kid at school we learned that one of the main goals when when people stablished the interest labor organization is to fight exploitation the fight exploitation by the capitalist the voided the the labor force the workers so this is fresh this change since the beginning of the twentieth century so can we say that that we have defeated exploitation today or does that still exists let's be clear the idea of the international labor organization is to try to ensure decent standards of working conditions for everybody and including the protection of people's basic rights and so far what they taught me at school sounded better and that's just it's just the there is location that sounds great these things there is this i don't know about you know that's what i say you know a director general of the ilo now i think that those object is still as relevant today as they were right at the beginning we were founded in one nine hundred nineteen very soon by the way after events in this country as you will of noticed now there are still very serious situations of abuse in the world of work there are two hundre

they claimed this was the end of organized labor. >> it is a blow for organized labor, particularly organizedors represented in public employee unions. make bolder similar unions in other states by other governors. clearly it will put wisconsin, in my opinion, into play. >> karl rove, later taken off fox news, were all so wrong. the voters help to reelect president obama. tammy baldwin defeated tommy thompson by five points. turns out labor is alive and well. in fact, workers across america help us understand what mitt romney could mean for the economy. >> this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> we followed the worker's stories to freeport, illinois in october. bain capital has shut down the plant, and they were going to ship some 200 jobs to china. >> what would you say to mitt romney? >> the three of us here have been arrested defending american jobs, we're waiting, come out here and talk to us. >> you want to talk to him? what would you say to him? >> save our jobs. >> over the summer, more and more workers started to come forward with horror stories about bain capital and the bain ec

they claimed this was the end of organized labor. >> it is a blow for organized labor, particularly organizedor's represented in public employee unions. it's going to embolden other efforts in other states by governors. it's clearly going to put wisconsin into play in november. >> karl rove, who was later taken off fox news and his buddies were all so wrong. middle class voters helped reelect president obama four months later. wisconsin also elected the first openly gay woman to the united states senate. democrat tammy baldwin defeated tommy thompson by five points. it turns out labor is alive and well. in fact, workers across america help us understand what mitt romney could mean for the economy. >> this is "the ed show." let's get to work. [ cheering ] >> we followed the workers' stories to freeport, illinois in october. bain capital has shut down the sensata plant and they were going to ship some 200 jobs to china. >> what would you say to mitt romney? >> the three of us have been arrested defending american jobs. we're waiting. come on out here and talk us to. >> you want to talk to him.

they claimed this was the end of organized labor. >> it is a blow for organized labor, particularly organized's represented in public employee unions. it's going to embolden other efforts in other states by governors. it's going to put into play in november. >> karl rove, who was later taken off fox news and his buddies were also wrong. middle class voters helped reelect president obama four months later. wisconsin also elected the first openly guy woman to the united states senate, democrat tammy baldwin defeated tommy thompson by five points. it turns out labor is alive and well. in fact, workers across america help us understand what mitt romney could mean for the economy. >> this is "the ed show." let's get to work. [ cheering ] >> we followed the workers' stories to freeport, illinois in october. bain capital has shut down the sensata plant and they were going to ship some 200 jobs to china. >> the three of us have been arrested defending american jobs. we're waiting. come on out here and talk us to. >> what would you say to him? >> save our jobs. >> over the summer, more and more worker

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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

one of the key number that is showed up in the vort the continued success of the labor movement and organizing latinos. membership among latinos is up. their union density continuing to climb. the diversity shows in the numbers, as well. those are the highest density of membership most likely members of unions are african-americans so when you look at where the union membership is growing, asian americans, african-americans, latinos, the union movement is getting those new workers, the people joining the labor force. and when you look at how unevenness of the recession has affected different states, you see that the union movement is very successful in states right to work states. union membership was up in texas and oklahoma and georgia and north carolina, tennessee. so, it's not -- these numbers are national and patterns of job growth and patterns of job construction taking place and peeling behind the numbers you see the success of the labor movement where people did not expect. >> it's an interesting article and will continue to follow the numbers and see what this means and impact of upco

entire life, i passed the half century mark, i'm a proud member of carpenter's local 122, a labor organization, for 130 year, generations of carpenter local 122 members have built this as far as the eye can see, that's a good thing, we live here, we're the stakeholders and this is the hat we wear, we don't wear those black hats with the acronym that carries this negative connotation of the governmental organize says, we wear gear like that because we're proud members of this local, we're proud member of this community, we generate the economic engine, we're trying to pay our mortgages and rent here, we have th

