report that with people department of labor a part of president obama's department of labor just came out with something that found nothing but i didn't discriminate driving up. i don't think that's exactly right but in any of. occupational segregation in the thought that women's wages tend to be depressed and the male dominated industry that also plays a role i mean there are a number of factors that play a role and contribute to that wage gap but the point is that there is some measure of that is related to discriminate on the policy proposal on the table the paycheck fairness is designed to really address that but is also to interrupt because science addressed some of the issues like salary negotiations well there are provisions in there that talk about salary and gives you let me just take this a step further you know in norway they require forty percent of the parliament to be women in iceland i think it's fifty percent. last century the twentieth century i think we were all born in the twentieth century it's all those dog twenty first one hundred fifty million people died. in wa

of labor standards to recommend these amendments that are before you today. the point of the amendments is to facilitate the appeals process for both the department of labor standards as well as for the appellant. the procedures are also recommended to clarify the appeals process, and, hopefully, we will expedite the appeals process and also will encourage settlement and agreement of us sitting issues when there is opportunity to agree. and, therefore, i would just like to walk you very quickly through some of the changes. there are not a lot of them, but we do hope they will expedite the appeals process. nearly all of the changes that you have in the legislation in front of you are located between pages 8 and 12 of the legislation, so the wording that is undermined or crossed out represents the amendment to the legislation, in starting on page 8, the certification pictures shall be made upon investigation. the word "audit" was there. once they do their investigation, they do audit the amounts that were paid to determine whether or not the contractor, the subcontractor, had paid the appropriate amount to their importing ease. it also includes the edification of the

this shaded area here outlined in red is outlined by the department of labor as the job corps vocational training program. that would remain under federal jurisdiction. on the south side of your blenheim islands -- your but when i went -- yerba buena island. basically all the structures that are out there would be constructed as new facilities, new infrastructure systems being put in place, new residential and commercial uses. there are approximately 800 residential units there today. there is a transitional housing system to allow residents to move into new units as they become available. they are reading out from the -- radiating out of the island core. this is a very compact land development footprint. bus service provided by muni to san francisco and transit service to the east bay. this allows a couple of different things. three primarily i would like to touch down. 60% of all residents within a 5 to 10 minute walk of the transit. we're trying to get people out of their cars for their daily trip on and off the island and create a pedestrian-friendly environment, to incentivize folks

according to the department of labor, job postings in february hit a two-year high. morgan chase led financial stocks lower as the possibility of more penalties for nation's foreclosure crisis cast a shadow on its earnings. network equipment maker river bed technology lifted the nasdaq with a rosy outlook. gram paging for $1.2 billion boosted both companies. sales of apple ipads rose. keep an eye on google. the web giant reports earnings after the bell. finally, a sign of the times, a rare 10 karat pink diamond ring went unsold at christie's this week. the cushion cut stunner was expected to fetch $15 million. wow. it is beautiful. >>> kobe sticks his foot in it, a walk-off winner, and hockey playoffs begin. you know what that means in detroit. octopus on ice, yes. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> severe weather outbreak is likely today along with a snowstorm. your thursday forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, last night, the annual pursuit of nor

according to the department of labor, in 2009, women made up 46.8% of the total u.s. work force. that was 66 million women who are employed full time and part time. percentage of female workers is only going to increase within the next decade. congresswoman jackie speier founded the professional businesswoman of california 22 years ago to address some of the issues that women encounter in the workplace. recently i had a chance to ta tk to her about pbwc in the workplace. >> it's an effort to put on a conference every year, 3,000 to,000 women come every year. so women have been really uplifted by the experience, it's not just a conference but an all year program with seminars and breakfast meetings that really make it a full-fledged program that women can access throughout their professional career and throughout the year, as well. >> there is still an inequity women versus men with salaries in the workplace. it must have been so much different back then? >> it was and it's now a lot different. that in the business world and the political world, all these great strides made, we ca

the department of labor is the categorizing people that anyone who works over 36 hours is considered a full-time worker. that has a lot of variation. the department of labor has another study that shows a man, on average, work 10% more per day in the office for those categorized as full-time workers. it is not a surprise, and to be quite a surprise, that if those who do 10% more work make more than those who work less. the department of labor statistics does not control for any of this factors which is why it does not tell us anything about the role of discrimination. host: last call from florida. a democrat, hello. caller: i worked and in a custom case making plants. i found out that a high school teenager, a male, was making more per hour than i. i hollered about it. this was way back in the "keep women in their place" era. they said he was supposed to work -- earn more. i asked why. they said because he was male. there was a husband-wife team of. the husband ran the plant. when he was promoted, she was promoted to take his position but she did not get the money to go along with it.

