labor authorities on thursday the national labor relations board filed a complaint over unfair labor practices according to workers' complaints employees had to sign confidentiality agreements that prevented them from talking about working conditions tesla has since denied the accusations and has until september fourteenth to formally respond to the claims. let's talk more about this test a lawsuit what are workers claiming specifically happened so the biggest thing here is that they had to sign these contracts have prevented them at all from talking about conditions at the. california plant that's where a non-disclosure sort of going to. plant they couldn't even talk about any safety concerns that they may have had and a lot of these workers are alleging that they were even threatened by management with being fired or even being sued if they broke the agreements and that contract so this particular lawsuit was filed by three workers from the california plant and the united auto workers which is a union that for a long time has been encouraging test. to unionize much to the dismay of

to be a member of the national labor relations board. also today several floor speeches about the latest health care plan put forth by senators lindsey graham and bill cassidy. the senate finance committee is meeting monday to look at that proposal. the senate stands in recess until monday, for the rest of the week, senators are back home for state work period. live coverage of the senate when it returns here on c-span2. republican and democratic leaders spoke earlier today with reporters about the latest effort to repeal parts of the affordable care act. here is a look at that starting with senate republicans. >> well, good afternoon, everyone. i expect you already know that we spent lunch talking about gram-cassidy. lots of interest in the bill that senator cassidy and senator graham have been working on. i asked them to join today and lead off. so have at it, guys. >> number one, i never felt better about where we're at. it is pretty well clear to me where the country is going under obamacare and bernie care. it is going into further

emanuel to serve on the national labor relations board. the nlrb may be wufort most important -- one of the most important independent federal agencies that you never heard of. they are responsible for protecting the lawful rights of workers to come together and bargain with their bosses for higher wages and better working conditions. starting a union is not an easy task. often it's a large corporation against its own employees. the money and the ability to threaten retaliation is heavily weighted on the corporate side. for more than a century many corporations fought unions tooth and nail, hiring strike breakers and union busting thugs and later on union busting lawyers. so back in the 1930's congress established the nlrb to act as a referee and to keep the playing field level so that workers would have a chance to form a union if they wanted to. president trump picked william emanuel to fill a vacancy on the nlrb. now, mr. emanuel has over 40 years of experience practicing labor and employment law. he's represented manufacturing companie

. >> the national labor relations board has filed complaint against the automaker suggesting threats pro union workers and preventing them from passing out literature. >>> wells fargo chief executive tim sloan will testify before congress next month on the bank's lingering sales scandal. they created 2 million fake accounts. the bank admitted charging customers for car insurance they don't need. >> much like los angeles has the hollywood scene, san francisco now has a sign of its own. >> this one is meant to inspire everybody who passes by. >> even if letters that know no limits of the will the artist found her inspiration below. >> in an existing remember the you'd -- >> i thought, why can't we just he can tow word and have it reverberate up the hill? >> like most dreams, hers grew. >> it involved martin luther king middle school. it makes sense to fill the void in our elementary school system. >> i got to screw in the many mirror that's reflect the sunshine. >> they are part of it. >> in the process, they'll sing for the unveiling. >> the kids start to understand that they have exc

i mean, is this--i know that the national labor relations board has been implementing some--also somen what kind of pesticides are used, but the growers are a strong lobby and the growers want their pesticides so they can make their crops grow. victoria: exactly, like for example in bakersfield on cinco de mayo of all days, there were some farmworkers who got--who were sick and they were hospitalized. and this chemical was supposed to be banned during the obama administration in march, but this administration canceled the ban. so, you know, there has to be--there's some--i mean, they said because there wasn't enough evidence. and it was that pesticide that it's called chlorpyrifos. i don't know if you've heard of that, but it's really toxic, nausea. i mean, it gets you sick if you touch it. i mean-- damian: what does it tell you about this farmworker--i'm assuming it's a farmworker in san mateo county who was even reluctant to identify him or herself? what does that say about still the fear factor that exists? victoria: exactly, and whoever sent me--please, i wanna make this message.

