international labor organization chief god writer says the first thing is to build a program to reach every country is committed this is perhaps the most difficult. road to welcome to the show good morning here thank you very much for being with us as well and i want to start with the g. twenty agenda russia has recently taken over the presidency of the g. twenty and employment is one of the most important topics since matter of fact moscow wants to include the poignant topic into the agenda of the next g. twenty meeting well actually the subject has been discussed in cannes in seoul in wherever so is there anything new to be said to said on this subject. my quick answer to you is. the same way so much new to be said but there's a great deal that needs to be done and i think this is the this is the point you're quite right to say that since. two thousand and nine the g twenty has put employment and jobs issues at the center of its work and indeed the ilo has been involved in the g. twenty is work but the problem is that we still face a dramatic crisis of jobs in the world around the w

and the stream child labor, forced labor -- and the extreme child labor, forced labor. how we attack it based on this economic profile? understanding the key shift in the logic of contemporary forms of slavery point as to assert a kind of tactics and policies that might prove more affected. one would be attacked the profits generated by the exploitation. make it less profitable and rewarding to be involved in the exploitation of child laborers, slaves, etc. these products are coming from over there -- understand, document, and cleanse the supply chains. and raise awareness of the perils involved in the global supply chain to make choices to products that are untainted by these offenses. >> in other words, we want to use the market forces to attack the economic market of modern day slavery. so i mention supply chains and this is an interesting topic and it is getting more attention in the antislavery community. understanding the supply chains of everything we buy and consume every day. in the course of my research traced and documented the many things we buy here today o

department or the labor to work there. well, that was insane. that was probably 2 billion dollars investments that went up in smoke and that's coming back. people put a lot of projects on hold because they didn't know how crazy this nlrb was going to get. with this being changed you're going to see 5 billion, 10 billion dollar plants coming because they can go where they want to be and by the way, they announced this week lowest percentage of union labor in the united states and by the way, so far we haven't had economcalamity. >> brenda: so far it's taking the labor board out of commission for a while. does that help the economy? >> oh, i believe it does, because it gets to, i think, a bigger issue, brenda, finally, maybe, a little tamp down on government overreach, you know, in obama's inauguration speech, it was all about growing government even bigger than it already is. and the problem is, when government grows, the private sector suffers. and if you say, well, who cares where the money goes, the problem is government

is labor dying? >> i think the way we change that is that part of the agenda, the economic justice part, but the democracy part goes with it, but on the economic justice front, part of it is to get the partners which they are now, the greens, the civil rights, the students, the others, to say we're never going to restore a decent economy here if working people have no rights. if people can't bargain with their employers, there's no place in the world where people who can't bargain raise their wages. in fact they get wage cuts on a continuing basis. and so i think that our strategy is to link core issues together so that it's not just quote, "labor," or particularly organized labor, as you said 12%, and that includes the public sector. private sector's under seven percent. it's notust labor talking about work's rhts. it's a of who have a vision of economic justice, let's do something about economic inequality. let's figure out how to stimulate the demand side of the economy because you need rising wag

turns out labor is alive and well.fact, workers across america help us understand what mitt romney could mean for the economy. >> this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> we followed the worker's stories to freeport, illinois in october. bain capital has shut down the plant, and they were going to ship some 200 jobs to china. >> what would you say to mitt romney? >> the three of us here have been arrested defending american jobs, we're waiting, come out here and talk to us. >> you want to talk to him? what would you say to him? >> save our jobs. >> over the summer, more and more workers started to come forward with horror stories about bain capital and the bain economy. workers there made national headlines. >> when you take all the good jobs we had here at gs steel in kansas city, the middle class will be extinction. >> it claimed jeep was moving to china because of the automobile loan, and it was totally false. it totally backfired on the camp. auto workers and their families turned out in full force on election

and the stream child labor, forced labor -- and the extreme child labor, forced labor. we have the understanding of slavery in the modern context. how we attack it based on this economic profile? understanding the key shift in the logic of contemporary forms of slavery point as to assert a kind of tactics and policies that might prove more affected. one would be attacked the profits generated by the exploitation. make it less profitable and rewarding to be involved in the exploitation of child laborers, slaves, etc. these products are coming from over there -- understand, document, and cleanse the supply chains. and raise awareness of the perils involved in the global supply chain to make choices to products that are untainted by these offenses. >> in other words, we want to use the market forces to attack the economic market of modern day slavery. so i mention supply chains and this is an interesting topic and it is getting more attention in the antislavery community. understanding the supply chains of everything we buy and consume every day. in the course of my resear

