if this bipartisan deal can be agreed on and really challenges where the labor unions sit, can that haveger term or wider implications for the labor movement in the u.s.? >> well, that is one of the things that we've been looking at. you negotiatiknow, labor has ta in some sort of surprising places like michigan in recent years. you know, certainly this would be a blow to the labor unions. they have had a pretty amicable relationship with both republicans and democrats up to this point. but it will set off what i believe will be some pretty hostile interactions between the unions and these lawmakers going forward. >> so what impact does this sort of a credit crunch have for the state of illinois and the taxpayers? >> well, the repeated failures by the lawmakers to come up with a solution for this problem has led the credit rating agencies to downgrade illinois's rating multiple times over the last several years. illinois now has the lowest credit rating of any state in the nation. that mean when is they go to sell bonds, borrow money, for capital projects, roads, things it like that, tax

until its demands are met the largest labor union says you refuse to talk to the government. an emergency meeting of union member of representatives monday. after you decided to drop out of the tripartite commission a plea for management and government. the decision to separate the official channel of da lat the conditions labor unions and governments as the f eighteen was a solo group representing the bird in the tripartite commission which was launched in nineteen ninety eight. corio decision to hire around five hundred new workers to replace the striking really workers is also upset the labor groups. in a cabinet meeting tuesday prime minister taiwan called on the striking railway workers returned to work. think of every man has already given its word not to privatize coal rail. nancy at denny's before your dna. and another began. get the latest line from seoul expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint of the covert its global network and why on arrival that is seventeen always on standby. south. slc again clashes between rebel forces and the government has led

number fell dramatically over the next decade or so thanks in large part to the destruction of labor unions in the private sector economy by the one nine hundred ninety s. there was an average of only thirty five work stoppages every year and in recent years there's hardly been any in two thousand and nine there were just five stoppages and here we are today looking at two in just the last week and this is indicative of a larger trend we've seen over the last two years as not just fast food workers have repeatedly walked off the job along with wal-mart workers but also teachers in chicago poor workers in baltimore truckers in oakland slow but steady we're seeing the reemergence of the confrontational labor class this chart showing massive downfall and large labor actions it's actually trending up. which is what you would expect given the current economic situation in america given the historical in destructive levels of wealth inequality where and as a percentage of g.d.p. corporate profits have never been higher and workers' wages have never been lower and the low wage industry is now beco

number fell dramatically over the next decade or so thanks in large part to the destruction of labor unions in the private sector economy by the one nine hundred ninety s. there was an average of only thirty five work stoppages every year and in recent years there's hardly been any in two thousand and nine there were just five stoppages and here we are today looking at two in just the last week and this is indicative of a larger trend we've seen over the last two years as not just fast food workers have repeatedly walked off the job along with wal-mart workers but also teachers in chicago poor workers in baltimore truckers in oakland slow but steady we're seeing the reemergence of the confrontational labor class this chart showing massive downfall and large labor actions it's actually trending up. which is what you would expect given the current economic situation in america given the historical in destructive levels of wealth inequality where and as a percentage of g.d.p. corporate profits have never been higher and workers' wages have never been lower and the low wage industry is now beco

for campaign donations and labor unions are counting on them to protect their pensions and protect their right to strike. >> yes, so they kind of sink or swim together, but there could be a fissure developing between unions and the democratic party. >> okay. all very interesting. thanks, scott. >> you bet. >> i'm scott schaefer, thank you so much for joining us. >> and i'm tui vu. have a good night. i don't want to be studied. me, neither. we're being turned into lab rats. it's degrading. here they come. it's just through here. oh, might not be so bad after all. right, this is brian lane, gerry standing and jack halford. great to meet you. i'm samantha gerson. i'm a psychologist. well, you just call me gerry. okay, gerry. hi. hello. as you know, we've been asked by d.a.c. strickland to assist samantha in her o.m.i.p. study. i've assured him that we're extremely happy to take part. yeah, more than happy. perhaps you'd like to tell them what you've got planned. absolutely. today i'll be observing how you work, define "normally". what? i'm just trying to get my head round what's expected.