5:30 senators will vote on the confirmation of william emanuel to be a member of the national labor relations board. later this week it's possible we'll see debate and a vote on the graham-cassidy health care bill that would replace the affordable care act. as always, you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live here on c-span2. >>> the senate finance committee holds a hearing today on the latest republican plan to repeal the affordable care act. two main sponsors of the measure -- senators lindsey graham and bill cassidy -- are scheduled to testify. live coverage begins at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >>> a rally called a march for civility was held on the steps of the lincoln memorial in washington d.c. speakers from different backgrounds shared personal stories including michael brown sr. whose son was killed in ferguson, missouri. we also heard from law enforcement, activists and bobby seale, the co-founder of the black panther party. the event was organized by the free hugs project and the restore civility campaign. it's three hours. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> please, welcom

4:00 eastern, with votes on the nomination of an alley-based labor lawyer to join the national labor relations board. hill" reports that the financial services company aig will restructure its business and shut down its consumer and commercial divisions in order to avoid stricter federal oversight. the company plans on dividing its operations into general insurance, life and retirement planning, and a tech platform, while dropping two major finance units. it falls under the systemically important financial institution regulations category, established mainly to deal specifically with aig. you can read more at thehill.com. hillary clinton and mitt romney's former presidential campaign managers came together to lead a server security project designed to be a first response to foreign governments that try to interfere in u.s. elections. the panel discussion on digital threats also included google's information security manager. >> good evening. we have a great group of guests at the kennedy school to talk about the digital threats to democracy. more often i call it the threat to the digital democracy.

the national labor relations board filed a complaint agaisnt tesla earlier this month. citing multiple incidents at it's fremont assembly plant. some workers allege that tesla's security guards refused to let them pass out leaflets about the united auto workers union. they also claim that a tesla supervisor threatened to fire employees if they passed out stickers, leaflets or other materials not approved by the company. tesla denys those claims. ( james ) coming up.. the results of former n-f-l star aaron hernandez's brain study are in. what was found that may have contributed to his suicide. (james) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero. trash illegally dumped in one east bay community is becoming a cause for conce

it could be that a case will move to the national labor relations board and that will take the wind out of the sails of the legislation, but we will happy with that, too. so despite what people think about the senate and labor issues, i think this is got a decent shot of getting through to the president. it is so eminently reasonable. unanimousbe consent. >> any other questions? all right. thank you -- one must question? ok. >> jackie lee, bloomberg bna. i was wondering what you think a more reasonable version of the eu one form could look like? and whether that is something that you can see in the foreseeable future? mr. johnson: of course, there is a -- >> [indiscernible] mr. johnson: there is one on the books now. the dilemma there, of course, is, sometimes what i had a vision was pushing a big vacuum cleaner across the united states and gobbling up a bunch of information and not knowing what to do with it. expansionat the eeo form was all about. they would help you find something, maybe they would find something cool to do with it. i don't know what the answer to that is. it's got t

the inspectorced general at odds with the position taken by the national labor relations board. the inspector and formally represented by the solicitor general. the acting solicitor general has given lobby permission to brief and argue its own views so we will have two arguments by government representatives on opposite sides of the issue. and that will be a first for me in nearly 25 years i have served on the court. 1 the government filed a petition seeking review of the fourth circuit decision faulting the president travel ban. that decision affirms an injunction against implementation of the executive order limiting travel to this country by persons from six predominantly muslim countries. the government also filed an stateation requesting a of the fourth circuit's injunction pending the supreme court's review, state of as well as a stay of another injection of the same executive order coming from the court in hawaii. upheldhe ninth circuit hawaii'sict of injunction, the government asked us to treatment stay application as a petition for review. hawaii's the court granted bot

it could be that a case could move to the national labor relations board that will take the wind out of the sails of the legislation, but we would be happy with that. despite what people think about the senate and labor issues, i think this has a decent shot of getting through to the president. it is so eminently reasonable. >> any other questions? one last question. >> bloomberg. i know the form were stayed, but i was wondering what a more reasonable version with the click and what we could see in the for seeable >> there is an ee-01 form -- one on the books. the dilemma is sometimes, when it came out, what i had a vision of was pushing a big vacuum cleaner gobbling up a lot of information, then not knowing what to do with it. that is what the expansion form was all about. maybe they find something cool to do with it. i don't know the answer to that is. it has to be within the statutory mandate to enforce the laws, not just gobble up a bunch of information to see what they could do with it. i think maybe the agency would be better served to think about promoting pay equity through th

