unions, of course, also had an impact on wages. e wage determination according to ordinary supply and demand with wage determination when unions intervene. basically, without unions, wages would be determined by the intersection of business firms' demand curve for that particular kind of labor and the supply curve for such labor. this demand curve reflects two things. consumer demand for the product, and the productivity of the labor employed-- roughly, how much each added laborer will contribute to increase garment production. the supply curve reflects the availability of this particular kind of labor and workers' willingness to supply their labor at various wage rates. supply and demand are equated at this intersection of the two curves. we get an equilibrium wage here, and the quantity of labor that will be employed here. in the garment industry, what you had was an enormous availability of cheap immigrant labor willing to work at virtually any wage in order to survive. you had a supply curve of labor that looked like this. at th

right now it is about noon and the bat mobile is parked on union square and the bat kid is having lunch at the burger bar and thousands of people gathered to cheered him on. this man dressed up as robin and brought his son that's the same age of miles. >> this is awesome and epic. schoolteacher took a vacation day to be here. >> it is fun and good for the souls. >> the police officers told us what a true fun day for this in the city. >> he fought through cancer and he beat that and i think he goes hand on hand that he's not only the fan of bat man but super hero. so here is to our fighter. >> it is a day that san francisco won't soon forget, in san francisco, rob roth ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details to recap of what bat kid did on this incredibly busy day. he started out on union square in the bat mobile and headed over to the cable car line, he was there to rescue the distressed and he stopped the riddlers from robbing the bank and went over to at&t park and once there he rescued san francisco mascot lucille who was kidnapped by the penguin. a great big thank yo saving the city.

at this point, there's no one driving the train in the union army, there's no one person controlling these prongs. and this is just at the point when the union is really starting to put the pressure on the confederacy. in many respects, the confederacy is starting to fray. now, this is a really bad mistake, arguably, on the part of lincoln. lincoln doesn't mean it to be one, but it ends up being that way. he then puts no one else in the job of general in chief, you know, which makes it even worse. and lincoln, essentially, becomes general in chief at the time. union general phil kearny, who later killed at 2nd manassas, he argued that what should have been done is mcclellan needed to be left as general in chief and someone else needed to be put in charge of the army potomac, because mcclellan at the strategic level is actually doing the job in many ways, but on the operational level, he just doesn't have what it takes. now, the last contention. now, mcclellan's grand plan, to me, at this point in the spring of 1862 and in the early summer, there's so many good things going on on the s

from here is the contract over the board of drek directors and now they are voted o this means that one union officially take the contract that ended the bart strike forever, there is still one more union needed to vote and we'll find that out tomorrow morning, erroring live, kpix five, reporting live. >>> why our chicken can be ship to china turning to the food that we eat. >>> the chaos, wait until you hear the 911 call that we just got, we'll be back in 80 seconds. >>> would you eat chicken made in china in thanks to a federal deal that's raised in america. only on kpix 5, it can whine up on your dinner plate without you knowing. >> at home with the lee's family, what's for dinner? chicken nuggets? >> i like it. >> but does mom like the idea that as soon as next summer that nuggets can be made processed checken in china. chicken in china. >> it makes me nervous. >> people have the right to be really suspicious of it. >> the fda recently tied death of 600 dogs and cats from treats of china. >> the u.s. sda has cleared the way for chinese poultry process sor so ship meats to china. >> and it

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on to gas reduction in the spring when the unthinkable. without good cause and there is no cost yes the management and unions will commence direct talks on paris take getting them about two and a half weeks to try and hammer out a deal. however this takes a very high not just for the company and its employees but also fit domestic and commercial uses nationwide in the run up to christmas ingrid mighty rt in use property owners who intend to pay next year's local property tax on line must find payment instructions by tomorrow. owners can choose between making monthly payments or lump sum payment in march that he sent them to these peppers cararrots with cd and detected in the snowflake is to set up a helpline and information isn't available on its website and tell page on nine three. the partners in the refueling his terminally ill with multiple scandals just as described as ludicrous to requests from the agency for proof that a condition happened to change before correcting a menu of what to cook eyes deceiving me to see expressed regret that the spending remains entitled students' parents on the car and says both he and his partner mary stand