for campaign donations and labor unions are counting on them to protect their pensions and protect their right to strike. >> yes, so they kind of sink or swim together, but there could be a fissure developing between unions and the democratic party. >> okay. all very interesting. thanks, scott. >> you bet. >> i'm scott schaefer, thank you so much for joining us. >> and i'm tui vu. have a good night. production was produced in high definition. ♪ >>> calories, calories, calories! >> wow, it rocked my world! >> it just kind of reminded me of boot camp. >> i don't know what you had, but this is great! >> it almost felt like sort of country club food to me. >> don't touch it. it's hot! >> i gotta tell you, you people are getting me all excited with

for campaign donations and labor unions are counting on them to protect their pensions and protect their right to strike. >> yes, so they kind of sink or swim together, but there could be a fissure developing between unions and the democratic party. >> okay. all very interesting. thanks, scott. >> you bet. >> i'm scott schaefer, thank you so much for joining us. >> and i'm tui vu. have a good night. >>> on this edition for sunday, december 15th, nelson mandela is laid to rest, we'll look at the future of south africa without him. >>> president obama reviews america's surveillance program, what changes are in store, and in our signature segment, what banks can learn about serving the poor. >> when you walk into a check casher, you see the fees for every services posted in huge front. you walk into a bank, and there is no signage at all. >> next on pbs "news hour weekend". >>> pbs news hour

. >>> a new poll found the dispute may be eroding support for labor unions in general. 45 percent of the people surveyed think unions do more harm than good and people who feel labor unions who do more good than harm fell to 42 percent. a majority of people in the bay area were in favor of a ban ordinary reason transit strikes -- on transit strikes. >>> and an update on a story we brought you earlier about making the city for bicycle friendly. >> reporter: today we were told getting to the scene of an emergency is getting difficult. the city has scene more bicycle and bus traffic lane and lanes aimed at keeping pedestrians safe. >> these changes are about making our roads safer whether it's for safer bike lanes or safer crossing. >> it's kind of a mixed bag is how we seat it right -- see it right now. >> reporter: first units are arriving in about five and a half minutes, almost 8 seconds slower than last year. they're dealing with construction and projects tying up the streets but fire department officials feel the bicycle lanes may slow down the fire engines. >> they're actually mo

would not be in the white house if not for the efforts and boots on the ground and support of labor unions. >> and a fierce advocate for labor yups received hundreds of thousands from the unions. is this a sandal? >> what gifts to the throw wise men bring? ni don't remember that. >> and the christmas edition. is it ho, ho, ho. or oh, no, no, no. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone, a fact that begins right now. hi, i am bill o'rielly and thanks for watching us tonight. the true spirit of santa claus. that is the subject of the talking points memo. mrs. megyn kelliy causing controversy that santa is a white man and so is jesus after an internet colume expressed concern for the caucasian profile. immediately, immediately the far left was outraged. >> no wonder we have trouble creating america without a racial divide. santa maybe you can leave a little racial imagination and tollerance in our christmas stockings. >> that would be nice. but one wonders why anyone is bothering for this. historical truth is, the prototype for nicholas was white and born in 280 a d in asia minor a

japan's largest labor union has decided to ask employers to implement base pay hikes. it's the first time in five years the federation has made such a request. the annual labor negotiations will kick off late next month. >>> japan's consumer price index rose for the sixth straight month in november, getting close to the bank of japan's target. internal affairs ministry officials says the consumer price index rose 1.2% last month from a year ago. the index does exclude volatile fresh food prices. gasoline rose nearly 9%, electricity up over 8%. a price hike in tv sets also contributed to the gain. meanwhile, japan's job data for november were also released. internal affairs officials say the jobless rate was 4%. the figure remains unchanged for a third month in a row. people without jobs declined to about 2.5 million, while those with jobs was up to more than 63.7 million. labor ministry officials say job availability improved. they say there were 100 vacancies for every 100 job seekers. this is the first time in six years the ratio is 1:1. by industry, job availability

the conflict became an asian railway corporation and its labor union is not expected to subside anytime soon and the commencement decision tuesday evening to disney's an additional fifteen hunter railway union workers from their posts. falling of removal of more than four thousand on monday. a total of five thousand nine hundred forty one union workers are now out of work for calling a strike to stand against what they believe is to move the privatized rail. members of korean railway board meeting have approved this sad episode theory firm to repeat its trains connecting southern solitude the central and southern provinces of tomtom go and tidy that bill aitken to sixteen. union members at the train operators staged protests outside of coral building a support meeting was being held. in response to the striker rail has asked police to investigate illegal labor actions and construction of work and are meant to be unionized workers sacre rails key tx plants can result in mass layoffs and fare hikes. the company denies the claim saying the new unit will be forty one percent and fifty nine

