And the other one, which is a problem, its wage theft that happens very often in construction. Damian see, i mean, we have the pictures. You seeyou see the high rises in any downtown, you see the cranes, the construction. And itsyou know, its raza thats doing the work. Josue yep. Yes, in fact, 70 in the bay area, but throughout the state, 70, a little bit over 70 of construction workers are latinos. Damian wow. And so, what happens, al . Sometimes, some of these folks are taken advantage of, and yall are trying to address that . Al well, yeah. You know, i see that a lot happening. I speak to a lot of the workers out there, and they are taken advantage of. Example, their pay, for example. Their breaks, their hours they work is doctored on their paycheck, and there is a wage theft problem throughout san jose. Damian and what recourse do they have . I mean, theyre probably if they dont have any backing, how are they going to speak up and say, hey, im missingyou need to move that decimal point over on my paycheck cause you didnt pay me correctly . Al right, theyre pretty much on their own. They dont have any representation. I represent 2,500 plumbers here in san jose, santa clara county. And if they have an issue or problem they cant resolve, they come to me for representation. These folks that are not represented, they either get fired, or try and hire an attorney, or go to the state, which involves a lot of time and effort. Damian and theres a lot of them, right . I mean, josue was talking about the booming of the construction industry. I mean, you name it and theresif theres any flat piece of land, its going to betheres going to be a shovel dug into it. Al thats correct, thats correct. There islike josue said, were in the midst of a building boom here in san jose. Damian and you hear the stories as well, josue . Josue yes, of course. I represent all construction trades, 26 unions. And thats why we are here, because like al mentioned, the workers that are not represented by a union, they dont have a place to go, and thats why we are here. I think you are going to put my Contact Information at the bottom of the screen. And if anybody suspects that they have a problem, please let us know. Especially right now, we are trying to help people that are working on city of san jose funded projects. But any project, but if you if somebodys working on a city of san jose funded project, we are here to help them. Damian why do you think its booming . You and i have done news stories before on the need because they have to come in, the workers, one of them has to do with the expensive how it is here in living, but they come in from fresno, they come in from manteca, they come in from the central valley. Josue yes. In fact, we have some data that shows that on city of san jose funded projects, only 25 of the workers are local residents, 75 come from out of town. And so, that puts a strain on our competition because we canwe have the skills to compete, but we cannot compete with wages from, like, from texas just to mention something. Yeah, and theone of the reasons why this boom is because of the hightech companies have become developers. And they are building a lot, left and right. And they build big buildings, as you can see them, as you drive around. Yeah, thats part of the boom. Damian are the standards different . I mean, the inspectors have to come in when theyre in different processes of construction, right . So, their standards cant be different, whether theyre members of your party or not, right . Al correct, correct. Yeah, thefor example, in san jose, they have inspectors that come in and inspect. In my field, the plumbers, they have plumbing inspectors that come in and make sure that they are compliant with the way a plumbing system should be installed. Damian and we talked about the affordability of living here. Are your members here, or do they have to also travel because of the high cost of living here . Al well, heres the way it starts. A lot of our members, they come out of high school, they start the apprenticeship. And once they start making, you know, money where they can afford a home, you know, of course they look atfor homes here in san jose and realize a lot of these homes are going for 800,000, 900,000, possibly even a million for a new home. So, they have no other they have to travel out of the san jose area to manteca, tracy, wherever they can afford a home. Damian thats unfortunate. Well, we had guests here on this show who said that if youre a family of 4 making 105,000 a year, youre considered lowincome, i mean, how incredible is that . Thats the building and trades council, you can get a hold of them, theres a website and telephone number. Any final thoughts, don josue, before we let you go . Josue well, no, just we are here for the community. If you have aif you think you have a wage theft problem or any type of labor problem, please contact me. Im very accessible, my Contact Information is at the bottom of the screen, and we are here to help. Damian okay. Al, any final thoughts . Al yeah, you know, i represent the plumbers here in san jose, and i represent all workers, whether theyre union or nonunion. Damian okay. Al thats correct. Damian all right. Well, thank you so much for the work and spreading the word about how