additionally, that amendment also mandated that the department of labor's international labor affairs bureau, called ilab -- i-l-a-b -- the u.s. government's foremost authority on child labor must produce an annual report in which our government formerly monitors and notes the effort or lack of effort of 144 territories receiving trade benefits to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. this amendment enshrined into law -- something i had been working on for years through the previous department of labor reports. i intended for this report to bring countries to account, to shine a spotlight on their need to reform their national laws and put in place safety nets for those trapped in the worst forms of child labor. now, the aim is not punitive but, rather, to jump-start individual and collective acti action. i wanted this report to be equal in stature and in impact to the state department's human rights report, and we are well on our way to achieving that status. on the technical assistance si side, ilab funded 269 technical cooperation projects to combat sploexploitive child labor i

newly 12,000 chinese immigrant laborers helped build that railroad. they build 85% of the railroad, which built the -- they were 85% of the railroad, which built the western portion of that line. the superintendent found them to be more than capable of the work and eventually began recruiting them from across california as well as overseas. know, it was backbreaking, dangerous work. many died. they were subjected to brutal working and living conditions and paid less than other laborers for their work. it was wrong then. it is wrong now. and they laid railroad tracks in the sweltering desert and the snow-covered sierra nevada mountains. several thousand of the chinese workers found the courage to strike for better conditions. that is remarkable. leaders is of these something that the nation needs to know more about. they fought for an increase in pay from 30 -- 35 to $40 per month. responded by cutting off food trains to starve them out. the strike lasted about a week before the majority of workers resumed working. and all the the demands were not met,

that is the linchpin, getting the labor day. joining me here in studio, michael mckee, our economics editor. joining us from our the fed, he will go inside. a news conference is coming up in about 20 minutes. thank you. we will continue our discussion on the fed after a quick rate. just a reminder, janet yellen, the federal reserve chair, in her press events coming up at the bottom of the hour. we will -- back.at. ♪ >> tom keene, thank you for staying with us. you and i were talking before we came on the air. >> i will go to the meeting on the 29th. you have got to know where you are now. we really do not know that now after the murders of the first quarter. where were you, three-point something? >> we are on the low end. the reason is, not only is first quarter growth slower, but we are projecting that that doubts. >> there is a raging debate over the first quarter, the data around the october 29 meeting. then they will be able to really fine-tune their strategy. includes having a plan as opposed to just responding to the data.

is called because follow labor system and it's the country from every labor system when you arrive as an immigrant there is they take your passport your employer does and you don't get it back until your employer decides that you can have it back so basically you're stuck there you're stuck working under that condition if they decide to schedule that they decide and you can't go home right put it putting as as flame labor as it is actually kind of kind i think from what i understand so some of these contractors working on the world cup the syllabi is our american companies and our western companies by by all standards they have other laws that they have to add here. like here in the states there's labor laws stateside that might maybe could apply and protecting some of these migrant workers you know anything about that as a far as i understand it the tare labor laws are what fly there and when there was a bigger uproar about this one month ago e.s.p.n. released a very excellent documentary about the problems taking place in the tar in the guardian has done some amazing reporting on th

was the labor department unaware of dr. wheeler's one-sided findings over so many years?: for miners like steve day who gave up hope after dr. wheeler ruled he did not have black lung, labor department said he can reapply and not worry about what dr. wheeler is going to say. >> if you feel that dr. wheeler's evidence was part of your case you should file a new claim. >> those claims will be re-evaluated? >> yes. >> reporter: it happened after the case of wayne cordal, of richmond, virginia, came to the attention of officials in washington. >> it was a big letdown. a big letdown. because i felt like i was entitled to it. >> reporter: even after the abc news broadcast, cordal's claim was denied after a government claims examiner cited dr. wheeler's negative x ray reading. >> what i noticed was the department of labor hadn't connected the dots. >> reporter: abc news brought cordal's case to the attention of congress and senator bob casey and congressman george miller then demanded action in this letter to the secretary of labor about dr. wheeler's questionable and potentiall

. >> as far as our labor breakdown continuing along the same path 33 or 63 percent overall and 63 in the east bay the san francisco numbers continue to be right around 18 percent which is great and again that's over a million craft hours those are the apprentice hours through the life of the project through the end of april and the trades are up a little bit 18 hundred individuals logged into the certified payroll system so i say 1800 different individuals that have actually touched the project and trades they belong to happy to answer any questions? director reiskin. >> how is it not impacting the schedule. >> we're making plans to make that up in the erection process a year and a half long so. >> they will start late and take less time? >> right weekends the welding is the big question a lot of welding in the project and if we can put more crews on it. like any brand new activity there's always a learning curve so we anticipate that the i'm sure steve from webcor/obayashi can speak to this more if you like but we anticipate that curve to peak early and consistently improve from the

