that it was not expected to be this way, especially given what the supreme court has said about labor unions. >> yes, and i don't want to overstate what is happening here . union activity is historically way, way down. the supreme court rulings have been really damaging to the protections of workers who are speaking up. carol: remind us of those rulings. >> there were two. one made it harder for public-sector unions to fund themselves, the other made it harder for them to bring class actions. the legal challenges are real and the formal protections have really been eroded. companies have a lot of legal power. but sometimes, power is not manifest in a legalistic way. carol: and the international remarks, tunisia is the only democracy left from the 2011 uprising. jason: we talk about what lessons they hold for the rest of the region. afterent back to tunisia several years, having covered extensively in the arab spring. person, a young woman who was an activist blogger. she was the one who brought international attention to the protests taking place in a small town in tunisia, which eventually

thelargest labor union in country, a bunch of other civil groups got together to protect dictatorracy was thrown out. that did not happen in some of these other countries. a very largehad middle class population, very high education standards. a quite robust tourism industry to international, particularly european, affairs. all of these things helped very much. perfectly honest, it also helped that tunisia is so small. say, look, we're so small, foreign countries didn't feel like they had to interfere. managed to escape under the radar a little bit. whatever the reasons, it's working. it's messy. it's cluttered. it's confusing. tunisians even understand this thing that they've got in their hands. they arevalue it and glad to see it. and they would not have it any other way. what facebook's data collection practices are like. is in "in real life." this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm carol massar. >> and i'm jason kelly. you can also listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, am 1130 new york. >> am 960 in the bay area. the bloom

on january 25, after 35 days and immense pressure from federal employees, labor unions, and speak pelosi, the president announced a temporary end to the shutdown with what still may very likely be a continued job because of the uncertainty of what will happen on february 15. i don't have to remind everyone about the astronomiccal costs of living in the bay area for people who are trying to survive here. federal employees are underpaid, paid less than those in the private sector, and san francisco has the highest pay gap. the livelihood of federal workers and contractors were held hostage during the government shutdown, and it is imperative that the city be there for them. i want to thank the san francisco symphony and zoo who offered free tickets, businesses who offered free laundry services and meals, and much more. there was provisions of services that we want to make sure we are prepared for and aware of. e.p.a. inspections, national park management, grants to nonprofits and municipal agencies being delayed, businesses who are serving federal employees, losing customers, and there's a

too many hardworking americans are fall ing behind, living paycheck to paycheck, most without labor unions to protect them from even worse harm. the republican tax bill rigged the system against working people. rather than bringing back jobs, plants are closing, layoffs are looming, and wages struggle to keep pace with the actual cost of living. we owe more to the millions of everyday folks who keep our economy running, like truck drivers forced to buy their own rigs, farmers caught in a trade war, small business owners in search of capital, and domestic workers serving without labor protections. women and men who could thrive if only they had the support and freedom to do so. we know bipartisanship could craft a 21st century immigration plan, but this administration chooses to cage children and tear families apart. compassionate treatment at the border is not the same as open borders. president reagan understood this. president obama understood this. americans understand this. and democrats stand ready to effectively secure our ports and borders, but we must all embrace that from agricult

been protesting in barcelona demonstrations and a general strike were called by a pro independence labor union in support of twelve jailed catalan separatist leaders there accused of rebellion sedition and misuse of public funds relating to the failed twenty seventeen independence bid they deny the charges dozens of anti-government protesters have surrounded albania's parliament to demand early elections accuse the government of corruption and being linked to organized crime police used barbed wire to protect the building in the capital tehran on saturday protest as use iron bars and petrol bombs to attack the prime minister's office at a similar valley politicians in france have proposed a bill that would make auntie's zionism a criminal offense in the same way that anti semitism is illegal critics argue that opposition to the israeli government is not the same as anti semitism president emanuel macro's says legislation to fight hate speech on the internet will be introduced in may thousands of people have rallied in france against hostility towards jews. the two main challengers to israeli p