but so far the labor unions -- they're a a very strong voice in san francisco, but -- >> let's take aook at the new poll that was released last week. 45 percent of registered california voters think unions do more harm than good. 52 believe they should not be allowed to strike. the poll was taken in the weeks following the second bart strike. so the numbers are clear that the legislation tors who are trying to push barring public transit strikes, they might have the public's opinion on their side. >> it's interesting also that a lot of those numbers in the big shift, that's not the way it was a year or so ago as far as pea out looks on unions. including right here in the bay area. whether sacramento decides so bar strikes or not, i will tell you between the strikes and the pensions, what we have here is a change in feeling. if that change is going on here in the bay area which has been a labor stronghold, then that message to the union leaders ought to be taken. because the leadership ought to take a look at that and say they've got some work cut out to change public's person exceptio

meanwhile the government said it would consult with the employers and labor unions to come up with new legislation that would clearly reflect the court's ruling. quality audio mix. relations between seoul and tokyo took another step back on wednesday over japan's most recent on justifying plane to korea stoke aligned with our canning hill has more on seoul's form of complaints that the japanese embassy in seoul. korea on wednesday summoned the deputy chief of the japanese embassy in school will take us to cry to protest japan's mean you claim to korea's east to most i look so cool. it comes one day after coco released a new national security strategy outlined which places a priority for a resolution to the standoff over the islets which curry and control don't cry korea's foreign ministry protests in the fresh claim and demanded that totally could lead to that old age the media leak from a security paper. christ said he would convey the message to the japanese government. scholes for ministry took a strong tone wednesday in response the new defence policy paper the second covers most r

police raided the offices of the country every other row corporations labor unions in seoul on tuesday morning. taking away documents and computer hard drives. hundreds of police officers lined up on the street outside to quell any possible unrest authorities also try to enforce arrest warrants that were issued on monday for ten union members but there are a lot by crowds of union members from gaining access to them. the strike is now set a record by going on dates. it's starting to take a toll on relief services nationwide. the country every euro corporation or a cool trail of the cute its operations after tx express trains quite often spend on tuesday for the first time since the strike began. still bleed services were scaled down seven percent on monday directly affecting commuters were having to wait longer than usual. with the disruption to train services. i was late my classes and meetings. it's been a very knowing. due to the railroad like to see more traffic congestion during rush hours to delay my rifle for us. and the prospects for further reductions in the number of cakes ye

thermometer, tea party is really not like labor unions. chris christie has made a reputation for being very anti- labor. that's an indication he does not love the guy. his numbers have gotten worse with the party republican since he embraced obama after the hurricane. nominee,s up being the i am not sure that it's going to happen, but if he were, there are these things there that they can convince themselves they like. election, they will come around. >> i want to add to that. the one thing for chrstie that romney did not possess is that there is one thing they can point to and say, we really like this. that was not there with romney. i think the chris christie video where he was going off on teachers and teachers unions is something. they played at me very happy. with romney, there was nothing they could .2. point 2. >> the democrats have to nominate somebody. hillary clinton will generate a similar amount of dislike. we will have the same thing. whether it is hillary or -- wait, for now. >> she had a higher rating into that -- december 20

union. i was thinking i wanted to be the best laborer. i showed up everyday and ready to work and eager to learn. these methods put me ahead of the game. after work is close to 20 years on labor on many different projects, one can say i was well-rounded. i excelled in in craft and moved up the food chain. i heard a co-workers said he should have gotten his contractors license and a light came on. i sought my contractors license. i was one of the key employees. i thought i finally made it when there wasn't many black foremans and superintendant. that same year i obtained my contractors license. [ applause ] i had no idea i would be doing business. this was in fact a personal accomplishment of mine of a college degree. i continued to work for that company for two more years. it was not until 2007 when i quit my $100,000 job to my multimillion dollar business. who would guess i would excel in this as well. i invested countless numbers of hours and i obtained help through the bayview renaissance center through business development skills and