the national labor relations board filed a complaint agaisnt tesla earlier this monthciting multiplencidents at it's fremont assembly plant. some workers allege that tesla's security guards refused to let them pass out leaflets about the united auto workers union. they aslo claim that a tesla supervisor threatened to fire employees if they passed out stickers, leaflets or other materials not approved by the company. tesla....denys those claims. (steve) and fresh fishare returning to san francisco's fisherman's wharf. starting this weekend san francisco will allow fisherman to sell dabs sole and rockfish from their boats at the popular tourist spot as part of a one-year pilot program. san francisco banned such sales in 2000but reversed it's policy on september 12thafter a campaign by fisherman looking to increase their income. (pam) new tonight at ten: a woman who was carjacked by kids .... is now trying to figure how she is going to pay for their mistakes .. it happened in new mexico. some are calling this crime -- the romeo and juliette carjacking .. as reporter brianna gallego tell

two, members plan national labors relations board.erwards,t on york times magazine contribution editor, on her book. ae is interviewed by cofounder of for policy. >> there is a question if we are acceptable? whye's another question is i did not question is another form of propaganda? what was the job it was doing for individual americans? one thing i was realizing come it took a long time to realize, the language we use when we talk about four countries had been -- about foreign countries had been determined for us. especially muslim countries and the east, are they catching up with us or are they behind us? is prevent you from being able to see the country on its own terms. >>. afterwards -- watch >> next, the north korean foreign minister speaks to the united nations general assembly. then, some of the speeches for today's march for civility on the national mall. that, a discussion of u.s.-a counterterrorism efforts in the obama and trump administrations. >> in his speech to the united nations general assembly, north korea's foreign

. >>> the national labor relations board is ordering tesla to respond to employee complaints over a confidentialityhe decision comes amid growing tension at the company as workers in the fremont factory push to unionize. the federal agency found there was merit to allegations by three tesla factory workers that they were harassed after passing out union leaflets. but in a statement, the tesla spokesman had just the opposite take saying, quote, these allegations which have been filed by the same contingent of union organizers who have been so outspoken with media are entirely without merit. the company has until september 14 to respond to the claims. >>> the august jobs report is out this morning. and the damage from harvey may be unprecedented in u.s. history. >> joining us now with details, kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. >> good morning, kenny. good morning, michelle. hurricane harvey is unbearable to watch with all the devastation in south texas. it could be very costly. in fact, accuweather says that it could be the most costly natural disaster in u.s. history at more than 1 $190

labor authorities on thursday the national labor relations board filed a complaint over unfair labor practices according to workers' complaints employees had to sign confidentiality agreements that prevented them from talking about working conditions tesla has since denied the accusations and has until september fourteenth to formally respond to the claims. let's talk more about this test a lawsuit what are workers claiming specifically happened so the biggest thing here is that they had to sign these contracts have prevented them at all from talking about conditions at the. california plant that's where a non-disclosure sort of going. but working out of the plant they couldn't even talk about any safety concerns that they may have had and a lot of these workers are alleging that they were even threatened by management with being fired or even being sued if they broke the agreements and that contract so this particular lawsuit was filed by three workers from the california plant and the united auto workers which is a union that for a long time has been encouraging test. to unionize m

tomorrow senate lawmakers plan to do with the nomination of the national labor relations board and then they will adjourn for the rest of the week for a state work. the coverage of use senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, by whose providence

in the next half hour >>> tesla has received a complaint over worker rights from the national labor relations boards by making them sign a confidentiality agreement that could prevent them from talking about working conditions and safety issues. tesla has to respond to the nlrb's charges by september 14th >>> it is jobs friday. so let's get right to our panel this morning joining us is jason furman the former chairman of the president's council of economic advisers under president obama now senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. james lew is the founder and head of research at clearnomics, and cnbc senior contributor larry kudlow folks, great to see all of you this morning i want to start with you jason because you're at the disadvantage you're away. you're going to have a much tougher time breaking into the conversations we have here around the table tell us what you think about where we stand right now the numbers have been coming in much better than anticipated not only for the jobs number but for gdp and other growth numbers we've been seeing. is that you think a r

