CIA Stands Up For Work In San Francisco
Members of Carpenters In Action turned out in force last month at San Francisco City Hall to show our support for the California Pacific Medical Center. This $2.5 billion construction project, which includes building a new 555-bed hospital on Cathedral Hill, won approval from the Planning Commission on a 5–1 vote. Project approval now moves to the Board of Supervisors, and you can be sure the Carpenters In Action will be there, standing up for jobs!

Carpenters On The Cutting Edge At Valley Med

The voters of Santa Clara County overwhelmingly passed Measure A in November 2008, to provide funds to meet the state's mandate for earthquake safety at SCVMC. Fifty-three million of those funds were earmarked for a new Receiving and Supply Center, and construction of that 145,000 square-foot center is well underway.

CONTRACT UPDATE

Only A Few Contractors Want To Cancel Contract

A little over 30 signatory contractors have sent their notice to the Union that they will be attempting to cancel their collective bargaining agreement and operate non-union in the future.

"This is a historic low number of cancellations," said 46 Counties Conference Board Executive Director Bill Feyling. "We have already met with several contractors that have agreed to re-sign and are close with several others. These employers contributed less than 1 percent of the total hours generated in the last four years, but we need to be mindful that the work these contractors subcontract to other union contractors pushes that number a little higher—and in these times, we need to be fighting for every job possible."