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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/10/2018 Item 13, Diablo Canyon Crew `Io: Mayor Harmon ai�d the SL4 City Council Date: 7-1-I$ �irom: The Men and Warnen of thc Skiiled Trades ai Diahlo Canyon Madanr�e Mayor and Members of the Sat� Luis Obispa Ciiy Cauncil, As yau a�re aware Pacfic Gas & Etectric Company has made the decision to close the Diablo Canyon �'ower Plant in 2024-25. We, the undersigned Skill�d Crafi Warkers are curre���ly worl�in�, have worked or regularl� wark at Diablo Canyon. As local workers, we are able t� depend o��the jobs provided by Diablo Canyon because of an agreement be�ween the Building T�•ades Craft Ilnio��s, 1'G&L and iis eontractors. "Ihis agr�ernent is known as tk�e General �'residenls �'raject MaintEnance ��reemeni. Q��e af the bcnefits of this a�;reerne�t, and a�ree�ent� like it, is thai vzrtually all of the dalla�•s earned at Diablo are spent local�y in ihe cily af San Luis C)bis�o and the surroundin�; area of San Luis Obispo county since the a�reeinen#s�pports local residents. We are concez�ed that SLO County citi�s �ave not taken steps to address the impending jab losses to the skilled craft workers ihat �h�closure a�Diablo Canyon represents. Job losses for so mai�y area residents is a communrty issue. � PG&� has provided iheir co�pany ernployees vvith severance arrangEm�nts and c�ptions but no such arran�e�ent was offered ta all of us in the s�illed irades. When Diablo closes hur�dr�ds a�skilled craft workers who have relied on Diablo are ssmply goin�;ta be aut t�f waxkC This is �;oi�ig ta create a hardship �or rnany ic�cal workers in the skilled trades, but tha�impact won't end with workers. The loss of so ma��y s�illed trades jabs lhat cansistez�tly feed our locai economy is going t:a put a strain on both the local economy and ihe tax revenues of cities like San Luis Obispo. A p�•o�cn way ta lessen ihe impact of�:he c�asure c�f Diabla is �a�•the city ta adopt a Project Labor A�reement ar Co�munity Workforce A�reeznent �or it's cons�ruction projecls like many other California cities have already done. An agreerr�ent wit� local l�ire language will help ta ensur�tha� workers like us have access�o local jobs that provid� us wit�the wark wc n��d io feed our families. We love ihis area and we don't want to be farced ta leave to find employ�ent. We knaw Lhat t�aere is suificieni work.in SLO city and the surrounding area to k�ep us �mployed. Howevex, when the city, or ather local municipaliii�s, bid �ut construction projects to out of area or out c�f state firms who then in�poz-� warkers, we are lefi with nn choice b�i to wprk in other areas or even rnove out o�'the axea tn sup�ort ours�ives and our familie�. Th�hi�;hly skilied nature of the work we pez•�`arm ca�n�x�ands �ood wa�es and our local �abor orgat7i�ations help us to negol:iate good benefits, like employer sponsored healthcaz•e and pensions to supplement thos� wa�es. This system c�f wages and bene#"its not only heIps us az�d our famili�s bui also places lcss strain on th� syst�m since our benefiis arc privately funded. l�urthe.rmore, our livable wa�es �rovide �s with crucial discretionary c�allars that are ihe fa�nda�ion o�'a healthy locai econorny. We spend our money here, our chxld�en go to school here, we buy homes hcr� and the goods and services we �urchasc� here are an integral part of a healthy cconomy. We urge the San Luis Obispo City Council to adc�pt a �'raject labor A�reemeni for ihe Sai�Luis 4bispo Wasfe Water Rec�arnatian�'acility project and to �ollow that with a cily wide pmject labor a�;reenneni that will lae�p the city �et the bigge5� ban�; for its buck, while also ensurin�that o�r t� dollars stay local and benefit oux local cornmunity. Thank yau, 'I he Diablo Canyon Crew Sz na�.ue printed Nar�e Ci of Reside�ce C,_�� r.�'�,�:z.��..� --j C.1-r= ( t�c:�,�-( 1�--j r�7�?����..�-/,�,�,� � -��. � ct� ��1 i�'�,�,.-�.:�, ,�;�.--�q d�`c� �� �c��.f`�U � ��J��� c�� ^�}' � �. I ��x b u y �� . �a�s�1r k. � ,�5 � ����-� C� �r , �. ���,,,�� ���m� �i�< <�-�t,�,� ��.�,� �r�� �� i�.T�,� � ��� : �� ,� �v �� ��� � � /��� �'f��µ.-�r--�. z 6 ._... ` �-__..._.w_. . i� �-�_�_�___ �____---� l�...��:� ��,���� � n � �.��,s c-���`� ,���., (;��� ��� � � �"e,+`�� r� �� ��,�� , ���. � �_ �-���s � r- "�� ___ �1 L f:����c"2r✓ i��., � � �����u� �,� —�_ ' �Lsl�f 1��1 ��. 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