it turns out labor is alive and well.ct, workers across america help us understand what mitt romney could mean for the economy. >> this is "the ed show." let's get to work. [ cheering ] >> we followed the workers' stories to freeport, illinois in october. bain capital has shut down the sensata plant and they were going to ship some 200 jobs to china. >> the three of us have been arrested defending american jobs. we're waiting. come on out here and talk us to. >> what would you say to him? >> save our jobs. >> over the summer, more and more workers started coming forward with horror stories about bain capital and the bain economy. workers at gst steel made national headlines. >> when you take away all the good paying jobs such as we had here at gst steel in kansas city, the middle class is going to become extinct. >> the republicans answered with misleading ads and huge lies. like this ad romney ran in the state of ohio. it claimed jeep was moving to china because of the automobile loan, and it was totally false. and it to

it turns out labor is alive and well.fact, workers across america help us understand what mitt romney could mean for the economy. >> this is "the ed show." let's get to work. [ cheering ] >> we followed the workers' stories to freeport, illinois in october. bain capital has shut down the sensata plant and they were going to ship some 200 jobs to china. >> what would you say to mitt romney? >> the three of us have been arrested defending american jobs. we're waiting. come on out here and talk us to. >> you want to talk to him. what would you say to him? >> save our jobs. >> over the summer, more and more workers started coming forward with horror stories about bain capital and the bain economy. workers at gst steel made national headlines. >> when you take away all the good paying jobs such as we had here at gst steel in kansas city, the middle class is going to become extinct. >> the republicans answered with misleading ads and huge lies. like this ad romney ran in the state of ohio. it claimed jeep was moving to china be

robbery comes in the form of getting rid of defined benefit pensions as numbers out of the bureau of labor statistics show defined benefit benefit retirement pensions are on a drastic decline since one nine hundred eighty one when ronald reagan took office that was the year when over eighty percent of full time workers in the private sector participated in a pension plan by nine hundred ninety seven that number and followed it just over fifty percent and by two thousand and eleven looking at all workers in all private . twenty percent of workers have some sort of pension retirement plan this creates massive economic insecurity for seniors especially now that republicans in the house are trying to hand over social security and medicare to wall street and it adds to the growing list of things that corporate america in its quest for higher and higher profits is taking from their workers in recent months we've seen employers promise to cut hours to avoid providing health insurance to wendy's franchise owner and a lot of brassica for example the latest corporate overlord to promise to cut his w

we take no lessons from labor how to manage the economy. >> order! questions for the prime minister. >> the prime minister and the rest of this house, a positive and happy new year. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to this house i have further such meetings later today. >> my right hon. friend, public service for having a pay raise and is only fair to soak on benefits should be given the same. >> i think my hon. friend is right. these are difficult decisions that we have to make but they should be made in the context that over the last five years benefits have gone up by 20% but average earnings are only up by 10% so it is fair and right to have up 1% cap on out of work benefits and 1% cap on taxpayers and the 1% cap on public pay. what i think his inexplicable which is the position of the party opposite to support in 1% public debt to pay cap but want more for welker claimants. that is not fair or right and they should think again. >> mr. speaker, can the prime minister tell us why on

to vent about our jobs but can you complain or trash your company on facebook the new ruling by a labor relations board weighs in on that issue the story coming up. it's friday january fourth eight him in washington d.c. i'm not going lopez and you're watching r t. all right well the one hundred thirteenth congress was sworn into office yesterday not a moment too soon the one hundred twelfth congress left a sour taste in many americans mouths with the seemingly endless fiscal cliff talks i know you're sick of hearing about it but that wasn't the only bill that muddied the reputation of congress another bill is seemingly straightforward act to protect women against sexual and domestic violence was also punted as the debate grew more political now for the most for most time in two decades the violence against women act has actually expired so let's take a look at what new provisions have that house republicans so upset the new senate bill will bar government agencies from discriminating against the l g b t community in cases of sexual and domestic violence it allows illegal immigrants to

wanted to vent about our jobs but can you complain or trash your company on facebook a new ruling by a labor relations board weighs in on that issue that story coming up. it's friday january fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and you're watching r t. all right when the one hundred thirteenth congress was sworn into office yesterday and not a moment too soon the one hundred twelfth congress left a sour taste in many american mouths as the seemingly endless dare i say it fiscal cliff talks continued but that wasn't the only bill that muddy congress's reputation another bill a seemingly straightforward act protect women against sexual and domestic violence was also punted as the debate grew more political now for the first time in almost two decades the violence against women act has expired so let's take a quick look at what the bill protects and then we'll examine the new add ons that has house republicans reeling right now the bill allocates fragile money to government agencies in order to aid in the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence of senders it creates a ra

