the unions are reporting they do not have any problems meeting its labor demands for the project. we did have one of safety incident this past quarter, which was a sprained ankle. the employee in question went for treatment and returned to decide the next dthe site the n in december the executive directors, members of the labor union, the contractor, turner construction attended the opening of the new vocational training carpenter shop and john o'connell high school. the carpenters coming out of that session agreed to donate textbooks for the program, and the general contractor's donated a number of pieces of equipment, several toolboxes and other equipment to the facility. more recently last week the remembers of our team went to john busraharah burton high schd presented to groups of ninth graders on engineering and construction trades in the importance of math and science curriculum. we are also looking to carry forward our high school internship program this summer, both with program management team and tpja for what will be our fifth year. earlier last month we meant with the

and when it had come up before, it was usually from the labor unions. position has traditionally been that they don't want to open up the child labor laws, fearing that if we go into those, we may change them in such a way that youths, young people, would be taking jobs away from adults. poussaint: but in this case, public opinion seemed to be on the side of changing the law, and the senator encouraged the youth league to keep up the media pressure. and everyone that heard the story thought the same thing -- this is a no-brainer, we need to change the law. poussaint: meanwhile the senator pursued another strategy behind the scenes. the other strategy was on my part to talk quietly with some of my colleagues who were in good stead with the labor unions and say, "you know, let's not make a big deal out of "you know, the labor issue involved here, "but let's see if we can't work out an accommodation and at least have no opposition to the bill." poussaint: at the same time, the department of labor was feeling the heat. the media firestorm triggered 300 calls

experience love that lasts. ♪ >> sean: labor unions once an american necessity and a means to protectm corporate abuse have turned the table 180 degrees. with the help of those on the left and their deep pockets, labor unions are using violence and intimidation to suppression those who oppose their cause. now with the help of the conservative blog redstate.com, the group work force fairness institute has put out this chilling video. look at this. >> a new seiu intimidation manual uncovers all the dirty details including union mobs targeting managers' homes, charges of racism and sexism, threatening the employer with costly court, and ties of community leaders and organizations. >> every once in a while you get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary. >> i got a letter threatening me if i did not put the poster up. and a public boycott of my business. >> we're told they even held security guards hostage in a booth there. >> we will feet thes fight these until the bitter end. get your camera out of here. it's none of your [bleep] business. get the [bleep] out of here n

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i happen to work at a labor union, which is not a coincidence. that reflects some of the progressive values of the mission district. for those reasons as well as many others, i am speaking in opposition to the project, and would like to explain my point about why i feel it is not needed and not appropriate for that site for the mission district. it is mainly because of who tesco, their parent company, really is. they are a global walmart. this is not a target for the mission district. the idea that has been put forward by the planning department that this site would be continuing as a formula retail use does not have the straight test. and 11-outlet local grocery does technically meet the definition of a formula business, just barely. that is a far cry from an outlet operated by the third largest retailer in the world, tesco. that operate nearly 3000 stores across 14 countries and three continents. it and delano are not remotely the same. the three nearby grocery stores -- foodco, rainbow grocery, and safeway -- are easily within the market area

also msnbc commentator admits to accepting $200,000 from labor unions. bernie goldberg on that. and we hope you stay tuned to those reports. i billion bill factor follow up segment tonight, president obama counting on women to support his re-election as the poll shows american men may well vote republic this time around. mr. obama is portraying himself as a defender of america's rights. that's what the sandra fluke turned out to be. former white house communication director anita dunn now representing ms. fluke free of charge. "the washington times" picked up on that and tried to talk with ms. dunn. >> what role did the white house play in not having sandra fluke appear before congress? >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm great. how are you? >> good. >> you know, i actually am not going to -- news. you can call my office if you would like to get an interview, okay? >> bill: we called her office. she wouldn't talk to me either. in addition to that rosie o'donnell appeared on cnn and said this. >> what has happened that we are fighting again for reproductive rights in america? >>

on one hand some labor unions are in favor of projects of the projects potential for job creation touted in ads like this one. the pipeline will produce or three hundred forty thousand jobs over the next four years. by private industry to produce something american really. stable source of energy produced in north america. now according to union websites it turns out that more union members are actually opposed to the pipeline than those that are in favor of it check out this chart while three point three million union members favorite keystone four point nine million have come out against it and those union members who side with obama say the president has done the right thing putting the environment first and they believe that he stone won't be the answer for the growing gas problem. prices have risen even higher today's national average three sixty five president obama says his republican rivals are using the pain at the pump to score political points yet prices are up another three and a half cents just from yesterday twenty seven cents from a month ago. now some say the keystone pip

