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union kill the herald tribune? the issue wasn't really wages or cost of labor. would have closed. there is no way to let the unions off the hook as the ones who put the knife to its throat. who pulled the knife? they did. the new york times and daily news prospered even as the herald tribune expired. we asked richard gill why. here was a shifting of both the business demand curves and the union-determined supply curve in the newspaper industry. for a prosperous paper its situation before the settlements would appear like this. its demand curve is strongly affected by the printers' productivity. the supply curve is really the union-determined wage. we have equilibrium at this wage with this number of printers. now two things happen. unions demanded higher wages. so the supply curve of labor shifted up here. but also the times introduced more highly automated typesetting machinery. this greatly raised the productivity of printers. since the demand curve for labor reflects printers' productivity, the new demand curve might look like this. here's the final situation
union kill the herald tribune? the issue wasn't really wages or cost of labor. would have closed. there is no way to let the unions off the hook as the ones who put the knife to its throat. who pulled the knife? they did. the new york times and daily news prospered even as the herald tribune expired. we asked richard gill why. here was a shifting of both the business demand curves and the union-determined supply curve in the newspaper industry. for a prosperous paper its situation before the...
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high-tech area, california massachusetts where there's new industries being developed, there's no labor union there. so labor has a particular responsibility which is to look out for people in their union roles who pay uses and their families. you've got a lot of this depending -- as tip o'neill would say, all lipsticks local. i mean clearly you'll get a different view from the senator from virginia than you get from the senator from pennsylvania. i think you're right, i think paul ryan's probably got a case. there's going to have to be a good number of democrats who step forward. more than, say the 20 or so we hear in the house. but it doesn't make sense for trading states like new york and washington state and california and states where there's a lot of financing of trade where people are trading all the time, where industry depends on international trade to be against this thing. does make sense for the rust belt areas. i think a lot of people are under union discipline now, they don't want to make enemies of organized labor, they're opposing it because of pressure. i think that's how --
high-tech area, california massachusetts where there's new industries being developed, there's no labor union there. so labor has a particular responsibility which is to look out for people in their union roles who pay uses and their families. you've got a lot of this depending -- as tip o'neill would say, all lipsticks local. i mean clearly you'll get a different view from the senator from virginia than you get from the senator from pennsylvania. i think you're right, i think paul ryan's...
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union. legendary labor and civil rights advocate dolores huerta. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> hinojosa: dolores huerta, you are an icon in the latino community, the cofounder of the united farm workers union. you have your own foundation now, the dolores huerta foundation. it's truly an honor to have you on our show. >> well, thank you, maria. it's an honor to be here. >> hinojosa: so a lot of people probably may not immediately know your name. but if you say united farm workers, if you say cesar chavez, if you say the grape boycott of the 1970s, then people kind of start piecing it together. but you are an extraordinary leader in your own right, dolores. and i kind of wonder, how do you put that into place, where on the one hand you were side by side this amazing leader, cesar chavez, and yet you were a leader onto yourself, but always a little bit behind the scenes. >> i think we did different tasks. i mean, i was pretty visible, actually. maybe not in the media, but-- excuse me-- i was in charge of negotiations, i r
union. legendary labor and civil rights advocate dolores huerta. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> hinojosa: dolores huerta, you are an icon in the latino community, the cofounder of the united farm workers union. you have your own foundation now, the dolores huerta foundation. it's truly an honor to have you on our show. >> well, thank you, maria. it's an honor to be here. >> hinojosa: so a lot of people...
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a lot of interest groups, labor unions in particular, are not in favor of free trade as the president is. i want to ask you a couple of questions. what do you see, and how would you vote on this trade partnership? and secondly, how do you think it would help wages for low income wage earners in the united states? what would it do about the wage gap? rep. wasserman schultz: one thing i will tell you is that when it comes to negotiating a trade agreement, i have a lot more confidence in president obama handling those negotiations than i did when we had a republican as president. i voted both for and against trade agreements. i voted against cafta. i voted for columbia and south korea. i am taking a close look at tpp and tpa, and taking a look at environmental considerations and labor standards. i would give you a little pushback on your characterization that we have a lot of democrats who are against free trade. democrats are generally for fair trade. we want to make sure that when we passed a trade agreement in the united states, we are getting a good deal and that when it comes to bal
a lot of interest groups, labor unions in particular, are not in favor of free trade as the president is. i want to ask you a couple of questions. what do you see, and how would you vote on this trade partnership? and secondly, how do you think it would help wages for low income wage earners in the united states? what would it do about the wage gap? rep. wasserman schultz: one thing i will tell you is that when it comes to negotiating a trade agreement, i have a lot more confidence in president...
