union workers ripping the back off of their 'em employeers as union workers lash out over there. now the white house wants to give unions more power over here. president obama saying this week that we need even stronger laws to help unions but, mike, are stronger labor laws going to lead us to the european model? >> yes, david. france had the worst economy of all the major industrial nations in europe since 1990. we do not want the french model. it creates an environment where people don't want to invest in businesses and removes incentive for workers to produce. >> bruce, you know, we look at those scenes over there and we think, it could never happen here but couldn't it? >> i don't know about that. i don't think so. i think what the president is doing is he's going back to his roots here in chicago where he was a big supporter of the health care workers which they raised benefits and they raised salaries in the lower paid health care workers and worked to improve quality of hospitals with better policies to control infections. >> but, rich, when you talk about the president goi

union guys in attendance. i would have thought the chamber of commerce would be invited. they are big employers, big bosses, nowhere to be found. they didn't get so much as a call. >> yeah. the unions are not being particularly friendly membership is down to 12%, the lowest level in 80 years and they aren't making friends fast and for good reason. they feel attacked from every end. i'm not saying they've been that well behaved. they've been bullying the candidates and on tpp and on keystone, as well as going against the cadillac tax and obamacare. those are purely moves to satisfy and get the union vote. she just picked up a big teacher's union backing over the weekend. i think they have 3 million in that federation she picked up. so we're seeing them throw around their political weight. so while i think unions have gotten quite out of control with hypocrisy and corruption, we know that unions are good for the middle class and we've seen that historically. >> i'm not making a general statement on unions and what they've done. but here's where i'm coming from. there's confusion because this audience is being divided. the very audience that vice president

union of mine workers. the problem with the employers, they are facing a challenging environment dropping commodity prices asna has dropped a slowdown in the chinese economy and they say they aren't able to make any allowances bo of that 8.5% of their offering at this point. of course, the strike will go on in and out from this evening. >> what's the impact likely to be on the country? >> well, the major concern is because south africa is reliant on coal to keep lights on south africa. they could possibly be a problem over the last few months especially going as far back as last year. those worries only have an avenue, being the power utility here, only an avenue of about a one-month supply of coal. so, if the strike does go on beyond a month, it's going to have to make a plan providing power in the country. they say to have those reserves alternatively, they can look at those at the relevant mines but even they then transporting is a worry. south africa africa is struggling with electricity as i mentioned look at the economy. it couldtracted already in the second quarter of this year so the major concern is

accessed too easily but the hospital says the real issue is employment contracts they claim the nurses union is using the january incident as a bargaining chip in contract talks. >>> tonight an update on the rail work on the fitchburg commuter rail line. they worked through the weekend to replace tracks. that work will continue through 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. brighton street will be closed in an area until the construction is finished. as part of this reconstruction project all weekend trips on the fitchburg line are suspended through november 22nd. >>> a long time worker with the boston library no longer working there over the disappearance of two valuable pieces of artwork. >>> susan glover was terminated from her position as the keeper of special art collections. two works of art worth more than $600,000 were missing and later found misfiled at the library. >>> at shooting rampage at zombie con in florida has left one person dead and five others injured. more than 20,000 people were roaming around the zombie-themed street festival in fort myers saturday night when shots suddenly rang out. the four who were injured are expect

employers and indeed no union can be comfortable thinking it can determine who is a joint employer under this standard because the nlrb failed to give us any guidance as to how this very nebulous standard is going to be employed. the new joint employer standard is a two-part test. but the first part of the test is another multi-part test. in fact, the standard that the board adopted, the common law test, is in fact rooted in the common law, but it was a test that was developed not to determine an employer-employee relationship, but to distinguish between employees and independent contractors. when there's no question that individuals at issue are somebody's employees, this test does very little to help us figure out whose employees they actually are. moreover the board failed to give us any guidance as to how it would weigh the remaining factors of this test that are actually relevant once we can conclude we're dealing with an individual who is somebody's employee. the board left that entirely to its own discretion in future cases and the discretion of its general counsel. one thing that the board did make clear, however, in browning ferris is that in

french press today as this conference involving trade unions is presided over by the french president. oliver: the social conference takes place today. the agenda to adapt employment to the new digital reality. paris conference on climate change and a number of more arcane aspects of french labored legislation. the right-leaning is the standing opinion says there's nothing on the agenda about the main subjects of modernization such as making the labor market more flexible or pension reform. paper says we can expect no results from this conference that is "a high mast for nothing." thatl in the public thinks francois hollande's gathering is pointless. the left-wing cgt trade union will not be attending. why his union is boycotting the congress, ever since the air france affair, executives were roughed up in public fashion by workers. necessary tos sound the alarm adding that with , the litanyn-in-law f loss favoring redundancies -- it is time to stop pleasing the boxes. -- the bosses. genie: is a social referendum for unity of the left. what does that mean? oliver: it took place at a socialist party. it was a top, not a flop, a rather awkward translation into engli

employers and indeed no union can be comfortable thinking it can determine who is a joint employer under this standard. because the nlrb failed to give us any guidance as to how this very nebulous standard is going to be applied. for example, the new joint employer standard is a two-part test, but the first part of the test is itself another multipart test, and the board failed to give us any standard as to how those factors would be weighed or evaluated. in fact, the standard that the board adopted, the common law test, is, in fact, rooted in the common law. but it was a test that was developed not to determine an employer/employee relationship, but to distinguish between employees and independent contractors. when there's no question that individuals at issue are somebody's employees, this test does very little to help us figure out whose employees they actually are. moreover, the board failed to give us any guidance as to how it would weigh the remaining factors of this test that are actually relevant once we conclude that we're dealing with an individual who's somebody's employee. the board left that entirely to its own discretion in future cases a

employers and indeed no union can be comfort thinking it can determine who is a joint employer under this standard. because the nlrb failed to give us any guidance as to how this very nebulous standard is going to be applied. for example, the new joint employer standard is a two-part test, but the first part of the test is has another multipart test and the board failed to give us any standards as to how those factors would be weighed or evaluated. the common law test is in fact rooted in the common law, but it was a test that was developed, not to determine an employer-employee relationship, but to distinguish between employees and independent contractors. hen there's no question that individuals are somebody's employees, this test does very little to figure out whose employees they actually are. moreover, the board failed to give us any guidance as to how it would weigh the remaining factors of this test that are actually relevant once we conclude that we're dealing with an individual who's somebody's employee. the board left that entirely to its own discretion in future cases and the discretion of its general counsel. and one thing the board did

employment threatens to undermine the foundation upon which middle class america was built. not my words. that is what venture capitalist and labour union leader says. michael, founder of reputation.com says something different, saying it's inevitable as we enter a jobless future. >> there's a lot to be said for the new gig economy. what is clearly to be said against it is there's something not as reliable. something about the benefits packages. the middle class argument that more or less left. is that the unions created the middle class of the united states. whether it's above my pay grade. let's consider it's truly. in the 1980s, they created a labour mechanism and rules to differentiate the contractor. they created a w 2, and have between four and 20 criteria. a reasonableness. as to which one you are. now, those rules have not had as major upgrade. our economy has. what did you do. >> former employee of mine. was a c.e.o. of a great company. serving the health insurance products. an interest in the game because it comes from the right place. >> he offers an insight. that may be there's a third way between a contractor and an employee, someone who is on demand with the right or privilege to buy benefits that are portable from gig t

union. as one employee put it in an interview with a denver news channel, i would be just another number to a corporation. i'm a person to my employer now. franchising will be particularly impacted by this decision. 780,000 franchise establishment across the country. they create nearly 9 million jobs. last week i met with a chattanooga, tennessee, coup whole started their own franchisee location of two men and a truck, a moving company. the hard work and commitment they've been able to grow their first franchise into six locations. i'd like to continue to grow but this new nlrb decision is causing them to put their plans on hold. two men and a truck say good example of how franchising allows entry into business owner in the middle class. was started in michigan by a mom with two sons who she was ready to put to work. her first franchisee was hir daughter. it's grown to 220 franchisees, 8,000 jobs, 38% of their franchisees began by working on a truck. successfully franchising a franchise business is one of the most important ways to climb the ladder of success. women owner or co-own nearly half of all franchise businesses. minorities

montanans describe the e.p.a., as a rancher one time told me, it stands for "eliminate production agriculture." a union member recented told me it stants for "the employment prevention agency." and president obama and his employment prevention agency continues to wage war on the american energy, american families, and american jobs. this so-called clean power plan is an all-out frontal assault on affordable energy and good-paying union as well as tribal jobs. and this will leave president obama directly responsible for skyrocketing energy bills, a loss of tax revenues for our schools and our teachers and our roads, and unemployment of thousands of hardworking americans. the president ignores the fact that more than half of montana's electricity comes from coal, as do thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of tax revenue every year. 40% of our nation's energy comes from coal. when a young person plugs in their iphone or their smar smartphone, most likely it's being charged by coal. in my hometown of boozman boseme have a tesla charging station at one of our hotels. ilan musk created an electric vehicle. when they plug those vehicles into those chargers

montanans describe the e.p.a., as a rancher one time told me, it stands for "eliminate production agriculture." a union member recented told me it stants for "the employment prevention agency." and president obama and his employment prevention agency continues to wage war on the american energy, american families, and american jobs. this so-called clean power plan is an all-out frontal assault on affordable energy and good-paying union as well as tribal jobs. and this will leave president obama directly responsible for skyrocketing energy bills, a loss of tax revenues for our schools and our teachers and our roads, and unemployment of thousands of hardworking americans. the president ignores the fact that more than half of montana's electricity comes from coal, as do thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of tax revenue every year. 40% of our nation's energy comes from coal. when a young person plugs in their iphone or their smar smartphone, most likely it's being charged by coal. in my hometown of boozman boseme have a tesla charging station at one of our hotels. ilan musk created an electric vehicle. when they plug those vehicles into those chargers

what the mine workers and the union are looking for is about a 14% wage hike from employers, where the lowest paid workers in the industry. at this point, they earn as little as $400 a month. they're looking for wage hike of about $80. the mohame employers are unwillo go up, their offer various because of a number of issues. they say commodities are up, price have dropped in the last several months. of course, because of a slowdown in china. also they're facing higher power, as well as labor costs here in south africa. they are willing to budge, the unions of course are saying that their workers deserve higher pay. this is of course an industry that's already been characterized by a lot of annual takes in the last few years, as workers have seen little change with regard to their conditions in recent years. they say going forward, they are in it for the duration. the strike begins in the next hour or so and they want to see that change come from employers. >> how much of a concern is a strike for south africa and the south african economy? >> it is a concern for the power supplier, the electricity provider. the economy is driven by power generated f

as people. so that's what you're going to do is end up with the ep possibility, at least, of eople workplaces where people whoth ah represented by six different unions, and employerse the te last people who want to have that happen. so you end up with a conflict outh employers' interests and employees' tinterests. that and it's surprising to me that h the employees would be able to lon out in that situation. the public employees who have chosen to work in this workplace. >> your facts are flawed. no state in the country requirel a person to undertake a duty of fair representation. they only require of fair e representation under the union. you can be a members only. therefore you can leave the non-members entirely out of youa negotiations. of course thea unions e don't w that. they want the extra opower.rte and all they have got, you can't discriminate against those who n you areot purportedly representing. the notion thast this is an important labor policy that plen employers want is belied by th fact that among other things, he 93% of t the private sector don have any representatives. 30 states don't have it. so the notion that this is somehow essential to labor