in collective bargaining context we're inclined in the union because they're representative and we don't have our oeb view, so the free rider justification is far weaker in the collective bargaining context. >> mr. carvin, can you force people to -- can you enact a law, let's say the national political parties are in trouble so they enact a law that says all members of the republican party, if you want to be a member, you have to contribute so much money. is that okay? >> no, it's not and that's because the bedrock principle is not whether or not you vividly oppose what they're saying. >> right. >> it's because you don't wish to subsidize. >> exactly. i don't know why you're putting so much emphasis on the fact that your clients oppose. it wouldn't matter, would it? >> that's the reason they've brought this lawsuit, but no. you're 1000% right, your honor. >> if you were to prevail, what would happen with private employers in a state which said there should be a union shop? >> nothing, your honor. >> and because -- >> because the first amendment doesn't apply to private employers and beca

is a one of those items the union and bargain for? >> it's never existed in american society and there's no way the public employer could all of a sudden say we are going to take our taxpayer dollars and start giving money to unions, a against they've always been funded through voluntary contributions. if they did become recipients of federal or state funds that would impose restrictions on the speech and other activities that the unions resembled we would never have asked for holding apart from any funding shortfall. >> i have a somewhat different subject, i don't know how to get you to focus on this exactly. i think there are good arguments on your side, and there are good arguments on the other side. when you go into this, it was and may be a kind of compromise 40 years ago. but it was 40 years ago. it was 40 years ago. i mean, maybe marbury v. madison was wrong. they are our people to argue certain were. the concerns i have in terms of workability are not so much the details. i guess something would work out in the labor area. it w

i'm talking about the collective bargaining part of the union. mr. carvin: oh, okay. then i'm maybe not understanding it. if the union is, could they subsidize the union's collective bargaining efforts? justice sotomayor: mmhmm. mr. carvin: i think they might be able to, but of course no state -- justice sotomayor: all right. so why can't they assess all of their employees a tax for that contribution? mr. carvin: right. and that was the point i was trying to get to, which is agency fees don't go just to collective bargaining. as we know, they also go to political activity. and i don't think the government could fund political activity in a viewpoint-discriminatory way. justice alito: is there any history in american labor management relations, at least going back, i don't know what, 75-80 years of employers paying for unions? i thought the union movement was against this long ago. mr. carvin: your recollection of history is correct. and of course, currently no government ever funds unions. just one more sentence. under the nlra, it's a felony for the employer to give t

teachers association, the state's largest union. >> the plaintiffs argue that they should not be required to pay dues to the union that bargainsn their behalf and that requiring them to pay those dues is a violation of their free speech rights. >> the suit has support from 25 parties includes the pacific legal foundation which released a statement saying the court's decision to take this case is welcome news for everyone who values first amendment freedom of speech, which includes your freedom not to underwrite a politically active organization that you don't agree with. >> this is not just about teachers, it is about all our collective voice in society to be part of this future. >> david goldberg taught near the housing projects in east los angeles for 10 years. he is now secretary and treasurer of the california teachers association. >> all the stuff that's collectively done on your behalf, you pay your fair share. that's what collective organizations do. it's about all of us working together to have a collective voice. >> goldberg believes the lawsuit is nothing more than a power play to undermine all public unions, which h

against the detroit board of education that improved sharing fees on the grounds that unions have the represent as an assigned bargaining agent and represent the interest of all workers in the given bargain unit whether they are members or not. no one can be required to join a union but can be required to pay a fair share fee for the services the union directly gives them in terms of negotiation, collective bargaining and grievance and so forth because the court said otherwise there is a problem of free riders. people that want the benefits but don't want to pay. the petitioners insisted it must be overturned because there is no way they can win if it is isn't. let's talk about the free rider >> i guess i am starting from a place where there is a serious association interest in compelling someone to financially support a union. it has to be compelling over or important to override how an individual decides to direct their own money. i don't think this gets to that level. i don't think anyone seriously c contends this will cripple unions. all it means is less money or operate more efficiently or change things at the marg

