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Corruption Scandal Exposes Racism and Discrimination Against SF City Workers

by Labor Video Project (lvpsf [at] labornet.org)
This LaborLine program is about the corruption scandal in the City of San Francisco and the
discrimination and retaliation against workers who speak out about the inequality and injustice
within the City.
19 minutes 26.6 MB
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Labor Line
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Corruption Scandal Exposes Racism and Discrimination Against SF City Workers

Seventy laborers who were employed by the Department of Public Works director Mohammad Nuru were illegally discharged 2005 and replaced by workers making 50% less. Mayor Newsom and the city signed an agreement with the union LIUNA 261 before this, that the newly hired workers would have their union dues and initiation dues paid by the city. This flagrant discrimination was challenged in an ethics complaint on January 23, 2006 filed at the ethics commission by 16 laborers for this unethical agreement by Mayor Newsom, Director of Public Works Edwin Lee and DPW Deputy Director Mohammad Nuru.
This program will show the filing of the complaint, a press conference at SF City Hall and testimony by the workers who were discriminated against. Also PUC suspended workers Anita Labossiere and Phyllis Porter also provided testimony about discrimination against injured workers who are being harassed and fired illegally. The corruption charges against Mayor Newsom and the city have been censored by the SF Chronicle and the rest of the media in San Francisco.

"Labor Line" and "Labor On The Job" are produced by Labor Video Project.
Labor Line airs every Wednesday from 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM, and
Labor On The Job is programmed the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM on San Francisco Cable Channel 29 "Labor On The Job" is also the longest running labor cable show in the United States since 1983.
It is produced and programmed by the Labor Video Project in San Francisco and is also programmed on Philadelphia and St. Louis cable systems.
The Labor Video Project also produces "Labor Line" and labor documentaries and is part of the Union Producers and Programmers Network
(UPPNET) http://www.uppnet.org

Labor Video Project
P.O.Box 720027
San Francisco, CA 94172
Phone (415) 282-1908 Fax (415) 695-1369
lvpsf [at] labornet.org
Producing labor media since 1983

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