contract agreement and now we're hearing from one of the b.a.r.t. union representatives about the recent problems with the deal. >>> two people are dead after an overnight crash in oakland in which the chp says one driver was speeding at over 100 miles per hour. what we're learning now about the victims. >>> and you can see just how dry it is out there. but it may not be that way for long. we'll tell you when much-needed rain is expected to hit the bay area. >>> good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. back at it again, a costly mistake by b.a.r.t. could unravel the fragile tentative agreement between b.a.r.t. management and labor unions. kight's brian flores is live in -- ktvu's brian flores is live in oakland where both sides are meeting today. >> reporter: good afternoon. both sides are meeting today. we understand this meeting had nothing to do with negotiations. instead, this is considered a meeting crunching numbers as one union representative told me. there was a bit of confusion when it came to section 4.8. this was the paid family leave section in the

so rec and park department, of course, organs activities on union square and every year they encroached on non-rec property all the way to a jones pr so we had a lot of complaints on 311 and they now know they've made an error and radio working to correct that we don't want to lose the marathon. we're working with them and there's another meeting with the mayor's office and rec and park in december. okay. the next meeting i want to talk about is one that glendon hyde talked about on mission street. i think i can ask glendon hyde to speak about that there were 15 neighbors that discussed the community and the commissioner helped to talk about the security and street nuisances and work towards long-term discussions about sound there's another meeting on january 8th. hopefully, this will be a simple fix. it's a lot of different things and we hope malibu will come into compliance quickly and we won't have to do anything but mediate. and lastly on november 7th a meeting took place with officer and the operator the owner of 620 jones. and that was again to discuss ongoing noise concerns. with

i happen to be involved in that's the celebrate bell ringing on union miscarries between 10 and 12. i want you robby to be the as an class in our great outfit. where are you bob. now we are going to officially have a blessing. but woerg to continue to work. but just a - i'd like to introduce you to 0 major david peers and ellen. >> father in heavenly we thank you for your this day and help us to serve those less fortunately and gods people said amen. >> amen. >> and new ladies and gentlemen of the jury, just keep on working actually, it's all done. i don't know are we going to are a contest we're doing really, really well. yes, we work mr. turkey gobble, gobble. i'm hearing comments from the chief of police. >> next we'll be able to use the turkey (laughter). >> do you think she'd be a good turkey. >> watch out for me that night. you get equal time. it's going to make a great turkey stew the way hose parting that. good morning terry. annoys to see thanks for coming. oh, the mayor likes dark meat lots of breakfasts and drumsticks and thighs >> i love this but i have to say between tu

♪ lou: my next guest step on public-sector unions in 2011. ion, one command he now says in his new book, real in government coming from the state cannot from the federal government. joining us now is the governor of wisconsin, scott walker, his new book is unintimidated, a governor story in the nation's challenged. we recommend the book you highly. good to have you with this. >> great to be with you. thank you very much. lou: your story in wisconsin i think is certainly unique. what you have managed to accomplish there is certainly commendable as well as unique. the unions, where do you stand now? you have overcome odds, overcome massive political power against you. where the stand now? >> well, we want our second election in the same term. most important for the people of wisconsin of reforms are looking. this december, our third consecutive year of property tax is going down on a median value home. the three a half billion dollar budget deficit that has become a surplus. along with cutting taxes we have improved the economy, may strategic in

farmers specifically angry about ecotax on road freight. workers unionould cost thousands of jobs pat a time french employment is up to 11%. the it snarled traffic on five major routes in paris. >>> communist party is cracking down on firms and forbidding using public funds to pay for new year's party celebrations. items banned from buying alcohol, fireworks, flowers, food and tobacco. the order covers government departments and financial institutions though an exception will be made for those who want, to quote, console others. hmmm. sound very effective. >>> over to italy, more salacious details emerging from the tax fraud conviction of former prime minister silvio berlusconi. a court document explaining his seven year jail sentence said that berlusconi was the ringmaster of sex parties at his mansion near milan. he directed women to perform and dancer rot i cannily and 77-year-old also had sex with a 17-year-old in exchange for money and jewelry. berlusconi is appealing the verdict i guess and won't serve any jail time if the conviction is upheld afte