shults who frequently promotes labor unions on his show was paid $252,000 by union groups between 2012epartment of labor. now those payments, they came from aflcio electrical workers, postal workers and others. they were used for advertisements and speaking engagements. all of the funds for speaking engagements were allegedly donated to charity. >>> a police chief has a message for kanye west after the singer compared performing on stage to the danger that a police officer or a soldier faces every day. a police chief in ohio posted a letter for the singer on facebook suggesting that he abandon his career as a superstar and join the military. >> someone equating being a performer to being in a war. >> the comparison isn't even remotely close. >> oliver quoted kanye -- or called kanye, quote, as misguided as they came. he signed off with this warning to west, check yourself before you wreck yourself. >>> "saturday night live" adding a black female member to its cast by january. the show has faced a lot of criticism for lack of diversity. in fact, it was part of a skit in a recent episode

unions will continue contract talks today. they started negotiations yesterday over one clause in the labor contract. he unions have already voted to ratify the contract, but bart management says the paid family leave act was included in the contract by mistake. the talks yesterday were the first formal negotiations since october 21st. a federal mediator is participating. a new poll out this morning suggests that california voters are gradually taking a more negative view of organized labor. the slide in support represents a flip from a survey taken two years ago when more voters favored unions. now, 45-percent of registered voters say labor unions do more harm than good. we have newly released video that shows the crash of asiana flight 2-14. this time, the video shows the perspective from the control tower at s-f-o. you can see the plane coming in on approach. then, it hits the seawall and almost jumps onto the runway. the momentum of the crash sends the plane spinning in the air, before finally resting off the runway. the plane was found to be too low on approach. the pilot disconnected the autopil

care plan the laborers union will continue to look for opportunities to fix this egregious tax on our members and their families. remember, the unions fought to help the president get elected and fought to pass the affordable care act. when the president extended employers from joining obama care until 2015, the unions felt left at the altar. the unions demanded tax breaks and subsidies, arguing that health care would result in union workers losing both hours and jobs. remember this? listen. >> we'll be damned if we are going to lose health insurance because of unintended consequences in the law. it needs to be changed. it needs to be fixed. it needs to be fixed now, brothers and sisters. >> the administration said no to the subsidies and now very quietly, megyn, they are pushing the new fee reducing tax and it could give them a pass and pass the costs on to somebody else. megyn? >> all right, thank you. >>> joining me with more senator rob johnson from wisconsin. he cosponsored the union fairness act which would prevent the administration from doing this. we talked about this before.

had allowed twenty two of the top lock these opinions get to sit down under the auspices of the labor union bosses union the study are free. i the human rights union and the lawyers union. and for many many weeks we have worked very hard to reach an agreement on that the new prime minister that is forming now a new government that is temporary that would lead us to elections due in no constitution into the second stage of what i call the peaceful out that the on the awesome power. so this is what is happening such a cruel ask in a moment how long you think that second stage is going to last but i just wanted to show more viewers. some images from today in city boozy where it all began. several rallies to mark the third anniversary of the uprising see the boozy the country's highest unemployment rate more than twenty four percent where organizers of today's events more and the president the speaker of parliament and the outgoing prime minister well two to stay away my moniker march. why are they on welcome. it is abstract political debates in the capital of the dishes. it is due. the constit

to place competition in the market with the apartheid -- tripartite system with labor unions, both with little power, and the state. corporate institutions and policies aimed at social protection and solidarity. these economies were conspicuous with their patronage and lobbying, not to mention cronyism and nepotism. mussolini, a leading corporatist, promised higher productivity through innovation without actually arranging it. corporatists and socialists have continued to this day to claim that their systems boost economic performance, at least on their measures of good performance. the data from 1980s and 1990s do not support those claims. indeed the more socialist economy did not excel unemployment in the '80s and '90s. the more corporatist economies did not excel a growth. those economies have proved so woefully lacking in innovation, indigenous or even exogenous, think they've been unable to realize their own goals. my book tests the thesis that highly prospering nations require high dynamism, and for that pair has to be high in modern values. to simplify the investigation, the book