one of the key number that is showed up in the vort the continued success of the labor movement and organizing latinos. membership among latinos is up. their union density continuing to climb. the diversity shows in the numbers, as well. those are the highest density of membership most likely members of unions are african-americans so when you look at where the union membership is growing, asian americans, african-americans, latinos, the union movement is getting those new workers, the people joining the labor force. and when you look at how unevenness of the recession has affected different states, you see that the union movement is very successful in states right to work states. union membership was up in texas and oklahoma and georgia and north carolina, tennessee. so, it's not -- these numbers are national and patterns of job growth and patterns of job construction taking place and peeling behind the numbers you see the success of the labor movement where people did not expect. >> it's an interesting article and will continue to follow the numbers and see what this means and impact of upco

we have had discussions with both labor, the afl-cio, seiu, business, other business groups, and while we have been negotiating these principles, they have been sitting down talking to one another. it would be best from all points of view this business and labor could agree on a future flow proposal. obviously, we would have to agree with it, too. that would be helpful. according to both donahue and trumka, they are making a lot of progress, much more in 2009, and in 2007, when john and senator kennedy worked on it. >> [inaudible] you are talking about importing tens of millions of those skilled laborers. what would you say to working- class americans who worry that their wages and jobs will be lost -- >> it is in our principle that we will tie future float to employment. if there are jobs available floor -- four americans to take, that will be one of the major components of future flow. if there are jobs that there are not americans for, then, obviously, it will be much easier for people to come in. an example, farm work. americans, by and large, wherever it is, americans do not do th

labor camps are too random. a party leader can just pick up the phone and someone will be in jail. >> these pictures provided by rights groups offer a rare glimpse into the so-called reeducation labor camps. government admits in as more than 300 of them. in 2008, a house 160,000. there used at times to detain petty criminals but have also been reserved for political opponents. those who come out of such places report that torture is common. over the years, our crews have visited what are known as black jails and other detention and facilities. while unconstitutional, it is sanctioned by the communist party. [person screaming] that make ounow changed with incoming leaders. one of the first visits after his appointment was a sight honoring a former reformist leader. he himself had been sentenced to a labor camp for time. the government will not say whether they will be closed. in hong kong, lawyers fear the government will not go far enough. >> there's a lot to do for the new leadership. there must be an independe

would be so enthusiastic but the labor movement has been kicked around now for quite a while and they have to fight and they see people fighting and they see their fighting the same enemy and they see them reaching out this movement has shown such an eagerness to reach out to the mainstream of the american public and the unions represent the organized part of that the focus on the one percent and the first time in an american movement i don't even think in the thirty's that the communist party did this in their mass work i don't even think they identify the enemy as the ruling class mr speaker. mr vice president. members of congress. distinguished guests and fellow americans last month i went to andrews air force base and welcome home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens bought. and several thousand gave their lives we gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the united states safer and more respected around the world hey. thanks. for that you two wa

plus, labor reaction with leo gerard of the steel workers. in center left tonight, paul ryan broadsides the president shirks thinking more of a conquest than political compromise. >> former congressman barney frank on the new republican messaging on failed conservative ideas. >>> plus, reverend jesse jackson on the latest republican effort to disenfranchise minority voters. >>> and call the whambulance. the obama-clinton interview has righties spewing conservative conspiracy theory nonsense. >> i'd like to know did she pass out and hit her head? was she pushed? >> i'll get to the bottom of all the whining with jonathan alter. >> there was no follow-up. >> good to have you with us folks. thanks for watching. republicans are waking up to the realities of a center left country. they need to partner with the democrats on immigration reform, or basically be left in the dust. this is just one of many issues. senator chuck schumer new york led seven of his senate colleagues in announcing a bipartisan plan for immigration reform today. they want the

amendment and sam sex progressive commentator and contributor to truthout dot org let's start with a labor union rates are dropping and as they have ever since the well arguably since since the early fifty's after pastors have tartly in forty seven but they really started dropping fast after after the reagan presidency. so has the middle class is sure of income you know wealth goes down and as you know the wealth of individuals in fact we have a chart on this i believe unionization rates here we go you notice the the red line is union membership rate the blue line is aggregate income of the middle class those two follow each other and then the green line is the income of the top one percent of the percentage of sitcoms on radio i think that also felt the same rates this is starting in sixty seven by that time all that comes we're going to radio jean shepherd was you know he was tottering by that point but this is this is a really important thing is it not i mean that when workers have a say. in the workplace when there's democracy in the workplace you have a middle class when you don't hav