on. the european union. at the center in the philly on their part in all of these issues the things they did they lose track of something to be overestimate their chances i'm thinking now is they see this play at. it's the only sane than any city or peanuts it was always the kind of a political move to sydney and tracy's kind she said this is studying in the middle the middle somewhere. an ac say that by not answering some of the christmas it's to be honest i still dun understand some of the things that not the same way interesting i don't know is that in the recent incident in an analysis they came back and since these fears that the many uses and i can do with it. don and i think that would've been a bad year steadied see in the face of russian goalie much non existant i made it into an argument that saying we had known and unknown in the midst of a crier. oh yes it's that adding whatever that could've been. you can keep your ration market and it's not this is germany doesn't read this fashion science is sc

on deposits. when many others were moving their phones from kubrick's credit union. one good thing brian relation to the dividend. there is no information on the ice as to when that didn't make the paint. how much it may be worth twenty depositors that may be looking forward to is to bide their time on the ice for the moment. a good delivery and uber sensitive but just aware of especially enjoyed the shawl philippines central bank agreed to the reserve was you are here today talk about the possibility of there being further credit unions that might need to. might be some sort of remedial actions to the walls of widespread keeping the poems in the sector but this might just be the end. yes not been a secret that there are problems in the wider credit union movement not to know the feel good all the years he was here kept saying that there are problems and they have to bring in legislation to bolster the powers of the central bank in this area have also set up at two separate phones one for encouraging mergers among smaller and weaker credit unions with stronger ones tr

on august 7 both unions presented written materials, including agreements, and none was rejected. on halloween the unions again game written materials to bart documenting agreements, including the family leave clause. they say it was not rejected until november the 7th when bart said they made a mistake by including that clause in the final contract. stay with kron 4 on the latest for the bart issues. >>> developing tonight, a rally in san francisco's mission district. more than 100 people have been out in the rain, protesting what they are calling police brutality associated with this video. it stemmed from an incident last friday, much caught on camera as you have seen here. >> reporter: in support of this case, a large group held a rally. the protesters say police used excessive force when arresting him for riding his bike on the sidewalk outside of the valencia garden apartments. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: with a bump on his head and very shook up, another man from the video came to the rally after being released from jail. his mother also joined the protesters. >> i want th

up next here, more retailers will be open on turkey days. unions are telling them to stuff it. planning protest. justified or just fowl? eastern right here on the fox news channel. ♪ ♪ >> all i want for christmas is thanksgiving day off! union-backed groups urging retailers to stay at home as more stores plan to open on thanksgiving. flipside, john says they should be thanking these retailers. why? >> it's pretty simple. i love my days off, but if someone offers me triple my salary to work on christmas and thanksgiving i may take them up on it. in this case, the retailers have customers they want to please. they have employers, employees who are willing to help them please the customers for a higher wage. everyone wins here. i think the unions are revealing how divorced from reality they are in trying to make noise about it. >> so rich, everyone wins from this? >> look, i'm not generally a supporter of unions and sure as heck think public unions should be illegal. this is what unions are for. why shouldn't they bargain on behalf of the workers? if they can get four times the pre

>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist.t was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in in ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ many ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping) >> good evening, everyone. >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping) >> (speaking spanish.) >> mayor ed lee. good evening. i'm is do director of violence prevention services and i'll have my mc introduce himself >> (speaking spanish.) >> it's on honor for me to be

>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do. >> first of all, i'd like to start out before we get started with our ribbon kci terminal cemetery actually, we have a congratulate message it's what they say in japan it's a congratulatey message we've received from the deputy administrator from japan who i think you can see on the screen. i'm going to read it in japanese and then in earning >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so i'll read that briefly necessary

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could happen in the middle of a tragedy in your life. >> reporter: all right, back out here live now on union square, where you can see again thousands of people have lined up some of them in costume, many of them with their own homemade signs. this thing went viral. it really took over social media and that is why we have the turnout we have today. so much enthusiasm and again, the hijinx are not over. we have caught wind that the penguin may be up to no good! and lou-seal the giants mascot could eventually be in danger. so there's going to be some adventures at at&t park, finally ending with a ceremony at city hall somewhere around 2:00 with the mayor giving batkid a piece of the city. it's crazy. >> it is. he has to finish the burger first. are you just blown away by all the people in union square? i can't believe it. >> reporter: it is absolutely unbelievable. it definitely brings a tear to your eyes. this is really something that can restore your faith in humanity because all of these people are just touched by this child but also i think by their own love of fantasy. this is something t

this is simply one small example and there is going to be a will the more to come. >> really quick, do the unions get a break? >> on this probably. because the democrats are going to give them -- the democrats want to appease constituencies. >> i think it's a break as jason said for business and unions. >> not much of one because the administration needs the money that comes in to this fee. >> that's it for the panel. stay tuned for a video met for from about a certain topic that we have been talking a little bit about. this is humira, adalimumab. working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other t