. >> the business support center, the initial round of funding for that came from a department of labor grant... >> reporter: right after the spill, civic leaders formed the coastal resiliency coalition and have been meeting twice a week ever since. they talk about challenges... >> if the money came through montgomery, would it get down here to where it needs to go? >> reporter: ...and opportunities. >> we're trying to tie a nexus between the environment and the economy, because there is one. >> reporter: the group says in the past several months, it's helped boost local business through promotional events and educational programs. chairman bob higgins thinks this new cooperation may be the one good thing to come out of the spill. >> whenever you have a crisis and people come together to work on that crisis, whether it be on this spill or a hurricane, you end up building new relationships between people and hopefully those relationships stay with you for a long time afterward. >> reporter: business leaders in gulf shores and orange beach are cautiously optimistic about the summer touris

new go governor laplacian a page whatever it rip down the historic labor mural and state's department of labor building republicans are now trying to erase our nation's labor history from being taught in schools. it appears the white house has finally taken a firm pro-labor stance finally today the obama administration and said that it would use veto if upcoming f.a.a. funding bill includes a provision that restricts the rights of airline and railroad workers from unionizing republican chairman of the house transportation committee john mica included language in the bill it would make it harder for transportation workers to organize not to strike to organize. democratically controlled senate on the other hand left that provision out but surprise surprise republicans won't budge after all they've been shown up by state governors within their own party over the last few months and then just a change to take the war against the unions in the u.s. congress the white house statement today said it in a stray ssion is committed to helping working americans exercise their right to organize under a fai

and at the time as a young staffer in the department of labor, what he saw startled him and gave him pause and he wrote about it and warned the consequences of a growing level of out of wedlock births saying that 25% was shocking to him. how chocolatey be fine 75% of african-american births are out of wedlock? and across the board among all demographic groups, 41% of all american live births are now out of wedlock births. again, forget one's position on the political spectrum. this is a concern because there are economic consequences for those children. i'd like to think people on the right are just as interested in limiting poverty as people on the left. but the reality of eliminating poverty comes down to simply putting more money in a government program, does not address the root issue, which is that mothers and fathers are the most important form of a government. i also want to mention that i think we sometimes forget the origin of our country was one in which government was intended to be as local as possible and as limited as possible. and one need only to read the writings of j

. >> you equate this with the department of labor to provide static security. it would be for an operating basis for a war zone? >> not necessarily. >> you just did. i asked for an example of security and you said static security. >> that was not with the department of labour. >> i am talking about -- i am trying to understand your example. >> what is an example of inappropriate use of private security contracts, if i understood. >> security in a war zone is not -- i guess it would be a static security at an outer perimeter of a facility where the contractors are not required to participate. purely a static security function. >> if they have a security function, where they are exposed to some danger it is the reason for their existence. they are not authorized to take offensive action and cannot participate early in the military action. that would be somewhat government. >> we visited the embassy a number of times. 30 feet away, there was a blast radius from and i edie that went off. i would say you are exposing us -- most people to combat situations. >> we have

one of the biggest -- when the department i labor cat gat goirizes people, there's a lot of variation, and, in fact, the department of labor also has another study that shows men on average work 10% more per day, spend 10% more time in the office comparing people who are full-time workers, more time working than women do. it's not a surprise. it would be quite a surprise if women who worked 10% more were making more money than those who worked less. no, the department of labor, that statistic controls for none of those factors. >> host: last call, democrat, hi there, mary. >> caller: i'll go back a lot of years, and i worked in it custom case making plant, and i found out that the high school teenager, the male was making more per hour than i, and of course, i hollered about it, not just to tim, because that was women in their place era. they said he's supposed to get more. he said because i'm a male. in this plan there was a husband and wife team. bill was the manager of the plant and then the wife was something lower than him. when he was promoted, she was promoted up to take his po