important is to make sure people watch out for themselves. Thank you so much. All right. And up next here on, comunidad del valle, well take you over to teotihuacan; stay with us. City of fire, the new exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. With me on comunidad del valle is Raquel Garcia del real to fill us in. Boy, you sent us some very fascinating pictures and images. Describe what youre doing to take us to teotihuacan in at the de young. Raquel garcia del real yeah, so this exhibition is really, really unique. Its about over 20 years of collaboration with Mexican Government and el inah, which is the National Institute for anthropology and history. And what we have for you at the museum is over 200 artifacts, many of them recently excavated, new findings, so stuff you have never seen before from this city of teotihuacan, which is a city that is in central mexico and it predates the aztecs. This city was flourishing around the year 400 common era. And we have beautiful murals from them, we have objects made up of obsidian, seashell, jade. And this exhibition is really good cause its really showing you a lot of their culture and a lot of the art that they were producing, but also how teotihuacan was a city. Damian now, ive been to teotihuacan, ive climbed one of theor walked up to one of the pyramids there. Raquel yeah. Damian talk about [speaking in foreign language], talk about how you feel when you even talk about teotihuacan, and the history of it, and how it takes you back to your early ancestors. Raquel yeah. Well, a lot of us, a lot of people have gone to teotihuacan. Youve gone up the pyramids, youve walked down the street of the dead, gone to the sun pyramid, the moon pyramid. But its really interesting to come to the exhibition and see the art that was being made, and think about the people who lived there. Theyre the early american ancestors, and its and right now, teotihuacan is a unesco heritage site. So, its really part of the latino heritage, and i think coming to see the exhibition and learning about the people who lived there, what were they doing, and how big teotihuacan was. It was a city had over 100,000 people. Damian talk about how sophisticated maybe the population was because when you start thinking of indigenous cultures in the western hemisphere, you think, well, they werent they werent as sophisticated as the european. But talk about how sophisticated the culture and the people were back then. Raquel well, first off, the city, there was Extensive Urban planning. The city is aligned on a grid system, and it has this major avenue. So, obviously from the beginning, they knew what they were doing. And it was also not just like it was an economic hub, but it was also a cultural and religious hub. So, people from all over central mexico and all over mesoamerica, even from the mayan region, from guatemala, yucatan, they werethey knew about teotihuacan and they were trading with teotihuacan. So, it was this very, very huge metropolis. It had a lot of extensive network. And their main, main trade item was obsidian. Mesoamericans, people from the americas, did not have metal. But instead of metal, they worked with obsidian, which is a volcanic rock, and they could make any sorts of tools with it. So, that was part of their major source of economic trade. But they also had extensive trade with regions from oaxaca, people from zapotec regions, people from veracruz, and the mayans. And they were trading seashells, they were trading jade, feathers, cacao. So, this is moreteotihuacan was more of this big metropolis where people were also coming in for the religious aspect of it cause the pyramids in teotihuacan were temples of worship. Damian and how much did astronomy play in designing teotihuacan . I mean, youre not a historian, but you know a lot about it, a lot more than i do. But im sure astronomy played a lot in it. Raquel yeah, and thats a great question. And theres Extensive Research done about it, and there are many theories and hypotheses where definitely, like, astrology, the stars, the sun and the moon did play major roles in the organization of this city, in the layout of this city. And, but those are discoveries that were still trying totrying to figure out cause as were learning more about teotihuacan, its actually not answering more questions, its creating more questions for everybody. So, thats one of the great things about coming to see the exhibition, that its after you see the exhibition, you see the artworks that were made in teotihuacan, its kind of like, i want to know more. Like, i have more questions now. Who are these people . So. Damian well, its a beautiful exhibition over at the de young, and there is the web address for more information. And it runs through february, right, february 11 . Raquel february 11, yes. Damian all right. 