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tuesday's talks focused on regional development and cooperation the european union has been discussing turkey joining the bloc since two thousand and five. france and germany oppose its membership and germany to leave the resumption of talks in response to a crackdown on istanbul protesters in june well course i mean the hos is following the story in brussels she told us that there is still a very long way to go before turkey can join the eu well the good news is that techie and the year. i'm back at the negotiating table and they said continued tax areas he said regional politics when will they have to discuss and lose some thirty five taxes and sinn fein or the seas of negotiations not a single one has been closed but again they haven't tackled one of them will come to press on topics that is the justice system. oh and human rights and there are still made to differences between the ways and tacky ntu to deal with those topics and that's been put off again then i made to stumbling blocks remain night techie doesn't recognize cyprus as a sovereign country and cypress is a full eu memb

i did want to mention that because it's related we did receive a 3 page letter from one of our unions requesting information. i wanted to make sure that's communicated to the board. we'll bring that to the board at the next meeting with a response. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? >> seeing none, hearing none. oh, i'm sorry. >> harry bradshaw. i want to appreciate the information and the transparency at the board. it's not often that you create a powerpoint by the committee and it comes out a very high quality product. a couple questions about the kaiser negotiations, it maybe in front of me and i don't understand the jargon. i know it talks about the capping at 4 percent. i'm sure it was for the funding models for 2015. i'm sure we are talking about not capping the profits this time around. limiting the icm and other medical services charges. i hear there is not a lot of progress made on that and i heard there was a goal of trying to limit the fees of 10 percent, are we on track for that or do you think it will be higher. with the accountability and transparency piece,

that best describes the relationship between bart and its unions. >> the burden of safety lies solely on the worker. >> the union's wasted no time in summing up their relationships with bart management. >> a culture that does not take workers or the health and safety of workers seriously. >> the union painted bart as an agency obsessed with on time performance, as well as safety citations at the expense of worker safety. >> they're not taking the safety of the worker into account and they're trying to make the worker or the passenger the person at fault. >> the committee acquired as to why bart appeals osha safety citations sometimes years on end in specific cases. in return, they got generalities. >> they tried to abate whatever the citation was base audio. >> all open safety notices are reviewed and tracked until they're completed and closed. we have a safety culture, yes, we do. >> he said they'll subpoena the specifics. >> you've come without any specific response or warning. >> it will now be so strict it could slow or curtail overall service. >> it's going to have an impact, quite

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the principal interests of these all of darkness is integration with the european union on conditions that will allow them to legitimize and probably abscond with a great deal of what wealth they have acquired through london or one of the other european financial centers and in pursuit of this the party of regions has actually been waging an amazing state television propaganda campaign for the past half a year in support of the e.u. association agreement and this has within the last few months helped swing public opinion so that there is a slim majority now in favor of. well it's falsely phrased as joining the european union which the european association agreement is far from vice joining the customs union john it what you know can you tell our viewers what the european union was actually offering ukraine if i remember correctly one point six billion euros over a seven year period only if the i.m.f. agrees to previous agreements with ukraine i mean if i think again you don't have to be a eunuch overture you shanker or even mickey mouse in kiev to say hey that's a great deal because i

one union leader called for a criminal investigation into the workers' deaths last month as they were inspecting the tracks. >>> we're live in berkeley where high school students are coming together in support of a classmate aboard a a.c. transit bus and burned. >>> some parents are unhappy about a policy about head lice. >>> new developments now in a milpitas murder case. police are now offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of three people. they are accused of shooting and killing mohammed reza last year during a robbery of a 7/11 store. after the shooting, police released these pictures of the three people who they say are responsible. all three are carrying guns. anyone with information is urged to call milpitas police. >>> student the a berkeley high school -- at a berkeley high school are coming together in support of a friend and classmate who police say was set on fire while on an a.c. transit bus in oakland. brian flores is live in berkeley with the unique way the students are doing just that. >> reporter: hey, make. the kids certainly