did you putth money into that fd or is that fund, from labor unions trying to organize you so then youan pay them dues? >> no, well, like i said, well, i, the money, like i said, comes from the union. obviously people that are actually, youly know, supporting us. you know, other workers as well. and like other organizers that are actually supporting us. melissa: all right. luis, good luck to you. thank you for coming on. stay in school so that you can get more training, so that you can not work in mcdonald's and support thosed' people. i myself started in a minimum wage job. you need to get skills to move on, okay, my friend? >> thank you so much. melissa: and the war goes on. to get some real reaction what is going on, i turned to former chairman of the national labor relations board, peter some berg. i think a lot said in that interview speaks for itself. what is your reaction? >> it certainty does. you asked some very good questions and you hit it on the head and so did he. these are entry level, seasonal part-time jobs, when the fast-food worker improves himself and graduate from s

san francisco there is word that bay area rapid transit officials bart and labor unions have reach a deal after eight months of discussion. they wanted to add an additional paid medical leave for employees. employees will now have paid leave flexibility in the event of a family death. >>> a big job is underway for nasa astronauts right now. they're conducting a spacewalk trying to repair a damaged coolant pump. this is a tricky mission but i know you can explain it. >> reporter: this incident happened shortly after the space station experienced a cooling system failure this past wednesday. the spacewalk started at 7:00 a.m. eastern and is expected to last for six and a half hours. you're looking at live video feed. this is live pictures which is why the picture is breaking you up of the repair, the spacewalk and we'll cut in to the mission control as well. two nasa astronauts with three spacewalks, this being the first. they're trying to fix a giant pump with a faulty valve. the broken cooling pump is about the size of a refrigerator. let's listen in on the spacewalk from earlier thi

the transit agency and its labor unions have reached a deal averting a third strike and finally ending the dispute over a contract provision on six weeks paid medical leer. under the compromise, the contested provision is gone but b.a.r.t. will be expanding its bereavement leave policy to allow workers paid time off in the event of the death of a grandchi grandchild, step parent of a spouse, or a domestic partner. >> this was a compromise. b.a.r.t. got what they wanted and we got some of the stuff we wanted. that was beneficial to everybody, even the stuff that we wanted will be beneficial for the system. >> b.a.r.t.'s general manager grace crunican released a written statement saying after eight months of uncertainty, this deal will guarantee every ounce of the agency's focus will be directed to providing great service to the bay area during the peak holiday period and beyond. the deal also includes upgrades of the employee break rooms at the daily city, mill gray, and west oakland b.a.r.t. stations. they say they plan to ratify the deal as soon as possible but they have not yet speci

he's going to exempt the labor union and he's going to bail the insurance companies. it's unbelievable. >> one of my biggest problems with this on top of the money is that again it's the white house dealing directly behind the american people's back, going to the insurance companies and saying, look, if you have losses don't worry about it, we'll take care of that. just don't tell anyone. >> well, i have a problem with that, too, eric. i think your viewers are smart because they understand that you can't have this president be a socialist and then he's a mmunist as wayne said but he's bailing out the insurance companies and obama care in and of itself is a bailout. this is not a government takeover of health care as so many of your guests say on a weekly basis. you can't have it both ways. this program brings 31 million new customers into their bank accounts. >> let's be honest, john. >> what part of this isn't controlled by government. it hits the nail on the head. this isn't capitalist, liberty, this isn't america. this is fascism, an economy that's supposedly priva

orchestrated strikes and protests are part of an effort to build momentum to raise the minimum wage by labor unions, democrats and advocacy groups but there will be a push back from small businesses and the restaurant industry. >> doubling the base wage and driving wage and labor costs up as dramatically as a $15 an hour minimum wage, would have a very dramatic impact on the cost of goods and work force planning at restaurants across the country. >> reporter: the protest nationwide has mixed results. turnouts varied at any given location and it's not certain how many workers actually walked off the job or just how much business was impacted. for "nightly business report", i'm hampton pearson in washington. >>> treasury secretary jack lew says the largest economies need to tighten up the financial regulations to avoid a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. he wants them to meet the standard of banking laws. >> with the completion of the vocal rule, resolution authority, stronger capital, the tools of financial reform are being used to make the financial system safer and hold financial institutions r