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it's been about 100000 not being part of the union and since it's a thousand dollars per person if $100 million every year out of the pockets of organized labor that is the conservative number that is high here as the unions. as a result the efforts are talking to people that are policed against. they are waiting at six to get the calls. showing up with 20 people on the bus. you have to get a lawyer down. it happened. they didn't have the money for it anymore. in. the way that the unions worked to move from pole to pole they couldn't afford to do that because they don't have the money because they can't take it without people's permission anymore. he has dramatically changed the bar for what a successful governor looks like. if he is the president, every governor has to go through the checklist and to do that in order to be considered a republican in good standing and that would change the country. in texas, governor rick perry strong governor, 14 years as governor texas very good narrative. bobby jindal if this is going to be a campaign he did a dramatic expansion of school choice for education to the ethics law in louisiana and minnesota ha
it's been about 100000 not being part of the union and since it's a thousand dollars per person if $100 million every year out of the pockets of organized labor that is the conservative number that is high here as the unions. as a result the efforts are talking to people that are policed against. they are waiting at six to get the calls. showing up with 20 people on the bus. you have to get a lawyer down. it happened. they didn't have the money for it anymore. in. the way that the unions worked...
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labor leaders call it a union besting measure. >>> we had a nice day. tomorrow we'll see changes. some areas tomorrow will be close to 10 degrees cooler than today. as we go into sunday for the blue cross broad street run, perfect racing weather. i'll show you that forecast in a second. today we did get to 77 degrees. tomorrow we'll be in the upper 60s. closer to average but a lot cooler than today. friday we're down around 60 degrees. by saturday and into the weekend we start warming up a bit. as far as the pollen is concerned, you can see why. the levels have been high near a 10. tomorrow they will stay high. for friday you'll get a little bit of relief. they will go down a bit. as we go into saturday and the weekend those levels go right back up. your allergies will keep acting up. friday will be the only day where we see more relief. locally we're dry but we'll see the clouds increase tomorrow. most moisture will be staying down to our south with a system forming off the carolina coastline. we don't expect much in the way of rain as we go into tomorrow. maybe a few showers. we
labor leaders call it a union besting measure. >>> we had a nice day. tomorrow we'll see changes. some areas tomorrow will be close to 10 degrees cooler than today. as we go into sunday for the blue cross broad street run, perfect racing weather. i'll show you that forecast in a second. today we did get to 77 degrees. tomorrow we'll be in the upper 60s. closer to average but a lot cooler than today. friday we're down around 60 degrees. by saturday and into the weekend we start warming...
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union, we want to expand that and look at local 39 and get them into stationary engineering, the labor's union to continue to get students who are getting these skills that cannot be found elsewhere in high schools and get them out. i want to introduce our three students who are here with tjpa and turner and have them share with you some f the opportunities they had and what they do at john o'connell. >> i just want to add, it's a really great problem. at public works, we have three or four students who are in the program and they come once a week and they work in the shops and learn trades also. >> absolutely, they're there today. >> hello, my name's tala, i attend john o'connell high school and i've been in the construction lab for about two years now and work witching the bct lab and turner, i've come to raeltz that safety is a very important concept and we feel that it is very important for the people to get back home safely and also because lives do matter. thank you. >> hello, my name is defany and i'm part of the building and construction trades lab and working with turner has helped me
union, we want to expand that and look at local 39 and get them into stationary engineering, the labor's union to continue to get students who are getting these skills that cannot be found elsewhere in high schools and get them out. i want to introduce our three students who are here with tjpa and turner and have them share with you some f the opportunities they had and what they do at john o'connell. >> i just want to add, it's a really great problem. at public works, we have three or...
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the biggest donations are the labor union and love to see a democrat, bernie sander who is acts as a democrat or hillary clinton saying we'll tell you all the unions they can no longer fund political campaigns because if they want to cut the money out the biggest single donors in america are the labor unions. who do they claim to speak for? average blue collar working people. >> lars i started with alan. i end with you. >> thank you. >> lars, alan, good to see both of you. thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> sure. >>> it is a day of honor and remembrance in oklahoma city. it's marking 20 years as that deadly bombing attack that devastated the community and shocked our country. hundreds of survivors family members and others honored the victims at a memorialer is main. 168 people were killed when that bomb went off in front of the federal building in 1995. the site home to the oklahoma city national memorial and museum. bill carr is in the west coast newsroom with more on the deeply mean lful commemoration. hi, will. >> hi, eric. it's been two decades but the emotional scars are st
the biggest donations are the labor union and love to see a democrat, bernie sander who is acts as a democrat or hillary clinton saying we'll tell you all the unions they can no longer fund political campaigns because if they want to cut the money out the biggest single donors in america are the labor unions. who do they claim to speak for? average blue collar working people. >> lars i started with alan. i end with you. >> thank you. >> lars, alan, good to see both of you....
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explains the unique quality of this journey, the blacks were the last to be incorporated in the labor unions and employment in industry even as those industries were beginning to close down. in addition to that as part of the same process to make a big deal of that in this book the levels of hostility confronted by black internal migrants without precedent. there precedent. there are some people out there who really think -- and i don't want to name names, but they are quite notorious. they tend to be in government to make the argument that other immigrant groups have faced asystole and exploitation and difficulties and yet have succeeded worse african-americans continue to experience a large number of great difficulties and part of that has to do with perception. the kinds of opportunities for absence of opportunity that those migrants faced in destination. i can guarantee that african-americans represented a truly exceptional case in terms of hostilities. what that resulted in is the presence throughout the nation of a highly segregated neighborhood where you have what wilson himself calle
explains the unique quality of this journey, the blacks were the last to be incorporated in the labor unions and employment in industry even as those industries were beginning to close down. in addition to that as part of the same process to make a big deal of that in this book the levels of hostility confronted by black internal migrants without precedent. there precedent. there are some people out there who really think -- and i don't want to name names, but they are quite notorious. they...
