unions scored major victories in San Francisco’s Nov. 8 election with the passage of Propositions A and C, and the defeat of Prop. D. Results were mixed in the contests for elected office. Voter turnout was only 33 percent.

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Transbay Authority Approves $4 Billion PLA for Transit Center PDF Print E-mail
  • Agreement Emphasizes Labor Peace, Opportunities for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses

By Paul Burton, Contributing Writer

0101s.jpgThe Board of Directors of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) approved a historic Project Labor Agreement with the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council and its affiliated unions Nov. 10. The PLA is designed to ensure labor peace and equal opportunity for small, local, disadvantaged, union and non-union businesses throughout the construction of the $4 billion Transbay Transit Center Project. Construction will create tens of thousands of jobs.

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Elections: Council Urges ‘Yes’ on Bond and Pension Reform PDF Print E-mail

Yee and Alioto-Pier are Choices for Mayor, with Gascon for District Attorney

Leland Yee and Michela Alioto-PierBy Paul Burton, Contributing Writer

The leadership of San Francisco, along with school construction money and pension reform, is at stake this Election Day, Nov. 8. The first day for early voting is Oct. 11.

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