along with one job comes others it's valuable to our tourism and the labor unions know this that's why their backing up this. they know the jobs are being created because the talent is here. we've got to keep the talent here. people spent years getting those mbas. we spent money and investment in those i did not know stuts students then they have to leave with the trouble are the visas and in their prime when the economics of their ideas is right there in front of us we can't get the kind of you immigration talent we have that's a failure of our country. >> mayor lee great points. >> maria od democrat what's that argument the white house uses as we talk about comprehensive reform. >> first, i want to reiterate itself finding to congress it the immigration reform will play a role in our reducing our national deficit. i think we need to recognize with is a surge of the boarder need to see the surge it will bring to our economy. mayor lee hit it. the supporting business and keeping the right talent will create more jobs. so we continue to drive that messages home. the majority of american

did you put money in that fund or is that money and funds from labor unions trying to organize you and you can pay them dues? >> no, well, like i said, well, i, the money like i said, comes from the union. obviously people that are actually, you know, supporting us. you know. other workers as well. and like other organizers that are actually supporting us. melissa: uh-huh. all right. luis, good luck to you. thank you for coming on. stay in school so that you can get more training so that you can not work in mcdonald's to support those people. i myself started in minimum wage job. you need to get skills to move on. okay, my friend. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. and the war goes on. here with reaction is former chairman ever the national labor relations board. i think there was a lot said in that interview that speaks for itself. >> certainly does. melissa: what is your reaction? >> you have asked some very good questions and you hit it on the head, and so did he. these are entry level, seasonal, part-time jobs, when fast-food worker proves themselves, graduate from school to move

. >> reporter: the national restaurant association says most fast food workers are happy and labor unions are staining these demonstrations. >> you cannot be an employee and be demanding salary based on your needs. salaries have to be based on the economy and what the economy in the area can bear. >> reporter: organizers say they are planning more protests in the future. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> well, the stars sure came out last night in rockefeller center. the christmas tree is now in place. mayor michael bloomberg turned on the lights that illuminated a dazzling display of 45,000 multicolored led lights. it's a 76-foot spruce tree from connecticut. it is part of a ceremony that dates back to 1933. this tree you see here will be on display till january 7. afterward it is will be milled into lumber and it will be donated to habitat for humanity. >>> the holiday decorations are up inside the white house. first lady michele obama helped usher in the christmas season with the help of members of the military. but the event will be remembered by some for the behavior of t

operating agreements required to pay for prevailing wages with respect to bargaining agreements and labor unions, the amount of allocated wage increased compared to 2013, and the amount of 2014 and compares to 2013 and finally the proposed prevailing wage raise themselves. we know any increase as a result of the proposed prevailing wage rates depends on future contract bids and which results on higher rates. there are such potential increase cost to the city cannot be estimated at this time. inform are that reason we consider this approval of the decision be for policy decision for the board of supervisors. >> at this time we'll open to public comment? anyone wishing to comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. >> we can do so without opposition. thank you very much. at this point wei go back to the beginning. please call item no. 1. >> the clerk: item no. 1. lease terjs agreement literacy for environmental justice. l 13816 eco center. resolution authorizing the mutual termination agreement between the port and literacy for environmental justice for

bart labor unions and management reached a tentative agreement on a contract item. >> it happened early this morning in utah. gay couples are getting married after a judge said a marriage ban was unconstitutional. >> also interpreting, memorials will be held in the u.k. and u.s. marking the 25th anniversary of the bombing that killed 270 people. >>> harry potter, the popular books, are now being turned into a stage play. >>> and christmas only four days left. you can follow us on twitter at cbssf. >> you still have shopping to do? >> all the shopping. >> i do, too. work cut out for us. >>> our weather forecast, if you're heading out today, nothing's going to impede you from doing the last minute holiday shopping. going to make it into the 60s in most areas. a mild and relatively sunny afternoon all throughout the bay area. we are going to see this weather pattern continuing for the next seven days. no rain in sight. and yeah, you see the forecast there for christmas. nothing but sunny skies today. the first day of winter. it arrives officially at 9:11 a.m. >>> tomorrow on kpix 5 this mo

that includes the labor unions, or at least a lot of them. they're exempt. get this right. the big guys, business -- big business and big labor once again are the winners, and small business is the loser. is that fair? is that true? >> that's exactly what they're doing. what you'll hear in the next several days is democratic congressmen and senators acting as if big insurance companies and big companies are going to be paying this tax because they'll have to deal with the fact there's this tax coming this year starting in 2014. but they've written the regulation so that labor unions don't pay it, about 80% of larger companies, insurance for those companies doesn't bay it. it really is targeted at small businesses. you've already seen them attack the individual market with taxes on health savings accounts and flexible savings accounts and your ability to insure as an individual, making that difficult. those are the people being pushed out off the edge of a cliff and promised some sort of deal in the future. they're now going after small companies. >> that's r

