unions, and so their interests are represented by the afl. the newer immigrants coming in are in many cases less skilled or industries that aren't as well organized, so, for instance, italians are coming in. remember the padrones, the labor agents that bring them over and put them in contract labor positions. they're unskilled workers. they tend to be doing the basic manual labor. many of them can be day laborers. one of the earliest efforts to organize italian workers in boston involves organizing hod carriers, guys that carry buckets of waste in and out of construction sites, and so they were really at the very bottom wrung of the status ladder of construction trades or construction work. it was basically grunt labor. so there is a limit as to what sort of the traditional unions in the united states can do for the newest immigrants. you see other immigrant groups that are excluded including italians and particularly jews in new york city involved in the garment industry. they gravitate towards socialist, and the socialists become quite powe

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labor in a republican administration in those days required at least a diplomatic relationship with the afl-cio. when jim criticized meany, meany's response was devastating. it was, i do not respond to the janitor. and i don't think jim ever recovered from that. jim and i had a wonderful relationship. he is -- my job was the chief operating officer. his job as secretary of labor was to pick big issues that he was interested in and pursue those big issues. and also he was the outside man and i was more the inside man. >> could you give us a character sketch, please, of george meany. >> george meany was an extraordinarily powerful, brilliant, and rouuthless individual. he once said to me something which was very true but chilling, it could have been in his explanation of why he had attacked jim, and after he attacked jim i was in an awkward position because it was my job to continue to have relationships with the afl-cio, but to be loyal to jim i felt quite bifurcated and tugged in that situation. but i'm having this conversation with meany defending jim. and i think i may have told him that jim

let me ask you about the afl-cio strategy this year. in the past, democrats have been accused of taking labor for granted and you have said recently he will hold the democrats' feet to the fire and hold them accountable for not aligning with working people priorities. how is your shift in strategy going this year and how will you change what you do in order to make sure that happens? guest: that is the most important part i have talked about is what we are doing. and in the past, we is to give money to party structure. that party structure would do different things with it but did not build power for working people. this election and the following election, because we are viewing these in three and four alexian blocks, not just a single election -- it is about building power for working people and working-class people. our program will not be geared toward the grassroots. we are trying to make lemonade out of lemons with the citizens united decision. we want to talk to non-union workers are program will be geared toward educating and mo

he is the current secretary- treasurers of the california labor federation, afl-cio. of like to introduce -- i would like to introduce art polaski. thank you very much for being with us today. [applause] >> thank you. i want to acknowledge that this is the first time walter johnson -- that must have been henny who said that. thank you. is that better? i would like for all bus to acknowledge the back that walter johnson is not with as for the first time in the history of this breakfast. senator chave -- cesar chavez would have said that titles do not matter. he has a lot of titles but does not live on them. eliseo medina joined his family at the delano grape strike at the age of 19. at the age of 20, he was an organizer in the difficult and sometimes violent campaign, as an organizer under cesar chavez. he was trained by both cesar and fred ross, sr. he became an organizer for the campaign in chicago. he worked with the sugar cane workers of florida in the campaign against the slave like conditions of the workers in florida. since then, he has not stopped being an orga

conference of mayors and, again, i say, ifs afl cio and chamber of commerce can work together, surely we can work together here. in addition to our core mission, we have a wonderful opportunity with the restore act, the harbor maintenance trust fund, the secure rural schools program, so colleagues, i look forward to working with each and every one of you. my door is always open, and i know we can succeed. it's my honor to turn to vice chairman mica. >> well, thank you so much, senator boxer, and thank you for your leadership of this conference and also for working with me as we've tried to come down this long road of getting us to a conference today. as some of you may recall, we started on the house side in beckley, west virginia, with mr. rayhall and his district. he went across the country to -- we went across country to hear from the american people and a lot of stakeholders, and people who don't have jobs, and communities that are waiting for the congress to make a decision on infrastructure. we conducted a bipartisan, bicameral hearing, probably one of the first i recall, out in

but let me move to the statement, the comment i should say, should by the afl-cio.meant as fun, there is absolutely no place for that kind of joke in a conversation that is extremely serious about how to rebuild our middle class and our country." this is plenty to talk about in the governor's record and we do not believe that is appropriate joke. working people deserve a better conversation much that is not quite a total repudiation of a rather ugly and violent scene, in my opinion. >>guest: no, and the woman who is in the video they asked for a comment today and she says why regret it at all, this was fund, just a game, this is not just a game. these people are pretending to violently hurt a conservative woman with a bat. how is that funny? how is that a funny game. >>stuart: if it was other way around, it were a democrat's picture, or, heaven help us, but the president, for example, it would be a different reaction. >>guest: of course. look what we saw with sandra fluke, they milked that. imagine if obama's face was on what and a tea party was hitting it in we wou

