in president of the american federation of teachers, the chicago teachers' national union, wrote andte . . . weingarten, the president of the american federation of teachers, the chicago teachers' national union. randi, thank for joining us. >> it's always great to be with you, eliot. >> eliot: thank you. you did reform late the education conversation with the strike. explain what you wanted to do and what you think you accomplished? >> no one wants a strike, and a strike is to be avoided virtually at all no one goes into a strike willingly. but what happened in chicago was there has been 15 years of closing schools and teaching to the test as opposed to teaching children, so parents and the educators, together -- that's why parents supported the strike by a two to three to one basis, talked about how we need the tools for teachers, and resources for kids, so we make every single school in chicago a school where parents want to send their kids and educators want to work. a school where kids actually get prepared for the world that they are about to face rather than being a test score

around the country in difficult position and it's been striking how few national democrats have been willing to commit and support union i think it's i'm sorry finish is what i think the first step before a reckoning in the democratic party though may be a reckoning within some of the national teachers' unions in there in chicago has been willing to be much more aggressive and much more critical both towards democratic politicians and towards the charter movement than the national union so far has been and if they become more aggressive that may force a sharper confrontation with the democratic party the inner city chicago schools. the average cost to educate a child there's a thousand dollars a year that's that's what's that those are the resources given to them in the suburban schools right around chicago it's twenty three to twenty four thousand dollars per student per year are we back where lynn and johnson was in the war on poverty isn't it time for those kind of numbers to be front and center. rather than testing teachers we have a little less than a minute charge absolutely and i think in some ways the reason th

unionized states. america is becoming too distinct nations, the unionized nation and the free nation. government unions promote leftism. while i was working on shadow bosses i was able to prove and suspect but never know the unions elect politicians to office. they not only get the union votes, they also get reliable left votes on a whole host of issues. our research has shown the most labour supported members of congress have an abysmal voting record on all types of votes that matter to their members and conservatives. the vote against business, they voted against family values, against life, the vote against second amendment. we have a chart like to share with you if you are interested and will be up on www.shadowbosses.com showing the politicians and the money they spend. interestingly enough, the members don't agree with the way the union bosses spend money on these issues. the members are not even knowledgeable and in many cases it is hidden from them. in the senate spending by the government employee unions on the politics matter to refuse single one of fuss but it also matters t

association of mineworkers and construction workers has been involved in a violent turf war with the national union of mineworkers, linked to the ruling anc. strikes have spread to other mines like the gold fields mine, where 12,000 workers down their tools. south africa earns around 20% of its gdp from mining. this man was expelled by the ruling anc, and now blames his own party for the unrest. >> they are worried owners of these mines are not listening to us. leaders of the anc are in the mind. >> this latest march sends a clear message that the workers are not budging on their demands. it is one of germany's most intriguing corporate thrillers. three years ago, the luxury sports car manufacturers portia -- manufacture porsche tried to take over manufacturer volkswagen. >> porsche bosses are you everything was above board, but the case is being played out in court. >> porsche's former ceo was on opposing next to his company's sports cars, but he had his sights set on an even bigger future. the company launched a hostile bid for volkswagen, europe's biggest carmaker, with its focus on small and mi

america is becoming too distinct nations, unionized nations in the free nations. six my friends, government unions promote -- while i was working on "shadowbosses" i was able to propose -- prove what i suspected that union select politician from the offices but they not only get kohl union votes, they also get reliable leftist vote on a whole host of issues. our research has shown that the most labor supported members of congress have an abysmal voting record on all types of votes that matter to there've members and conservatives. they vote against business and they vote against family values. they vote against life. they vote against the 2nd amendment. i have a chart that i could share with you if you are and just again it will be up on www.shadowbosses.com showing the politicians and the money spent or go interestingly enough, their members don't agree with the way these union bosses spend money on these issues. the members are not even knowledgeable about it and in many cases it's hidden from them. this immense spending by government employee unions on these pol