5:30 senators will vote on the confirmation of william emanuel to be a member of the national labor relations board. later this week it's possible we'll see debate and a vote on the graham-cassidy health care bill that would replace the affordable care act. as always, you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live here on c-span2. >>> the senate finance committee holds a hearing today on the latest republican plan to repeal the affordable care act. two main sponsors of the measure -- senators lindsey graham and bill cassidy -- are scheduled to testify. live coverage begins at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >>> a rally called a march for civility was held on the steps of the lincoln memorial in washington d.c. speakers from different backgrounds shared personal stories including michael brown sr. whose son was killed in ferguson, missouri. we also heard from law enforcement, activists and bobby seale, the co-founder of the black panther party. the event was organized by the free hugs project and the restore civility campaign. it's three hours. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> please, welcom

eastern on on the nomination of los angeles-based labor lawyer william emmanuel to join the national labor relations boardfforts. watch the senate live on c-span2 and the house on c-span. also today ambassadors and leaders come together to discuss iran's nuclear deal and i will affect neighboring countries our live coverage from the atlantic council here in washington begins at noon eastern on our companion network c-span3. >> tonight on "the communicators," comcast senior executive vice president david cohen talks about telecommunication development, competition and fcc regulations. he is interviewed by senior editor tony rahm. >> first of all, i feel compelled to say brian roberts pointed this out at the goldman sachs conference last week. we love our company. we post at&t acquisition and nbc universal acquisition, we view ourselves as essentially strategically complete. so we are not out there saying to survive we have to find something else to buy. so just want to make that clear. on the other hand, we have never viewed ourselves as being foreclosed from the acquisition marketplace either domestically

they will continue working on a national labor relations board nomination, also a confirmation vote forwilliam a manual at 5:30 p.m. eastern. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. we will return to the form on refugee settlement. >> hopefully that are policies that will benefit both refugees and the u.s. in general. so that brings us to the end of our sort of prepared remarks. we will move right to two a day. i'll give the normal caveats. if you have a question do please make it a question, and this is always valued and you can either directed to a specific individual or to the panel and we will do the it up among ourselves. i think, sure, we have a microphone so please wait for a muck about at dinner five -- >> my question is, why do many white americans are calling president trump racist or big it, and all he is doing trying to not make america another england or another european country where you have explosion monthly if not weekly? i could give you my own example. i was in pakistan and i will stop by the airport. i am a muslim, my name is muhammad. she interviewed me for 45

the senate will gavel in considering william emanuel's nomination to the national labor relations boardhe will then give the republican majority. the vote is scheduled for about 90 minutes from now at 530 eastern. live from the senate floor here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer.

to protect american workers and finally, this amendment would restore funding to the national labor relations board which protects the rights of workers under the national labor relations act. i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise in mr. cole: i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. combe: thank you, mr. chairman. -- mr. cole: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to say how much i regret and i know my friend regrets our good frent wasn't here to offer her amendment. i appreciate my good friend from wisconsin stepping up and doing that he's a valued member of the subcommittee and one who contributes mightily to its deliberations. i understand the concern of some with the relative modest reductions in this bill of labor enforcement agecies. it's been the subcommittee's policy for many years to protect works' health and safety by increasing funding for compliance assistance and reducing enforcement activities. that's exactly what this bill actually does. i appreciate that the subcommittee has had