then they came out, stu, and this is what the afl said. while it was meant as fun, it's all good fun. there is no place for that kind of a joke in a conversation that is extremely serious about how to rebuild our middle class in our country. there is plenty to talk about in governor haley's awful record. working people deserve better. working people deserve a better conversation about you a bad and awful she is. >> reporter: one of the reasons they wanted to take down this inappropriate video was because they were worried it might get into the hands of the tea partyers or be used by governor haley against the unions which is what happened. megyn: she tweeted it out. governor haley seize an opportunity herself here. she talked about this outgoing afl-cio president who seems come trite. she said it was fun and games and there was no ill intent. she came out and said we could have played a different game. we could have played opinion the tail on the donkey and put her face on the donkey. >> reporter: supposing it was the other way around. sup

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>>> el presidente del sindicato afl este domingo a las 12/11 centro >>> en otro tema, hay un triple escándalo acoso sexual contra john travolta proviene de este hombre chileno, quien asegura que el artista le ofreció 12 mil dos dólares, para pedirle >>> al cabo de yo tocarle el cuello, el señor travolta, me abraza con su pene erecto >>> el presunto acoso ocurió en el 2009, cuando trabajaba en la empresa de crucero >>> traté de zafarme pero golpeó mi mano >>> lo golpeaste? >>> no, no lo pude golpear, en su minuto me ofreció dinero, quéría tener un acto sexual conmigo >>> es el tercer hombre que acusad a la estrella de hollywood de abuso sexual refiriéndose a esto, el abogado de travolta dijo que esta es otra acusación ridícula por alguien que quiere 15 minutos de fama inicialmente, se informó que tras el incidente con travolta, él habría sido despedido, pero en un comunicado aseguraron que trabajó en royal caribbean, y que no fue despedido por la compañía, sino que él renunció en mayo del año pasado el primero en demandar a travolta fue un masajista de california, mientras le daba un masaje en

that's the position that the afl-cio has taken. there are many activist groups that will be working on these kinds of proposals. >> the last few minutes of this hearing. you can see it at c-span.org. live now to capitol hill as the house financial services subcommittee on financial institutions and consumer credit is holding a hearing today on what's too big to fail. members are considering how to define and designate what is a systemically significant financial institution. jpmorgan's bank recently lost $2 billion. that's expected to be a topic during this hearing. set to testify, government officials from the treasury department and the fempl reserve as well as members a number of banking experts. congresswoman shelley moore capital i toe is the chair of the subcommittee and carolyn maloney is the ranking member. >>> this hearing is called to order. i want to welcome everyone. this morning, the financial institutions and consumer credit subcommittee will examine the impact of being designated as systemically important financial i

however, the washington based afl-cio disagrees saying it was inappropriate joke.y tweeted the video adding, "wow! i wonder if the unions think this kind of thing will make people take them seriously." finally the man who made channel surfing possible died over the weekend at the age of 96. eugene policy invented the wireless television remote control in 1955. polly began his career with zeenet electron nix stock room before rising through the engineering ranks. ten years ago he said the flashmatic remote was the next most important zil used invention after the flush -- civilized invention after the flush toilet. >>> john edwards' fate is in hands of north carolina jury. jonathan serrie has an update live from greensboro. >> jurors went home without returning a verdict. it was the first day of deliberations they did not request additional evidence. but based on their recent request, it looks like they are following the money trail. the most recent request was to review two letters from alex forger, the estate lawyer for bunny melon, the heiress provided much of the

he is the founder and longest serving president of the afl. he is one of the most notorious labor organizers. he did tremendous work for the labor unions. my wife would not have known about him without the naming of that ship. everywhere she went she had the sleeve of uss samuel gompers and everywhere she went people would ask about it. we can have a library, a statue, a day. your someone preaching to the choir. when your name a ship the uss harvey milk, everywhere that ship goes, people will recognize that. i strongly urge you to support this and support the veterans of san francisco. >> thank you. see no other speakers, mr. yip will be our final speaker. gregg's i am not taking a position for or against -- >> i am not taking a position for or against this resolution. i would like to offer a suggestion. first, i would like to thank the committee for holding today's hearing. in the past, there were too many canceled hearings. second, the suggestion of naming a ship was actually an idea from some of my colleagues on the east coast who are not a