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it requires employers -- overarching goal of weakening labor unions. the state senate it is up for debate in the georgia house of representatives. putting a stop to this bill is a priority for our next guest. democrat stacey abrams joins us from atlanta, representative welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you so much for having me. >> you bet. was saying to you earlier, i'm sorry to keep having you on for crazy legislation, but you have been a strong voice against this particular bill. so tell our viewers why. >> two reasons. one the georgia capitol sits at the intersection of martin luther king boulevard and washington, so the architect of freedom of speech and one of its most thoughtful purveyors. and i think it's a slap in the face of the civil rights movement and the history we have. >> the authors are claiming it is to protect private property and the question that people listening might say is that is a reasonable thing. you want to protect people from trespassing, what is the response to that? >> i would ask you to go to your neighbor's

. >> there is a judge granting a request by labor unions today and that means the court will review wordrg goits to voters in june. those reforms include asking employees to krblt more towards retirement. several labor unions believe the current wording may bias voters towards a yes vote. >> there is emotional words producing a kind of visecal reaction in voters thinking of course i better vote for that one. >> the mayor supports measure b. the office called efforts quote an attempt to keep voters have having a voice on retirement reform. >> critics of the california high speed rail started collecting sick tours aimed at giving voters that derailed the ballot box. bullet train critic is running for congress and proposed ballot measure banning californians from selling any additional high speed rail bonds. >> i team broke the story last month. violent shaking in certain jeep vehicles and lawmaker who is now demanding answers. >> and commence made by mitt romney sure to have the obama campaign smiling. >> future of air travel. the efforts to help get you to your destination faster, as well

>> the folks who are the rank and file of the labor unions are not supporting who the labor union supportsmade by a couple of people. so i think there are similarities on both sides. >> jonathan, i have a question about the negativity of these ads. i would say $9 out of $10 have gone towards just negative attack ads. do you think this has been a good thing? and if it's been a bad thing, what would you do to fix it? >> i think it's also how you define negative, right? i don't know that the romney super pac has been running ads about gingrich's ex-wives or anything like that. they've been running ads about l his, you know, getting the money from freddie mac or fannie mae or whatever those issues are. these are issues that are designed to thoehold candidate politicians to account for what they've done in the past. it's not like going and slewing a candidate's family or wives. not negative in that sense. >> jonathan, "washington post" took a poll earlier this week that said, what do folks think of super pacs. should they be legal or illegal. illegal, 69%, legal, 25%. you're not very well liked

as far as i am not aware of any evidence or an dotal evidence of the democrats, labor union or anybodye, they are not exactly going to pick up the phone and call me, are they? >> as for the own efforts to lure michigan democrats to the polls, robo call operation, the santorum campaign told me it only targeted conservative leaning democrats who voted in the past g.o.p. primaries and they only spent a couple of thousand dollars in the process. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> newt gingrich did not compete in arizona or michigan. he is putting in a great deal of time in the state. he was the congressman for georgia. senior national correspondent john roberts tells us gingrich has work to do. >> georgia is a hotbed of conservatism and gathering place for undecided voters. >> i change midmind five times already. >> patty and rick are undecided. they lived here 25 years, voted for newt gingrich in the past and say this time around they just can't. >> i really wanted newt at first. but some of the negative things have pulled him out of it. >> i have always been very proud of him. but

2012, with the mayor's office and the department of human resources regarding negotiations with labor unionsg city employees. president chiu: can we go into closed session without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. if we can ask members of the public and the press to step out of the board chambers.

. >> for people who don't have the right education, connections skills, labor unions are down fewer than 7% of the private sector workforce. so even the big unions like the uaw have to settle for entry-level wages $14 an hour. half the wages of new workers in the uaw. >> the irony is that people believe the reason why we're having such a difficult job keeping jobs is because labor unions are so greedy. if you look at just the composition of labor in the production of a vehicle it's 7% of the cost of a vehicle. right now the uaw has the opportunity to become the broker of great skill. truly the uaw--if they were enableed to organize overseas that would be a whole another thing, but here it's the unions that can up skill the members to create the good quality product. >> exactly. but if we talk about greedy. look at ceo salaries. they used to be 40 times the typical worker three decades ago, they're now 300 times the typical worker. look at what is happening to ceos on wall street and the major brokers and--the private equity fund managers like mitt romney, $20 million, and pays a marginal

a big issue that's uniting the tea party and labor unions as well.tell you about that. >> plus, police in high pursuit of two men who led them on a chase. how the second suspect got away and where he may be. >>> also, rick is checking out the top story on foxnews.com. rick. >> reporter: it's all about politics ahead of today's illinois primary and you heard from a couple of experts at the top of the show. now it's your turn to play pundit. go to the "happening now" home page, foxnews.com, let us know who you think is going to win. right now, newt gingrich with a slight lead. plenty of time for you to vote. we'll have more after a quick break. don't go away. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil no and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ jon: "happening now", they say politics makes strange bed fellows and in an alliance, the tea party joining forces with, get this, labor unions and environmentalists in what could

i actually worked for a laborers union in the new york area.nd i got paid $22 an hour for sweeping floors. i wasn't worth it, i'll tell you that. >> brenda: okay, well, that may be debatable, but jehmu, there's more to this than wages, right? this has a lot to do with worker safety, and other conditions? >> well, right to work states are that for wages, absolutely, and they're bad for workers and bad for people and kill people. and less likely to provide health care to employees and accidents on the job, 53% higher in right to work states. if you look at just the future of job growth in this country. high-tech companies prefer states that have unions, because the workers have better skills, and there's less turnover. that's the future of where jobs are going to grow. >> toby, you want to respond. the latest one from hard vard, over all years in the united states. and just about every fact that jehmu brought up, this was over 30,000 companies and i would go with the facts that when you look, right to work, by the way, simply means that i don't h