i rise in support of my amendment which will reduce the funding for the national labor relations board by $99 billion. flips ts inception, nlrb from one administration to the next. in the last eight years they overturned 105,000 years precedent in 90 cases. in cases such as the ambush election rule and joint employer rule, the board significantly overstepped their bounds and tipped -- dipped their hands into the day-to-day operations of everyday americans. i'm not here to attack unions. there's i wish more people would join unions under the amendment that we just dealt with. i believe that employees should have the right to join a union if they think joining a union is best for them and their family. but the fact remains, the nlrb has resoved 65% fewer election petitions and 40% unfair -- fewer unfair labor practice charges. while private sector labor representation has decreased the nlrb's budget has increased in inflation adjusted dollars by close to $50 million. my amendment would implement a reduction to nlrb; to bringer that funding in line with their expected work load. specifica

a complaint by the national labor relations board, tesla violated workers rights by requiring them tosign a confidentiality agreement that would stop them from talking about their working conditions. employees at tesla's plant have been working with united auto workers trying to form a union, move tesla management opposes. macy's and best buy are trying to give amazon a little competition. they are expanding their offers for same-day delivery. best buy says it will double the number of markets to 27 and macy's says same-day delivery will it be available in 15 additional cities boosting the number to 33. shares of macy's little changed in the free market. here is best buy. stock has been on fire up 27% so far this year, we are seeing retail survivor stories in the age of amazon. dagen: thank you for that. these companies need to do same-day delivery. >> no question amazon has changed the game and companies realize they need to have a dual strategy of not just brick and mortar but reduce that footprint and have a vibrant online effort to combine those and compete with amazon on their te

senators al plan to consider the nomination of william emanuel to be a member of the national labor relations board. a final vote is possible by tomorrow, the last day of work for the week for the senate. follow the senate live on our companion network, c-span2. >> it's that time of year to announce our 2018 student cam video documentary competition. help us spread the word to middle school and high school students and their teachers. this year's theme is the constitution and you. and we're asking students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and create a video illustrating why it's important. our competition is open to all middle school and high school students grade 6 through 12. students can work alone or in a group up to three and produce a five to seven-minute documentary on the position selected. including some c-span programming and also explore opposing opinions. $100,000 will be awarded in cash prizes. the grand prize of $5,000 will go to the student or team with the best overall entry. the deadline is january 18th, 2018. mark your calendars and help us spread the word to student

close debate on on the nomination of william emanuel of california to be a member of the national labor relations board, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question, is it the sense of the senate that the debate on william emanuel to be a member of the board shall come to a close. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, on this measure the ayes are 49. the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to address the senate as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, this week marks 30 years of loyal service to the senate by one joe donahue, my legislative director. 30 years working for the citizens of arizona and trying to make me a better senator. during those three decades, he worked his way from the mail room to a position of con

argued a number of complex cases before a number of courts, including notably the case of national labor relations board versus noel canning for the supreme court. in that matter, he represented a plaintiff noel canning in his successful challenge to president obama's unlawful so-called recess appointments. that -- that case is especially important for this body because the supreme court's unanimous 2014 decision reaffirmed that the senate, not the president, has the clear constitutional authority to prescribe the rules of its own proceedings. while francisco is a great choice for this job and i urge my colleagues in supporting him. the finance committee is hosting another in a series of hearings on comprehensive tax reform. the president and his team and many of us here in congress are in agreement that passing tax reform is the single most important action that we can take today to energize the economy and help middle-class families get ahead. our tax code is overly complex and rates too high. chairman hatch and members of the committee are looking for a simplified tax code that works better for all o

the clerk: nomination, national labor relations board, william j. emanuel of california to be a member. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of william j. emanuel of california to be a member of the national labor relations board signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, the senate has spent a great deal of time over the lax six or sef -- last six or seven months debating health care in america. for years after the passage of the affordable care act, t

the clerk: nomination, national labor relations board, william j. emanuel of california to be a member. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate the previous order, the senate live coverage of the senate when the return at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span2. protesters demonstrate president trump who gave his first speech to the united nations general assembly and political writing that he condemned authoritative regimes and harsh and trumpian terms threatening to total destroyed north korea. a senior administration official described before hand that deeply philosophical address promoting his vision of principled realism. you can read more at politico.com. a look at president trump's anti-address to the u.n. general assembly this morning.