. >> there was a lot on the line for labor. locally, we had a big labor story as well. >> i think they hoped to convey they had made sacrifices and they weren't going to be satisfied with a moderate pay increase that were being cancelled out by what they were contributing to their pensions. whether or not the public will be sympathetic to that is left to question. muni, a lot of people are frustrating with this account. >> the whole region was paralyzed by the bart strike. there were echoes of that in the assembly race. we had a councilman who was trying to mobilize voters on the basis of saying we're not going to have anymore transit strikes. he didn't do so well. he got a lot of money from business, but he didn't come into the top two. >> he was so outspoken about his lack of support for labor and bart strikes in the future. this is a big win for the labor backed candidate. they put a lot of money into this race. they funneled about a $1.5 million. >> a lot of money for an assembly race. >> yes. >> the republican came in firs

>> well i mean, the cheap labor is labor based upon what the value of the labor brings. and so i don't think that -- the subsidy is a decision that the policymakers have made. we have made the decision that if someone is making a certain amount of money than w then we e going to provide support for them, and comes apart. we are going to provide food stamps or whatever the case is created that a decision that i think is separate from the business decision. i don't think that we are subsidizing cheap labor. i think that we are basically saying that this is a value that the businesses have said that this labor brings to the enterprise and that if we are driving up the cost of that by higher minimum wage laws which is what president obama is proposing and i would propose than what we are doing is driving the cost of labor which of course would result in unemployment and loss of jobs. >> there was a study that came out this weekend that showed the top 25 hedge fund managers made about $29 billion last year. $25 billion running hedge funds. when you hear that what is your reac

the us rooted out child labor practices 75 years ago. but today, us agriculture remains a stronghold for child labor. >> i know most kids come out here to help their parents out, get the money to pay the bills. >> it's just another day on the fields of america. >> hi, can you tell me your name? >> gabriella. workers like gabriella are not uncommon. >> how old are you? >> nine. >> how old were you when you first started working out here? >> seven. >> seven! >> the us government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. >> when it comes to children, it is a big deal. young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. >> what they're doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. >> if the public were more aware, i think they'd be outraged. >> this week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, america'

the labor market generally showed further improvement. they left out a section where they said it was mixed. household spendings rising moderately as opposed to more quickly. and the language on inflation very much the same, noting that it's remaining below objectives, no mention of higher inflation in there. the federal research, the median forecast, when it comes to the outlook for interest rate did go up for 2015 by 0.125 to 1 at the 125. that's the median interest rate. says but the long range may be reflecting this idea that the fed is say rates will remain normal. the long-range outlook falling by a quarter point now to 3.75. guys? >> okay. steve liesman, thank you very much for that. >> steve, can you address whether or not they comment on the new amazon fire phone, at least in their release? did they make a comment about the new phone? >> i'm going to have to look that over more closely. i did not see that in anything in my initial read, brian, but maybe there's hope. >> don't joke. electronics prices are a big part of that cpi nu

>> guest: i mean, cheap labor is labor based upon what the valley of that labor brings.and so i don't think, subsidy is a decision that policymakers have made but it's not businesses that have made them. so we have made the decision that if someone is make a certain amount of money, then we're going to provide support for them, income support. we're going to provide food stamps or whatever the case. that's a decision that i think is separate from the business decision but i do favor subsidizing cheap labor. we are saying this is the valley that businesses have said that this labor brings to the enterprise, and if we are driving up the cost of that by higher minimum wage laws, which about president obama is proposing which i oppose, then what we're doing is driving the cost of labor up which, of course, will result in unemployment and loss of jobs. >> host: there was a study that came out this weekend that showed the top 25 hedge fund managers made in personal income for themselves, not their investors, for themselves about $29 billion last year. 25 people may $29 billion

so secretary of labor (clapping) secretary of labor talked about those issues and he's right we're only the only developed country in the with world 70 percent of low income workers' compensation when i come home to you, san francisco workers don't have - i hope people will phone call on june 23rd we want to sparks a national conversation to make a public demand for policy change. we want to make sure people understand those are choices they're not just private choices you have to make on our own we can have paid leave and access to sick days and it will be better for our economy california is paving the way and san francisco is paving the way i hope everyone about focus on june 23rd i hope your voice will be allowed we need folks in the country to recognizing recognize it's not only important to have leader but public and private voices behind leader pelosi as she demands change in washington she need to have bipartisan sport so thank you very much i labored to the day (clapping (clapping.) >> thank you very much please join me in giving them a big round (clapping). >> so we were all t

they voted fridayoon labor contract that -- friday on a labor contract. the result of the volt -- vote aren't in yet. >> we have people on stand by to fill runps of operators that do call in sick. it -- runs of operators that do