unionized states. america's becoming two distinct nations. the unionized nation and the free nation. six, my friends, government unions promote leftism. while i was working on "shadowbosses," i was able to prove what i schted, but never -- suspected, but never known, that unions legislate friendly politicians to office, but they not only get pro-union votes, but they also get reliable leftist votes on a whole host of issues. our research has thoan that the most labor supported members of congress have a dismal voting records on all types of votes that matter to their members and conservatives. vote against business, against family values, vote against life, vote against second amendment. we have a chart that i could share with you if you or interested on www.shadowbosses.com, showing these politicians and the money spent. interestingly enough, their members don't agree with the ways these union bosses spend money on the res. the members are not knowledge l about it, and in many cases, it's hidden from them. in this immense spending my government employee unions on politics matters to

if this corrupts cycle keeps growing benefiting unions more than the government employees. driving the nation into debt that is why i explore the topic somebody said what is a "shadowbosses"? i will explain that. what do they have to do with governemnt unions? they're the people we really work for. we hold accountable all our fathers telling us to study harder for bright future and our mothers pushing us to stay out of trouble and the football coach from the sidelines god is our shadow pause for many of us. unfortunately for many political leaders there shuttle buses are the government employees union bosses. they tell them what to do, which legislation to support, and when to bend and demands of contract negotiations. bear their to patch the politicians on the back. and tear them down. is shocking over 20 million people work for government government, 41 percent of those are represented by a union. government workers are five times as unionized as private employees. only seven of 26% private-sector are represented by a union. far less are actually union members. the rate of unionization vari

unions or public sector employees. it is -- it would be the first constitutional amendment of its type in the nation in that it would effectivelyorce all right to work laws in the state before anyone could propose it. so it is sort of a forward- looking measure by the union movement to protect the fundamental right. at the end of the day, as you will see from the protect our jobs as, the argument is collective bargaining is not just serving the needs and interests of d.c. union bosses or even just the interest of union members, but that collective bargaining is a form of democratic expression that can be used to before it is vision for how workplaces are shaped. in the case of the school system, as we see in chicago with the teacher strike, collective bargaining can be used as a way to really put forth a positive vision for what a school should look like. in detroit, because the public schools have been under emergency financial management, the manager imposed a contract this summer, which published on teachers, because they had no bargaining power. which includes not just a 10% wage cut for teachers, but also a drastic rise in

about 200 people want to drop their sciu union and join the national union for health workers. >>> it's the first day of a 60-mile walk for breast cancer. 1,200 women were at the starting line on treasure island today, now locally, donations to the komen race for the cure group broke down after the -- there was a backlash which prompted a minute strait fors to quickly reverse that decision. but the damage done. we asked the national spokesmen what he is now telling potential donors that are still concerned. >> our funds go toward national search, large public health outreach programs and locally, we also fund and support local community-based and affiliate outreach programs. >> the local chapter says at this time last year, they had raised $212,000, this year $12,000. >>> former governor arnold schwarzenegger is off the hook. they say that schwarzenegger failed to tell the victims family before reducing esteban no nune s's sentence. he plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter after attacking a group of young men in 2008. the man that dmid that attack was louie sanchez from concord. >>> to

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convention is also home to the least unionized states in the nation there's another story to be told that's the story of the people were continually going through the decision to hold the convention in charlotte as one some union members and labor activists find offensive of president obama and of them accredit party cared about the working class and unions in this country there's no way they would have had the their convention here all north carolina has some of the harshest anti union laws and the country it is even legal here for workers to collectively bargain with the democratic national convention in town workers want to bring attention to what they see as an attack on workers' rights in the south. inside the wedgwood baptist church a call to organize the south a lot of the right to work laws a lot of the anti collective bargaining laws in the from the southern region north carolina is a so called a right to work state a law which bans certain union security agreements many states with such laws are in the south workers here saying it leads to a

