international labor organization chief god writer says the first thing is to build a program to reach every country is committed this is perhaps the most difficult. road to welcome to the show good morning here thank you very much for being with us as well and i want to start with the g. twenty agenda russia has recently taken over the presidency of the g. twenty and employment is one of the most important topics since matter of fact moscow wants to include the poignant topic into the agenda of the next g. twenty meeting well actually the subject has been discussed in cannes in seoul in wherever so is there anything new to be said to said on this subject. my quick answer to you is. the same way so much new to be said but there's a great deal that needs to be done and i think this is the this is the point you're quite right to say that since. two thousand and nine the g twenty has put employment and jobs issues at the center of its work and indeed the ilo has been involved in the g. twenty is work but the problem is that we still face a dramatic crisis of jobs in the world around the w

general of the international labor organization spotlight will be back shortly after we take a great so stay with us and go. victims multiply here each day. it's very profitable to invest in colombia with the very profit of asylum is a very high return on investment. you'll know me i said but i've been working in this area for thirty years and i'm always have to pay the armed groups that are made by me better than other managers who change their name and strategy but just to the same murderous. high ranking suspects give no comment pretty upset about that mr president. to president putin. but to me. i won't give an interview i'm sorry but no. investigation is a dead. end he says basically stop your bullshit and keep quiet or else you'll suffer the consequences. you cannot tell your body guards to watch themselves because the same goes for them. blood rivers from gold sink i've never heard of such a case as ours are so much money and gold has still so many. for all the gold in colombia on our t.v. . welcome back to spotlight i'm out with all of it just didn't want to do that why is th

the international labor organization says the number of jobless people increased for the first time inee years as european credit woes continue to weigh on the global economy. officials announce on tuesday that nearly 200 million people worldwide were jobless in 2012. that's an increase of more than 4 million from the previous year. officials say unemployment grew not only in western countries but also in east asia and the middle east. nay say european debt problems affected emerging economies by hurting trade. youth unemployment is also on the rise. people aged 15 to 24 are counted for over a third of the total number. officials are urging governments to boost job training programs for young people. looking ahead officials say global unemployment will continue to rise this year to over 220 million. they site the sluggish global economic recovery as a reason. south korean journalists have voted toyota motors camry car of the year. representatives from the japanese automaker collected the trophy for the u.s. built sedan at a ceremony in seoul. the journalists praised the cars price comp

an annual report from the international labor ass organization says the unemployment will rise by 5.1 million this year. the u.s. and work watchdog reports that young people are most abominable to the growing of jobs. of those in advance a con mes, the ilo says that 35 percent have been out of work for six months or longer, damaging their longtime career prospects. >> we will be right back. mçó4+y?i >> welcome back it is 6:24 a.m.. here is a live look at 680 perry ed the temperatures right now in the creek is 33 degrees. >> we are saying and arctic chill to the nation. cold air will continue to flood the eastern two-thirds of the country drop this morning. subzero cold is possible this morning in both chicago and milwaukee. further north, temperatures will easily plummet well below zero, with places from fargo to international falls and do less likely to see it-20's and even a few towns in the-30's! in fact, the cold air will probably reached its greatest aerial extent today. cities as far south as natural enrichment may not make get above freezing all day. chicago and detroit will be

the international labor organization warns government budget balancing is hurting employment and will probably lead to more job losses in the near future. >> all right. let's take a look at the markets this morning. markets have been sitting at these record levels. you can see right now those dow futures pulling down by about 12 points. s&p futures are indicated slightly lower, as well. but the nasdaq is indicated higher. the dow jones transport sitting at an all-time high. other markets sitting at five-year highs. the big question is whether the dow jones industrial average follows suit. you're a huge transport. >> yeah, i am. that's all all-time highs. >> all-time high. oil prices, you can take a look. you'll see right now is down by about 2 cents to 95.54. the ten-year note that had been coming down the yields last week a little bit, you can see the yield right now is at 1.877%. the dollar this morning after the euro picked up strength last week, the dollar is stronger against the euro and the yen and the pound. right now, dollar/yen is at 88.79. gold prices this morning up about $

