host: dave jamieson? dave: first off, i'd say the john deere workers do not make that much. there are, you know, quite a few workers who say they make, you know, and the $40,000 range, depending on our end bonuses and all that. this is a common theme i see, where, you know, some people are not necessarily, like our caller here, onboard with striking workers who they feel already have a pretty good deal. and we see this, you know, view a lot towards kind of, you know, i would say legacy unions in places like manufacturing, where, you know, people sometimes feel like the workers are asking for too much. but, you know, at john deere, the workers and the community there certainly don't see it that way. the consensus that there needs to be a floor in these things. you talk about the issue of the pension. there are still some out there who have it, but most of us, if we have anything, are in a 401(k). people may say, well, i don't have a pension, why should that guy have a pension? what i would say is, you know,

host: dave jamieson? first off, i'd say the john deere workers do not make that much. there are, you know, quite a few workers who say they make, you know, and the $40,000 range, depending on our end bonuses and all that. this is a common theme i see, where, you know, some people are not necessarily, like our caller here, onboard with striking workers who they feel already have a pretty good deal. and we see this, you know, view a lot towards kind of, you know, i would say legacy unions in places like manufacturing, where, you know, people sometimes feel like the workers are asking for too much. but, you know, at john deere, the workers and the community there certainly don't see it that way. the consensus that there needs to be a floor in these things. you talk about the issue of the pension. there are still some out there who have it, but most of us, if we have anything, are in a 401(k). people may say, well, i don't have a pension, why should that guy have a pension? what i would say is, you know, more

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coming up saturday morning, reporter dave jamieson discusses various worker strikes taking place aroundthe country. in our spotlight on magazine segment, pat or when talks about his article for the american spectator on efforts to have the records of x offenders who are seeking employment. on c-span or on c-span now, our new mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> the white house covid-19 response team gives an update on the pandemic and talks about the vaccine boosters program. the briefing is just over 20 minutes.