petitioners side much of the languages how terrible it is for individual employees not to bargain themselves with their employer and instead have that funneled through the union's. it is true right now this particular issue there is a mistake not to recognize that those lawsuits will seek to eliminate all the exclusive bargaining representation for government employers and there really will mean the end of unions in that context. >> we're coming to the end of our presentation and going to questions but varian wants to give a thought first. >> something we have taken for granted about the consequences to a eliminate 51 as the prague district as these laboratories how to get this done. the public sector has adopted the model the donnelly rest upon representation but the duty of of a fair representation of everyone in the unit. we are getting into the heart of what that model is and with representation it is reasonable for a public employer to decide that duty should come with a shared obligation to provide the services of are germane to public bargaining. >> we could go on and on and i frequently do. [laughter] but instead we will take your questions. please rais

the union. >> the collective bargaining agreement was signed, and those things changed how people take off and how people don't take o. >> reporter: the director explained public works was monitoring throughout the year in 2015 and made more adjustments including timing the route. >> with the change that we. we should not expect that kind of overtime any more. issues, is the director hesitant now. >> let me say one thing. if we have to use overtime, we will use overtime to complete our task. >> reporter: >> reporter: he's concerned. >> reporter: the question tonight, will this work this year. i will continue to let you know as i continue to follow it. i'm investigator jonathan walsh. >>> we are waiting to hear from the browns' new head coach. >> but first we're hearing from some of the players about reaction. >>> if you're planning a spring getaway, you may be surprised by some of the prices of airfare out of cleveland. how much you can expect to pay for your next vacation. >>> here's the billion dollar question. here's the surprise p. dear fellow citizen, i know what it' s like to buy a house

the union positions. the lawyers for the california teacher association argue that current fee system is needed to prevent nonmembers from getting a free ride and reaping the benefits of the union's collective bargaining efforts. anthony kennedy rejected the argument saying that the union is forcing some teachers to sign on to issues that they strongly disagree with. >>> police tonight are looking for the gunman that shot and killed the passenger saturday night on board a bart train. the alameda coroner's office is having problems now identifying the victim who is a foreign national. he was allegedly carrying a knife. the shooting took place at 7:45 saturday night as the westbound train pulled into the west oakland bart station. we spoke with a witness that says she was on the opposite platform during the incident. >> i heard three rattling banks in succession exactly three. i took cover immediately beneath a concrete wall. i was ducking. i do not feel good about riding bart. >> bart is not releasing much information about that shooting. if there is surveillance video of the attack, bart police still have not made it available to the public. >>> that deadly shooting on a bart train is raising question

teachers association, the state's largest union. >> the plaintiffs argue that they should not be required to pay dos to the union that bargains that requiring them to pay those dues is a violation of their free speech rights. >> it includes the pacific legal foundation which released a statement saying the court's decision to take this case is welcome news for everyone who values first amendment freedom of speech, which includes your freedom not to underwrote a politically active organization that you don't agree with. >> this is about all hour collective voice in society to be part of this future. >> david goldberg taught near the housing projects in east los angeles for 10 years. he is now secretary and treasurer of the california teachers association. >> all the stuff that's collectively done in your behalf, you pay your fair share. that's what collecti organizations do. it's all of us working together to have a collective voice. >> goldberg believes the lawsuit is nothing more than a power play to undermine all public unions which he says helps protect the rights of the working class. >> it is a real frontal attack on one

out of joining a public sector union, if you're a janitor or a teacher, you can still be required to pay a fee. now, that fee would cover the costs of the union bargainingn your behalf because you're included in their overall contract. and that 1977 case meant that no one would get essentially a free ride. you know, receiving the benefits of collective bargaining without having to pay for it. now, that fee is not as large as union dues. you're not still a union member. and it does not go to things like ads for political candidates. but in the case before the justices today, a case backed by a conservative group called the center for individual rights, ten teachers in california claim their free speech rights under the first amendment are being violated merely by paying that fee for collective bargaining. the argument for overturning nearly 40 years of precedent is that the act of collective bargaining itself when bargaining with the state government is itself inherently political, that it's speech and it's enough to draw it under the umbrella of the first amendment. today justice roberts said the effect of undoing the system would be insignificant becau