neighborhood and labor unions and community based organizations and messaging through the current newsletter on how dollars are at work. with that, we are here to listen to you and to hear what additional things besides just the technical cost of service but what additional rate design, policy items, water budgets, green incentives, whatever they are that you would like us to be able to be prepared to talk to you in january and february as the rate study gets completed. it is by no way complete now. it's a time now whenever your policy input would be most valuable. >> do you have a preference for what that takes? there is no action here, right? >> there is no action but the list of questions on slide 10 and 16 those are so bigger picture policy ideas and you have input on environmental incentives and after the ability. for affordability we already gave you the adoptions in our affordability. we tighten those down. that is already in the report. if there is anything you would like, as commissioner moran as the idea for affordability for number of households in the city that exceed the 2.5 per

more jobs has labor unions lining up behind the project. but for folks on board the toxic tour, there are plenty of unanswered questions. >> how are we going to reduce pollution levels by revitalizing a plant out of commission? >> mark kelly, kpix 5. >> chevron said it must make some of these changes because of the state's strict environmental regulations. >>> federal investigators are expected to release a final report monday on last year's fire at chevron's richmond refinery. it will wrap up the investigation and include recommendations to prevent future problems. the fire sent a plume of smoke into the air causing thousands to seek medical treatment resulting in chevron closing for months. richmond filed a lawsuit over the fire. >>> four people dead following a police chase and crash in compton. take a look at what's left of the car. sheriff's deputies believed it was involved in a drive-by shooting and tried to stop it. the driver sped through a red light and slammed into another car which flipped, hit a wall and burst into flames killi

more jobs has labor unions lining up behind the project, but for affordable care folks on board the toxic tour, there are plenty of questions. >> how are we going to reduce pollution levels by revitalizing a plant? >> in pittsburgh, mark kelly, kpix5. >> they say they must make some of these changes because of regulations. >>> the government is going to wrap up the investigation from last year's fire at chevron. the fire sent up a huge plume of smoke. chevron shut down the refinery for months afterwards. richmond has filed a lawsuit against chevron. >>> senator fines texas ford ein's approval is 43%. boxers went up in the new poll. feinstein's approval rating last year was 53%. >> cracking down on drivers. how we make sure drivers stay safe during the holidays. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure

. >> there is great support in california for labor union movements but now, it's becoming dominated by public employee unions. there is a change innocentment. >> bart and unions have two sections scheduled for next week. >> the medical examiner's results under regarding the death of a patient nouned a stairwell at san francisco general hospital. vic lee is live with the results for us. vic sf >> reporter: again, the ten page medical report says lynn spalding died from causes other than blunt trauma, meaning she did not die from a fall down the stairs into this stairwell as one might think. there were no injuries to the head. the medical examiner says spalding died from probable electrolight imbalance with delirium due to come politics of chronic ethanolism. that means possible liver damage and extreme die high duration, causing a foern lose salt and important body fluids which could cause brain damage. this complicated by a history of alcoholism. now, medical examiners often use ethanolism interchangebly with alcoholism. she was admitted for a bladder infection, her body found 17 day

more jobs has labor unions lining up behind the project. for folks on board the toxic tour, there are plenty of unanswered questions. >> how are we going to reduce pollution levels by revitalizing a plant that has been out of commission? >> in pittsburgh, kpix5. >> senator, dianne feinstein's approval rating is now at its lowest level in years. that's according to a new field poll. it came in at 43%. that's a significant drop from a year ago when it was 53%. meanwhile, senator barbra boxer's approval rating has improved to its highest level since 2010. she is slightly ahead of feinstein. as for congress as a whole, it's approval rating is 11%. all right, bert watch your back at one bay area shopping center. >> christmas time crooks trying to trick people out of their money. we'll tell you who they are targeting and how it works. >> one of the places you don't want to be caught drunk. it's a dui check point. they are all over this holiday season. we'll tell you about that coming up. ects dela. >> and another live look at south africa where t