the eastern neighborhoods rezoning to muo. so, what we're seeking is simply some way to get this hotel that everyone thinks is a good idea. it's in the right location. the union -- the hotel workers union is in support of this project to get it built. actually we're trying to fix this problem on this one block. you know, i can't speak to the concerns that toby and jim raised. if there's a desire for this to be narrower, we can certainly perhaps restrict this to this one block, which is the block between townsend, king, second, third and fourth -- second and third across from the ballpark. we could limit this to 135 rooms if that was a solution that made sense. but i would urge you to at least initiate today, we can work with the staff and with toby and jim over the next three weeks to see if we can come up with something that's mutually agreeable before the public hearing on the actual merits of the case. thank you. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment on this item? okay, public comment is closed. commissioner moore. >> i think public comment couldn't have been more eloquent to describe what the real issues are. one is wholesale rezoning, adding land use in an are

now that we hilton workers have a great contract, we are going to start with the other hotel workers in san francisco to make sure their union is strong. thank you. >> my name is jacob, i'm a doorman for the last 22 years. thank you for all coming for this great event. thank you, mike, for putting this contract, finish earlier than we thought. thank you very much. we appreciate that. as you know our health care, now the health care is available with other benefits so we can have our time to organize our members which can make us stronger without any problem. thank you. we are really happy. it's very important now we are going to stand the same idea which is our goal to improve our service. we have no problem over this. thank you for all coming here. [ applause ] >> hi, my name is guadalupe chavez. i have been working here for 32 years. as a worker in the local too, we have a lot of struggles, many long struggles to have a good contract. that's the reason to have a standard for another hotels. that is today i'm happy to have a good contract and with our contract, it benefits security wages we have a vision and we can organize

the company told the union in recent contract talks that photographers' jobs were safe. >>> unionized workers are ending their strike against a chicago hoteler ten years. the walkout at the congress plaza hotel may be the longest in u.s. history. it began over wage cuts and other issues. the union says any workers who return will come back to wages that are half the city standard. >>> and you might call it the mcdiet. mcdonald's ceo don thompson says he lost about 20 pounds last year even though he eats at his restaurant every day. he says he keeps the weight off by working out every day. salads make up about 2% of mcdonald's sales. thompson said, though, they are not big money makers. i would believe that. it's pretty hard to walk into mcdonald's and order a salad. >> i know. >> i don't have that willpower. >> not just a salad anyway. you know there are fries on the side here. ashley morrison in new york. thank you, ashley. >>> straight ahead, we'll see how the job market has changed for them. >>> plus, we'll meet the student who had one tough job beating out all the other competitors at the national spelling bee. this is the "cbs morning

unions. according to the afl-cio, the hyatt has exhibited a broad pattern of labor abuses, including aggressive outsourcing, low wages, and the mistreatment of housekeepers. hotelthe hotels workerworkers union and the chicago teachers union have opposed nomination. chicago teachers union president karen lewis said -- by davidwe're joined moberg. his recent article is headlined, "3 troubling things to know about billionaire penny pritzker." toid moberg, welcome democracy now! what are those three troubling things? >> one of the things has to do and the anti labor record it is a record simply not up attacking labor unions -- although, there are to the prominent examples. one is this battle with the night here, where the hyatt has refused to reach an agreement with the hotel union as based on the pattern that other major hotel chains have already adopted, and it has pursued a pattern of subcontracting of work and general harsh treatment of its work force at the hotel's. in terms of another prominent pritzker waspenny one of the prime instigators of passage of a law in the state of illinois that took away many of the rights from the chicago teachers union and provoked a long strike

the longest hotel strike in u.s. history is finally over this morning. after ten years of picketing, the union representing workers at the congress plaza hotel in chicago has decided it is time to move on. a hotel attorney says any workers that want to return have to do so under terms of their expired contract, which is now about half the city's standard pay raise. >>> the ceo of mcdonald's claims that he has lost 20 pounds this year even though he still eats at the golden arches every single day. don thompson admits that he has started working out, which may have to do something with his weight loss. when we tried to find out exactly what he orders from the menu each day, the company wouldn't tell us. >> two fries. no. i don't know. >>> when we come back, a surprising benefit of taking calcium that has nothing to do with stronger bones. >>> and the boston bombing suspect called his parents. what he told them about his role in the attacks. we'll be right back. ♪ ten hut! you up for the challenge suds-maker? i'm gonna need more than that to get through the rest of these dishes! i want more suds! dawn? you won't las