labor unions are critical of working with elon musk, accused of labor violations in working with unionsbudget and is not committed to the bourne company, but putting out a request for any company that may be interested in digging the two mile long tunnel to the airport. kiet do, kpix 5. >>> this morning the from the nfl network reporter says the raiders will not play in san francisco next season before the move to las vegas mayor lo opposed taking oracle park off the table. the mayor said they should play the 2019 season in oakland, citing challenges to play in san francisco. >>> we learned today with the oakland unified school district will do to try to stop the strikes before they start. they could strike in less than two weeks >>> updating the public and unsolved serial murder case in san francisco with the so- called doodler case dating back to the 70s with most victims , white males, linked to at least 14 deaths. >>> there is a possible second summit between the president and north korea will meet with kim jong-un later this month in vietnam. >>> thpresent renewed his demand for th

disruptions across fronts as workers protested against president in monday mcluhan's policies to c g t a labor union organized the action to cool for a fairer taxation system key figures from the anti government yellow vests movement also joined the rallies. officials in paris say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of us and after a fire at an apartment building killed at least ten.

tunnels are the wave of the future. >> reporter: there was pushed back by the local labor unions critical of working with elon musk, critical of working with unions. the mayor has not committed to the boring company but put out a request for information for any company that could be interested in digging the tunnel to the sjc. >>> two members of congress are looking into the flaws involving the apple video chat app, face time. they discovered a system that has the bug letting people hear the audio from the other end before the other person picked up. the ceo of the cupertino tech giant has until february 19 to answer questions on how long apple know about the problem. the fix for the facetime bug is not expected to be out until next week. >>> on capitol hill president trump delivered the second annual state of the union address before congress, urging lawmakers to break the decades of political stalemate. his words follow the 35 day government shutdown and with the threat of another shutdown looming, and in the democratic response, stacey abrams that lost the georgia governor race said th

labor unions are threatening further strikes if the government doesn't pay and despite the hardship sophia philip man says she's prepared to keep on fighting. nato defense ministers meeting in brussels to discuss the steps needed to protect your up if the u.s. russia nuclear disarmament treaty fails secretary-general yeah i. underlined that nato allies are in agreement that russia is in violation of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles that washington and states with george patton this month mr stoltenberg says there is still time to negotiate so russia still has a chance to come back into compliance and we call on russia to take this opportunity. what to do. was standard it to engage further with russia but we're also preparing for a world with zero on this treaty let's go to people that international film festival which underway just across town. they sat down on the red carpet welcome let's start with the control will see this chinese for one second it's being withdrawn from the world's premiere and

they have labor unions and trade associations including the chambers own tom donahue. they will provide input as they implement a first ever comprehensive national strategy. we are doing so much more to make the united states the premier destination for investment. we have renegotiated replacing it with the u.s. and ca, with the intention of bringing production and jobs back to the united states. our negotiations with china have already addressed many of the outstanding issues we face with them. president trump is now willing to extend through the deadline on terrace to see whether we can achieve an all-encompassing enforceable agreement and an ultimate session. if not, we will go forward with the original plan to raise tariffs on 200 billion imports from 10 percent to 25 percent and meanwhile, the 25 percent on 50 billion of chinese imports will remain in place. at the commerce department, our assets located in 100 u.s. cities further encourage put direct investment into the united states. they are located throughout the country and have been directed to identify and

took to the streets to demonstrate against the policies their presence in many one might call the labor union it seems you see organized reaction in response to what is called the country's social emergency and to call for a fairer taxation system some key figures involved in the country's yellow best movement which has been protesting against the president's my call since last november also join the rallies and our correspondent max hoffman is covering the strike in paris and i asked him how the demonstrations on full that today. it seems that at the end things got slightly out of hand again which is almost traditionally the case at the end of demonstrations here in paris cobble stones were thrown and we still have the with of tear gas here in the air and behind me you can see some of the police special forces blocking decide street where we are normally this demonstration should have been over but now people are returning in the other direction fleeing to tear gas so nothing special really in paris but many here say it's a shame because before that it was really peaceful all right now going

