Is to get one agreement with one group of employees, which we do by having one union. Its a democratic process. The employees get to pick that union. And because its a democratic process, almost its almost guaranteed that not everyone will agree with all the positions that are taken by the union that represents the majority of employees. From the employers point of view, we need to get a contract, is to have one representative that can speak with one voice for all those disparate people. Now, i understand that youll be speaking on delicate issues. And the important point here is that outside the context of getting a contract, we do not try to suppress at all the wide or enriched variety of viewpoints that employees may have as citizens. And they can express them in the legislative realm. They can express them at the workplace, just not in the bargaining room. Justice kennedy do union do unions have Public Relations programs of or newspaper articles, media programs to talk about things
Them, and i will end with that because they make a difference, and i will end with that, and i brought something with me i want to show you. Thats the emergency plan that i as the first all hazards emergency plan that we wrote for this city. It was praised up and down the coast. You have a better one now, and could you reach that little book on top . Yeah. And in my Navy Training when you get in an airplane you dont get in and the key in. You put this on your lap and do all the check offs. Well, having been a chief executive i know their lips get tired when they read more than one page. Sorry, but you know, but anyway i put this book together, and i mainly for the mayor and his primary assistants, so when bad stuff happened in the middle of the night you could pull this off of your bureau and go to the first three or four things that you have to do in order to save lives and property, and i understand this has a grandfather. Okay, which is great. So thank you very, very much. It was a
You want someone else to do the report its fine. Very honorable mayor jordan said no, tell it like it is and i did and that report is available. Its available. Its a damming report but gave birth to this building and all the good things going on here. It allowed me to change the radios of the Police Department, the Fire Department, the paramedics and bring in 800 mega hurtz and not what oakland had but the simulcast radios and departments didnt want toking on the same but we put them on it and youre probably in the next genraition of those radios right now and by the way there was a man here who preceded the mayor. It was then called the chief Administrative Officer and rudy rothenberg and incredible Civil Servant and i worked with him on this building. In fact i drew this building. I had architecture work as a midship man and if i find it im going to give it to you. We also as a result of that we subsumed the department of Public Health ambulance into the Fire Department and should ha
Emergency plan that i as the first all hazards emergency plan that we wrote for this city. It was praised up and down the coast. You have a better one now, and could you reach that little book on top . Yeah. And in my Navy Training when you get in an airplane you dont get in and the key in. You put this on your lap and do all the check offs. Well, having been a chief executive i know their lips get tired when they read more than one page. Sorry, but you know, but anyway i put this book together, and i mainly for the mayor and his primary assistants, so when bad stuff happened in the middle of the night you could pull this off of your bureau and go to the first three or four things that you have to do in order to save lives and property, and i understand this has a grandfather. Okay, which is great. So thank you very, very much. It was a labor of love. I like doing things. I like doing things when people tell me i cant do them, and i like working with people who are different and boy di
Little book on top . Yeah. And in my Navy Training when you get in an airplane you dont get in and the key in. You put this on your lap and do all the check offs. Well, having been a chief executive i know their lips get tired when they read more than one page. Sorry, but you know, but anyway i put this book together, and i mainly for the mayor and his primary assistants, so when bad stuff happened in the middle of the night you could pull this off of your bureau and go to the first three or four things that you have to do in order to save lives and property, and i understand this has a grandfather. Okay, which is great. So thank you very, very much. It was a labor of love. I like doing things. I like doing things when people tell me i cant do them, and i like working with people who are different and boy did i ever get a load of that here, and it was wonderful, so thank you mr. Mayor. Youre very kind. Thank you all, and i wish you well, and again go giants. [applause] thank you so ver