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representatives of labor different labor unions. i'm not at liberty to give their names. st: what with the balance between labor folks and not labor folks? jesus garcia: i'm not authorized to release the names. when i'm elected, i will release their names. probably about 12 people. host: i turned to both of you. -- turn it to both of you. rahm emanuel: he overestimated by 72%. if you're going to recruit jobs to the city of chicago, your veracity is what people will hang their hat on. it is a good organization, it does very good work. on a $2.7 million budget, but you left it in a deficit and claim this organization is how you prove your management chops is not going to be great confidence. jesus garcia: the organization is in solid financial health. i left it in black. they changed their reporting your at the time that i left. -- their reporting year. host: were they in the black when you left, or was a deficit? jesus garcia: there was a deficit, but no one was missing a paycheck, no one had to borrow money. as a result of the great recession that he helped usher in-- jesu
representatives of labor different labor unions. i'm not at liberty to give their names. st: what with the balance between labor folks and not labor folks? jesus garcia: i'm not authorized to release the names. when i'm elected, i will release their names. probably about 12 people. host: i turned to both of you. -- turn it to both of you. rahm emanuel: he overestimated by 72%. if you're going to recruit jobs to the city of chicago, your veracity is what people will hang their hat on. it is a...
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you also have the knights of labor, led by a catholic, which had a large catholic population in terms of union members. they were strong supporters of chinese exclusion as well. they were not against immigration as such. they were against contract labor. basically, the importation of european labor to fill jobs in the united states. so sentiment of this sort led to the contract labor law, which reduced the ability of countries -- of companies to bring in labor to do that. father john ryan, who was kind of looked at as often a hero among many in the catholic church, supported groundwork for the living wage, economic justice, he supported the literacy test, which was pushed to the beginning of the 1890's to restrict migrants from foreign countries. he came out in support of that because he saw that such legislation would benefit nativeborn workers and also migrant workers who were here already. there is within the catholic church a push toward restriction throughout this period. these legislation were done on the federal level. the culmination, the high point i suppose, of federal legislation wa
you also have the knights of labor, led by a catholic, which had a large catholic population in terms of union members. they were strong supporters of chinese exclusion as well. they were not against immigration as such. they were against contract labor. basically, the importation of european labor to fill jobs in the united states. so sentiment of this sort led to the contract labor law, which reduced the ability of countries -- of companies to bring in labor to do that. father john ryan, who...
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for the last to be incorporated, for example into labor unions and remunerative employment as both industries were beginning to close down. in addition to that end as part of the same process and i make a big deal of that in this book the levels of hostility confronted by a black internal migrants are without precedence. there is some people out there and i don't want to name names but they are quite victorious. they tend to be economists who make the argument that other immigrant groups have hostility and difficulties, yet they have succeeded were african-american continue to experience a large number of great difficulties and part of that has to do with reception. in other words the kind of opportunities or absence of opportunities that those migrants faced and i can guarantee and i have the facts to support this claim that african-americans represent the truly exceptional case in terms of hostility they face. so what that resulted in without going into further detail is the presence throughout the nation of the highly segregated neighborhood in which you have wilson himself called concentr
for the last to be incorporated, for example into labor unions and remunerative employment as both industries were beginning to close down. in addition to that end as part of the same process and i make a big deal of that in this book the levels of hostility confronted by a black internal migrants are without precedence. there is some people out there and i don't want to name names but they are quite victorious. they tend to be economists who make the argument that other immigrant groups have...
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he has 500,000 hours given to labor unions for free, meaning people -- workers, the people are paying for actually working for union. want to have a union that is not taxpayer dollars paying for it, and that's the irs. we need to ban an effort that they started which is to say, did you contribute to a conservative group we think they gift tax, which is supposed to stop the kennedys from gifting money to their kids around the death tax. we think the gift tax -- a very powerful bun -- they were calling conservative donors and saying you can give -- we think you may owe a gift tax 25%. well not true. it's not -- never been interpreted that way before. they didn't call liberals and then them. one guy negotiation maybe shouldn't give as much money maybe i shouldn't contribute to the tea party. you can discombobulate a guy and everybody he talks to with a threat like that. so the law by lipscomb is extremely helpful. >> host: you mentioned -- one back door to consumption tax is to drastically expand the room for 401(k)s and making -- do you see anyone pushing that angle? >> guest: yes. the
he has 500,000 hours given to labor unions for free, meaning people -- workers, the people are paying for actually working for union. want to have a union that is not taxpayer dollars paying for it, and that's the irs. we need to ban an effort that they started which is to say, did you contribute to a conservative group we think they gift tax, which is supposed to stop the kennedys from gifting money to their kids around the death tax. we think the gift tax -- a very powerful bun -- they were...
