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Mandatory Health-Care Legislation & Minimum Compensation Ordinance Coverage

by David Grace (sflivingwage [at] gmail.com)
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SF Sup Tom Ammiano is working on legislation to mandate employers in the city, who employ over 20 on their property, must cover healthcare as part of compensation.

Medicare Prop D Loophole is also discussed. What are the real consequences of these strange 'cuts' to medical coverage?

The Plumbers Union owns the Civic Center Hotel and is planning on constructing new one, but want to evade their obligations toward low-income units, and those they do build will be without plumbing. How can the plumbers justify building a hotel and not put in the best plumbing?

Bruce Allison of the Living Wage Coalition discusses these topics.
§Interview from Feb 2, 2006
by David Grace (sflivingwage [at] gmail.com)
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