we have a good history of women in the labor position. what about treasury secretary and defense? what difference does this make? so where they sit really matters. >> one thing this issue brings up so -- the idea of these kind of disingenuous attacks from republicans on this. which has been interesting to me because i tweeted out the photo

the country's rising labor costs also reduced the merits of setting up factories there. another factor, the sluggish pace of investments from japan. bilateral relations soured over the disputed islands in the east china sea. analysts say china needs to improve investment environment to boost foreign capital, which the country's leaders believe is indispensable for stable economic growth. >>> japan's two major oil firms together with a state-backed bank, will set up a joint company to run large scale power generation or mega solar facilities. executives of cosmo oil, showa shell sekiyu and development bank of japan group will create the new company at the end of the month. each of the three entities will invest in the eight mega facilities nationwide. they hope to begin solar-powered generation by the end of the year. the new facilities will have a capacity of generating a total of 26 mega watts, enough to supply 7,000 households.watts, supply 7,000 households. the generator power will then be sold to local power utilities. more oil refineries are expected to close in jap

and labor happiness because labor peace often says there's a dispute going on. here we're going way beyond dispute. we're actually making some assurances that our people who work the jobs in and outside of the arena will get the respect that they deserve. this is oftentimes -- if we lay that out early, and i think this is what the warriors are doing, they're breeding confidence in our labor force. not only do you have peace, but you can have confidence that you can have families around you supported by the jobs that we're creating here because they're going to be union-paying jobs. so, according to the fiscal feasibility report that is now on file officially with our city, we have indicated that there will be over 4300 direct jobs that will be created city-wide as a result of the what r warriors arena being in san francisco. and that is over 2600 that are construction jobs and we announced and went into detail about that last week. but today's announcement has a lot to do more with the over 1700 permanent jobs that will be on in the arena as well as on-site at p

it's the fifth year in a row that labor ranks sloping. partly reflects the long-term memraging of the manufacturing jobs it isn't because of slump in motown. >> you only have to look to michigan to see how unions helped build stronger middle class and america. >> half of last year's dropoff occurred in the public sector unions. formerly one of organized labor bright spot. >> that is directly correlated to the job loss that we have seen in public sector. >> battle over collective bargaining rights in wisconsin and tough times for the local budgets play important roles. >> with the decline of union make it difficult for middle class. >> conservatives see the union as drag on free market won a round when the appellate court ruled president obama's recess awe pointment to the national relation board was unconstitutional. historians of the labor movement say leaders need to adapt to changing demographic reality. >> in some places they are concentrating on those notoriously hard to organize sectors and retail and fast food. and a state like cal

so, that has increased our labor cost.on to 14-15, again, a very similar slide and the proposed budget for 14-15 is 13,246,906 dollars. so, again, we're breaking it down by division. and we have 52% from supervisors and 25% from the clerk's office, 6.9 million and 3.3 million there. so, again, we see the increased costs in the employees for the departments. each of these we're keeping $2 million for the assumption for the budget and legislative analysis agreement. and as you are aware, we are going out to bid with the rfp process for the contract because the current contract expires december 31st of this calendar year. and once again, lafco will be funded from its existing surplus. looking at the 13.2 split out by expense type, we see an uptick from 76% for salaries and fringe to 77%. again, 21% or 2.7 million for professional services, and the remaining 3% for materials and supplies and work orders. so, the labor costs have increased from 3 million to 3.3 million between 13-14 and 14-15. unless you have any questions, i w

like a laborer carries a hammer. at the wrong actual scale. so, it is a, you know, a violation of not paying the right prevailing wage. so, i think we want to work with office of labor standard and kind of determine the severity of what was done and come back to you as soon as possible. we'll try to get back to you in five days. >> all right. [speaker not understood] to you as well. i know you sent the letter as well. >>> [inaudible]. >> all right. >> would you like to reiterate the comments of my colleague? >> are you mr. konig? >>> i am. i'm richard konig [speaker not understood]. as well as training generations of sheet metal workers throughout the san francisco bay area since 1903. as you know i'm standing before you today to protest the sfpuc's possible hvac award to american mechanical based on the compliance and violations against them. the reports that you have that we provided clearly show that american mechanical has neglected to pay workers the correct wages in over time and they also have neglected to use state certified [speaker n