demonstrate against president emanuel macro economic program of the action was organized by the c g t labor union in response to what it called the country's social emergency and to call for a fair taxation system the rallies were also joined by key figures from the yellow vest movement which has also been protesting against the president. you know when you corresponded max hoffman has been in paris covering the strike just another protest in the heart of paris yes well but at the same time it's also a new kind of protest because for the first time the yellow vests are teaming up with a large trade union the c.c.t.v. so you see you at this demonstration we saw all kinds of people from public sector workers to of course the yellow vests to trade unionists but also members of the black bloc who try to incite violence here what all this mix will end up being is unclear at the moment because france and also in money would not call at a crossroads can the government regain the momentum here it is probably the first time in months that it has the chance reaching out to the french trying to show them th

. >> reporter: this was the labor union and a state this could create construction jobs and workers who live in mountain view attended the city council meeting. >> it's bad. there are thousands of people that come and work every day. the freeway is completely packed . >> reporter: ktvu, fox 2 . >>> at the update on the russian river and we will tell you which school district will cancel classes this morning. >>> it is tough driving, especially right now because the roads are open and people oriented high-speed collisions. we will tell you where the problems are. >>> it hasn't stopped raining for two days. >> breaking news in grandville where moments ago, the sheriff says grandville is cut off because of floodwaters. >>> president trump hit the ground running in vietnam. lauren with details on his meetings and what is coming up next. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us on mornings on 2 , wednesday, february 28, 2019. . >> you heard what we said about grandville. steve is talking how the storm is moving south expect the sheriff says it is landlocked. you cannot get in and out here

student killed by gun violence, democratic national committee chairman tom perez and several national labor union leaders.pelosi's husband, paul, and one of her five children, the filmmaker alexandra pelosi, will also join.the recruiting arm for senate republicans is poking at stacey abrams even before she delivers the formal rebuttal to president donald trump's state of the union message.the national republican senatorial committee released a brief video online tuesday stringing together snippets of past comments by abrams, including when the democrat says, "this is not a speech of concession" after her narrow loss to republican brian kemp in last year's race for georgia governor.other clips show abrams talking about impeachment, presumably for trump, and telling an interviewer that she tells folks she's met herself lawrence karnow: a beautiful snow karnow: a lawrence the media." the media."the senate win by more credit for "weren't given that republicans "weren't given more credit for the senate win by the media." (vicki) lawmakers in hawaii want to ban cigarettes in the state. but they want to

unionization drive. your sense of what happened to the labor movement in the city over this issue?i have the most respect for 32bj and hector, the leader of the group and t the groups that have cut that deal with amazon up front. but i think they are waking up to the realization when you cut these deals in the dark with one or two executives without including the rest of the city, the rest of the labor groups that have been sidelined, when an abusive company has online videos teaching the employees how to beat the union, hahad organized against the union, and punishing their managers and workers for even talking about organizing toward the union, there is a problem. think any group that has cut the original deal, they are -- there is consensus that amazon wean abusive company and want to hold them accountable living for. amy: governor cuomo said in a statement -- politiciansup of put their own narrow interests above the community, which poll after poll showed overwhelmingly supported bringing amazon to long island city come the state's economic future, the best interest of the peop

i'm also a delegate to the san francisco labor council from that union.re are two other unions at e.p.a., and i'm speaking for them today as well. the reason being that they wanted to be here, but they are so busy scrambling to catch up with the important work that they do every day that was, in many cases, left undone. it is true that some of them were working without pay, for example, we had a large crew of people, not only from our regional office, but from across the country, working on the hazardous cleanup at the fires in california, and during the shutdown, they were able to complete that task under budget, and ahead of schedule, all without pay. so that is just an example of the essential character of our work, i also will mention, since i was a super fun project manager, that e.p.a. is to lead regulatory agency at hunter's point superfund site, which is undergoing enormous problems, as you know, but has a large role to play. i think that you've already outlined very effectively, supervisor haney, what the financial impacts were, and what other co

