Francisco property. I would like to know that why that is being allowed. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. This is federal law. And employer means a person who has 15 or more employees in the current or preceding calendar year or, a private membership of a club or other labour organizations that exist from taxation under section 50, part two, except during the first year after march 24th, 1972. Persons having fewer than 25 employees in their agency shall not be considered employers, or plan so to engage in with employees to participate in which events for the purpose of in whole or in part with dealing with employees [indiscernible] a member of such a labour organization, 25 or more during the first year as of march 24 th, 1972, 15 or more thereafter, sets a labrador his labour organization. A subordinate body through which such employees may enjoy membership or become affiliated with such a labour organization. The terms that employees need to employ by an employer except that [indiscernible] unless the employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate employees are prospected employees religion observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of employment of thank you. Time is up. Thank you. [indiscernible] thank you. Next speaker please. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. I want to start out by appreciating all the personal testimonies from the workers. I think i even had to pause for a moment and soak that in. There are some real hardships that folks are dealing with. My name is mario. Im a staff person with a chinese progressive association. We are members of the Progressive Workers Alliance of San Francisco workers representing immigrant workers and various sectors from domestic work, day labour, restaurant work, retail, caregiving, now salons, massage parlours just to name a few. Today you have heard a lot of testimonies on how a. B. Five will improve the lives and work conditions with thousands of gig workers, particularly drivers, which we firmly support. However, it is important that you understand that this classification impacts other industries across lowwage worker spectrums. Every day, lowwage workers in the city are not afforded the same protections and rights that other employees miss they are being misclassified as independent contractors. In San Francisco, lowwage workers are struggling for survival, as you have heard already today. The cost of living is skyrocketing, will access to dignified employment is disappearing. As an alliance of communitybased organizations that serves some of the most marginalized and exploited workers in San Francisco, we call on City Government to enforce our neighborhood laws, hold corporations accountable for how they treat workers and support the gig workers in all those contingent workers bypassing this resolution. We must hold companies and corporations accountable for how they treat the people that do the work, that generate millions and billions of dollars in revenue. By not taking action, to regulate the gig economy or contingency work, you normalize and perpetuate [indiscernible] thank you. Next speaker. Dear members of the San Francisco board of supervisors, thank you for the opportunity today to provide Public Comment at the hearing. My name is victoria chan and i am the workers Rights Community advocate at the asian law caucus we are a nonprofit communitybased organization in chinatown promoting and advancing the legal and civil rights of low income and immigrant communities. Im here today to urge the San Francisco board of supervisors to continue its leadership in shaping and creating some of the strongest labour laws the country has seen by supporting workers rights in passing a resolution in support of a. B. Five. At the heart of a. L. C. s Worker Rights program is our semi semimonthly clinic where we provide free and language confidential consultation. We have seen terrible employers misclassified workers and a whole range of context, despite continuing to control meaningful aspects of their work. Some examples are filipino residential caregivers who work around the clock caring for elderly and disabled residents, but who have opposed independent contractors and are not giving any given any paid sick leave to care for themselves. Airport shuttle drivers who work 15 hour days, six7 days a week to try to cover thousands of dollars in business expenses they are made to pay each month, costs and gas with no reimbursement because they are misclassified. Nail salon and massage workers who are made to pay for the supplies and uniforms they use, again without reimbursement due to misclassification. And of course, uber and left drivers are working multiple jobs to make ends meet and try to cover benefits that are not expended to them because they are quote unquote and dependent contractors. The decision is a breath of fresh air in the fog of misclassification. A. B. Five seeks to share sure it up in the face of attacks from employers. As a leader in the state [indiscernible] thank you. Next speaker. Hello, good afternoon. My name is erica. Im the Workers Program coordinator at some canon south of Market Community action network. We want our City Government to enforce and regulate our labour laws, supporting gig workers rights bypassing resolution to support state Assembly Bill five i have stated in an earlier presentation that under california law, workers are either employees or independent contractors. The recent California Supreme Court ruling in the case will enable more workers to be classified as employees