From the meeting · City Council, · 0:52
Can the port go zero-emission without automating away jobs?
The council is weighing the mayor's appointment of a longshore foreman to the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Here a member asks the nominee how he would balance cleaner air with keeping the port's workforce.
a speaker and the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners
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a speaker How do we build the workforce for economic justice as well as improve the environment?
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners Thank you, Tim Mc.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners So like I said, I was on this, Harbor Clean Ports Advisory Board where we got EPA funding to, retrofit our ports with clean zero emission equipment.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners We can do that with manned, cleaned, zero emission equipment.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners It doesn't need to be automated.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners We can do both.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners We can clean our air, with this new technology.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners We just need the funding for it.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners I know, we have some chunk of change from the EPA.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners Hopefully we can get more money from everywhere else.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners But like you said, I live in Pedro.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners We all live in the community that we work in.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners We're breathing that air every day and when we go home our kids are bringing it, our families are breathing it, and we want to make sure that all the air around us is clean.
the nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners And we can do it.
Where it's from
- Longshore foreman confirmed to the Board of Harbor Commissioners Item 48: what happened
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- The full recording from here