WW 3-19-20 SF Housing Dean Preston, ILWU Port Safety & UCSF AFSCME 3299 Cancer At Hunters Point by WorkWeek Radio published on 2020-03-20T02:20:30Z WorkWeek looks at the SF housing and homeless crisis with SF Supervisor Dean Preston, ILWU Port Safety With ILWU Local 10 President Trent Willis & UCSF AFSCME 3299 Cancer Cluster with Stella Miranda. WorkWeek on KPOO interviews SF Supervisor Dean Preston about the growing health and housing crisis in San Francisco and his proposals to house homeless in unoccupied condos. He also discusses the immediate need for Medicare for all. We also look at the UAW auto worker protests in the US over the lack of health and safety at the auto plants. Wildcats have taken place at some plants. Scott Houldierson, a past VP of UAW 551 at the Ford plant in Chicago talks about the issue of the coronavirus COVID-19 and the situation in the plants. Next, WorkWeek hears about the struggle of the ILWU Longshoreman for health and safety protection at the port and the conditions of the crew of the Grand Princess which was in Oakland and now sits off contaminated Hunters Point. The contaminated ship still has over 300 crew members. We hear from Terry Valen who is president of National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) and Trent Willis, president of ILWU Local 10. Trent talks about the refusal of the PMA and SSA to properly clean their work locations which could lead to their members becoming contaminated with COVID-19 and contaminating their families and community. Last, WorkWeek talks with Stella Miranda, the wife of a UCSF AFSCME 3299 gardener and maintenance worker who has been contaminated from the radioactive Hunters Point Naval shipyard. He and eight other workers including workers who are members of UPTE have all worked at the site and become sickened by the contamination. She has contacted the the UCSF chancellor, Cal/OSHA and Governor Newsom to call for the defense of these workers. She reports that her husband was coerced to retire and now has been rejected for workers compensation. The UCSF management is aware of the contamination at UCSF but refused to warn the workers of the dangers and now is fighting against taking responsibility of their serious health illness due to the toxins and radioactivity at the site. Additional media: ILWU Local 10 & 34 Victory Halting Grand Princess Waste Removal Contaminating Workers & Community https://youtu.be/Yw0XS-3-s4U "This Is An Absolute Class Struggle" ILWU At Port of Oakland On Port Safety & Grand Princess Crew https://youtu.be/hyWW2Y-3Lpw "Prisoners On The Grand Princess Petri Dish” Will The Crew Be Quarantined To Die On The Sea? "When Nurses Aren't Safe, Patients Aren't Safe" UCSF NNU-CNA Nurses Rally On Coronavirus Pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTbtM_5p9jY SF Treasure Island Former Residents File Suit For Contamination /Injuries & To Shutdown The Multi-Billion DollarDevelopment https://youtu.be/04Aq7-TC9Ks SF Treasure Island Former Residents File Suit For Contamination /Injuries & To Shutdown The Multi-Billion DollarDevelopment https://youtu.be/04Aq7-TC9Ks Production of WorkWeek https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio
