thank you to josh eidelson of "the nation." [captioning made possible by democracy now!]cy now!]

the nation's josh eidelson here with the story. >>> welcome back to "the ed show."lan west and patrick murphy, he's declared victory twice. already attended the freshman orientation meetings. two weeks after the election, alan west refused to concede after pinning his hopes to st. luci county. now rick scott is taking heat for what democrats are calling improper interference in west's attempt to overturn the election results. a scott appointee ordered a team of auditors to oversee this county and the canvassers. it's a move that had florida's top democrats sounding the alarm. debbie wasserman schultz put out a statement saying, "after disenfranchising florida voters by cutting down early voting days and creating extraordinary long lines at polls, governor scott is trying to overturn an election result he disagreed with. governor scott needs to remove himself from the process immediately." it was announced sunday after getting the state to recount the votes in st. luci county, west lost by a wider margin than before. ironically, alan west, the man who channeled mccar

joining me is the nation magazine writer josh eidelson. great to have you with us.mmer. what put you on the story? >> i started covering a group of workers in louisiana at a walmart supplier who went on strike. what they alleged were forced labor conditions. that means essentially slavery. so you had eight workers in louisiana who went on strike, got walmart to suspend the supplier and laid the groundwork for the wave of strikes. >> so the the retaliation took you to the next level of covering this. >> since this summer, i have been covering examples of workers. walmart workers have been speaking out over wages, working conditions, and the response that the workers have alleged has been management legally trying to discourage them, but illegally firing and threatening people. >> so people have lost their jobs because they have spoken out against the company's practices. correct? >> i have talked to numerous workers who have alleged that very credibly. >> when this protest started in october, did you think it was going to grow to what it is expected to be on friday?

the nation's josh eidelson here with the story.unning four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] humana thanks the physicians, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists and other health professionals who helped us achieve the highest average star rating among national medicare companies... and become the first and only national medicare advantage company to achieve a 5-star rating for a medicare plan... your efforts result in the quality of care and serv

labor abuses joining me now for more on the implications of a black friday strike at wal-mart is josh eidelson labor journalist and contributing writer to the nation salon and in these times josh welcome to the program thanks for having me back to be thanksgiving well thank you and happy thanksgiving to you it's great to have you back with us public publicly wal-mart has dismissed these strikes as antics by fringe workers behind closed doors what are they really saying. so behind closed doors first know that warmer doesn't pay for anything it doesn't have to and wal-mart is paying workers to sit in captive audience meetings those are mandatory meetings where workers are required to listen as managers freely or read a script telling them why they shouldn't participate on black friday i interviewed a worker for the nation who said that the manager read a script that said these actions workers participating in these strikes on friday could cut into the company's profits and hurt the workers bonuses so as this worker said to me in oklahoma this doesn't sound like the company doesn't worry about wh

for taking part of taking part in it that was chris hex a campaign organizer at jobs for justice josh eidelson salon dot com contributor and labor journalist and also j.d. to tell a managing editor for reason twenty four seven news. oh pretrial hearings resume today for army private bradley manning he is accused of the largest security breach in u.s. history the focus today at the military court in fort meade maryland is expected to be on his treatment while in custody among other things that offense alleges manning was held in solitary confinement for twenty three hours a day and stripped of his clothing his supporters call the treatment torture and the defense says he's already been punished the most serious charge is aiding the enemy and if convicted he could spend life behind bars well for now the u.s. government is not accepting a conditional plea deal one where manning would plead guilty to lesser charges but will revisit that issue later at a later date manning himself is expected to testify any time this week marking the first time the alleged leaker has spoken on behalf of the court o

national organization of women which could be this could be a shopping day to remember for the latest josh eidelson joins me now he's a labor journalist and contributing writer to the nation's salon and in these times josh welcome thank you tom what profited a strike in california well today's strike was actually scheduled to begin tomorrow it's a response to retaliation that workers say they experienced after lot last time they went on strike to protest retaliation for organizing and the workers moved straight up twenty four hours at the last minute last night in response to what they say is even more retaliation again against these warehouse workers for standing up over issues like not having access to drinking water except they came from a hose and having ramps that injure workers because they are set up shabbily while any any sense idea or details on what that retaliation was like what form that so. i talked to one worker who is a leader in the warehouse strike there who's been fired the excuse he says he was given is that he was threatening when he argued with the manager about safety when he