29,000 public-school teachers and support staff have gone on strike after union leaders failed to reach agreement with the nation's third largest school district over education reforms sought by chicago mayor rahm emanuel. it is the first teacher strike in chicago in a quarter-century. chicago teachers union president karen lewis announced the strike would go forward late last night. >> we do not intend to sign an agreement until all of the matters of our contract are addressed. again, we are committed to staying at the table until the contract is in place. however, in the morning, no cpu members will be inside our schools. we will walk the picket lines, talk to parents, we will talk to clergy, we will demand a fair contract today. we demand a fair contract now. >> union leader karen lewis said key unresolved issues include the cost of health benefits, the makeup of the teacher evaluation system, and job security. rahm emanuel -- president obama is former chief of staff -- once teachers evaluations tied to the standardized test results of students. it remains to be seen what impact the strike could have on the pre

. >>> the national farmers union scheduled to hold a rally to urge congress to pass a farm bill beforeeptember 30th. it mate be november before the u.s. congress complete the $500 billion farm bill as lawmakers can't agree on how much to cut support to farmers or food stamps for the poor. >>> the obama administration says that the government has already approved some of the 72,000 applications from young illegal immigrants speaking -- seeking to avoid deportation and get a work permit. those who would be eligible to apply came to the united states before they turned 16 years old. >>> new census information is expected to be released today. the census bureau will announce findint from the2011 annual report income poverty and health insurance coverage in the united states. -- and arnold palmer received the congressional gold medal today. he is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in men's professional golf. he won 7 major championships in his long career. >>> a big day for baltimore city schools. today, the foundation hosts a grand opening of the first three school libraries

injured employees -- over the years, i have contacted my national union in my prior craft of national rural letter carriers for help. they had no interest and employing them, especially when they had to be placed in another class. i contacted them for help. what i'm getting at is i paid union dues to two unions for all these years and getting help was nearly nonexistent because i was an injured employee. there really had no interest in promoting me staying employed. host: we've got to leave it there. any response for her? guest: that is a difficult story, peter. it's unfortunate. there is a process there and she articulated how it went. the union represents her grievance, or fails to do so. that is relevant today, labor day, and every day of the year. host: unions forced prices up for those who do not make $150,000 for year, off of twitter. another tweet. guest: political corporations have pacs that workers can support. even the union pacs are voluntary. contributions from union members to the political action committee are truly voluntary. no question about that. that's how it is wri

the census bureau, the social security administration, the it national taxpayers union they're behinda lot of gaffs. i want to give everybody credit. according to the census bureau, 49%, 49% of the americans in the second quarter of last year lived in a household where at least one member was receiving a government benefit. at least one member. that is up from, are you ready, 30%, 30% back in the 1980s. is that not impressive? according to the social security administration, the united states set yet another record for the number of american workers coecting federal disability payments in september. that was 8.79 workers, that is million, folks. disability. okay? if you include the total number of americans, that is dependents, spouses, collecting disability with them, that is 11 million americans on disability, and half of those, think about this, half of those joined the disability rolls over the course of the past 3 1/2 years under president obama. i'm sorry, that is my gaffe but there it is. it is reality. meanwhile, the years after the recession officially ended, that is the, end

the gop is more likely to say unions are standing in the way of that reform. i wonder what the president of the nation'sgest teachers union thinks about that. the president of the nea joins me now. good morning, sir. thanks for joining us. dennis -- >> thank you for having me. >> are you losing sleep at all over the thought of a president promises? >> well, you know, governor romney has a very different for america than president obama disenfranchisement -- president obama does. our educators believe in president obama's vision for america. when you listen to prime minister romney he believes students should have all the education they can afford or if you're having trouble with higher education, ask your parents for a loan. he's really disconnected with most of the families we deal and students. >> this is a tough time for education. 300,000 education jobs gone since 2009, you disagree with part of the program raise to the top, particularly expansion of charter schools and tying teacher compensation to student performance. president obama has even endorsed firing teachers at an underperforming school i