earlier today we did have some representatives from a labor organization who had concerns with the contractor who wasn't a responsible contractor. whether we're talking about i think tensionally prohibiting community folks, local residents from entering into career path in the building trades by denying them apprenticeship opportunities or education opportunities, i think we need to talk quickly about who is having those conversations and with whom they're having those conversations because i think it's something that's appropriate for us to talk about here. so, i'm asking for those two thing. >> all right. commissioner caen. >> are we restricted at all by the [speaker not understood] in terms of what and how we sell our electrical power? >> yes, we are. noreen wants to give the legal description. there are restrictions for public uses. >> [speaker not understood]. >> if i could jump in here. we are allowed to sell under the raker act our power to anyone directly. we could sell our power to -- for resale only to not 230er profit entities. so, for example, we can sell our power directly to any

labor in tough times for unions. >> we are going to stand up for america. >> fewer are standing up for organized labor. statistics said the union lost 400,000 members, decline of nearly 3%. it's the fifth year in a row that labor ranks sloping. the trend partly reflects the long-term memraging of the manufacturing jobs it isn't because of slump in motown. >> you only have to look to michigan to see how unions helped build stronger middle class and america. >> half of last year's dropoff occurred in the public sector unions. formerly one of organized labor bright spot. >> that is directly correlated to the job loss that we have seen in public sector. >> battle over collective bargaining rights in wisconsin and tough times for the local budgets play important roles. >> with the decline of union make it difficult for middle class. >> conservatives see the union as drag on free market won a round when the appellate court ruled president obama's recess awe pointment to the national relation board was unconstitutional. historians of the labor movement say leaders need to adapt to changing demographic reality

should organized labor support the reforms we've seen so far? >> well, i think that labor is united. we all support legalization and a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. for one very simple reason. we believe that taking these 11 million people and legalizing them and giving them the same rights, the same obligations the same responsibilities as any other american will help lift wages for everybody because they will not be at the mercy of employers who tend to exploit them and because of their status. so i think that this is a good thing for workers and besides you know i think that anybody that's working here should have the same rights. there should not be anything like a second class american worker in this country. >> john: i agree with you on that one. but let me ask since you were there today for the president's speech do you anticipate any pushback from conservative latinos over the president's reported same-sex marriage proposals as part of this reform bill? >> i don't think so because at the end of the day listen, we are sayi

they thing in labor organization and the group expects 202 people to be out of work this year and theybe in developing countries with east asia, south asia and africa which is subsequently the hardest hit. >>> some are gaining grounds at this hour. overnight, they have mixed results as well and japan's nikkei fell after the central bank promised to fall after generating some growth. checking in our numbers after the three-day weekend in dr. martin luther king, jr., right now futures indicate pretty mixed opening as you can see it is mixed document jones, we will have a list. >>> coming up, a cat controversy is brewing and why he wants to ban all cats in the country. >>> it is on the rise and the disorder doctors are catching in more and more kids. . >>> welcome back time now 5:23, a man has come up with a way to save native birds and he wants to ban cats. he calls them natural born killers and he is not recommending they euthanize them and he is saying not to replace them when they die. birds like the question we have -- kiwi have bomb endangered. >>> there is also a lot of buzz about

whether you're a member of the clergy, labor, and advocate, nonprofit organization, staff, we are all leaders and we have a social responsibility to each other. to live together peacefully, to ensure that in a democratic society that we are living and honoring our democratic principles. to be fair to all persons. all ethnicities, all sexual orientations, and religions. an african-american, a woman. don't lose sight of the purpose of the conversation today. today jane and i want to make a statement that oftentimes foreshadowed when you don't have the pulpit. today we successfully have demonstrated that even the sidelines, even the corner, you can raise your voice, have another opportunity, another option, viable, strong, that has integrity, is thoughtful, filled with love and compassion. that is what leadership is about. stepping forth outside of your comfort zone and doing things sometimes when people to the left and to the right, no pun intended, are not able to do at that particular moment. so - as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation, the 50th anniver

they were labor organizers and her father caught lead poisoning from his work on the job, that kind ofife experience, in a country that is from a very different walk of life than those in the beltway, that is why it matter. to bring in the experience that the american people actually have. >> when you talk about that, we have other posts to take about. we have the labor secretary that is leaving, as is the epa chief, lisa jackson, another force coming reported departure. steven chu and rob kirk, as the president tries to build the inner circle, is it a team of rivals approach to more of allies, to cement his legacy after he leaves? >> we get that impression. and as a matter of fact, i will have to be the first one to suggest that maybe he can borrow mitt romney's binders to get more women in the cabinet. the fact is that there's groups that say women make up the half of the population, that the cabinet should be half female and some people would say, gee, that is extreme. but why is it? all the positions you were naming a moment ago have women who are qualified to fill them. we have no