labor problems today is looking at the affirmative provision of laborites of the two workers, whether individually or through protective laws or through some sort of collective process, which is why organizations like the international labor organization are so attuned to these issues. other human rights issues broadly speaking within the framework of human rights law -- anti-discrimination, one of the big things we heard about in this morning's program is the degree to which these practices are tied to discrimination against women and ethnic groups. attention to that component of law is also important, as well as other civil and political rights. the ability of individuals to exercise rights and political -- rights of political participation, boating, speech, access to education on an equal basis, are important to getting at some of the underlying problems that create the conditions that we heard in this morning's program. the legal realm is another area in which it is important in some context, you are bringing a case, whether in a domestic court or an international forum, related to cyber, you want to know -- you want to know the definition, but i think focusing on it too much distracts us from other potential th

. >> john: eliseo medina, labor organizer and international secretary treasury he were for the service employees international union. sir, what a pleasure. thank you very much for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you john. >> john: now let's expand it a bit. for more on the politics of immigration reform, i'm joined by politico's congressional correspondent, ginger gibson. good evening. >> good evening. thanks for having me. >> john: it is great to have you here. i enjoy reading your work. senator schumer one of the senate's gang of eight says the president is handle thissing issue perfectly. speaker boehner's spokesman however, warned the president not to "drag the debate" to the left because god knows boehner would never drag it to the right. are both leaders here correct where their branch of congress is concerned? >> ties that are binding this gang of eight together are very fragile. both sides acknowledge that it's going to take a lot to get everyone on board republicans and democrats and boehner doesn't want to see the right wing of his caucus pull him too far away and schume

face of labor and ignite a powerful political force, which helped put president obama in the white house twice. let's turn to leo gerard, president of the united steelworkers international organization. mr. gerard good to have you with us tonight. >> good to be here. >> is this an issue that is going to help the labor force in this country? if you have 11 million workers come out of the shadows -- and let's face it, well over in the 90% have got to be, they're not all felons is the point i'm making. how is this going to help the labor movement in this country? >> look, these are primarily good people that came to america in search of the american dream, in search of a better standard of living. if you go back to the days of when we were told about nafta, we were told nafta would solve the immigration issue from mexico, but in reality what it did is depress mexican wages, depress mexican opportunity. and those people came here in search of a better life. so what we've been fighting, the labor movement has been fighting for proper immigration reform now for going on almost 20 years. and i think this is going to be a tremendous opportunity for people to come out of the shadows, to have

least nine labor groups have donated including the american postal workers' union and the international brotherhood of electric workers. all in all more than 3,000,000 people and organizations are helping fund the festivities. the inaugural committee seemed strapped for catch last week but it was able to more than triple its donor list. some of those new corporate contribute orders include bank of america and fedex. we won't know exactly how much each donor gave until april when the committee files with the sec. lots to pay for when it comes to events like these and it that usually includes the entertainment. last night roomer a.c. fiasco performed but was asked to leave a stage after singing non-stop politically charged lyrics. he played one artery war song for 30 minutes and said he did not vote for obama and event officials asked him to move on to the next song. when when he refused, they told him it was time to go. chris performed for the first ladies and her daughter and said he was nervous and made a couple of mistakes but no one noticed and he did a great job. more bill up after the break. stay with us. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eas

international unions. those unions, as opposed to private sector unions which have been declining sore some time had been a bright spot for organized labor to the job loss that we've seen in the public sector, in part a result of the reduction of stimulus money, which had previously made it possible for school district, police departments, and state government offices to remain at full force. as we know a high percentage of public sector employees are women. >> reporter: in addition to the expiration of the president's stimulus program analysts site the collective bargaining battles in states like wisconsin and the attrition to state and local bulge nets general, jaime. jaime: it makes you wonder what it will mean for our economy if the unions continue to shrink. >> reporter: that may depend on your political philosophy. those who view organized labor as a drag are inclined to see the shrinkage as a good thing, that will ultimately promote growth. many in academia site unions as an essential ingredient and they predict dire consequences if this present trend continues. >> with the decline of the unions has come the decline of the middle