the future of public unions. ten california teachers suing the state's teachers association. they argue that they should not have to pay do yous to the union which bargains on behalf of all california public teachers. they say this case is being closely watched. >> i think there is a group of organizations and people who would like to limit the abilities of workers to join the union. if the supreme court rules in favor of the plaintiffs it will be hard to sustain the unions. even if all the workers want the unions, then the workers will have an incentive not to pay their do yous. let other areas pay their do yous for them, and then nobody pays the dues, and then the union doesn't have the money to pay for running. >> the supreme court said it probably won't issue its decision until june. >>> millions are remembering david bowie today. his voice and artist try emblematic for the 1970s. he influenced musicians as diverse from freddie mercury and kanye west. [ music ] news of his death from cancer shocking fans and fellow musicians at age 69. bowie had just released a new album and seemed poise to make a comeback. al jazeera has more. [ music ] >> david bow

york shipping association called the caulkoff disruptive and said it is a violation of the union's collective bargaining agreement. six-year-old boy has tested positive for rabies. they're warning people to stay away from all wild creatures. that boy is out of the hospital tonight. he's doing quite well despite the mauling that left his face badly gashed. doctors began giving him a series of shots which he eel continue for weeks. the ra raccoon attacked him. >> it looks like nora virus leaves scores of students sick at a staten island elementary school. about 10 pocket of its students out sick today and sent a dozen kids home sick yesterday with the stomach bug too. crews are cleaning and disinfecting the classrooms over the weekend, but the virus is incredibly contagious and can spread quickly. thorough job getting the classrooms and the hallways clean. >>> the vote in iowa just a week away now, the clinton e-mail scandal is back in the headlines big-time tonight. the state department for the first time confirmed that sensitive government secrets were on clinton's private home server, labeled more than

agent they have to represent the interest of all the workers in a given bargaining unit whether they're members of the union or not. no one can be required to join a union as we all know and services the union directly and gives them collective bargaining and grievance and so forth. because the court said otherwise there would be the problem of free riders, people would say i want the benefits but i don't want to play. they insist that it must be overturned. there's no conceivable way they can win. let's talk about the rational. jeff, i bet you have an interesting take on that. why don't you go first. >> sure. so a couple of points about it. i'm starting from a place where i think this is -- there's a very serious associational interest in compelling someone to financially support a union. so you have to view through the lenses of this has to be so compelling and important to override an individual's right to decide how to direct his or her own money and i think -- i don't think this gets to that level because at the end of the day, i don't think anyone seriously contends that this will cripple unions. all

the number of questions that are raised, are so myriad and wide ranging... >> would a union negotiate over the number and length of practices? perhaps a union would bargain over the number of games. if the school and union are at an impasse, would athletes go on strike? are these schools ready to make some tough decisions like cutting support to other athletic programs like lacrosse field hockey, or even raising tuition? >> the list of grievances these players presented are a list of grievances that players could have presented 5 or 10 years ago across the college community, but they haven't been addressed. whether or not you have the security of a scholarship, for how long, whether you have health insurance, stipends, transfers...we've been over this. we've been over this and over this and over this... >> it's bringing us into a sea of complete uncertainty. >> the ncaa says it will fight the northwestern effort all the way to the supreme court. >> i'm not saying the ncaa created institutional racism and poverty in the us. but the ncaa consciously benefits, because they put players from a particular background in a position where rocking the boat is leth