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different labor unions. i'm not at liberty to give their names. derator: what with the balance be between labor folks and nonlabor folks? mr. garcia: business people we are consulting with. when i am elected we will release their names. probably 12 people. moderator: let's open it to both of you. mayor emanuel: i brought that actual document. it was a deficit he left. he said he left it in black. when he said this is the operating budget, he overestimated it i-72 percent. if you're going to recruit businesses, jobs to the city of chicago, your veracity is counting on people to hang your hat on. a good organization that does good work that you can on a 2.7 million budget were off by 72% you actually left it in a deficit, and you claimed this organization is how you prove your management jobs is not going to be bringing confidence. mr. garcia: the organization is in solid financial health. they changed the reporting year. at the time i left. that is part of the reason. moderator: was it in the black when you left? mr. garcia: there was a deficit but
different labor unions. i'm not at liberty to give their names. derator: what with the balance be between labor folks and nonlabor folks? mr. garcia: business people we are consulting with. when i am elected we will release their names. probably 12 people. moderator: let's open it to both of you. mayor emanuel: i brought that actual document. it was a deficit he left. he said he left it in black. when he said this is the operating budget, he overestimated it i-72 percent. if you're going to...
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>> obviously you got to include labor and we engaged the electrical union ibew was involved they were involved in the monthly meetings and we've prioritized good local and union jobs but we haven't set requirements for that our own staff is very small and i think everybody in this room knows but just to clarify the staff of the program can be light we're essentially purchasing power and in our case paying third parties to administer programs you may administer them yourself and the staff is small we have 9 people today and will grow to 15 or 20 over time but we do sit down with the electrical union and building trades and talk about projects we've signed 70 me megawatts of solar and made that a priority when we don't do union in our local area we're we're doing living wage and that's important to us. we have tried -- this is another area where we try not to have too many ridged rules too early and that's a hard thing to do because there's a lot of pressure from all sides to some really specific conclusions right out of the gate but we try to reup that conversation every time a new iss
>> obviously you got to include labor and we engaged the electrical union ibew was involved they were involved in the monthly meetings and we've prioritized good local and union jobs but we haven't set requirements for that our own staff is very small and i think everybody in this room knows but just to clarify the staff of the program can be light we're essentially purchasing power and in our case paying third parties to administer programs you may administer them yourself and the staff...
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another big topic of conversation this week -- labor unions and the 2016 election. to wisconsin governor scott walker whose union-busting propelled him into the first tier of the republican presidential candidates. president obama recently called out walker slamming his antiunion right to work bill as quote, unexcusal. it would be the defining story, and unioning are gearing up for action. joining me now are randy winegarten president of the american federation of teachers and lee saunders president of afscme, the nation's largest public employee union. thank you both for being here. lee, put this in perspective. how tough is this fight that unions are facing. it would be a huge fight. you have people like scott walker attacking corrective bargaining attacking payroll deduction. they know unions are a counter counter counterbalance. for the most part working families are still suffering. wages are frozen. as a matter of fact since 2009 wages have actually dwlined for working families by 5%. so we've got to mobilize and organize not only our members, but our communiti
another big topic of conversation this week -- labor unions and the 2016 election. to wisconsin governor scott walker whose union-busting propelled him into the first tier of the republican presidential candidates. president obama recently called out walker slamming his antiunion right to work bill as quote, unexcusal. it would be the defining story, and unioning are gearing up for action. joining me now are randy winegarten president of the american federation of teachers and lee saunders...
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labor unions have always stood for the working class. they've always been on the side of the working people so who doesn't want to be in the pocket of the working class? the working class, the labor movement is starting to evolve and push forward, and i'm proud to be part of it. >> chuy garcia had over 6,000 people on the ground social networking that we have never seen before by the democrats in chicago, but it wasn't enough. is this a classic example of how money just gets it done? >> i think it is an example of the power of money and we should be deeply concerned about that. we ought to be addressing money at every level, national state, and local politics. money is especially powerful in local campaigns because it can come in fast and move a lot of advertising. when all of that is said i think the thing to understand about chicago is historically movements in chicago take time to build. harold washington ran for mayor for the first time in 1977. he only got 10% of the vote. six years later, he is elected. we'll see what the future ho
labor unions have always stood for the working class. they've always been on the side of the working people so who doesn't want to be in the pocket of the working class? the working class, the labor movement is starting to evolve and push forward, and i'm proud to be part of it. >> chuy garcia had over 6,000 people on the ground social networking that we have never seen before by the democrats in chicago, but it wasn't enough. is this a classic example of how money just gets it done?...
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. >> good afternoon, commissioners in during labor negotiations in 2013, the labor unions and city agreed to present to the retirement board a request that the f d c p offer loans in a plan and staff and other folks in junction we've done research there's there's burdens in having such programs and definitely administrative work that will be added but despite that we had recommended and the committee has approved bringing to you for approval a loan program large items part of the loan program include the only active participant would be eligible for loans a written repayment agreement is required and collateral requirement and under the internal ref reviewing revenue no more than 50 percent of your balance $50,000 for all loans combined ass and the reasonable interest rate is required we're recommending prime plus one percent and the alongside you must be repaid within 5 years unless the irs they have strict rules if you qualify those are loans can be repaid within 15 years a participant firemen's their employment before the term their accelerated and one of the personality to insure repa
. >> good afternoon, commissioners in during labor negotiations in 2013, the labor unions and city agreed to present to the retirement board a request that the f d c p offer loans in a plan and staff and other folks in junction we've done research there's there's burdens in having such programs and definitely administrative work that will be added but despite that we had recommended and the committee has approved bringing to you for approval a loan program large items part of the loan...
