Local Hiring Program
Local hiring means local opportunities for local workers on public works projects funded by local dollars. For social justice advocates, this means targeting jobs for historically disadvantaged and marginalized communities in order to break persistent cycles of poverty and unemployment. Public works projects covered by local hiring policies and project labor agreements with strong local hiring provisions help guarantee community access to jobs with high wages, benefits, and working condition protections.
Brightline's work on local hiring began in late 2008 alongside the Southeast Jobs Coalition: Young Community Developers, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Aboriginal Blackmen United, Anders & Anders Foundation, Arc Ecology, Visitacion Valley Community Development, Positive Directions Equals Change, and Inner City Youth. Brightline and the Coalition teamed up for advocacy efforts to reform local hiring policies at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and San Francisco City College throughout 2009. A phone call from Supervisor John Avalos the morning of January 26, 2010, however, kicked off our SF Community Jobs Campaign for citywide reform and the eventual adoption of San Francisco's landmark "Local Hiring Policy for Construction" on December 25, 2010.
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'Local Hire' Doing Its Job
Posted Wed, Mar 28, 2012
Local Participation On Taxpayer-Funded Construction Up 70% Since City Abandoned "Good Faith Efforts" In Favor Of Community Hiring Requirements
Yesterday, Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor John Avalos released 
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Brightline Publishes "Putting Local Hire To Work"
Posted Mon, Mar 05, 2012
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Dear Friends and Fellow Advocates,
This week, Brightline publishes a report on the hard work that led to the creation and passage of San Francisco's Local Hiring Poli...
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America's Cup "Good Faith" Jobs Plan Debate at SF City Hall
Posted Thu, Feb 02, 2012
Community Groups and Building Trade Unions Secure Prevailing Wage Requirements, Press For Local Hiring Commitment
Those in search of further evidence of the death of “good faith efforts” local hiring in San Francisco need look no further than
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2011 YEAR IN REVIEW
Posted Tue, Jan 03, 2012
As the year 2011 comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on Brightline's efforts this year to protect and empower vulnerable communities.
Just one year ago, we successfully concluded two campaigns that have been core Brightline efforts since our founding in 2006:
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Local Hiring Pushes Prop. B Road Repair Bond To Success
Posted Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Community Advocates Brightline and the A. Philip Randolph Institute Team Up To Help Win 1,000 Union Jobs Repairing San Francisco Streets and Bike Lanes
SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, 2011 – Two years ago, a proposed bond to repair San Francisco's deteriorating roads and bike lanes did not have support amon...
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SF Community Jobs Campaign
Reforming San Francisco's "good faith" local hiring policies in order to guarantee community access to good-paying, high quality blue-collar and green-collar jobs.
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Wanted: Community Jobs Policy For San Francisco
Posted Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Local Hiring
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"The Failure of Good Faith"
Posted Mon, Aug 02, 2010
Local Hiring
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