in 1977, the supreme court upheld a state law that required unions, which at the time were the exclusive bargainingo represent all public employees in that unit, it allowed those unions to collect -- or required those unions to collect so-called agency shop fees in order to cover their share of the collective bargaining costs, even though they were non-members of the union. the supreme court at the time said that the interference with their first amendment speech and association rights were justified for two reasons -- government employers wanted lab peace, they didn't -- labor peace. they didn't want to negotiate with multiple representatives with often conflicting demands. also, the government employers wanted to avoid free riders, the non-union members who would get the benefits to have collective bargaining without sharing in the cost. fast forward almost 40 years, the supreme court has two cases, one in 2012, another in 2014, both by justice alito casting doubt on whether that 1977 decision was really good law and, into that doubt steps smart lawyers, anti-union lawyers who created a case that

the union bargains for the workers collectively. collective bargaining. and so it enters into a negotiation with an employer to get a contract that covers all the workers in a workplace. what unions do. and they try to get better wages than the workers have been able to get, better working conditions, and so forth. well, imagine now the following: the union sits downnd bargains for the workers, but it doesn't just say, "hey, we would like higher wages or better working conditions, and if you don't do that, we may strike" and all the usual that i think you understand. but now they have a new weapon, a new chip, if you might say, to play. "if you don't come to a reasonable agreement with us about wages or working conditions, we have another plan. we may withdraw the workers from your plant and set up our own." what? that's never happened before. what an idea. indeed, the union might begin to develop small enterprises that do things like a company that they're bargaining with, just to make it a little more realistic, so that when they say that to the employer

unions across the country. sympathy has taught for 28 years. half her career was as a full union member, but she says her voice was silenced >> the unions forced me to fund collective bargaining efforts that are harmful to my students and that's offensive to me. >> our position is that those fees are fair because the union provides a wide range of services from which all the members benefit, and if that is kon decisional. >> reporter: the union argues that the so-called fair share fee is simply a user fee for services and has nothing to do with politics left offer right >>> the mayor of detroit says he will tour several schools on tuesday after a teacher organized sick-out for schools to schedule classes for more than 31,000 students today. the teachers are protesting what they say are deplorable work conditions. educators took the messages to the streets. parents, children and politicians joined in the rally. the sick-out closed 64 schools. >> enough is enough. we have to do something. we have to advocate for our children. whatever the consequences are, we're going to have to deal with it, but we have to stop bashing teachers. >> reporter: children are going hungry because t

and he said often the unions take positions in collective bargainingiews of these teachers that aren't in the union on issues like merit pay, on seniority, classroom size. those are not just bread and butter issues, kennedy said. those are issues of great public moment that are subject to great public debate and forcing these non-union teachers to still pay a share of the union's costs in essence forces them to subsidize the union's view on that which they strongly oppose. so it does appear that the unions are going to lose here. there was a fall-back position that the opponents had brought up that said well, maybe they don't have to -- maybe they still have to pay a part of the fee but they should have the choice of opting in to pay the full amount, not opting out, but that didn't get any discussion at all. so it would appear that the opponents of the public sector union practice are going to win here. >> pete williams, this could lead to huge changes in the union membership issues and political issues across the country. thank you, sir. >>> coming up

association represents some of the workers and said the walkout was in violation of the union's collective bargaining agreement. >>> we've got information about the raccoon tested positive for rabies. people are warning people to stay away from the wild creatures. 6-year-old harry is out of the hospital this morning though. his mother says he's doing well despite those gashes on his face. poor little guy there. the raccoon attacked the boy when he was walking to school earlier this week. a neighbor ran to the rescue and killed the rabid animal. >>> crews are cleaning up ps-58 after a norovirus outbreak. ten were out sick with the virus yesterday. a dozen were sent home on thursday. >>> there is alarm in new york city over the zika virus. a pregnant woman is the latest millions around the world are infected. but what about an outbreak here in the u.s.? here's what a health official had to say. >> but in reality, you have to say we believe -- we don't know, we believe that it is unlikely that it would happen. >> a vaccine is reportedly in the works. meanwhile, the cdc is urging pregnant women against t