in a statement, a representative from the national day labor organizing network said -- the news napolitano's staying on comes as the obama administration is said to be preparing to unveil a new push for immigration reform in the coming months. federal prosecutors have dropped the charges against the computer programmer and cyber activist aaron swartz following his suicide on friday at the age of 26. in an e-mail to the boston globe, his attorney wrote the dismissal was "too little too late," saying it "would have been welcome this time last week." iran supports was facing up to 35 years in prison for sneaking into the massachusetts institute of technology and downloading millions of articles provided by the non-profit research service jstor. his family says prosecutors are partially to blame for his death. a petition on the white house website to remove u.s. attorney carmen ortiz from office over alleged overreach in the case has received more than 25,000 signatures, reaching the threshold needed to demand a response from the obama administration. tributes aaron for content and to flood the

spoke with a labor organizer with the bangladesh center for workers solidarity who visited the factoryk pictures of the charred clothing labels she found there, including the walmart brand faded glory. >> 112, 120 workers were there. [indiscernible] they have to be with this factory and improve safety standards. that is our demint. >> for more, we're joined by the reporter following much of this, steve greenhouse, who has been a labor and workplace reporter for the new york times since 1995, where his long covered walmart as part of his beat. his latest piece on the fire at walmart supplier in bangladesh is called, "as walmart makes safety vows, it's seen as obstacle to change." steve greenhouse, welcome to "democracy now!" lay at your findings. what most surprised you? >> i worked with the reporter and we found several surprising revelations in investigating walmart's relationship with this tazreen factory. first, we obtained a series of inspection reports that showed over nearly a year, walmart suppliers continue doing work in this country even though it was found to have many seriou

in on martin luther king's bible, had those of us in lead civil rights organizations, their labor organizations. they're on the platform. not in a guest seat somewhere else, right there only the platform. and martin luther king's son. i mean, i think that he was saying america has changed. and we've got to deal with the change and let's start celebrating the change. >> so, i think he did two things. one, i would agree with you. he said that america is -- has achieved a certain kind of difference that it is different now. but he didn't say i changed it, right? it's that line. s, seneca falls, it is him naming each of the turning point watershed moments in american history in terms of how that change begins to occur. but then he does the thing, of course, that king did in the "i have a dream" speech. he goes all the way back to the initial social contract. he goes back to the nirinitial declaration of independence. he says that the basis of this is in the election, in his right to claim the victory as a ro greszive president. but the real basis for this goes back even further. even into a space w

clearly for labor, the future is continuing to be in these public sector unions where they can spend a lot on political campaigns and elect people who will then negotiate raises for organized the public sector. >> byron, thank you as always. >> thank you. >> greta: straight ahead, the state's nickname may be the golden state, but the state of california is struggling just to pay its bills and even if you don't live there, that's next. and secretary of state hillary clinton is better and back to work. is she feeling good enough to play in the nfl playoffs? the story behind these pictures coming up. ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. with thermacare heatwraps. thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. for up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. isurprise...it's eating less. to losing weight. i'm hungry just thinking about it. thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satis

clearly for labor, the future is continuing to be in these public sector unions where they can spend a lot on political campaigns and elect people who will then negotiate raises for organized in the public sector. >> byron, thank you as always. >> thank you. >> greta: straight ahead, the state's nickname may be the golden state, but the state of california is struggling just to pay its bills and even if you don't live there, that's next. and secretary of state hillary clinton is better and back to work. is she feeling good enough to is she feeling good enough to play in the nfl [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? >> 9.8% unemployment. california's jobless rate is two full points above the national average. that's just one of the economic problems

the head of the labor organization tweeted saying it's not a good deal if it gives more tax cuts to the 2% and sets the stage for more hostage taking. the head of that organization is not saying that he is trying to tank the deal, but an official with the group says we are throwing cold water on the kind of drift that we felt in it this afternoon. >> kind of drift. all right, so there is pressure. there are potential problems. we'll stay close to you on this and get you back on as soon as you have further developments. wolf, what jessica is saying speaks to what you brought up several hours ago. the longer it takes to get done, the more possibilities of it coming undone. >> that's been my experience in washington. if you're close to a deal, wrap it up quickly otherwise there's plenty of opportunity to unwrap it. >> joining us now is republican congressman tim kuehl staff of kansas who has been watching all this very, very closely. if it passes, congressman, the senate tonight or tomorrow morning, comes up for a vote in the house of representatives, are you going to vote in favor of it o