the director of city build, the many department heads that were impacted by this legislation, the head of sfmta, the head of the human rights commission, the head of the office of labor standards, the head of the recreation department, and more. i would like to thank local 261, josh, vince, pam, and all the city build students who are with us today. mayor lee. mayor lee came into office and reaffirmed his commitment to looking after the great people who live in our city. one of his top priorities is to stimulate the local economy with jobs and he has empowered me with implementing the new local higher policy. i promised that i would not focus on the process, but on a measurable outcomes in the areas of the employment and job training. i and others in city government are inspired by the mayor's energy and can-do spirit. it's my pleasure to introduce my friend and my boss, mayor lee, the 43rd mayor of san francisco. [applause] san francismayor lee: good afte. i've been going around this whole city and talking about how many promises we make year in and year out as a city and how many do we really deliver on? this is one of those promises that has been talked about a lo

>>reporter: program is funded by the state and federal department of labor.on between logical colleges and the service organizations l the plow share. gary fernandez served in operation desert storm. he thinks this program is invaluable to receipt van like him. >> it's a way that they can have some tools to get back into society and reintegrate, open a business, i just hope they don't cut the funding. >>reporter: goal in the program is for the real life experience to help these students get a job. in the real world. >> we help them with their resume. mock interview. also could outreach to employers to make connections for all the people in our classes. >>. >>reporter: so far nearly 70% of the program 100 graduate have moved on to successful employment. in pleasant hill, abc 7 news. >>> in the mean time bay area researchers may have found a way to better protect soldiers from what has become the signature injury of conflict in iraq and afghanistan. the result of high tech testing reveal rather low tech solution actually to protect against traumatic brain injur

paul lepage, the governor of maine had state workers in maine tear down a mural at the state's department of labor, a mural that offended the governor. i don't know if the workers got paid double-time for working on the weekend. but it was over the weekend when this multipanel piece of art showing interesting and defining moments in the history of people who work for a living in maine, when this mural got pride off the wall and shoved into storage at the orders of the governor. this is the part of the mural that shows child laborers in maine. as you can see, these children look very forlorn. because it's child labor. of course they're forlorn. maine passed its first child labor laws in 1847. and back then laws restricting child labor were almost always tied up with laws about schooling. there used to be this totally crazy idea in america that tiny people, not yet full grown, should be diverted into some sort of learning to read environment rather than being shunted down into the coal mines, or whatever. you know, that could wait until after childhood. and granted, i mean, the temptation is clear.

paul lepage, the governor of maine had state workers in maine tear down a mural at the state's department of labor, a mural that offended the governor. i don't know if the workers got paid double-team for working on the weekend. but it was over the weekend when this multipanel piece of art showing interesting and defining moments in the history of people who work for a living in maine, when this mural got pride off the wall and shoved into storage at the ordersf he veor iss e rtfhemul atho cld lors in asouan se tsehire lo vy n.estied up with laws abo schooling. there used to be this totally crazy idea in america that tiny people, not yet full grown, should be diverted into some sort of learning to read environment rather than being shunted down into the coal mines, or whatever. you know, that could wait until after childhood. and granted, i mean, the temptation is clear. children have very tiny hands. they're very nimble. they eat so little. but the commie pingo bleeding heart liberals of, say, 1840s maine took action to keep kids out of the mines, out of the sweatshops, and in school instead. so

paul, you're the head of the department of labor studies. some of the rest of us are management business types. >> you're kind of speaking to the choir here in terms of academics who have a background in the labor movement, work with the labor movement. unfortunately the number of programs that do that across this country at universities and colleges has just been declining steadily over the years. where you have a labor studies program, it enables that program to give labor a voice on campus. and it enables the university to expose students of all kinds, part time, full time, undergraduate, graduate students, union members, to the labor movement, to labor's purpose, to labor's role in a society. we do that very extensively at penn state through all kinds of different forums. labor has a voice on campus. but unfortunately there are only a relative handful of universities who do that. and folks like governor walker and in other states are going to make sure, where they do have labor studies programs, are going to put pressure on labor's voices