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the principal interests of these all of darkness is integration with the european union on conditions that will allow them to legitimize and probably abscond with a great deal of what wealth they have acquired through london or one of the other european financial centers and in pursuit of this the party of regions has actually been waging an amazing state television propaganda campaign for the past half a year in support of the e.u. association agreement and this has within the last few months helped swing public opinion so that there is a slim majority now in favor of. well it's falsely phrased as joining the european union which the european association agreement is far from vice joining the customs union john it what do you know can you tell our viewers what the european union was actually offering ukraine if i remember correctly one point six billion euros over a seven year period only if the i.m.f. agrees to previous agreements with ukraine i mean if i think again you don't have to be a eunuch overture you shanker or even mickey mouse in kiev to say hey that's a great deal becaus

that's what one of boeing's biggest unions may have done. >>> also, gamer alert. sony's highly anticipated playstation 4 on sale at midnight tonight. will it breathe new life into a tired industry? i'll talk with sony's man in charge. back in a moment. [ female announcer ] it's time for the annual shareholders meeting. ♪ there'll be the usual presentations on research. and development. some new members of the team will be introduced. the chairman emeritus will distribute his usual wisdom. and you? well, you're the chief life officer. you just need the right professional to help you take charge. ♪ >>> welcome back. no surprises at the senate confirmation hearing of federal chairman nominee janet yellen. except for maybe how well she was treated by both sides of the aisle. hampton pearson covering it. >> no surprises for the markets. no confrontations with lawmakers. janet yellen saying the fed's stimulus program, frankly unemployment still too high. recovery still too fragile. if we had one moment it came during a question and answer session with senator bob corker

look, right after world war ii, we had 5 million union workers on strike. it crippled our country's economy. along came an act which lowered the power of the unions. it led to one of the biggest economic booms our country has seen. since then, you've seen about 40% union membership in private enterprise go down in the high single digits. that's almost exactly what's happening, opposite, what's happening public unions. they can promise whatever they want. politicians don't care. they just want to get re-elected. private guys have got to get re-elected. this was not about wages. this was simply about relevancy and a meal ticket that these union helpeds know they're losing if this trend continues. >> david, what was this protest all about in your view? >> this protest was about the american working family earning a living decent wage. and i think that labor sees what we should all see, which is a new trend line, where you have massachusetts, california, maryland, new jersey and others taking the steps to finally raise the minimum wage and, in addition, you even

the principal interests of these all of darkness is integration with the european union on conditions that will allow them to legitimize and probably abscond with a great deal of what wealth they have acquired through london or one of the other european financial centers and in pursuit of this the party of regions has actually been waging an amazing state television propaganda campaign for the past half a year in support of the e.u. association agreement and this has within the last few months helped swing public opinion so that there is a slim majority now in favor of. well it's falsely phrased as joining the european union which the european association agreement is far from vise joining the customs union john it what do you know can you tell our viewers what the european union is actually offering ukraine if i remember correctly one point six billion euros over a seven year period only if the i.m.f. agrees to previous agreements with ukraine i mean if i think again you don't have to be unit coverture you shango or even mickey mouse in kiev to say hey that's a great deal because it'

on. joining me is a union spokesperson. why is this important? ere is a safety problem that you see on the campus and at the hospital. these workers have been talking about these issues. >> that is not just our perspective but the perspective of the board. we issued a complaint to once ago. these workers have had serious safety problems. >> we have people out here this morning and that will be gathering that special we are expecting thousands of people statewide to come out today. this is a serious issue. they take the safety of the people that they serve and colleagues seriously. >> we will be out picture of the morning to provide some more comments from some of the workers. >> new this morning, do you like water slides? >> the largest is set to open in kansas. check out this total. it is construction e zero water slides in kansas city. it has a lot of media people walking and talking about. it has been called the world's tallest water slide. the park where it will be built will set a record for a another slide in brazil. it molds just over 65 mi