it's crippled the nation's third largest school district. the unioned a tentative agreement with the school board. both sides are pretty optimistic the students will get back to school tomorrow, but they stress a final deal is still in the works. >>> all right. let's take a look at the week ahead, get you ready for the week ahead. on monday -- actually it is the one-year anniversary of occupy wall street. that is when everybody gathered in their tents to protest wall street, of course. there are events planned in new york at ducady park where most of it took place. on tuesday ann romney will attend a fundraiser hosted by laura bush in dallas. this is a critical time. we're coming down to the wire, less than two months left before the election. there's going to be a fundraiser in new york city hosted by beyonce and jay-z for president obama. and on thursday there'll be a hearing for james holmes, addressing a notebook he sent to his psychiatrist apparently at his school. >>> the iphone 5, there's a long wait. i guess you can get it in stores coming up

lee sanders, president of the american federation of state county and municipal employees, nation's largest unionloyees. thanks for being here tonight, lee. >> good evening, al. >> lee, can a grassroots movement stand up to big money that's being pumped into this campaign from the other side? >> no question about it. i think that it can. and we are going to be putting boots on the ground and absolutely the entire labor movement, partners in the communities, religious organizations, students, seniors, we are going to have boots on the ground and 40,000 activists in the last election, al, in 2008. we are going to have 80,000 people participating by knocking on doors and making those phone calls and handing out leaflets. the afl-cio will have 400,000 people doing the same thing. not only knocking on doors of labor union members but mocking on doors in our communities, nonunion members. we are going to get out the vote and do it strong. >> you have got the big money. have you the voter suppression and many of us in the civil rights community are concerned about a nonpartisan way. how does that raise

nations. today, it is one seat of the european union-- a symbol of modern unity. political boundaries become more permeable, perceptions of place change as well as deeper, more personal meanings of national identity. when state boundaries become porous, what does it mean to be french or german or european? strasbourg serves as one of three centers for the european union. this medium-sized city of 250,000 is not a major player in europe's financial or industrial arenas. so why is it playing such an important role in europe's political future? the answer can be found in strasbourg's cultural history-- a product of its unique borderland location. strasbourg literally means "city of the roads that cross." these roads lead west to atlantic europe, east to central europe, north to great britain and south to the mediterranean world. most crucial of all, strasbourg sits on the rhine river between two of europe's strongest historical rivals-- france and germany. strasbourg really occupies a very special kind of position. of course, it's bounced back and forth a bit between

has chosen his side in this fight sending his vice president last year to assure the nation's largest teachers' union that you should have no doubt about my affection for you and the president's commitment to you i choose to side with the parents and students depending on public schools to give them the skills to succeed in my plan for education reform will do exactly that and sadly a lot of democrats spearheaded by chicago mayor rahm emanuel have taken pretty much that position and what it shows is that those who are opposed to the strike don't have the faintest clue about why this strike is really happening sure teachers are upset with cuts to their pay and benefits as they should be and one of the problems is labor law in illinois requires them to claim a financial reason to go on strike and so that that has to be the reason that they state but the real reason why the strike is going on is because teachers are more concerned with the state of chicago's public schools which have seen their funding slashed and the way this is harming their students and ultimately teachers are more concerned with how

we've got the two national unions that are working hard to create networks of excellence to instructare. so i think that all of this -- you know it's not i don't think a train coming that we're so scared of. i think we embrace this because it means higher achievement for all our students. >> sounds like you're on the train, you're riding on the train. [ applause ] >> it's going to be much more interesting to hear some of the politicians who supported it in theory find out what actually they were voting for. rehema, what's so interesting, what i love about teacher town hall three years running is the fact you that always hear the sentence, "now we're supposed to do this" or "i work for" but really here's what i have to do for a living in the classroom. >> yeah. it's really interesting because sometimes the policy and the practical aspect of teaching don't come together. we saw it happen down in florida. they had something called the florida comprehensive aptitude test on writing. and the year before they had 80% of their students score really high on the test. and they decided that in