several billion more from projects at the departments of education, labor and health and human services. today democratic lawmakers from new york vowed to vote against the deal. >> there was no shutdown, but there were a lot of sell-outs. >> i would not have made these cuts under better circumstances. >> reporter: that was the president late friday night. by the weekend he was trying to put the best face possible on the agreement with a victory lap of sorts at the lincoln memorial. >> because congress was able to settle its differences, that's why this place is open today. >> reporter: among the programs that were spared from cuts? head start pre-school. planned parenthood. race to the top education grants. public broadcasting. and funding for biomedical research. but house speaker john boehner told an audience in connecticut, this is just the beginning. he'll extract more cuts in exchange for republican votes to raise the debt limit next month. >> you know, taking money away from politicians to spend is like taking cocaine away from cocaine addicts, all right. >> reporter: we're learni

of the story. they look at another number the labor department calculates, something called the labor force participation rate. it's the percentage of adults who have jobs or are looking for one. and it's been stuck at the lowest rate in more than a quarter century. >> it's been low for a very long time because people didn't have much hope in the economy. by this stage that we're creating jobs, you would think you would see more people throwing their hat in the ring to look for a job. >> john yang, as ed mcmahon used to say, everything you'd ever want to know about the numbers and we finally have explained it. one disconnect left in american life where people are working and yet can't really support their family and put food on the table financially. what's that about? >> brian, it's all about the kind of jobs being created. last month 45% of the new jobs came in restaurants and bars. health care, which usually means a nurse's aide or home health care worker and temporary office workers, jobs that typically don't pay very much and typically don't have benefits. >> john yang, awfully good to have you on t

. >> the program is funded by the state and federal department of labor. it is a collaboration by the college and organization. >> this needs to go up. >> gary geraldine ferraro served in operation desert storm ands that the program is invaluable to veterans. it is a way to get back in society and intergreat and open the business and i hope they don't cut the funding. >> it is real life experience to help them get a job in the real world. >> they do mock interviews and outreachh to employers to make connection. >> my rules are serious. >> and so far 70 percent of the programs 100 graduates. and laura anthony abc sennews. >> and the power is restored in san francisco state too late for the students planing to attend class tonight. they struggled with it all day long and it was clear it would make pg&e sometime to restore it the university called off most classes after 4:00. but the power is back on as of 20 minutes ago. it is the giant's dodger is in critecal situation. he started to suffer seizure when they cut back the sedative. a new row surgeon said lat

the department of labor will establish a memorial to these workers. they will plant a tree on the grounds -- grounds of a government building. it will be a permanent reminder of the workers that we have lost. we must commit ourselves to address the many challenges still facing us today, to rededicate ourselves to the original promise of the occupational safety and health act, to ensure that every worker in the united states comes home safely to their family after a day's work. we are urged to meet these challenges and achieve the goals that all americans strive for. safe workplaces and a stronger america. thank you very much. [applause] >> we are now going to transition to our first panel discussion. watch your step. david and john did a great job of setting the context. i am just going to introduce catty and mike and get started with some questions. after about 20 minutes, we will open it up to the audience. kathy has worked in nursing since 1979. she is currently a staff nurse in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. she served on the executive board of va healt

department of labor, osha, and other agencies. he serves as a mediator and adviser on a range of issues across the globe. peg, let's start with you. the afl-cio works closely with osha and often pushes osha to do more. can you talk about the relationship that unions like yours have with the agency. >> we have a long history with this agency and with this law. was the unions that a law passed back and 1970. since that time, i would say that we have been both a friend to the agency at many times and then other times pushing the agency. when you look at standards the agency has set, but borne pathogens, all those came because the younes petitions. sometimes we had to go to court. then we followed up in defending those rulese. our history is one of pushing for stronger worker protection, and fortunately over the many decades here, there have been in the majority of times at of the agency that were committed to safety and health, going back to president ford, first president bush, president carter, david michaels. we had a good relation