in support labor unions.is when you take money from the government now they have a say in how you do your business. kennedy: absolute right! that's what they been doing with unions for years! but you know, now there are parts of new york city, i love living here and i love raising kids here. but there are things here that really sucks. others homelessness does not properly addressed.the subways are god awful and they think that they're just going to tax people out of existence and then they are surprised when they leave the city. we will come back. major new developments in the alleged attack on empire after, jussie smollett. police are claiming they look into what the the attacked was staged. did the media rush to judgment in the beginning once again? we are joined next and also we are waiting the signage of the bill from nancy pelosi. all right. and then, wait, ask and you shall receive. house speaker nancy pelosi was listening to me. we have breaking his retina. there she is about to sign the legislation.

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been demonstrating in barcelona a rally and a general strike were called by a pro independence labor unionto support twelve jailed catalan separatist leaders . the u.s. and china are trying to reach a deal that could end the seven month trade war i level talks are continuing in washington to end the standoff that seen washington and beijing imposed tit for tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods and japanese spacecraft has landed on an asteroid thought to be as old as our solar system there were celebrations at the exploration agency in saigon the hotter than the probe touched down and that a yugo asteroid is traveling through space three hundred forty million kilometers from earth explorers expected to return twenty twenty with samples of the asteroids coming next on al-jazeera it's witness the russian job. called the muslim which is saying has now been held in pretrial detention for two years what is his crime. why hasn't he been tried yet why hasn't justice been applied in this case is he detained because he said journalists as journalism become a crime have malls

my father was a member of the john birch society he was very opposed to the new deal labor unions catholics jews i thought. he was actually not that unusual and my dad for those attitudes to prevail. because i was a good athlete good in school and good in my church and a good boy scout my townhome i was really proud of. in one thousand sixty-six as the u.s. military began ramping up its forces in vietnam brian wilson was drafted. i enlisted in the air force for a four year program to go into the army as an induction. and then i got my orders to become an air force sure angel officer commanding a unit of forty minutes. and so soon i found myself in vietnam. my duty you i was to go and assess the success or failure bombing missions. and in one week. we went visited five targets. all the targets were inhabited fishing again. second. i defended. fishing. these villages were bombed at two hundred fifty to three hundred feet five hundred pound bombs eventually shot made off. so everybody needs filesystems either dead or just about dead and they were all blocked it is burned finished off i watched

would fight their rights to organize, that they would crush their rights to organize and form a labor union. that was wrong. forproud that we thought our values, new york values, the rights of immigrants, the rights of workers. that is what was important here. fromt to recognize deborah make the road new york, to say a few words. incredibly -- we win! .> when we fight >> we win! we are incredibly grateful to stand here with the most extraordinary allies and elected officials to say that we are reclaiming our economy and our democracy. these are our neighborhoods. we have stood against ttempts toes' a extract our tax dollars and shove us out of our communities. we are grateful to stand here today at the beginning, only the beginning of our fight to stop the predatory practices of amazon. killing off jobs, replacing them with terrible jobs, partnering spiking, and justification to push our communities out of our homes. we are thrilled today to be able to say community pressure has stood up to the power, the most powerful and wealthy men in the world. this is a victory that we are proud to sta

labor unions also criticized amazazon's strong antiunion trak record. activist and politicians, including newly elected commerce woman alexandria oak osseo alexandria oak osseo cortez. >> we want responsible corporate citizens. we want people to respect the community, to respect their workers. new york state governor andrew cuomo had a very different take. >> i have never seen a more where political pandering and obvious pandering so defeats a bona fide economic development project. >> despite the setback, amazon says plans to build the other half of the headquarterers in northernrn virginia will not be affected. >> u.s. trade officials have met with chinese president xi jinping afafter two days of negotiations. ending the dispute between the two nations. steve mnuchin said the talks were productive while robert lighthizer said there was headway. few specififics onon what the headway might entail. many analysts believe u.s. demand for major changes to chinesese economic practices ara bit much to resololve ahead offe march 1 deadline. thatat is when u.s.