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You know, when you go to teotihuacan, to teotihuacan if youve been there, is this a must that you have to attend this exhibition because its going to take you back . And maybe viceversa, if you go to the exhibition, do you now have to go to teotihuacan because of what youre going to see there . Raquel yeah, i think it goes both ways. I think if youve been to teotihuacan, you probably want to come see the exhibition. But if you have never been to teotihuacan and you dont know what it is, this is still part of not just mexicos patrimony, but like i think everybodys best interest to come learn about this ancient civilization. Damian and look at these beautiful artifacts that you have there. Talk about some of them, if you will. Raquel yeah. So, we have a lot of murals, thats one of the major things that we are showcasing in this exhibition is the murals that we have from this site called the chinantla. And that was a site that was excavated back in the 60s, and a lot of these murals ended up in San Francisco and ended up around the world. So, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco got in touch with the institution in mexico, with the inah, and they repatriated a lot of these artifacts and all of these murals. But some of the murals that were showcased in here are directly from mexico, theyre from this site, and theyre all reunited after the separation. Damian how are you able to convince them to say youre taking all this valuableall these valuable artifacts from mexico that means a lot to that culture and that tradition and that history, and youre saying you want to borrow them for a few months . I mean, that takesthat must take a lot of work. Raquel yeah, so bring to bring the exhibition here, its a lot of work. It was a lot of collaboration, and i think theres a strong relationship and a lot of trust between institutions. But yes, specific objects. And another one of the highlights of this exhibition is in 2003, a group of mexican archaeologists discovered a tunnel, and this tunnel goes right under the pyramid of the feathered serpent. And this one is not the biggest, but its the one that has thisa lot of sculptures of a feathered serpent, of a snake that goes around this, the four sides of the pyramid. So, they found this tunnel, very, very long tunnel, maybe like 11 stories deep tunnel. And they found all these beautiful offerings, precious offerings made of seashells. And they found these four human figures made of greenstone that represented the ancestors of the teotihuacan. So, this is very recent, this is 2003. Damian how come it took so long to discover them . I mean, if its been there for all these centuries raquel and it hadnt been discovered in, like, over 1,000 years. Theythe teotihuacanos sealed off the tunnel, and they werent going back, and nobody knew about it. It wasnt until 2003 after heavy storms that they saw the water dripping. And then the archaeologist Sergio Gomez Chavez was like, tie me down, im going down the tunnel. Damian well, and what was the purpose of the tunnel . What did they use it for . Is it more for sacrificial, or what was the tunnel for . Raquel yeah, so this tunnel so, the underworld plays an important part in the mythology of mesoamerican cultures. And thats where they believed life andlife came from, come from the underworld. So, making a tunnel, its like bringing you closer to the underground. But also thats right beneath a pyramid. The pyramid is the opposite of a tunnel, a pyramid goes high. So, the pyramid is more like bringing you closer to the heavens, its more of like aligning you with the gods above. So, a tunnel under and a pyramid above, its kind of creating this circle. So, they were trying to recreate a space about the beginning of times. Damian wow, that is so beautiful. And do you have alsobecause this is not only for the englishspeaking, you have also some bilingual program there. Raquel yes, we do. When you come visit the exhibition, all the text on the walls, its also in spanish. And we do have youth guides, activity books in english and spanish for kids if they want to come and do, and follow the exhibition, doing activities. And then online, we have digital stories. And you go to the de young website and go to teotihuacan exhibition. And the digital story is a preview, and it has videos and pictures, and you can kind of learn a little bit more about teotihuacan. And thats also available in english and spanish. So, you can read that before you come see the exhibition. And then you have a little bit more of more information, and youll be able to know what to look for, which is really important sometimes when going to museums. Damian wow, this is so fascinating for me. Thank you so much. Again, its going on through february at the De Young Museum, teotihuacan city of water, city of fire. Any final thoughts before we let you go . Raquel well, i just really want to invite all the comunidad to come visit this exhibition. Its such an honor to actually be representing the museum as a mexican woman to say that this isthis is truly part of the Cultural Heritage and where we come from, so i really encourage everybody to come. Bring your families. Damian thank you for sharing, gracias. All right, and up next here on comunidad del valle, love the way. Stay with us. On que pasa. Damian and our saludos to those celebrating a special day. Felicidades. Damian and here is our Contact Information. You can also follow me on twitter, my handle is newsdamian. Also, pick up a copy of El Observador newspaper, and support your bilingual weeklies all across the bay area. We thank you once again for sharing a part of your sunday. 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