union negotiators presented details of a new contract to rank-and-file delegates seeking a vote that could end the week-long strike in the nation'shird largest school district. according to the union, the new three-year contract would include cost of living increases, 30% of a teachers evaluation would still be based on students' standardized test scores, but the teachers would have a new right to appeal their rating. principals will have hiring power. something the school district fought for, but there are reports not all teachers are happy. >> it's always going to be the case that a contract settlement will fall short of answering every question. whether or not it's sufficient will be up to our members. >> public school teachers don't stop. >> say what? >> reporter: the dispute is being closely watched nationwide. >> labor is looking at chicago to see if hard-edged dig in your heels tactics work. mayors and education reformers are looking at chicago to see how hard they can push the envelope to get the reforms that children need. >> reporter: once again, late word is that the threat continues and parents will have -- and their

union negotiators presented details of a new contract to rank-and-file delegates seeking a vote that could end the week-long strike in the nation'shird largest school district. according to the union, the new three-year contract would include cost of living increases, 30% of a teachers evaluation would still be based on students' standardized test scores, but the teachers would have a new right to appeal their rating. principals will have hiring power. something the school district fought for, but there are reports not all teachers are happy. >> it's always going to be the case that a contract settlement will fall short of answering every question. whether or not it's sufficient will be up to our members. >> public school teachers don't stop. >> say what? >> reporter: the dispute is being closely watched nationwide. >> labor is looking at chicago to see if hard-edged dig in your heels tactics work. mayors and education reformers are looking at chicago to see how hard they can push the envelope to get the reforms that children need. >> reporter: once again, late word is that the threat continues and parents will have -- and their

having looked at schools, i know that the teachers union has a responsibility to care for the interests of the teachers. and the head of the national teachers union said at one point, we don't care about kids, we care about the teachers. that's their right. but the people who are on the school boards and the parents, they're the people that have the primary interest in the kids. by the way, there may be politicians that don't get it right but i believe you have to recognize that a union has a different constituency than the parents have. and the people elected to represent the kids whether doing a good job or not i don't know. i can tell you this jeb bush stood up to the teachers unions in florida and that made a difference and arne duncan by standing up for the kids, has made a difference. i believe that we simply -- we simply can't have a setting where the teachers unions are able to contribute tens of millions of dollars to the campaigns of politicians and then those politicians when elected stand across from them at the bargaining table supposedly to represent the interest of the kids. i think it's a mistake and we got to get t

not better off than it was four years ago and in appearance on sunday on cbs face the nation and cnn's state of the union the democratic governor said without a doubt, the nation is not as well-off as before job losses and deficits e blames the republicans the bush administration. o'malley will be speaking later this week at the democratic national convention in charlotte. >>> three days after exception the republican nomination, mitt romney twitter account crossed the 1 million mark. the mitt romney page crossed the million threshold and the campaign thanked followers for support. president obama's twitter page which has been around for 4 1/2 years longer has 19 million twitter followers. >>> home brewers can enjoy one of the president's father of the adult beverages. the obama administration released the homemade beer recipe. the white house head chef posted the recipe for two beers that are brewed at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the white house, and it's white house honey ale and honey porter. both beers are made using honey harvested from the white house behive. the recipe released comes after pressure

the nation's ports, airports, banks, schools, and tourist sites are all shut down. >> the european unionill never be in europe for the workers then bent every country should fight to detach itself from the european union. that is the movement that should be taking place. >> thousands of people surrounded the parliament to protest austerity measures. the occupy congress protest came as the conservative administration prepares to unveil further austerity measures on thursday. after hours of protest, police charged against demonstrators batons and fired rubber bullets. 35 people were arrested and 60 people were injured. this report was filed from madrid. >> we are surrounding the congress because we think the center of power in spain where we are governed from is here and the congress. to date coincides with this month's congressional session. >> there are lots of reasons to be angry but especially the fact there are over 5 million unemployed. i am a student and i can only study because i have a scholarship. the elderly are being left with no medical care. >> [chanting] >> because of bankin