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yesterday they started working closely with civil rights groups across the country, black lives matter labor unions in general are very involved. the service employee union has been millions of dollars getting this going, hiring organizers. it has really created a movement that people around the country are saying, there is something new here, this is an just workers at a few restaurants. -- this isn't just workers at a few restaurants. this is a movement of fast food workers, walmart workers janitors, homecare aides, and politicians are starting to pay attention. amy: can you talk about the convergence of the different movements? black lives matter, immigrants right movement, occupy before that. go back to 1968. dr. martin luther king died trying to organize the poor people's campaign. talk about this trajectory. >> i went to atlanta a few weeks ago. how they were deliberately trying to combine the movement of the fast food workers at the civil rights movement to show it is not just trying to raise pay a few dollars an hour, but economic injustice and social injustice movement. the meeting was hel
yesterday they started working closely with civil rights groups across the country, black lives matter labor unions in general are very involved. the service employee union has been millions of dollars getting this going, hiring organizers. it has really created a movement that people around the country are saying, there is something new here, this is an just workers at a few restaurants. -- this isn't just workers at a few restaurants. this is a movement of fast food workers, walmart workers...
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. >> well my organization the blue green alliance consists of labor unions and environmental groups really committed to finding the environmental solutions to both climate change but creating quality jobs. we believe you don't have to choose between having good jobs and a quality environment. and we believe the president has been a leader on climate change both internationally and nationally and, you know in his statement today in the everglades this renewed commitment to addressing climate change and really addressing it both on a global scale and on a national scale. >> it's interesting. i was talking to our white house correspondent and we were sort of going through a list of some of the president's -- what the president points to is achievements here and i'm wondering because i have not heard you on this what your thoughts are on the november joint announcement with china, right, the president laying out what he calls ambitious but achievable goals to reduce greenhouse gases in the united states by 2025. you know that was a historic outline of an agreement between the two countries. i
. >> well my organization the blue green alliance consists of labor unions and environmental groups really committed to finding the environmental solutions to both climate change but creating quality jobs. we believe you don't have to choose between having good jobs and a quality environment. and we believe the president has been a leader on climate change both internationally and nationally and, you know in his statement today in the everglades this renewed commitment to addressing...
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one of the country's largest labor unions will not be taking part.says it does not consider the cuts as severe as those taken by eu neighbors. stephen: let's stay in france. they publish growth targets for the next three years until the end of president hollande's term. the growth forecast is been reduced to 1.5% from 1.7%. there is not much good news from the french government. anchor: how are the markets taking the news? stephen: it is being driven by the energy sector. carmakers are also doing well, too. we have also had a report from the oecd saying there has been improved growth in europe, most notably in italy and france. we will move on to look at the other business stories. in ukraine, creditors say they will not consider changes to the debt. the kiev government announced it was seeking $50 billion in debt relief. a case being taken by 25,000 facebook users against the network took a step today. the claim is over alleged violation of european privacy law. facebook has yet to comment on the case. google is laying the groundwork for a paid subs
one of the country's largest labor unions will not be taking part.says it does not consider the cuts as severe as those taken by eu neighbors. stephen: let's stay in france. they publish growth targets for the next three years until the end of president hollande's term. the growth forecast is been reduced to 1.5% from 1.7%. there is not much good news from the french government. anchor: how are the markets taking the news? stephen: it is being driven by the energy sector. carmakers are also...
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you don't have to be a part of the labor union if you want to work in the state of wisconsin. [applause] governor walker: now i tell you all of that, remember the beginning, i said, when i thought about running for governor, that would not be easy. this is a state that has not gone republican for president since 1984. we did all of that early on because we decided to go big and go bold. we said, put up or shut up. if we were going to show the voters of our state that we were going to get things done. we needed to do it early. that is something that needs to happen in this country as well. format and alex, -- four matt and alex for my nieces, and all , the other sons and daughters like them, i am optimistic about the future despite the challenges we face. i look at what is happening in wisconsin, michigan, ohio, other state. i see if you put commonsense republican conservative leadership in place in the executive and legislative branch, if that team works together, there is no end to the good things that can happen. if we do that in washington, with a republican house, a republ
you don't have to be a part of the labor union if you want to work in the state of wisconsin. [applause] governor walker: now i tell you all of that, remember the beginning, i said, when i thought about running for governor, that would not be easy. this is a state that has not gone republican for president since 1984. we did all of that early on because we decided to go big and go bold. we said, put up or shut up. if we were going to show the voters of our state that we were going to get things...