shipping association represents some of the workers and said it was in violation of the union's collective bargaining agreement. >> an update on a story getting attention around here. the new jersey boy who was attacked by a raccoon on his way to school, he's undergoing a series of vaccination shots. handing out fliers in elmwood park. they're warning people to stay away from wild creatures. meanwhile the boy is out of the hospital. mother says he's doing well his face. as we've been telling you, that raccoon attacked the boy as he was walking to school with his mom this week. a neighbor ran to the rescue and saved the boy and managed to kill that animal. >>> crews are busy scrubbing down a school hit by a sickening norovirus. at least 10% of the students were out sick with the virus yesterday. a dozen students sent home on thursday. >>> there is a troubling new development in the flint, michigan, water crisis. health officials saying water filters handed out to people there may not work. recent tests of water samples from two dozen homes revealed lead levels. residents are now urged to use bottled w

the union. they want the 1977 law overturned that allows them to collect money from non-members for collective bargaining. the unions fear that the court could wipe out a 40 year precedent. the teachers in california challenging the law says that it violates first amendment rights and that has attracted the support of several conservative justices. traveling to the bottom of the world. they are headed to the south pole to look at changes that are happening in the air. maya rodriguez joins us with more. this is an unusual lab that they are using for the study as well. >> reporter: it is. we got a chance to go inside the lab and it is life. it measures the air in the ocean around arctic up. the scientists who will be flying it are from the center of atmospheric research in boulder. they are going around the south pole to understand how much carbon dioxide is locked away in those very cold waters. that area is remote and the plan to study it from the air is a first. what they are trying to figure out is how his auctions and exchanged thus oxygen exchange between the sea and the air in antarctica. more accur

tried to organize the organizers there would be fired and if by some miracle people actually did organize a union, employers would refuse to engage in a first contract, collective bargaining. and that is why i believe that the middle class does not grow unless the trade union movement grows. [cheers and applause] the middle class does not prosper unless workers are engaged in strong collective bargaining. now, what a lot of people, what a lot of nonunion people don't understand is that to the degree they get anywhere near decent wages, it has a lot to do with the success of the trade union movement. because you're driving wages up. in any case, after decades of illegal action on the part of employers, it seems to me we have got to make it easier, not harder, for workers to join unions. that's why we have introduced a new piece of legislation and it says very simply that if 50% of workers in a unit plus one sign a card saying they want to be in a union, they will have a union. [applause] senator sanders: here's the truth. here's the truth. not going to tell you that every worker in america wants to join a union, but what i will tell you is that millions of them do. million

the state's teachers association. they are argue that they shouldn't have to pay do yous to that union which bargains on behalf of all california public teachers. the group said that it violates their first amendment rights of public policy professor in california said that the case is being closely watched. >> i think there is a group of organizations and people who would like to limit the ability of workers to join the union. the supreme court rules for the plaintiffs it will be hard to sustain public sector unions. even if all the workers want the unions, then the workers will have an incentive not to pay their do yous. let other workers pay the dues for them and then when nobody pays the does the union doesn't have the ability to pay for the cost of bargaining. >> there are other states that have similar laws. the court said it will not issue an decision until june. >>> remembering david bowie. his influence on rock music from that era to today effected musicians as diverse as freddie mercury to kanye west. [singing] >> the news of his death from cancer shocking fans and fellow musicians at age 69 bowie had just r

tried to organize the organizers there would be fired and if by some miracle people actually did organize a union, employers would refuse to engage in a first contract, collective bargaining. and that is why i believe that the middle class does not grow unless the trade union movement grows. [cheers and applause] the middle class does not prosper unless workers are engaged in strong collective bargaining. now, what a lot of people, what a lot of nonunion people don't understand is that to the degree they get anywhere near decent wages, it has a lot to do with the success of the trade union movement. because you're driving wages up. in any case, after decades of illegal action on the part of employers, it seems to me we have got to make it easier, not harder, for workers to join unions. that's why we have introduced a new piece of legislation and it says very simply that if 50% of workers in a unit plus one sign a card saying they want to be in a union, they will have a union. [applause] senator sanders: here's the truth. here's the truth. not going to tell you that every worker in america wants to join a union, but what i will tell you is that millions of them do. million