rather than considered independent contractors. Those who are considered independent contractors do not have the right to receive basic workers rights such as minimum wage, over time, paid sick leave or state Disability Insurance for job protected leave of absences due to pregnancy, for example. These are just some of the rights that workers classify as independent contractors do not have. By reclassifying these workers as employees, they will be able to have workers rights and protection. I also want to emphasize that there is a broad range of contingency workers outside of just the rideshare drivers. This can include Domestic Workers, day labourers and much more. Workers are being exploited and we must ensure that all workers have rights. Once again, im here to support the push to pass the San Francisco resolution to support a. B. Five. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im with the south of mac Market Community action network. Today we seek to encourage government to enforce and regulate labour laws, supporting gig Worker Rights or passing resolutions to support a. B. Five it is important to know that there is a broader range who are often misclassified and impacted by this action, such as Domestic Workers. This Business Model of exploiting workers lowers the overhead of these types of corporations and enriching another sector of tach and spiking our cost of living here in San Francisco. The struggles of lowwage and immigrant workers in these sectors must be addressed and alleviated. They deserve a real wage, benefits, transparency, and a voice. Because gig workers report their workers are not employees were not even workers, but rather independent contractors then suppose a business partners, these gig workers do not receive basic civil rights such as minimumwage, paid sick days, or assistance with workrelated injuries. Often these workers must pay for their own work expenses such as car maintenance and gas, supplies. The recent California Supreme Court ruling of this will help many workers who are misclassified as independent contractors by using stronger test to discern whether workers truly are independent. A. B. Five has been the is in the legislature now and will help codify the ruling into law. Many of these workers could be recognized as employees and finally get their rights in full we need action on the board of supervisors. Please support. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator my name is veronica, i am a Domestic Worker and i am here with [indiscernible]. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i live and work here in San Francisco and im here to support the resolution in support of a. B. Five because all workers deserve basic employment rights. Next speaker. [laughter] [speaking spanish] voice of translator my name is alma, i work as a Domestic Worker and im a member of [indiscernible] and a live and work in San Francisco. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im here to support the resolution in support of a. B. Five. [speaking spanish] voice of translator because all workers deserve protections under labour laws. [speaking spanish] voice of translator and the misclassification of independent contractors, it is time for it to stop. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. My name is edward escobar, i am providing advocacy for gig workers rights globally and im a fulltime driver for five plus years, 11 different companies. We are the drivers unite movement. We are the tip of this. And the alternative Labour Movement and we are standing here today against uber and lyft and the tech titans of silicon valleys oppressive nature and undermining the hardfought victories achieved by labour activists that have come before us. Those that fought and died for the rights of workers around the world to rise up in protest and violation of workers rights. Together we stand here today for positive change in the workplace , for not just drivers, but for all workers. As we face the daunting challenge of shaping the future of work, the a. I. W. Supports a nonpartisan effort to identify concrete ways to address the challenges of American Workers that are facing due to the changing nature of working the work in the 21st century. There are several trends that are increasingly increasing impacting workers today that will bring about dramatic transformation in the years ahead such as the weakening social contract between workers and employers, the increased importance of providing access to education and skills to better transition workers in preparation for working with the new technologies and increased automation as they roll out, which is now. Finally, the most challenging, this is the extreme profit motive of corporations to produce shortterm profits rather then a longterm value, which is severely destabilizing the workforce in the long run. In closing, these powerful words from mario salvia. There is a time when the operational machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you cant take part, you cant even passively take part. You have to put your bodies upon the gears, upon the wheels, up on the levers, upon all the apparatus and you have to make it stop. You have to indicate to the people who run it that unless you are free, the machine will be prevented from working at all drivers unite. Support a. B. Five. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. I am with bright line defence. Im very appreciative of supervisor mandelman calling this hearing today and connecting if you pieces that call for local hiring, and we have seen a running theme states about transparency and data, and it is amazing to me that we have Tech Companies to talk about these levels of efficiencies. These are basic things we need in order to make this work and be sustainable to begin with. I appreciate the work that is being done here today and also the work of the voices involved. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning, my name is maria. Im a Domestic Worker and a live and work in San Francisco. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im here to support a resolution in favour of a. B. Five, the widespread Employee Misclassification must end. [speaking spanish] voice of translator because all workers deserve basic employment protections under the law. Thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning, my name is joan. Im a Domestic Worker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i live and work in San Francisco and im here to support a resolution in favour of a. B. Five. [speaking spanish] voice of translator all workers deserve labour protection. Thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning, my name is grace, i am a Domestic Worker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i live and work here in San Francisco and im here to support a resolution in favour of a. B. Five. [speaking spanish] voice of translator the problem of Employee Misclassification should end. We all, as workers, deserve labour protection. Thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning. I am a member of the San Francisco womens collective and the day labour program. I live and work here in San Francisco and im here to support a resolution in favour of a. B. Five. [speaking spanish] voice of translator the widespread Employee Misclassification must end. All workers deserve basic labour protection. Thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good afternoon, my name is carmen. I am a Domestic Worker and member of [speaking spanish] i live here in San Francisco and i also work here. Im here also to support a resolution in favour of a. B. Five. Employee misclassification must end and all workers deserve basic labour protection. Next speaker. [speaking spanish] voice of translator my name is lou. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i am a Domestic Worker and also a member of [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] voice of translator i also live and work in San Francisco and im here to support a resolution in favour of a. B. Five. [speaking spanish] voice of translator the widespread issue of Employee Misclassification must end because all workers deserve basic employment protection. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. I am with the San Francisco labour council. I think it is really important how much society is getting ripped off here, you know, the employers responsible for approximately 7 of Social Security and medicare taxes and that is not getting paid. If we continue this line, the entire all of society will fail. Social security will fail, medicare will fail, and in a day and age where we are also talking about medicare over all, we cannot afford for this type of Employment Arrangement to continue. It is just not sustainable, and the worst could happen again. I recently just rewatched grapes of wrath and i walk around San Francisco and i am like, well, we are so close. We are so close society, security, medicare, safety programs, that they are not paying their fair share of. It is really horrific what they are doing, and i urge you to think about the future, the society that the children will grow up in, and making sure that the employers do their fair share. I just heard on the radio that some internet mobile just bought a 71 milliondollar house in beverly hills. These people arent getting their Social Security and medicare being paid for. They will wind up on the streets this type of Employment Arrangement allows for a future skid row, and that cant happen. Not in this city. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello, supervisors. I really want to thank you for listening to all the testimony today, supervisor mandelman for your leadership, the whole committee, all the cosponsors. I think mariko said it. I have been organizing workers for a long time. I was very moved and disturbed by what i heard from the drivers our union, we have a number of members that drive for over and lyft to make ends meet and work for handy, cleaning houses to make ends meet, and for sciu california, finding a pathway to organize and building power for these workers and allowing them to raise standards in the industry is one of our top priorities. Im very encouraged the board will move a resolution to support this. Beyond that, we have laws on the books and we need to make sure that these workers are getting the San Francisco minimum wage, getting the healthcare, getting the sick days, all the things we believe in as a city. We have never let an army of corporate lawyers stand in our way in the past and he cant let that happen again now. That is why it is so important you called for this hearing and we are shining a spotlight on what is happening. Thank you. Next speaker. Thank you, supervisors. Im with i am his emphasis with would taxidriver and im here to speak for myself. I am here in support of a. B. Five four gig workers. There is a question of how the a. B. C. Test applies to taxi drivers, and it is not as simple as a. B. C. , especially when it comes to taxi medallion holders. That question a side, on the question of employee status for cabdrivers, i would support a. B. Five under t