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union. and since its $1000 per person it's $100 million every out of the pocket of organized labor. that's a small c. conservative. is probably higher because unions are not rushing to tell you how they're collapsing. as a result the efforts and voter fraud, i thought republicans are pleased against voter fraud they were waiting at 6:15 on election day to get calls. they are showing up with people on the bus. get a lawyer done. never happen. they didn't have the money for anymore. the way the unions spend money to the people to polls, and the nonvoters from pole to pole they couldn't afford to do it because they don't have the money because they can't take it without peoples permission anymore. he has dramatic the changed or for what a successful governor looks like. it is the president and every government will have to go through his checklist of things he did and do this in order to be considered a republican in good standing. that would change the country. texas, governor rick perry strong governor, 14 years as governor, texas big state, for a successful. very good narrative. bobb
union. and since its $1000 per person it's $100 million every out of the pocket of organized labor. that's a small c. conservative. is probably higher because unions are not rushing to tell you how they're collapsing. as a result the efforts and voter fraud, i thought republicans are pleased against voter fraud they were waiting at 6:15 on election day to get calls. they are showing up with people on the bus. get a lawyer done. never happen. they didn't have the money for anymore. the way the...
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more than 1,000 members of labor unions and other groups gathered in front of the u.s. trade representative offense. in the crowd was senator bernie sanders who is independent but part of a democratic caucus. >> tpp will be a disaster for american workers. >> sanders said past free trade agreements have failed to live up to their promises of creating more jobs. bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill to give president barack obama greater authority in trade negotiations last week. but the opposition from labor leaders and some democratic lawmakers is casting a shadow over the measure. at the white house, press secretary josh ernst suggested that the deal would be good for the u.s. to play a role in the world economy. >> we are at risk of the chinese government using the influence that they're granted by their large economy to come in and write rules that put american workers and american businesses a at disadvantage. >> barack obama and japanese prime minister shinzo abe are hoping to confirm progress on the negotiations at their summit next week. >>> japanese government
more than 1,000 members of labor unions and other groups gathered in front of the u.s. trade representative offense. in the crowd was senator bernie sanders who is independent but part of a democratic caucus. >> tpp will be a disaster for american workers. >> sanders said past free trade agreements have failed to live up to their promises of creating more jobs. bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill to give president barack obama greater authority in trade negotiations last week....
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every major labor union has vowed to fight it, but late today, the president issued a statement of support for the compromise. >> woodruff: al qaeda militants in yemen took over a major airport, seaport and oil terminal in the country's south today. officials said the militants clashed with military forces outside mukalla before seizing control. al-qaeda militants overran the city earlier this month, and have been fighting with the iranian-backed houthi rebels and saudi-backed government forces across the country. >> ifill: russian president vladimir putin held his annual televised call-in show today, and addressed pre-screened questions from an audience on a range of subjects. he was adamant that russian military forces are not in ukraine. and he defended his decision to deliver an s-300 missile defense system to iran, even as world powers negotiate a final nuclear deal. >> ( translated ): there is absolutely no threat to israel. it's exclusively defensive weapons. moreover, we think that given the conditions in the region, particularly in relation with events in yemen, the supplies of th
every major labor union has vowed to fight it, but late today, the president issued a statement of support for the compromise. >> woodruff: al qaeda militants in yemen took over a major airport, seaport and oil terminal in the country's south today. officials said the militants clashed with military forces outside mukalla before seizing control. al-qaeda militants overran the city earlier this month, and have been fighting with the iranian-backed houthi rebels and saudi-backed government...
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the head of the labor union representing pg&e workers say that comments sucking that peck peck is too big to promote safety are misguided and a large organization is fess to ensure safety. >> after months of anticipation, technical lovers can try out the new apple want. new video of the store in palo alto showed no lines but the window was covered with black curtains so workers could get prosecute for the launch. pre-orders began at 12 01 on the apple website. you cannot bay the watch in stores but you can try it on with prices starting at $395. >> selling a home that belonged to a hoarder who contempt a mummified body is difficult in many places but last week firefighters and haz-mat teams wore protective gear inside a home on 4th where the body was found. it was believed the mother of a woman who lives there. according to a real estate site it could be worth town $2.5 million when renovated. >> part of a major street in san francisco is closed down and drivers will face detours fm late on sunday night. the closing affects three blocks of van ness avenue. van ness is closed because w
the head of the labor union representing pg&e workers say that comments sucking that peck peck is too big to promote safety are misguided and a large organization is fess to ensure safety. >> after months of anticipation, technical lovers can try out the new apple want. new video of the store in palo alto showed no lines but the window was covered with black curtains so workers could get prosecute for the launch. pre-orders began at 12 01 on the apple website. you cannot bay the watch...
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wonderful group of stakeholders from business community and late night communicated and workers and labor unions and the sfmta and several other transit agencies we we our county to my right provided staffing support in terms of transportation expertise and the office of economic workforce development and the worker group recently troilsdz it's recommendations their encouraging to keep them in mind as a blue print how people get around late at night i want to commend sfmta for step forward with plans to improve and expand the service later this year this is terrific the agencies a moderating martin transit implemented and new bus line and so those are good things there is more work to be done in reliability and safety and dissemination of information and the holy grail getting to transbay for the benefits that will bring for twous bart service thank you for hearing this and thank you to everyone that was involved. >> thank you for your leadership this comprehensive report thank you. i building some people are going to - the staff is? sorry >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon and thank you for h
wonderful group of stakeholders from business community and late night communicated and workers and labor unions and the sfmta and several other transit agencies we we our county to my right provided staffing support in terms of transportation expertise and the office of economic workforce development and the worker group recently troilsdz it's recommendations their encouraging to keep them in mind as a blue print how people get around late at night i want to commend sfmta for step forward with...
