think that sentence is good general, you re not aware of everything going on there. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker, please. my name is robert hester, i represent the nurses at san francisco general hospital. i would like to speak on behalf of the many nurses, many of whom are as-needed. it can range from one year to 20 years. imagine for a minute to bed after 15 years, for example, you have been applying for a test, working a full-time schedule of 40 hours a week for 15 years. yet, every time you take a test, you seem not to be good enough to be a permanent employee, hit good enough to be a 40-hour per week full-time on-call as-needed employee. it is unjust. it is not fair. we would like to get your support in ensuring that these people deserve the dignity and respect that they deserve. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. i have one last card. other than that, i do not have any cards. if folks have not heard their names or have not spoken yet, please li
and now, bbc world news america. welcome to this special edition of bbc world news america, from calgary, canada. the oil boom is on in alberta. the vast reserves are fueling fortunes and raising environmental concern. we speak to calgary s mayor. i say calgary is a place nobody cars who your cares who your daddy was or where you went to school. and the cost of the greek stalemate. politicians in athens fail to form an emergency government. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america. we come to you from calgary in canada, as part of the special in-depth look at this country. as countries struggle with economic woes, you get a different picture, fueled by canada s reserve of oil as people exploit the reserves, they raise environmental concern. i went to fort mcmurray to take a closer look. oh canada. the breathtaking beauty of the rockies. there is something pure about this country s image. this is the canada you may not think of. dirty, industrial, profit- focuse
and america. we come to you from calgary in canada, as part of the special in-depth look at this country. as countries struggle with economic woes, you get a different picture, fueled by canada s reserve of oil as people exploit the reserves, they raise environmental concern. i went to fort mcmurray to take a closer look. oh canada. the breathtaking beauty of the rockies. there is something pure about this country s image. this is the canada you may not think of. dirty, industrial, profit- focused. the newest petro state. canadians have oil. lots of it. buried in the windy sands of north alberta. and as people want more oil, the canadians have developed these oil sands at breakneck speed. the reserves are huge. digging up the sands. it used to be too expensive. but the cost pof production is down. profits are up. this moonscape attracts workers from around the world. this is where the money is. mucha is a long way from home. she came her eas e as a nanny bt was draw
and now, bbc world news america. welcome to this special edition of bbc world news america, from calgary, canada. the oil boom is on in alberta. the vast reserves are fueling fortunes and raising environmental concern. we speak to calgary s mayor. i say calgary is a place nobody cars who your cares who your daddy was or where you went to school. and the cost of the greek stalemate. politicians in athens fail to form an emergency government. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america. we come to you from calgary in canada, as part of the special in-depth look at this country. as countries struggle with economic woes, you get a different picture, fueled by canada s reserve of oil as people exploit the reserves, they raise environmental concern. i went to fort mcmurray to take a closer look. oh canada. the breathtaking beauty of the rockies. there is something pure about this country s image. this is the canada you may not think of. dirty, industrial, profit- focuse
unfair for all of the workers in this condition. i will tell you have been represented these workers for 25 years, this is the very worst i have ever seen. supervisor chu: i will call a few names. [reading names] i am a registered nurse at san francisco general hospital. staffing for nursing is a little bit different, advocated by title 22, and dictated by the operation of a patient classification system and a simultaneous buy hppd s. nurses were staffed by hot- permanente nurses. we had complaints coming forward for making all this money. the bottom line here is that as some of the departments have said, we need this half-hour units to get the job done. we are a 24-7 operation. if we were to open permanent positions as opposed to per diem positions, we can eliminate the overtime problem. good morning, supervisors. i m an as-needed employee for the fine arts museum of san francisco. we need to hire more permanent workers. currently in our department there are 60 permanent