Organized Labor

While there are no cranes towering over the building to signal a major construction job is in progress, work at the historic building at 50 UN Plaza is expected to generate a considerable number of jobs for construction workers in San Francisco. Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. has begun work on what may be one of the largest construction projects in the city this year.

By Paul Burton
Contributing Writer

Construction of a new Presidio Parkway began last month. The new seismically safe roadway will replace Doyle Drive – the portion of Highway 101 located within the Presidio that winds 1.5 miles along the northern edge of San Francisco and connects the city’s peninsula to the Golden Gate Bridge and the North Bay.

$10-Billion Bullet Train From SF to LA Would Generate 160,000 Construction Jobs

Union members turned out in force for the State Senate Committee hearing on High Speed Rail Jan. 21 in Palo Alto. State Senators Joe Simitian (Palo Alto) and Alan Lowenthal (Long Beach) from the Senate Joint Budget and Transportation committees heard public input from proponents and opponents of siting the rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula. When built, it would move passengers from Los Angeles to the Bay Area at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.