think that our strategy is to link core issues together so that it's not just quote, "labor," or particularly organized labor, as you said 12%, and that includes the public sector. private sector's under seven percent. it's notust labor talking about work's rhts. it's a of who have a vision of economic justice, let's do something about economic inequality. let's figure out how to stimulate the demand side of the economy because you need rising wages to have rising demand to get the economy going again. i think it's that kind of an agenda. and you know, in our view, what we talk to our members about, i was at a meeting in california of young new stewards on saturday, is this is seven to ten years. and, you know, i've been doing this my whole life. and i may not be there at the end of that period, but i am sure, absolutely certain that without that kind of a basic movement in this country, democracy and economic justice, t just theraditional union agenda, we don't have a chance. but on the other hand with that kind of an agenda i absolutely believe we can change this country as president obama talked abo

the central canal requires the organized labor of many people. the president of th unidad oversees the annual cleaning. each farmer is required to help maintain the canal or lose his allotment of water. so, in cuicatlan, the distribution of water has created the need for managers, and with managers comes a potential for coercive power. in an arid region of the old world, the pharaohs organized labor to control the floodwaters of the nile... producing plentiful crops. over the centuries, such control not only increased the wealth and power of lords and pharaohs, but also sent the kingdom of egypt on a path toward increased social and political complexity. now archaeologists are discovering a similar pattern near the pyramids of the valley of mexico. this is teotihuacan. more than 125,000 people once lived here. the city is 20 times the size of ancient copan. it is more than 4 times as large as monte alban. here was a society of lords and priests, intricate art and architecture. the pyramids of the sun and the moon are among the largest buildings e

stood for civil rights, non-violence organized labor social justice and ending war.ca usually remembers one out of five. i'll start with you tom why is that? >> we all take from dr. king and larger than life figures what we choose to, and sometimes there is an interest involved like avoiding his strong criticism of the vietnam war in 1967, which was very unpopular at the time with some of the black ministers, with the "new york times," with organized labor with much of the democratic party. and yet it set in motion the events that led to the challenging of lyndon johnson. so i think unfortunately history becomes political, and we pick and choose what we refer to emphasize, but dr. king was gradual. he was slow to come to an open stance. he knew what the stakes were. he wasn't unaware. he wasn't innocent. he knew he would have trouble taking that position, and he took it forthrightly, and proudly, and stayed with it. >> john: kris let me ask you the same question. do you think that another great tragedy of dr. king's loss is he's only remembered as a civil rights icon

the pushback you're seeing from organized labor movement as well to some of the changes that are beingoposed. how do you rationalize this between organized labor and the as peerations of those that are undocumented and you believe strongly need a path to citizenship? what do you tell labor unions where their members are saying that these people are going to take jobs away from you? >> we actually have a lot of education to do because by and large many of those unions in different places, and i'll point to california, large increases have been due to folks from immigrant communities who have now become members of the union movement and they've helped to resurge and expand their region. it's not just in los angeles, but it's in other parts of the country as well. i think it's give and take, but certainly the notion that these people, undocumented, take away their jobs, i think the facts don't bear out. very much in terms of increasing our economic growth and capacity. if we can bring those 12 million or 11 million out of the shadows, that is over $1 trillion that's going to be put into o

i think our strategy is to link core issues together so that it's not just, quote, labor or particularly organized labor. as you said, 12%, and that includes the public sector. private sector is under 7%. it's not just labor talking about workers' rights, it's all of us who have a vision of economic justice. let's do something about economic inequality. let's figure out how to stig stigmatize the rising economy. i was at a meeting in california of young new stewards on saturday. this is 7 to 10 years. i've been doing this my whole life. i may not be there at the end of that period, but i'm sure, absolutely certain, that without that kind of basic movement in this country, not just the traditional union agenda, we don't have a chance. on the other hand, with that kind of agenda, i absolutely believe we can change this country as president obama talked about in 2008. the change you can believe in, the change you work for. >> what has president obama done for labor in these last four years? >> well, i think he's tried to do quite a bit. i think in his heart he definitely supports, you know, working f