the government union. if you don't want to join the government union repaid dues to the government union and your subject to the collective bargainingth the government. that raises two shoes, freedom of association protected in the first amendment is also freedom not to associate so for the state to force you to associate with a group you don't want to associate with arguably violates the first amendment. the money is speech in the political context so forcing someone to give money to union to spend on political views with which the unwelcome force member disagrees is forced speech also arguably violates the first amendment. both those arguments were made yesterday before the supreme court. those in the courtroom came away with a sense of five justices to invalidate this quote -- california law. if they do, this will be a catastrophic blow to public employee unions which have only survived on compulsory membership. charles: looking at union membership, private sector has gone straight down, public has gone straight. judge napolitano: nothing wrong with joining a union to protect your rights. the wrongness, the violation is forcing t

the docket this year, could deliver a punishing blow to public sector unions across the country. rebecca has taught for 20 years, but she says her voice was silenced. >> the unions forced me to fund collective bargaining that are harmful to my students, and that's offensive to me. >> our position is that those fees are fair, because the union provides a wide range of services from which all of the members benefit, and that that is constitutional. >> reporter: the union argues that the so-called fair-share fee is simply a user fee for services, and has nothing to do with politics left or right. courtney keyly, al jazeera, washington. >>> up next, a look back at the life and legacy of an icon of rock. ♪ ground control to major tom >> millions of fans today are remembers david bowie. he died of cancer just two days after turning 69. fans left candles and flowers at a memorial. ines ferre looks at his life and influential career. ♪ while color lights up your face ♪ >> reporter: david bowie transcended styles and repeatedly reinvented himself over five decades. born david jones he rose to international fame with the 1969 single "space odddy" ♪ now i'm time to leave the capsule if you dare ♪ >> reporter: he

the california teachers association. at issue in this case, whether unions can collect so-called fair share fees, the cover for non-union members. and whether that constitute speech under the first amendment. the role ofuss collective bargaininghave on workers and public sector employment in the short and long term. to understand these issues and talk about what is at stake, we have a wonderful moderator, professor garrett epps. teaches law at the baltimore school of law. he is a contributing editor to "the atlantic," "the american prospect." the author of several books, and i have just learned, among them, two novels. if you are feeling inadequate already, more so. garrett also published "nine clashing visions of the supreme court." he is also a former staff writer "thethe washington post," new york times." a jd from duke, a ba from harvard, where he was editor of "the harvard crimson." but maybe most importantly for us, he is a great friend to the american constitution society. andse welcome garrett epps our esteemed panel. thank you, garrett. [applause] thanks for the introduction and thanks to everybody for being here. we have a great panel on the issues in friedrichs and its importance in first amendment , andublic emplo

the union is doing is good for us and our workplace and our students. >> reporter: roughly half of the states require nonunion members to pay a share of dues for collective bargaining. unions say a supreme court loss would cast a cloud over contracts of millions of police officers, firefighters, teachers and nurses nationwide. but the court seems prepared to rule against the unions. justin anthony kennedy said many teachers strongly disagree with tenure, merit pay and forced to subsidize it any way. if the union loses, they will be weaker the next time they sit down to negligent contracts for 10 million nationwide. nbc news. >>> hiroing scenes in desperate and cut off places on earth. cities and towns inside of syria where hundreds of thousands of families, including little children are quite literally starving to death. including a nine-year-old boy this past weekend. today u.n. aid convoy finally reached some of them. and as our chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports, they are trapped by a war in which both sides are using starvation as a weapon. >> reporter: showily, and tragically late, some aid finally arrived in the besieged town of madaya today. t