your afl-cio analogy was a great one. i actually met with the pentecostal seven in 1982 when they were holed up in the russian-u.s. embassy to the soviet union in moscow and we did stand steadfastly by them and time was not the issue. i thought your point was extraordinarily well taken if you wanted to elaborate that. my hope is and i know the press have all left, but i think it's very important that the president of the united states, i would appreciate your views on this, speak out from the perch of the white house. obviously as the leader of the free world, it's amazing to me that when asked about guangcheng he said he had no comment. during the horrible days of aparthe apartheid, if any president, reagan bush were to be asked about tremendous individuals they would launch into a defense of those brave men and women and yet no comment from the president. your thoughts on that, if i could. the hurry up offense, time is on our side. we could have worked this pain stakingly before allowing chen to leave the -- leave the e

of the committee of five, later a committee of six, secretly he was fueling hostilities between the afl and the democratically elected authorities in sierra leone by urging the former not to disarm and by actively providing them with arms and ammunition. for this reason, the trial chamber does not find mr. taylor's role in the peace process to be a mitigating factor in sentencing. the trial chamber notes the constructive role mr. taylor played in the release of u.n. peacekeepers and other hostages, but in light of the gravity of crimes, does not consider this intervention a significant mitigating factor. the defense submits that mr. taylor's record of public service to his country and his resignation from office are mitigating factors. with regard to his resignation from office and departure from liberia, the trial chamber notes the circumstances at the time including his indictment by this court, and does not find that his public service or his resignation from office and departure from liberia has been mitigating factors in sentence. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news

the washington peace center, and the metropolitan washington council of the afl. all were there to celebrate may 1 as an international day of recognition for the workers. okay, so the occupy protesters are back, but has their message become stale? most cities have evicted them now and nobody is talking about them anymore or are they managing to continue a much needed discussion in this country? you keep the conversation going in mcginty's mail bag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >> spring has sprung once again here in d.c. and this time we think it's going to be sticking around. topper is here to let us know for sure. but first, it is official. newt gingrich announces he will be dropping out of the race for the white house. what's next for the republican candidate? we got a hint when we come back. >>> we want to remind you, we will bring you live coverage. that is immediately following 9news now. he'll be discussing the united states new extended commitment to that country t. will be right here, wusa9, 7:30. >>> newt gingrich is officially dropping his bid for

but there was speculation in the press that i would succeed jim and there were afl-cio types who advocated that, so i thought i was in pretty good order generally. i think i had a reputation of being a good administrator within the administration and a good reputation with both management, labor and civil rights groups which are our three constituencies, but i knew i was not amazed when i was asked to leave. i was astonished that all the resignations -- they were all asked to resign and that the number of resignations which were accepted. >> not many. >> plenty. >> of course, the government was -- >> yes, in the labor department everybody's resignation was accepted except for mike moscow who was my deputy went over to an assistant secretary of hud under jim lin who was elevated from undersecretary of commerce to secretary of hud. but the labor department was pretty much wiped out. >> i think alexander haig would explain that the challenge he faced was he found a half-staffed government when he comes in as chief of staff in '73. >> yes. and many of those white house people were put all -- p

for example, on may 4, the afl-cio president says, i think we're all unanimous on whether we should build the pipeline. it simple seems like it makes sense to me. four years is long enough. let's go ahead. this is an integral part. in my state alone, it takes 500 trucks a day off the road. and 500 trucks a day that are beating up our roads and creating real safety issues for our people. north dakota may pass up alaska next year in oil production, but we can't get that oil to our refineries if we don't have the pipelines to do it. recycling coal ash is the same thing. we need to prove these provisions forward for the best highway bill possible. thank you, madam chairman. >> three minutes. >> thank you, madam chair, don isn't incompetent, that mike doesn't work. senator inhoff mentioned the cost of the extension in one way. i'll mention the cost of extension in another. we have seven states reporting that they will forego 60,000 jobs this construction season because of the temporary nature of the extension. they simply can't plan beyond that for federal funds. so if we can successfully conc

the afl-cio just recently endorsed barack obama for reelection. you're on the executive committee of the afl-cio. did you vote for endorsing obama? >> no, i didn't go to the meeting. >> why? >> we haven't taken a position on barack obama. our nurses worked so hard the last time on his campaign. they worked for months. i mean, people left their homes. they were excited. you know, they actually believed in his candidacy. they thought that he meant what he said when he actually supported single payer. and all we needed to do was get him there. but we made a tremendous mistake. i mean, as a country, as the nurses, everyone. and that is he said, "you need to push me." well, no one pushed him, except for the right, and except for wall street. we didn't push barack obama. in fact, we had the liberal groups who were yelling at anyone who stepped out of line to get in line. so now we're in a situation that we, in part, helped create. that's the dilemma here. you can't solve the problem without changing the way you do your own work. and so this isn't about