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union, we want to expand that and look at local 39 and get them into stationary engineering, the labor's union to continue to get students who are getting these skills that cannot be found elsewhere in high schools and get them out. i want to introduce our three students who are here with tjpa and turner and have them share with you some f the opportunities they had and what they do at john o'connell. >> i just want to add, it's a really great problem. at public works, we have three or four students who are in the program and they come once a week and they work in the shops and learn trades also. >> absolutely, they're there to
union, we want to expand that and look at local 39 and get them into stationary engineering, the labor's union to continue to get students who are getting these skills that cannot be found elsewhere in high schools and get them out. i want to introduce our three students who are here with tjpa and turner and have them share with you some f the opportunities they had and what they do at john o'connell. >> i just want to add, it's a really great problem. at public works, we have three or...
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laila: a new generation of labor activists is rising up, ready to take on state sanctioned labor unions and factory managers to fight for their rights. reporter: these cuts and bruises are the result of clashes between workers and the police who tried to stop them from striking. the workers at this handbag factory in southern china have been protesting against poor conditions. >> the factory cut our salary, refused to pay our social insurance contributions and housing subsidies, and wouldn't give us any days off. we wanted to negotiate with them, but they refused, and so we went on strike. reporter: more and more of china's 168 million workers have been moved to industrial centers and have started demanding their rights. the number of strikes has been doubling each year. an employment lawyer says there were about 1000 last year. >> in my view, the most significant achievement of chinese labor law has been to enhance workers' awareness of their legal rights. the law sets standards so workers know what their rights are, even though there are problems with making sure those rights are resp
laila: a new generation of labor activists is rising up, ready to take on state sanctioned labor unions and factory managers to fight for their rights. reporter: these cuts and bruises are the result of clashes between workers and the police who tried to stop them from striking. the workers at this handbag factory in southern china have been protesting against poor conditions. >> the factory cut our salary, refused to pay our social insurance contributions and housing subsidies, and...
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&e is to big to be safe and suggest splitting up the gas electric operation but the head of the labor union that represents pg&e workers responded to that by saying quote comment suggest that go pg&e is too big to promote safety are misguided. in fact a large organization is necessary to ensure safety. >> federal security guard is dead after shooting at the u.s. census headquarters in maryland. police say shortly after authorities received a call about domestic kidnapping the guard saw a man and woman fighting in a car outside the building. when he approached the car the man shot him. suspect then led police on wild chase ending in a shoot in and out dc. both the suspect and police officer were wounded. >>> new dash cam video released today shows the moments before south carolina police officers shot and killed an unarmed man. investigators say even before they saw the video they had doubts about the officers account of what really happened. karen has more. >> this is the dash cam video officer mike slager from the police cruiser. rae leased tonight by south carolina state law enforcement d
&e is to big to be safe and suggest splitting up the gas electric operation but the head of the labor union that represents pg&e workers responded to that by saying quote comment suggest that go pg&e is too big to promote safety are misguided. in fact a large organization is necessary to ensure safety. >> federal security guard is dead after shooting at the u.s. census headquarters in maryland. police say shortly after authorities received a call about domestic kidnapping the...
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. >> reporter: labor unions and workers are demanding $15 an hour -- more than double the federal minimumage. the movement comes as americans face the biggest wealth gap recorded in 30 years. in 2013, the median worth of upper income families was seven times more than middle-income families. and a full 70 times more than lower income families. these protesters believe a higher minimum wage can be part of the solution. more than 20 states have already raised the minimum wage in 2014 or will do so in 2015. private companies have announced wage increases as well, like mcdonald's, walmart, and gap. last night we introduced you to dan price, ceo of a credit card payment company. our cameras were there when he announced he was giving his entire staff a salary of at least $70,000. [ applause ] >> reporter: we caught up with him at a protest in new york today. this comes a couple of days after you made your announcement. how are they connected? >> you know, it seems that there's a major conversation about inequality brewing. the rich are getting richer. sometimes kind of the little guy, the norma
. >> reporter: labor unions and workers are demanding $15 an hour -- more than double the federal minimumage. the movement comes as americans face the biggest wealth gap recorded in 30 years. in 2013, the median worth of upper income families was seven times more than middle-income families. and a full 70 times more than lower income families. these protesters believe a higher minimum wage can be part of the solution. more than 20 states have already raised the minimum wage in 2014 or...
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and on the other side there are the labor unions and many progressives.s certain she has yet to clearly position herself on either side, of course. but she did speak about the deal in new hampshire yesterday. >> any trade deal has to produce jobs and raise wages and increase prosperity and protect our security. and we have to do our part in making sure we have the capabilities and the skills to be competitive. we have to get back to a much more focused effort in my opinion, to try to produce those capacities here at home. so that we can be competitive in a global economy. >> it does appear that senator clinton is more wary of a deal now than she was in 2011 when she was serving as secretary of state. here is what she said in support of the tpp bill back then. >> there is new momentum in our trade agenda with the recent passage of the u.s.-korea free trade agreement and our ongoing work on a minding high quality transpacific partnership, the so-called tpp. the tpp will bring together economies from across the pacific, developed and developing alike into a
and on the other side there are the labor unions and many progressives.s certain she has yet to clearly position herself on either side, of course. but she did speak about the deal in new hampshire yesterday. >> any trade deal has to produce jobs and raise wages and increase prosperity and protect our security. and we have to do our part in making sure we have the capabilities and the skills to be competitive. we have to get back to a much more focused effort in my opinion, to try to...