the court's conservative justices seemed likely to oppose a four-decade precedent that allows unions to collect those fees. the money helps cover the cost of collective bargaining. a group of california public school teachers says those fees violate their first amendment rights of workers who disagree with the unions. wednesday's powerball jackpot is up to one point four billion dollars, and it's still climbing. the prize was already the jackpot before saturday night's drawing. but no one matched the winning numbers then, and surging ticket sales keep pushing the jackpot even higher. right now the cash payout for wednesday night totals 868 million dollars. the iowa department of public health says flu activity in iowa is increasing. in response, it's raising the flu's level of spread from local to regional. that means there are more flu cases in at least two regions in iowa. all three flu viruses covered by this year's vaccines are currently circulating in iowa. so far this season, four people in iowa have died from the flu... three middle- aged people and one elderly person. two linn county departments say they're running out of space. hear how building on the

the issues. >>> a case that could cripple labor unions throughout the country, whether unions can represent public sector employees who continue to collect mandatory fees from non-union members to cover the cost of collective bargaining, a group of teachers brought the lawsuit saying it violates the rights of workers who disagree with the position. >>> mayor bowser is preparing 15 plows for snow tomorrow, but not freak-out snow. >> yeah, i mean it is probably good to get the exercise over with and get the plows out there but you won't have plowable snow in the district, i don't think any is until you go across the divide. the snow sin chicago, north through cleveland, toronto&new england but a cold front will drag through in conjunction with a pretty strong upper level disturbance will produce snow showers. by 4:00, snow showers frederick, leesburg, down to orange, temperatures above freezing yes, the atmosphere can still support snow. by 5:00, we have showers and snow showers essentially across 95, buoy and by 6:00 strat ling 95 t. could look impressive for 20-40 minutes much like yesterday's showers and then move out very quickly. we will talk about how cold it is going to be in the wake of the cold front. >>> new

the union. teachers warrant the court to overturned a 1977 law that allows public unions to collect money from nonmembers to cover costs of collective bargaining. overturning the law would wreak havoc on work agreements for millions of workers, attorneys. >> i think there will have to be a re-assessment of literally thousands of contract, involving millions of workers. that will take a lot of time to resolve and to figure out how to deal with that. it's a very significant issue in a time of economic scarcity. >> the supreme court is expected to announce its decision later this year. >>> the fame play boip mansion price tag -- up for sale at a whopping price tag of $00 million. the home is 29 rooms, a home theater, wine cellar and a pool. the five-acre property comes with a rare zoo license but there is a catch by way of a housemate. the mansion's current resident, hugh hefner, will continue to live there. he moved into the mansion 45 years ago when they bought the property for $1 million. playboy's scee ceo said the sale is designed to help reinvest mountain new future. >>> this car was parked along lake erie overnight. waves splashed up and o

organize the organizers will be fired and if by some miracle people actually did organize employers would refuse to engage in collective bargaining. the middle class does not grow unless the trade union movement grows. [applause] the middle class does not prosper unless workers are engaged in strong collective-bargaining. what a lot of nonunion people don't understand is that to the degree they get anywhere near decent wages and has a lot to do with the success of the trade union movement. and driving wages up. in any case, after decades of illegal action on the part of employers it seems to me we have got to make it easier, not hardereasier, not harder for workers to join unions. that is why we have introduced a new piece of legislation this is simply that if 50 percent of workers in the plus one sign a card saying i want toi want to be in the union they will have a union. [applause] there is the truth. i'm not going to tell you every worker in america wants to join the union, but millions of them do. millions of them understand that workers to have a union get better wages, better working conditions and better benefits. and our job is to say that the american people must be able to

