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San Francisco Labor Council Executive Director Tim Paulson. File photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Rod Ciferri<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 15, 2010<\/p>\n

Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s proposal for city employees to contribute 1.5 to 2.5 percent more into their pensions and to pay more of their healthcare costs, has elicited howls of anger by “labor” who slam it as anti “worker.”<\/p>\n

Critics, such as San Francisco Labor Council Executive Director Tim Paulson, say Adachi’s proposal “attacks<\/a>” the “lowest paid workers.”<\/p>\n

The \u201cleft\u201d weeps for the loss<\/a> of \u201cprogressives\u201d such as Adachi and Matt Gonzalez whom they perceive as abandoning the people and joining the ranks of the downtown elite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“How can this be?” they cry.<\/p>\n

How, indeed.<\/p>\n

I know both Adachi and Gonzalez and would be shocked if they had become anti-worker. I set out to gather facts to see if it is true.<\/p>\n

For starters, who is “labor?”<\/p>\n

In the context of Adachi\u2019s proposal, “labor” is the organization of city employees purportedly represented by a centralized spokesperson (Paulson).<\/p>\n

The city employees who comprise “labor” number approximately 27,000 workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of those 27,000 city employees, approximately 9,000 have incomes of $100,000 or more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the average income per capita of \u201clabor\u201d is approximately $93,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In contrast, who is the “worker?”<\/p>\n

There are approximately 470,000 workers in San Francisco (including city employees).<\/p>\n

The average income per capita of all workers in San Francisco – with the much higher city employee salaries factored in – is approximately $46,000.<\/p>\n

“Labor” comprises approximately 6 percent of all workers in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

“Labor” earns approximately twice as much as the average San Francisco worker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Consequently, “labor” is the elite of workers in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

So, why is such an elite purporting to speak for all workers<\/a>? Why does the “left” believe that\u00a0elite represents all workers<\/a>?<\/p>\n

If these statistics are true, the “labor” elite cannot be allowed to spin a proposal requiring greater contribution to their pensions as “anti-worker.”<\/p>\n

The other 94 percent of the working population of San Francisco won’t allow \u201clabor\u201d to exploit them at the expense of city services they rely on.<\/p>\n

I welcome comments correcting any mistaken statistics I may have relied upon above.<\/p>\n

Rod Ciferri is a lawyer in New York State who resides in California.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Attorney Rod Ciferri<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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