the check of my family is no exception one turkish labor union estimates that around two million children are forced to work on a regular basis just to survive half a million of them in agriculture the chaco buys have no land of their own they have to give thirty percent of their income to the landowner even once they get home the children's work is still not done. there is father appears to have told her off for talking to us so openly out in the field perhaps he is worried because he was warned he might have to pay a fine. now she tells us she does go to school but she still has it is in her eyes. and children don't spend their childhood and adolescence in school where they belong but out in the fields working temperatures can rise to fifty degree celsius or doctors have diagnosed child workers with sunburn and sicknesses contracted from insects out in the field. or psychological problems because of the heavy workload. and it's not just this generation the parents and grandparents of these children experienced the same thing at all tom. we contacted turkey's governing party to ask what

labor unions are threatening further strikes if the government doesn't pay them despite the hardship sophia philip mudd says she's prepared to keep on fighting. you're watching the news later this hour kristoff cover from our business desk will be here. with business news well the girl whose pain moved the world and helped end the vietnam war kim puk t.v. has just received a peace prize here in germany she'll be talking about talking about the impact that the famous photo to a head on her life. as better swale is humanitarian crisis deepens the standoff between the government and the opposition there over the liberty of u.s. aid is intensifying tuesday saul massive demonstrations take place across the country demanding humanitarian aid be let in and this will end migrants in colombia also took to the streets in the border city of kuta where the aid is being stored demonstrators marched to protest against president nicolas maduro who claims the aid supplies are fake and blocking their entry into the square. will cheer when president ford. is visiting beddes with his neighbor colombia

labor unions are threatening further strikes if the government doesn't pay them despite the hardship sophia philip mudd says she's prepared to keep on fighting. now to venice will and as that country's humanitarian crisis deepens the standoff is intensifying between the government and the opposition over delivery of u.s. aid massive demonstrations across the country on tuesday demanded humanitarian aid be let in and a swell of migrants in colombia also took to the streets in the border city of cuckoo tah where the aid supplies are currently being stored demonstrators marched to protest against embattled president nicolas maduro who claims the aid is fake and is blocking its entry into venice walen. well german press. that. is visiting that is where his neighbor colombia for talks with the country's leaders colombia has seen a massive influx of migrants due to the crisis across the border for. his killing by a show arrived in bogota only a few weeks ago but already she's out on the streets from morning to evening selling sweets she's desperate to earn a little cash so she can feed her

if a labor union is having trouble establishing a training program because of antiquated procedures, we need to fix it. we need to get those workers trained and into the workforce. if a business cannot hire a worker because of out of date regulation, we need to know that so we can take action. if medical professionals are concerned about a licensing backlog, they need receptive ears in state government. thank you. we are also not going to try to solve every problem work force problem on our own. a public-private partnership that empowers businesses to address the skills gap from end and their encourages them to share their best practices. government does not have a monopoly on good ideas for addressing these challenges, but foran serve as an incubator the best ones and a partner for putting them into action. the command center is going to be led by the secretaries of the departments of community, labor, industry, and state. three departments that have the largest impact. we are going to bring in outside forces. down -- and rick going bloomingdale will be key task force members. they

the action was organized by the cgt labor union, to call for what they say is a fairer tax system. the rallies were joined by key figures from the yellow vests movement, which has also been protesting against the president. max hofmann has been in paris, covering the strike. max: just another protest in the heart of paris. at the same time, it is also a new kind of protest. for the first time, the yellow vests are teaming up with the large trade union. at this demonstration, we saw all kinds of people -- public-sector workers, the yellow vests, trade unionists, but also members of the black bloc. what this mix will end up being is unclear at the moment, because france and emmanuel macron are at a crossroads. can the government regain the momentum? it is probably the first time in months that it had the chance, reaching out to the french to show that emmanuel macron can compromise and at the same time try to crack down hard on the violent elements. phil: max hofmann in paris. this is "dw news." still to come, the clinic in seoul's cloning dogs for the rich and famous. but do the can

region as well not everyone is backing why do we so protests as well in argentina recently from labor unions against what is happening but we will see the next days are going to be crucial in venezuela our people i mean you were there i've got thirty seconds of power people doing right now in venezuela. by myself it can't be denied people are starving they're eating from the garbage it's really a humanitarian crisis and it will have to finally end otherwise the exodus will continue and the neighboring countries will be threatened by this as well. be used to feel your homes thank you. on out to madagascar are and fish the island lies off the coast of east africa and is surrounded by some of the continent's richest fishing stocks for generations a traditional community known as the visa so has fish the waters of the indian ocean but they say the arrival last year of chinese fishing trawlers off the coast now threatens to disrupt the already fragile balance between man and see. the fisherman and a cow holes in his net. the small community in southwest america has been fishing like this for gene

too many hard-working americans are falling behind, living paycheck to paycheck, most without labor unions to protect them from even worse harm. the republican tax bill rigged the system against working people. rather than bringing back jobs, plans are closing, layoffs are looming, and wages struggle to keep pace with the actual cost of living. we owe more to the yday folks w economy running. like truck drivers forced to buy their own rigs, farmers caught in a trade war, small business owners in search of capital, and domestic workers serving without labor protection. women and men who could thrive if only they had the support and freedom to do so. we know bipartisanship could craft a 21st century immigration plan, but this administration chooses to caged children and tear families apart. compassionate treatment at the border is not the same as open borders. pres. reagan understood this. pres. obama understood this. americans understand this. and democrats stand ready to effectively secure our ports and borders. that from agriculture to healthcare, to entrepreneurship, america is made stro

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demonstrations are underway in paris and around the country a labor union to organize the action in response to what it called the country's social emergency and to call for a fairer taxation system while us some people involved in the country's yellow best movement which has been protesting against president michel since last november have also joined the rallies. all right let's find out how things are right now in the french capital is our correspondent max hofmann max why is this strike so significant. because it's the first time and you can see that the jaime that you have one of the big unions the c.c.t. teaming up with the gene is old so the yellow this movement the yellow this movement in the past always prided themselves to be independent of political parties or traditional affiliations like unions but here it is different that we talk to some of them and everybody says the same thing we are fighting for the same cause social justice so it's not uncommon to find in this crowd people who are at the same time members of the c.g. t. so that trade union but also jeanne is old was what t

he's able to because where he comes from that he's able to have the credibility to change the labor unions whereas maybe a more conservative politician might not be able to do that mexico absolutely that's what it is that's what it is he worn an amazing image of the thirty m. in a very dominant victory with fifty six on a plank really protecting workers the group of workers who employ fifty six fifty seven percent of the vote he wiped the two houses in terms of you know congress and senate even the golden arse all the governorships that were for grabs mostly came from his ranks now the first thing he has done in these last couple of months lynn not spent too much time on that has been. i may seem fight on oil theft pipes going from the main cubes the noise to you know theft are we covering that or is that unfortunate accident there too but example i get most of it because plugging those leaks is key to stop that he come politically at the total chaos in the country closing the grid and bringing all throughout the country through pipes through you know what. all you tax in things you have h

far too many hard working americans are falling behind living paycheck to paycheck most without labor unions to protect them from even worse harm. the republican tax bill rigged the system against working people rather than bringing back jobs plants are closing layoffs are looming and wages struggle to keep pace with the actual cost of living we owe more to the millions of everyday folks who keep our economy running like truck drivers forced to by their own rigs farmers caught in a trade war small business owners in search of capital and domestic workers serving without labor protections women and men who could thrive if only they had the support and freedom to do so we know bipartisanship could craft a twenty first century immigration plan but this it ministration chooses to cage children and tear families apart compassionate treatment at the border is not the same as open borders president reagan understood this president obama understood this americans understand this and democrats stand ready to effectively secure our ports and borders but we must all embrace that from agriculture to hea