S.F. unions pledge to fight 'every one' of layoffs proposed by Mayor Lurie

""If we don't have things like clean streets, strong hospitals, and effective transit we don't have a recovery," said Bianca Polvina, president of IFPTE Local 21, which represents thousands of city workers."

""He says, 'We want to get people off the street, and we want them to get clean and sober from drugs.' But at the same time, he's cutting funding to the programs that do exactly that," said Jennifer Esteen, a former vice president at SEIU 1021."

""San Francisco is one of the richest cities in the world. When we talk about cutting essential services, cutting jobs, this is a choice, it is not a necessity," said Polovina."

""Nobody should lose their job," Esteen said."

Two major public sector unions are opposing layoffs proposed by Mayor Daniel Lurie, arguing that city workers are essential for San Francisco's recovery. The mayor announced 127 layoffs, citing a $650 million budget deficit. Union leaders claim that cutting jobs and essential services is a choice, not a necessity, and that the city should prioritize maintaining clean streets, strong hospitals, and effective transit. They are preparing to fight against the layoffs, asserting that nobody should lose their job in a wealthy city like San Francisco.

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