We know it’s voluntary, but…
After a three-day protest by unemployed locals, UCSF has announced that it will be making a few changes in the local hiring percentage at its Mission Bay hospital construction site. But wait, what really changed UCSF’s mind? The Bay Guardian gives us the story.
- Division of Labor (SF Bay Guardian) 02/02/11
- No veto for local-hiring legislation (Examiner) 12/24/10
- City Insider: Local-hire ordinance is law - no veto (Chronicle) 12/24/10
- SF Local Hiring Legislation Becomes Law (Bay Citizen) 12/24/10
- San Francisco mayor declines to veto local-hire law, despite Peninsula's concerns (Mercury News) 12/24/10
- San Mateo County wants SF mayor to veto law that could hurt Peninsula workers (Mercury News) 12/21/10
- Hiring at home (SF Bay Guardian) 12/15/10
- Editorial: Local hiring - and purchasing (SF Bay Guardian) 12/15/10
- Board of Supervisors gives veto-proof approval to local hiring mandate (Examiner) 12/15/10
- Avalos/Maxwell: Local hiring law a New Deal for San Francisco (Chronicle) 12/14/10
- City Insider: Supes OK tough local-hire law (Chronicle) 12/08/10
- Local-hiring law to boost work force (Examiner) 12/08/10
- Avalos to Introduce Scaled-Back Local Hiring Bill (Bay Citizen) 11/23/10
- Editorial: SF needs a local hire law (SF Bay Guardian) 11/03/10
- Locals for hire (SF Bay Guardian) 11/03/10
- San Francisco to consider local-hire law (SF Business Times) 10/21/10
- City Hall Watch: Supe pushes for half of work to be done by SF residents (Examiner) 10/20/10
- Supervisor proposes 50% local hiring mandate (Chronicle) 10/20/10
- Local-Hiring Bill Would Target SF's Poor Neighborhoods (Bay Citizen) 10/20/10
- Avalos initiates LOCAL SF (SF Bay Guardian) 10/20/10
- Local hiring on city-funded projects falls short (Examiner) 10/19/10
- Union allocation is roadblock to local hiring (Examiner) 08/04/10
- Study: Public Works Jobs Skipping Locals (Bay Citizen) 08/02/10
- Locals miss out on work (Examiner) 08/02/10
Alexis Smith