on july 19th. august 7th, both unions presented they're red materials. then, on halloween, the union again get rid material to bart. it still was not rejected, until november 7th, 1 bart's is a they made a mistake by including this in the final contract. >> we will have to wait to see if there wants to go back to the negotiating table. there's a lot of concern around the bay area. >> the time is 7:08 a.m.. president obama will be paying tribute to president president obama will be paying tribute to president jfk. [ male announcer thiss ji a man who doesn't stand sll. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbe, not caused by a heart valve proem. that puts jim at a greaterisk of stre. for yrs, jim's medicine tied hi to a monthly trip to the inic to get his blood teste but now, with once-a-day xalto®, jim's on theove. jim's ctor recommended xarelto® like warfar, xarelto® is proven effecti to reduce afib-rated strokeisk. but xelto® is the rst and only once-a-da prescription blood thier for patients with ib not caus by a heart valve probl. that

democratic and stake a more sober look at their relationship with israel there seems to be and new on likely union in the making the one between israel and saudi arabia what will come of it that's coming up in a few moments on worlds apart. there's a war on for a piece of the mud pie yes the government is doling out some maggot infested pieces of mud pie benefit slop and the peasant voters are beating each other up trying to grab a slice or two and if that fails then they try to deprive their neighbor of his unfair piece of the mud pie but while tax revolt austerity riots capture the public's imagination in secret back rooms in europe america trade deals are currently being negotiated which will impose a so-called investor state upon us all. right. first trip. and i think. on our reporters. on the. torch is on its epic journey to. one hundred twenty three days. through two hundred cities of russia. really fourteen thousand people or sixty thousand killings. in a record setting trip. there. are numbers face. a list the torch relay. on r t r c dot com. welcome back to worlds apart. we're discussing

democratic and stake a more sober look at their relationship with israel there seems to be a new on likely union in the making the one between israel and saudi arabia what will come of it that's coming up in a few moments on worlds apart. margy dot com is launching a special project to mark the appalling scale of violence in iraq. we want you to know. exactly what happened that day i don't know but a woman killed. piers lakers when i got arrested for. for a crime i did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results. people to consent to the police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse and they were taking they could do what they wanted they can say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what they did or what they said. welcome back to worlds apart where we are discussing israeli athletes to undermine international talks and the iranian nuclear i

the book by controversial historian offers lessons on organizing unions and striking. se puede, yes we can. another one titled harvesting hope, story of cesar chavez. what exactly are we teaching our children? justin wilson is the managing director for union facts. let me clarify. philadelphia city council wants howard zinn's people history of the united states to be taught in schools. we don't know whether it will. a couple of these other issues have already been approved for teaching in our schools including apparently some lesson that appears to praise the unions by talking about how they make people's lives better and a union can help people, and there have been objections to this. why? >> you know 95% of teachers have one thing in mind and that's just teaching students but there's 5% of them that i think fall in line with the teachers unions and being far more ideological. it's that 5% that find their way into places in power and whether on a curriculum committee or state board of education, when they set agendas for what we teach our children it starts trickling

bart's general manager dave informed the union on november 7th of the mistake and later alerted the board. >> we've got to figure out who messed up first. >> tonight's board president says he's hopeful the union might agree to modify the language. board members want to know how much it could cost and whether it could break bart's budget. >> if i find out we can't meet our obligations then to operate the system within our budget then i'm going to, but i need to find out the facts before i make a decision. >> union members just told mae short while ago that they can't change the language in this contract with without going through an entire new vote of their membership. the board president says that there is the vote scheduled for the board on thursday. depending on what happens in this meeting going on right now, there is a possibility they could delay that vote. reporting live in oakland janna ktvu channel 2 news. >>> you wouldn't think a few words could cause so much trouble, but ktvu's tom vacar did the math and tells us just how much money is at stake. tom. >> plenty of money is at sta

the family medical leave clause was in the original contract but on june 5th the unions proposed to take it off the table in exchange for agreeing to other proposals. that was rejected. july 11th, lead b.a.r.t. negotiator reviewed and agreed other the family leave act. it was formulated on july 19th. on august 7th both sides presented written materials. nothing was rejected. then on halloween the unions again gave written material to b.a.r.t. documenting all agreements including the family leave act. she says it still was not rejected until november 7th when b.a.r.t. managers say they made a mistake by including that clause in the final contract. >>> santa clara law enforcement offering a special holiday gift but only for those who have outstanding arrest warrants for minor offenses. it's called operation second chance and gives individuals a chance to stay out of jail for the holidays. those that qualify have to check in with law enforcement and get a new date for court next year. 2400 people have taken advantage of having a second chance. >>> three people were rescued from a vehicle th