miss owens previously served as director of public policy for the afl-cio and founded and ran the workers options resource center which fought for an increase in the federal minimum wage. before we hear from our first witness, we'd like to turn to senator corker for whatever comments he has. >> thank you. i know we're having a series of votes and thought for a moment this hearing had been called off. so i apologize for being a few minutes late. thank you for being here and i appreciate your focus on long-term unemployment among seniors. i know we have some great witnesses here today, and i think we all recognize that long-term unemployment is actually hitting lots of demographic groups and obviously we don't want to pick winners and losers in that. i'm happy we're having this hearing and look forward to questions and comments after. and thank you for calling it. >> thank you very much, senator corker. ms. whitelaw? >> good afternoon. my name is sheila whitelaw. i am british by birth and i am proud to say an american citizen. i have been an executive director of three nonprofit organizatio

the chamber of commerce, afl- cio. they all hated the bill. they said to make sure it does not pass. it hurts illinois. 15% of our federal funds for highways over the next five years, eliminates what has been set aside for mass transit for 30 years. it takes 25% out of support for amtrak. it eliminates the tiger grant programs. the list goes on. i salute my two illinois congressman who had the courage to step up and say they would not vote for the bill as well. the final point i want to make is this. this is not the first keystone pipeline. this is the second one. the first one from alberta goes down to illinois. it is in my district to the conoco refinery where they have invested $1 billion in receiving them and cleaning them into viable products. we did this in the ordinary course of process. now comes keystone xl and the suggestion is if we pass the bill today, gas prices will go down tomorrow. not true. last week on friday, the state of nebraska announced finally where they want to place the pipeline. the state of nebraska said keystone xl

for example, on may 4, richard trumka, afl-cio president says they think were all unanimous by sayingwe should build the pipeline. warren buffett yesterday on fox business network said i'm not an expert, but it certainly seems like it makes sense to me, and quote. four years is long enough. let's go ahead as an integral part. and i sit alone it takes 500 trucks a day off the road and we want to send 100,000 barrels of oil to market 500 trucks a day that the debt grows and create a real safety issues for our people. north dakota may pass up alaskan oil production but we can't get oil to refineries that we don't have the pipeline to do it. recycling is the same thing. it reduces the cost of her is that we provide strong environmental safeguards with the state led approach. we need to the provisions forward for the best tie with all possible. thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, senator. >> madam chair, that mike doesn't work. sender and hostage in the cost of the extension one wyatt all mentioned it in another. we have had -- those seven states recording that they will forgo a 60,00

. >> here are the headlines president obama facing a lawsuit from the union affiliated afl cio. a president of the local chapter said they are suing over unwarranted parking rate increases at the labor department. >> senate lawmakers investigating a charity accused of exploiting veterans to keep their tax exemption status. records showing disabled veterans making $56 million only to spened most of that cash with a marketing company to help solicit more donations. the money that we know the to veterans spen is the money on care packages used dress shoes and bags of coconut m and m's. the company denying any wrong doing. >> it is time for a look at who is talking. nicky haley is makeling headlines after south carolina union leader had a pinata of governor haley on it. that is her beating her pinata during a collegiate a retreat. >> it is creepy. i still hurt every time i see it. this is what i will tell you. this is not typical of south carolina lynnians. this is typical of union thugs. i will tell you the last week the demes came after me with racial slur and hit me on a pinata.

this is video from the afl-cio. is how they celebrate at picnics in south carolina. >> this look like a tough girl. >> whack her. [ applause ] >> whack her again. that's what she needs. >> dana: does it ever cross their mind it might be atrocious behavior? >> eric: it's so bad it's actually -- can we point out those are south carolina democrats, right? >> dana: sure. >> bob: was it atrocious when they had character of barack obama with a bone -- >> eric: that as well, bob. >> bob: did you find that atrocious? >> greg: the terrible thing about this is the lack of candy in the pinata. a terrible pinata. >> bob: you think it was worse than obama with a bone in his nose? >> kimberly: waiting for stimulus money to load it with candy. that behavior is not nice. >> bob: this is not good behavior. you see a scene like that. you hanging out. >> dana: nikki haley has been a target of number of attacks. her family was indian-american. >> bob: barack obama has been attacked by eric bolling his life. >> eric: wow! that is not fa