thank you >> tim paulson supervisors again director of the san francisco labor council one hundred and 50 units both from the public and private sector and larry sits on the council he's one of the top leaders in the city and i just want to say that, you know, having that labor sitting on that commission as a director of tida is extremely important and the labor movement supports larry so we think he's done an incredible job as this island evolves so we support the labor union supports larry mazola. thank you >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors i came today to support larry mazola junior larry and i were appointed at the same time in 2010 and served together for almost 4 years. some of you know i retired and as of mark in the morning on the commission but i wanted to share with you my experience working with larry and it's been a good one. i'm probably going to echo a couple of things he's been a responsible and committed board member. all of his colleagues appreciate him, you know, and his commitment to the work we do there. i've been personally witnessed many, many times whe

i want to also thank many of the labor folk who's have been actively engaged in this issue. kim with the national united health care workers, palar, chavo with the california nurses association. adrianna casanova with 1021 and paul as well as kim with the labor council and so many others who have been coming to the table for many, many years to try and deal with this issue, so we have arrived at a really great, i believe, great legislation, great policy to really effectively close this loophole and clearly with this coalition, we have a consensus. thank you all for your continued dedication and thank you to my colleague for your willingness to support this. by closing this hra loophole, the legislation will provide better health care for almost 44,000 san francisco workers. these workers currently have health reimbursement accounts $44,000 san francisco workers. these workers currently have health reimbursement accounts that provide limited medical service and it's difficult to understand and difficult to use and that's why 3/4 of the money doesn't get used and under current

we been covering labor news in minnesota. theave been covering organizing of the low-wage workers and minimum wage fight in minnesota as it has been going on for a number of years. i will tell you one story that just happened. privilege, i the do video and contribute half the videos to our site. we do a bunch of them every week. monday to govilege to a trailer park in a suburb of minneapolis and interview alicia florez, a building cleaner for the target corporation. she works for a firm that subcontracts with target. in her kitchen, and had her tell me about the recent victory that they just had. she is a member of -- spanish] language challenge. anyways. workers center based in the twin cities of minnesota. has been operating for three years, organizing. they have been organizing building cleaners who work for various companies that are subcontractors with target, and club foods, and sears, and home depot. stuff like that. their biggest fight has been with target corporation. announced that they had reached an agreement with

that's why we're seeing the labor force shrink so much. >> you talk a lot to employers. how did they explain their reluctance even when they needed workers at some point. they were laying on more overtime. they were laying on more sick days rather than hiring new people. what did they need to see that helped clinch the deal for them? >> it's a chicken and the egg question, right? if you build up the infrastructure and the work doesn't come you have a very bloated payroll waiting for the customers to come to your door. yet there are people reaching out right now who are very talented. each company is having to make it's own decision about how big do we get in anticipation of this possible growth that we're seeing. and you know, they're adding. they're definitely--there are jobs, as the labor market is showing us, in certain sector, yes. in other sectors, no. there is activity, but they're being cautious with what they're doing. >> are you lucky or unlucky from geography. markets come back from different paces. how is boston looking? >> boston itself has been doing great.

but, we also work with the ada coordinators who work on some labor issues. and wanted to refer back again to title one, because in the city's structure, when we look at which department or agency is responsible for title one employment issues, that really is the department of human resources, and of course, we heard today, from linda about their role as they enforce employment policies, and more specifically, rule 115. one thing that our office can do is lead by example. and i will share a story about our recent employee out reach. as a department head, i am both a person with a disability, as well as employer of people with disabilities. and so, when i was in the recruiting mode for some recent appointments i looked very closely with my department of human resources staff some might say that i micromanaged the process. but i wanted to be sure that i was copied and aware of all of the communications to make sure that any potential applicants would understand the full nature and extent of examinations and interviews. and so that they would understand, if they

courtney for your work on the commission and also your support of the labor unions and creating local jobs. when you invested in asian neighborhood design and invested in go solar sf you've invested in me and it worked (clapping) >> so i'd like to thank everyone for coit and enjoying this project that it dear and special to the puc and we wanted to thank you for coming out and thank you. >> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why don't we capture that to support the mission youths going to college that's for the food for thought. we didn't have a signature font for our orientation that's a 40-year-old organization. mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual they've helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life >> their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. the ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand >> they were on top of

i mentioned labor matters. ensuring that environmental, you know, policy, whether it's illegal logging or over-fishing or not taking away american jobs. my determination is to get a significant block of democrats 234 the senate well over a majority of democrats to be part of a new focus on trade policy. this is not going to be your grandparents trade policy where it's all the policies in and a couple of men. >> let me ask you one final thing and circle back to where we started to go back to tax reform for a second. do you think it is advisable to try to do corporate and personal tax reform simultaneously or is it wiser, as the white house seems to think, to just do the corporate part first, personal is too complicated. or should these be done together? >> i think they have to be done together, jerry. the tax system is like an ecosystem. you put pressure over here and it bumps up over here. and, of course, then there's politics. if the word goes out across and there's going to be business tax relief, we're going

