more time for their families and if they didn't want these walmart jobs they would go look for work elwhere. the percentage of americans who have union jobs is falling steadily. in january the labor department will announce the percentage of american workers who belong to unions will ha fallen from 12% to 11%. percentage of private-sector workers will have reached another record low and it is because people don't want their contributions going to failed pension funds -- gerri: what will look like next year? you do have this long-term trend of erosion in union membership especially in the private sector but we have got the union campaigner in chief in the white house and seems to me he is doing everything he can to encourage union memberip. will we have higher membership rates next year? >> he is doing everything he can but union bosses be pavin the way they are with hostess where 18,000 workers are going -- they don't want cakes and breads carrd on the same truck and don't want drivers to be unloading the cakes and the bread. these union jobs are disappearing. work government workers have a