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Union members tell Planning Commission developers aren’t hiring San Franciscans; commission says many pledges are voluntary
Summary
Workers and union representatives told the Planning Commission they are not getting promised local hires on city-related projects and urged enforcement; the commission and city attorney said voluntary pledges to use union labor cannot generally be enforced by the Planning Commission and requested follow-up from the mayoral workforce office and staff.
Union members, carpenters and community members used the commission’s public-comment period on Jan. 8 to press a long-standing grievance: that developers who publicly promised to hire union or local labor on projects subsequently failed to deliver jobs to San Francisco residents.
Jim Salinas Sr., identified in testimony as a Local 22 affiliate, said project sponsors have made oral commitments to use union contractors and hire locally but then employed out‑of‑town workers. Salinas told the commission, "We desperately need to put San Franciscans to work, commissioners," and asked the…
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