the longest hotel strike in history is over. after a decade of protesting low wages, workers at the congress hotel in chicago may soon be back on the job. the union says in a statement, "the decision to end the strike was hard, but it is the right time for the union and strikers to move on," adding the boycott "effectively and dramatically reduced the hotel's business." the hotel's attorney calls the strike's end "a surprise." a few dozen of the original 130 picketers could potentially get their jobs back. it's nearly impossible to make money on basic checking accounts, but bankrate.com has discovered a number of banks are offering ways to earn money with your money in a high yield- checking account. greg mcbride of bankrate joins us via skype. question: why is the discovery so surprising? - i think this comes as a surprise to a lot of people, the fact that these accounts exist, that it is money that is still federally insured, that you can get to it at any time. for a lot of people, this works very well, because they're using debit cards already, they have direct deposit, and they are getting their statements online. i think all of that comes to

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the sec and university of louisville. >>> longest hotel strike in american history is now over. after ten years of picketing union representing workerss would have to do so under terms of their expired contract. those wages are now said to be half the city's standard. the union said the strike dramatically reduced the hotel's business. >>> big find at kansas city hotel. tyler schafer staying at the hilton when he came across money stacked in a drawer. $10,000 in cash. they turned the stash over to police and headed home to rapid city, south dakota empty-handed. no one claimed the cash. could evetch ventually go back to the family. >> wow. >>> another kid with a whole lot of cash in his hands. an eighth grader from queens, new york, is $30,000 richer this morning. but he earned every penny of it. >> sure did. 13-year-old, arvind mahankali. mahankali. say that ten times fast. the new spelling bee champion, clinched the scripps on his fourth trip to the competition. lana zach, good morning. >> reporter: with $30,000 on the line, best spellers, age 8 to 14 took to the stage nervous and confident tackling words most of us have never even

the longest strike in u.s. history is over. employees at chicago's congress hotel, they received word tr from their union thursday morning that the strike, which lasted almost ten years, has ended. workersnes outside the hotel's front doors since 200. they claim that the hotel management they cut their wageses, they threw out health care contributions and demanded the right to subcontract jobs out to minimum wage workers. that is one long strike. >>> time to put your thinking caps on. how do you spell winner? that's 13-year-old avan mahakali, the whipper of this year's u.s. spelling bill. his final word is yidish. the winner outlasted 11 other finalist necessary a grueling 2 1/2 hours of competition thursday night. he came up just short in 2011 and 2012 finishing third. avan is the sixth straight indian american winner. for his efforts, he takes home $30,000 in cash and prizes and a huge trophy, as well. i hate it when you're trying to spell something that's a super common word and you simply can't remember it. >>> nigeria's oil minister tells cnbc that the rise of u.s. shale is not likely to affect opec production but still is a grave concern. u.s. futures suggest a sharply lower open

. >> workers at a hotel in chicago will be getting notices for being on strike. wages the uniones are now half that city's standard. ali over to you. >>alisyn: the obama administration is being accused of social engineering by taking control of one new york county and changing the zoning so anyone can live there even if they cannot afford it. is this all part of his effort to make america more fair? the westchester county executive is here. rob, great to have you here. your county signed some sort of agreement a few years ago and you agreed to build more affordable housing units in some wealthy suburbs. now h.u.d. wants more units, many more units. what's the problem? >> the county signed an agreement in 2009, we have to build 750 units of affordable housing in mainly white communities based on the census of 2007, $51 million to do that out of taxpayer money. we're complying, doing what the agreement was by the previous administration. we're ahead of schedule in building affordable housing as part of the agreement. that is not what this is all about. h.u.d. basically said that.