. >> good evening sisters and brothers and the labor union members and citizens who have joined us tonight. some things cannot be passed over in silence. some things have to be named. and a number of speakers have named them tonight. we heard the name michelle ree and the superintendent said no, what are you talking about? what does michelle ree recommend? she recommends using the fiscal crisis and the rounds of layoffs that are hurting teachers and paraprofessionals and school communities from new york to california and says use this opportunity to bust the unions. and what a shame it is. we have five commissioners who join the rambings of michelle ree and those who want to destroy the public school system in this country. so let's name what has happened tonight and two weeks ago. well, we don't know what's going to happen tonight. what did the board two weeks ago? they showed disunity and disaffection and created an echo of things we named before. before my time when i was working up at a group home, my brothers and sisters wept on a long bitter strike. that was the same part of the mass

civil-rights organizations, how the rights organizations, labor unions, organizations that work with the lbgt community, the small business community and other organizations that understand what this about. coalition is abroad because everyone in this room, we know we do not want history to repeat itself. it was not too long ago that japanese americans were in turned. because wartime necessity called for it. it was not too long ago, and 1950's, that chinese americans were detained and interrogated during the cold war. it wasn't long ago that african- americans had their phones tapped. it wasn't very long ago that the lgbt community had photographs taken of them and individual residents in san francisco were humiliated and dragged from underground bars. and we know that after 9/11, we have muslim, arab, and south asian brothers and sisters who are being surveiled by the fbi for no other reasons that because of what they look like or what communities they are from. part of what today is about is that we need to stand up and say as a city, we can do better. every meeting at the board of

labor unions have been able to sway the outcome of these decisions. critics have pointed out the flaws of enabling special interest groups to determine the investments. funded by taxpayers. what actions will your administration take to ensure that special interests will not be able to interfere with administrative or legislative decisions? >> we need a whole new generation of appointees. one of the major proposals is to eliminate 130-year-old civil service law laws and replace them with a modern management system. [applause] let me also say, we are going to have to take the public employee unions had on. they have become a very destructive force. there is a reason that president roosevelt was always opposed to public employees having unions. their ultimate employee -- employer was the tax union. -- the ultimate employer was the taxpayer and you could not have union's negotiating against the people. there is a great deal to be said about government unions being dangerous. if we are truly serious about saving money, we have to look at union-way to set a

2012, with the mayor's office and the department of human resources regarding negotiations with labor unionsg city employees. president chiu: can we go into closed session without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. if we can ask members of president chiu: . ladies and gentlemen, we are out of our closed session on item 24. could i entertain a motion to not disclose the deliberations we had in closed sessions. motion by supervisor farrell, seconded by supervisor avalos. with that, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor campos for the late dorra shin amonte and for the late jake wilson, bulldog mayor of haight street. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? clerk: that concludes the business for today, mr. president chiu chiu president chiu: . cleex, we are adjourned. >> you know, i spent this morning with a number of department heads, and thanking them for their wonderful contributions for the heart of the city charity contribution this mo

nec is asking labor unions to accept a monthly pay cut. the japanese electronics maker propose that wages be reduced for 4% for nine months. the proposal is the latest of planned cost kwuting measures. they include slashing 10,000 jobs in the group. nec has been hit hard by the strong yen and flooding in thailand. i projects a loss of over $1 billion for the net business year ending this month. here are the latest market figures. >> a japanese kor on thursday acquitted a man who had once been sentenced to death. the man was found guilty of murdering two people. he has denied the charges. a secret at the crime scene turned the decision around. on thursday the court handed down the not guilty verdict citing the lack of evidence that the 54-year-old prison guard was at the crime scene. he was charged with killing his daughter-in-law and her baby son and setting their residence on fire in 2002. his dan was found on a cigarette butt among 72 such butts left in an ashtray on the stairway. but no direct evidence was found at the scene. he was sen

she was very worried about allowing the federal government to get its nose into the labor union matters, that they would need the labor movement a captive of changing the political winds and it might hurt the labor movement in the future. she wanted the national labor relations board to be under the labor department showed she could better control it but she was so unpopular and there was so much sex is some against her on capitol hill that the decision was purposely made not for her to head the national labor relations board. she picked many of the board members in fact i think she picked them all. she had to talk to 200 people before she finds three people that are willing to take those hot seat jobs. even then in the depression when jobs were hard to get it was known being in a job trying to negotiate labor relations was going to be a hot seat. she had been fearful that there would be many additional changes, legal changes to what name over the years that could harm the labor movement. she believed in the right to organize. she had gotten it written into the act that the workers had