In addition to San Francisco's first Bloomingdale's, theproposed project includes office space, housing, a luxury hotel,shops and restaurants. It is planned to encompass 1.6 million sf onFourth Street between Mission and Market Streets.

Bloomingdale's is excepted because it has not received any citymoney and so City Hall cannot support its workers' labor demands.However, the project's hotel, janitorial and restaurant workerswill be able to organize by simply signing a statement of interest.Bloomingdale's workers must attempt to organize through moretraditional routes, meaning the store is allowed to fightunionization efforts.

Union officials called the bargain unique, although they saythey did not get all they had wanted. The compromise goes beforethe city's Board of Supervisors on Monday for officialapproval.

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