the super national state is failing, the european union, and in the arab world, the nation state is failing. you're dealing with failed states. you have dealing with states you have to build into an entity before you deal with them. what is china today? not a friend. notap enemy. kind of a frenemy? what is egypt today? i don't think we have definitions in this incredibly interdependent world where your friends collapsing and your enemies collapsing are sometimes more dangerous than the other way around. >> schieffer: bobby, you and i were talking before the broadcast, and we were talking about the trouble that's spread across the arab world, and you've said basically we need to get used to it. >> absolutely. i think this is a new kind of middle east crisis and it will come back to us over and over again. we have seen the elements of it, there are people in country, professional offense givers, and in countries are professional offense takers. there are people who crank it up in the street and organize. this is not a spontaneous outburst of anger. as tom was saying, you have states that are

particularly banking union where national governments in europe have been quite jealous of their control over their banking system, their relationship the the role of the state and all that. so talk to us all little more about what now makes you confident that the european countries will, in fact, submerged sovereignty sufficiently to do true banking union, to move towards fiscal union. and if that occurs, does europe come out of the end of the process a much stronger entity than we now worried about? >> the latter part of your question my answer is yes. if they manage to organize that fiscal union, the banking union have the mechanisms in place such as the esm as a backstop, they will come out much more stronger than they are today. there's no doubt about it. you know, i would say two things. number one, they have already troubled -- child a long way. i remember the early days when europe was facing the crisis, as a sort of consequences of the crisis that originated here in this country, the thing that was constantly mention was no bailout, no bailout. there should be no bailout. becaus

bill: also the white house at a big union rally in michigan this week. while some of the nation'sing their backs on this convention. now why would that about-face be underway now in 2012. >> we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. it's you. and instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. we owe you. [cheers and applause] and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to america. bp supports nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs in communities across the country. we hired three thousand people just last year. bp invests more in america than in any other country. in fact, over the last five

sending his vice president to assure the nation's largest teachers' union you should have no doubt infection -- >> sean: early, rahm emanuel dead fish responded. >> i appreciate romney's statement on behalf of the kids and parents of the city of chicago. if you want to help, he can determine when tax cuts he won't cut the department of education and the funding is necessary. he will make sure that there will be ever be a cut to make tax cuts for the less fortunate. what really counts is what we are doing here. i don't really give hoots about national comments scoring political points or trying to embarrass the president. >> sean: pretty nasty who side is president obama on? tamtamara holder, best selling author and fox contributor, jehmu greene. >> >>> what percentage is proficient. what percentage? >> i would say 80%. >> sean: 85%. >> 85%, only 15%. >> next question. out of all the kids that go into the freshman year in high school what percentage of kids graduate? >> about 49-50%. >> i would say less than that. >> sean: 56%. >> now, how much does the average family in chicago workin

model for what conservatives are trying to achieve in their sustained nationwide assault, a nation without unions. in fact, one of the proponents of that vision, nick a nikki ha awarded a a prime speaking spot in the republican national convention last week which she used to attack union leaders. >> we deserve a president who won't sacrifice american jobs and workers to pacify the union bosses that he counts as his political allies. >> you're not going to hear redric from the podium like that in charlotte this week, but that doesn't mean national democratic politicians have done a whole heck of a lot to aid the cause of labor. the outcry was really quite whe convention was announced. they have not been contributing to the fund-raising for the convention itself. they're sending fewer people and, rich, who is the head declared political independence earlier in the year, although they then endorsed barack obama fairly early on. so, this is the eternal conundrum. labor has no where else to go because that nikki haley is the voice of the party and the democrats know that. the amount of raw union membe

one is called the european union where the supra national state has failed. and the other is called the arab world where the nation state in certain cases... >> rose: or the monetary union has failed. >> the monetary union has failed and therefore the nation state has failed. so they're both crumbling at the same time. at a time when we're not only more interconnected but more interdependent than before. >> rose: it has consequences for china and the united states. >> absolutely. both do. china for energy in particular, america obviously... >> rose: and they were a market. >> yeah. so i don't have a simple solution. i don't know what to do. i know what i think would be required to basically bring order to syria and i also know no one wants to do it. >> and what you long part for parts of both leaders who want to be president is for some sense of a vision how to engage these two huge problems and what would you do and what would you do different than what is being done. >> let me talk about syria and this is a flash to the wider arab spring one of my favorite