i wanted to ask, could you just go through the labor -- additional labor costs with the negotiations with the various bargaining units, labor unions and over the next three years, what are the increases going to be? >> are you speaking to the actual dollars of the increases or the percentage? >> percentage is fine. >> great. so, the first year it's a 3% increase starting on october -- the first pay period in october, i think it's october 11th this year. the second year it's 3.25%, also starting the first pay period in october. and the third year it's formula driven increase. ~ a formula driven increase. essentially cpi plus 2.2 -- sorry, cpi plus .25% with a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 3% on the cpi. so, the range effectively of that raise will be 2.25% to 3.25% depending on what cpi actually is during that year and that starts on july 1. >> and then on slide 3 where you gave your overview, where you talked about the fte positions going up from 27,700 roughly employees in the current budget in the next couple of years to increasing to about 29,000, i was just curious, how does tha

the labor movement. labor has to be international. capitalism is international. can move to one another, labor has to have solidarity from one country to another. [applause] in unity, that is where our strength is. a united movement. if we don't want to challenge , goodstem individually luck with that. we have seen i on a global scale. the inevitable outcome is workers taking control of things. this is about workers demanding more rights. inevitably it has to lead to workers getting to a point where they can learn that not just that we have more rights, but they can't be taken back because they are nobody else's to be taken back. they are our rights. [applause] why the fight for 15 is important. it has to be for a union. if we get this team, tomorrow they could take it away without a union. [applause] we can't have them taken away. >> united we stand, supper we fall. know thateresting to we are the super country, we are the country of one. but australia and denmark are paying their workers more money. this is america. where did that happen at? how does that work

for many bow livans, child labor is perfectly acceptable. few people think twice about hiring a child to help them hop. this boy is 11. he thinks it's normal that hildren should work. he says that sometimes mothers or fathers leave the family so there isn't enough money. he explains that families are big in bolivia with four or five children. the customers at this market do not feel guilty, even if their own children do not have to work. this customer says she is trying to help. she says it makes sense to help a young boy buy school books. it's compensation for the fact that he is hired to work, but, of course, she says, these kids should be playing just like her children who right now are at a ainting class. as he works, he hopes he will be paid well. if he is lucky, he'll get about a euro for 45 minutes of hard work. the children are not always lucky and that's why they have set up their own trade union with their own membership cards. this is our i.d. it's to prove that we're not treet kids or glue sniffers. this is the trade union leader

courtney for your work on the commission and also your support of the labor unions and creating local jobs. when you invested in asian neighborhood design and invested in go solar sf you've invested in me and it worked (clapping) >> so i'd like to thank everyone for coit and enjoying this project that it dear and special to the puc and we wanted to thank you for coming out and thank you.you. >> hello san francisco holly lee here with another activity there's loose to do. take time to smell the roses and admissions to the concerto of flowers is free the first toou did you have every month with rear and exotic plants the conservative is having something for everyone where you're a native san franciscan. discover the joy of so i on the fourth toy food festive in japantown that free festive as so i education and audience games and live entertainment and the highlight the soy and 80 food competition. get ready to swing that sunday at lindy in the park with a museum with the streets of golden gate park are closed and the dancers take over take a free lesson at noon. and that's the weekly bu

they were the most powerful labor leaders in new york. and by sheer serendipity i became friends with thick as well. we play tennis together every week. i don't know whether any of you have heard that thick and unfortunately he is not well so it's not that good anymore. a wonderful, warm human being. i just visited his son who is head of the pbgc and his son josh has a big sign in his office, which is a quote from his father that says we are all should, but we are better than anyone else. forget the language, but it had a big kick out of that. so in 1975 rolled around, it was very, very difficult to deal with the fact the city has solved deficit for the previous eight years by fireweed money. someone had close to $9 billion richer he short-term debt and in no way whatsoever paid it back except by retiring. the big suet of course profited from this process enormously reached the point where they were unwilling to continue because of their potential liability under the provisions of the security law. i happen to be with governor kerry on ma

and the unemployment rate is calculated from the labor force participation rate. and so it is not the entire it is not the entire population, as a percentage of people that are not employed, it is just the people that are actively in the job hunt or actively employed. and so, just for comparison sake, and the yearly data from 2013, shows that the labor force participation rate and the disability community was on average, 20.3 percent. now if you are like me, that sounds really bad. and to compare that the labor rate for the non-disabled community for the same period was 68.9 percent. and so the last slide that i showed, indicated that there was actually a slight decline in the number of and in the unemployment rate in the disability community. but what this chart shows is a lion chart with the top line will show you the labor force participation rate and the bottom line shows the unemployment rate and the disability community, and it shows that there is actually a corresponding decline in the labor force, participation rate for the people with disabilities and com