professor of economics and he goes to labor relations, occupational safety and health, and transparency policy. he is the author of three books and he previously worked as an advisor to the u.s. department labor. his wage and hour division and osha and the number of other offices. peg, let's start with you. the afl-cio works closely with osha and often pushes ocean to do more. can you talk about the relationship that unions like yours have with the agency? >> we have a long history with this agency and with this law. it was the unions who fought for and got the osha law passed back in 1970. since that time, we have been both a friend to the agency had many times and at other times, we were pushing the agency. when you look at the standards the agency has said over the years like blood borne pathogens, virtually all of those k because the union's petition to win some had to go to court. then we followed up in defending those rules. our history as one of pushing, pushing, pushing for stronger worker protection and fortunately, over the many decades, there have been, for the majority of times, heads of the agency that were very committed to safety and health going back to mort corn under g

i am proud to say next week the department of labor will establish a long overdue memorial to these workers. the tree will be a permanent reminder of those workers we have lost and will serve as a cost to the action that we must commit ourselves to address the many challenges facing us today to dedicate at ourselves to the partial promise of the osha act, to ensure every worker comes home safely after a day plus work. healthier workers, safe workplaces, and a stronger america. thank you very much. >> are now gone to transition to the first panel discussion. if you could come to the stage, and cathy and mike. watch your step. david and john did a great job of setting the context, so i will introduce cathy and mica to get started with questions and after about 20 minutes will open it up to the audience. cathy stodar has worked in nursing since 1979 and served on the exec the board of her union. she is chair of the nurse alliance health care policy and politics committee. sciu represents more than 1 million health care workers in the united states. mike weibel works at a year tire in kansas wh

the department of labor has been reinvigorated so we can make things as equitable as we can. at discussion needs to be part of what we are doing because our future work force is right now. that work force is graduating this year. it looks very different. we have to be able to reach all of them. >> in the worker was talking about earlier, one of the things that perhaps should not have been surprising in our case study -- we are totaled nerds. -- total nerds. one was the size of the black middle class. when we thought about it, yes, that is a population that has interest in economic growth but a memory and history to a much more disenfranchised community. i think that is part of the era that you are talking about, in which people were achieving more positions with a very close connection to communities and making sure those things come forward for everybody else. are heartened that we seeing latino generations bring up these important elements of more growth. >> what about the direct input to support income for low income workers? refundable child credit -- do we know anything a

of dollars could make it harder for the project to be completed. but several federal departments long targeted by republicans took the biggest hit more than half of the spending cuts will come out of education, labor and health and human services department. the democrats were able to protect funding for some cherished programs such as head start, grants for poor college students and the implementation of obama's law. republicans threaten next year will be worse they want to cut trillions, not billions in federal spending to make a dent in america's deficit. >> kristen: the giants and dodgers go at it again at at&t park. no problems were reported in last night's first meeting of the rival teams here since the savage beating of a giants fan on opening day. both teams dedicated the game to bryan stow and his family. he remains in a coma. fans were asked to keep the rivalry on the field and respect each other as friends which draw applause from the crowd. they were treated with respect overall. >> eric: in a few hours jurors will begin deliberations for a third day in the barry bonds trial. they listened to testimony read back to them from a former assistant who once saw bonds receive an injection. h

first, you can check with the department of labor, there was no massive loss of oif jobs in h he oils. one of thewere first to go on fox news and the man $20 billion from bp. you said that was communistic or something like that. guest: well, i would have to disagree with the calller. we have lost several big rigs, and the jobs go with them. there are several companies that are sold for companies that provide the riggings, the piping, transportation back-and- forth. one in particular, and i cannot give you the name, is already filing for bankruptcy. jobs have left the state, and it is the level to tens of thousands, and we're losing more every day. and i do not know how to respond to his second statement. i have never referred to anybody as being a communist. host: john fleming of louisiana. thank you for your time. this conversation continues, the gulf coast oil spill one year later. we will be right back. and >> let's meet another top winner in the student cam competition. this year's team was to address an issue that held them to understand the role of federal government. now we go