union. in 1977, the supreme court ruled against forcing non-union members to pay for a union's political activities, but upheld required payments for collective bargaininge supreme court now appears likely to overturn that precedent, potentially weakening public sector unions nationwide by allowing workers to opt out of paying for union activities that benefit them. among the groups that have backed the right-wing law firm in the union case are entities used frequently by the billionaire brothers charles and david koch. politico has reported the koch'' political machine now eclipses the official republican party in key areas, with about three and a half times as many employees as the republican national committee. meanwhile a new book on the koch , brothers by new yorker journalist jane mayer reveals the koch brothers' father, fred koch, helped build an oil refinery in nazi germany -- a project approved personally by adolf hitler. in detroit, michigan, most public schools are shuttered today after teachers staged a sickout to protest the state's inaction over black mold, rat infestations, crumbling buildings, and inadequate staffing. teachers say they h

the public school establishment. california teachers unions at odds with challengers before the us supreme court. the issue, whether unions can require non-members to pay a share of dues for services like collective bargaining. now, the case could have serious implications for unions throughout the nation. larry gerston: well, it's a major threat to the unions, public sector unions certainly. it'll start with teachers and probably others as well. and if that's the case, unions, which are one of the most active, politically active groups in sacramento and elsewhere, are going to have to look for funding their causes from some other source. jessica: a decision in this closely watched case is expected in june. okay, if you could redo high school, what would you do differently? if you could remake high school, how would you change it? now is your chance to have a say. laurene powell jobs, the wife of the late steve jobs, has launched a $50 million challenge to reboot high school. it's called xq: the super school project. now, according to xq, high school hasn't really changed for more than 100 years, and it's time to reinvent it. the campaign travels around the country to ask students and community members what

the u.s. supreme court is set to scrap union fees. over a decade's old precedent of the public sector unions to collect mandatory fees from the nonmembers. these fees are then used to bargaining costs. a group of nonunion california public school teachers say the fees violate the first amendment rights. ed: the country's highest court denied a request for an appeal over the pro-israel ad. the t previously banned the ad from the american freedom defense initiative. they say it used the word "savage" and it was demeaning to palestinians. they say it violates the right to free speech. heather:it is a trip to check out marge man use. they -- marijuana use. they went to see the pro's and the con's of the drug. they will besetting the health 2016 potential ballot that will allow the recreational usage for people 21 years of age and older. gas prices in the bay state are dropping again and a gallon of regular is now averaging $1.95 according to triple-a. that's down 30 cents from this time last year. triple-a says falling crude oil prices and a big domestic supply are driving the prices at the pump. phil: and now to the price at the pump. the powerball jackpot is climbing to $1.4 bi

unions across the country. rebecca has taught for 28 years. half of her career was as a full union member. >> the unions forced me to fund collective bargaining to my students, and that's offensive to me. >> our position is that those fees are fair because the union provides a wide range of services from which all of the members benefit, and that that is constitutional. >> reporter: the union argues the fair share fee is simply a user fee for services, and has nothing to do with politics left or right. >>> coming up next on the broadcast, why people buy into the illusive dream of lottery riches. >>> and the artistry of david bowie. guitarist ge smith who knew bogey joins us live. >>> the u.s. powerball jackpot reached more than $11 billion, the largest ever. americans are lining up across the country to buy tickets despite having almost no chance of winning the massive prize. >> here is the winner, yee-haw. >> america has gone crazy for the powerball thanks to a jackpot worth $1.4 billion. after taxes that's $651 million if you take the lump sum payout. but it's the longest of long shots. the lottery association which runs powerball puts the

case from 1976 called abboud versus detroit board of education that on the grounds that unions have to represent as designated bargaining agent, they have to represent the interests of all the workers whether they are members or not. no one can be required to join a union as we all know up here. but can be required to pay a fair share fee for the services the union directly gives them in terms of negotiation and collective bargaining and grievance and so forth. because the court said otherwise there would be the problem of free riders, that people would simply say i want the benefit, but i don't want to pay. the petitioners in this case insist that abboud must be overturned, there is no conceivable way they can win if it's not. let's talk about the free rider rationale. jeff, i bes you have an interesting take on that. why don't you go first. >> sure. so a couple points about the free riding rationale. i guess i'm starting from a place where i think this is -- there is a very serious associational interest here in compelling someone to financially support a union. free riding you have to view through the lens of this ha