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. >> labor union representing thousands of workers is weighing in on the idea of splitting the company in two. the head of ibew saying quote, comments suggesting too big to promote safety are misguided. >> substantial damage is the result of a mistake by east bay municipality utility district. a creek is no longer flowing because it's filled with tons of cement. laura anthony joins us live with clean up efforts. >> this was a water fall this morning. and we can see what is left behind. this is cement. a cement mixed with water and foam. and it's not meant to foul a creek. this pumped full of cement. >> they were sucking out the goop in the creek right now. and then after that there is more still to come we'll have to restore the creek. >> a subcontractor pumped the cement into the pipe but an inspector made sure all of the valves were closed. >> one is nonstandard was left open. >> instead of thinking it's shut it was open. >> the long term work to restore the once-pristine water way will begin. >> pronlly several months to a year. >> they're doing the best they can. that is all i can
. >> labor union representing thousands of workers is weighing in on the idea of splitting the company in two. the head of ibew saying quote, comments suggesting too big to promote safety are misguided. >> substantial damage is the result of a mistake by east bay municipality utility district. a creek is no longer flowing because it's filled with tons of cement. laura anthony joins us live with clean up efforts. >> this was a water fall this morning. and we can see what is...
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&e is to big to be safe and suggest splitting up the gas electric operation but the head of the labor unionesents pg&e workers responded to that by saying quote comment suggest that go pg&e is too big to promote safety are misguided. in fact a large organization is necessary to ensure safety. >> federal security guard is dead after shooting at the u.s. census headquarters in maryland. police say shortly after authorities received a call about domestic kidnapping the guard saw a man and woman fighting in a car outside the building. when he approached the car the man shot him. suspect then led police on wild chase ending in a shoot in and out dc. both the suspect and police officer were wounded. >>> new dash cam video released today shows the moments before south carolina police officers shot and killed an unarmed man. investigators say even before they saw the video they had doubts about the officers account of what really happened. karen has more. >> this is the dash cam video officer mike slager from the police cruiser. rae leased tonight by south carolina state law enforcement division it
&e is to big to be safe and suggest splitting up the gas electric operation but the head of the labor unionesents pg&e workers responded to that by saying quote comment suggest that go pg&e is too big to promote safety are misguided. in fact a large organization is necessary to ensure safety. >> federal security guard is dead after shooting at the u.s. census headquarters in maryland. police say shortly after authorities received a call about domestic kidnapping the guard saw...
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&e is to big to be safe and suggest splitting up the gas electric operation but the head of the labor union that represents pg&e workers responded to that by saying quote comment suggest that go pg&e is too big to promote safety are misguided. in fact a large organization is necessary to ensure safety. >> federal security guard is dead after shooting at the u.s. census headquarters in maryland. police say shortly after authorities received a call about domestic kidnapping the guard saw a man and woman a car outside the building. when he approached the car the man shot him. suspect then led police on wild chase ending in a shoot in and out dc. both the suspect and police officer were wounded. >>> new dash cam video released today shows the moments before south carolina police officers shot and killed an unarmed man. investigators say even before they saw the video they had doubts about the officers account of what really happened. karen has more. >> this is the dash cam video officer mike slager from the police cruiser. rae leased tonight by south carolina state law enforcement division it s
&e is to big to be safe and suggest splitting up the gas electric operation but the head of the labor union that represents pg&e workers responded to that by saying quote comment suggest that go pg&e is too big to promote safety are misguided. in fact a large organization is necessary to ensure safety. >> federal security guard is dead after shooting at the u.s. census headquarters in maryland. police say shortly after authorities received a call about domestic kidnapping the...
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. >> labor union representing thousands of workers is weighing in on the idea of splitting the company in two. the head of ibew saying quote, comments suggesting too big to promote safety are misguided. >> substantial damage is the result of a mistake by east bay municipality utility district. a creek is no longer flowing because it's filled with tons of cement. laura anthony joins us live with clean up efforts. >> this was a water fall this morning. and we can see what is left behind. this is cement. a cement mixed with water and foam. and it's not meant to foul a creek. this pumped full of cement. >> they were sucking out the goop in the creek right now. and then after that there is more still to come we'll have to restore the creek. >> a subcontractor pumped the cement into the pipe but an inspector made sure all of the valves were closed. >> one is nonstandard was left open. >> instead of thinking it's shut it was open. >> the long term work to restore the once-pristine water way will begin. >> pronlly several months to a year. >> they're doing the best they can. that is all i can
. >> labor union representing thousands of workers is weighing in on the idea of splitting the company in two. the head of ibew saying quote, comments suggesting too big to promote safety are misguided. >> substantial damage is the result of a mistake by east bay municipality utility district. a creek is no longer flowing because it's filled with tons of cement. laura anthony joins us live with clean up efforts. >> this was a water fall this morning. and we can see what is...