over the last 30 years, the american worker has lost money under the department of labor and george bush. when are we going to do something to rectify that to get the money back to the hands of the workers who will stimulate the economy, create demand, and therefore, create jobs? that would seem to be the fastest way to get us out from where we are. host: are you still there? he is gone. go ahead. guest: you said it well. that is the challenge. the biggest problem in america is that the middle class is shrinking and falling behind. there is a debate here about how to correct that. the ryan-republican approach, they believe the more we cut the more it will help the middle- class, even though that means less investment in education, for those people that have worked and are now in medicare, that they will have to pick up a bigger cost when they have a shrinking retirement savings. when you have a really difficult fiscal problem, the country should be acting like a business. i was talking to the ibm folks who came into my office. in 1992, they had 400,000 employees, the company was upside d

first, you can check with the department of labor, there was no massive loss of oif jobs ineh he oil of thewere first to go on fox news and the man $20 billion from bp. you said that was communistic or something like that. guest: well, i would have to disagree with the calller. we have lost several big rigs, and the jobs go with them. there are several companies that are sold for companies that provide the riggings, the piping, transportation back-and- forth. one in particular, and i cannot give you the name, is already filing for bankruptcy. jobs have left the state, and it is the level to tens of thousands, and we're losing more every day. and i do not know howo respond to on washington journal tomorrow, we will hear more about proposals that affect the federal deficit. our guest is alice rivlin, former congressional budget office director and a member of the debt commission. during the conversation, tomorrow morning at 9:15 eastern on washington journal here on c- span. in just a few

to say that we do not like government therefore we are going to take out the epa, the department of labor, heidi, tear these programs apart. -- labor, hud. then we will tear up their retirement and health care. i did not see that as responsible deficit discussions. that is political payback. host: our guest is john gage. from west haven, conn., good morning. caller: i am 81. i've been a non-union worker in an office for 25 years, two months, and nine days. what irritates me is that every time at there has to be reductions, they always pick on the workers. what bothers me also is that the worker's president, maybe he is not allowed to answer, but why can they not pass the wheels upstairs to give up a little bit? everything is on the workers. whether it is municipal, federal, or whenever, workers have to give that up. one thing you never hear is what do the people upstairs give up? guest: i could not agree with you more. to really look at what is happening on wall street now with the obscene and bonuses all back in favor and no repercussions are sacrifices from wall street on this deficit.

department of labor, other should division, and i met all the criteria, and the investigation has beenver a year. it is just getting started right now. host: ok, so potentially they are going to pay you back pay? caller: they did not want to pay the entire back pay. they wanted to pay me a lesser amount, which i would have to basically pay back the unemployment. if you get a settlement and collect unemployment, you have to pay it back. how have just enough to pay the taxes. i would walk away with nothing. the terms of the release, i had it in my hand, and i would have to give up so much more, i would not be able to have this conversation with you today. i could not appeal to the media. i refuse to. host: so what happens next? caller: i am still waiting for the osha investigator for his findings. we will take it from there. i could take it to federal court, but i'm hoping it does not have to go that far. i am hoping j.b. hunt will do the right thing and see that i am a safe driver and give me my job back. but their actions are telling the public that they would rather root out a whistle

of labor. the labor department reports that 216,000 people landed a new job last month. at brings the unemployment rate down to a two-year low of 8.8%. companies put workers on the payroll at the fastest two- month pace since the recession began. >>> switching gears now, we invite you to tune into the 46th annual academy of country music awards right here on channel 9 this weekend. the event is cohosted by blake shelton who is standing by live in las vegas. blake, thank you for joining us. how are things going? are you finished with rehearsals for the day? >> oh, god no! i think i'm still continuing with rehearsals from two days ago! >> blake, what kind of a show are we going to see. with the oscars, the cohosts were doing skits and routines throughout the performance but then the grammys were heavy on music. what will the academy of country awards look like? >> we're kind of a combination of the two, you know. we're doing a few skits which is new, i think, for the academy. but mostly, i mean, it is about the music. with the academy of country music awards. country music