>> richard trumka demanded karen flynn's resignation and he would like to see the president state that mr. flynn should resign. he said he also wants the president to call for it, that would create a bit of chaos, a bit of a stir in washington if that happens. what did you hear? >> i of his discussion of wisconsin was interesting in that he kept wanting to downplay what the results there might mean. he says it is a possibility that scott walker could prevail despite the tens of millions of dollars being thrown at him by the unions. the conventional view is that if scott walker wins, that is a huge setback labor union. pay also seemed to downplay what it would mean about the public opinion about labor unions. it may and bold and several other politicians in other states to take on labor and take on a collective bargaining. he said it would not but many people -- many people believe it would. >> did you get a real sense of the relative -- of the role of unions? said of the health care law is overturned, it could set things in motion? what if that doesn't come to pass? >> they are relevan

president richard trumka instead of being out in the streets today we're actually being at a factory workers are on strike like a caterpillar and julian illinois he was out of bloomberg washington some speaking after alan greensburg on bloomberg t.v. i mean bloomberg t.v. isn't even on cable i mean he wasn't speaking any workers and i think this is a sad part of it i mean after that you know trump spoke to a conference of can some construction union members and it is you were mark he wasn't there on the streets with all the people he didn't even mention me jeffrey you know i want to bring you in here to tell me why you think it is the occupy chose this day how does it feel that richard trumka isn't out there marching with everybody. well to me i think one of the major difficulties is that we have this delineation between skilled labor and unskilled labor just the same we have the delineation between union workers nonunion workers to me the idea of the ninety nine percent means everybody you work for a living the majority of people in america work for pay we don't receive trust funds

yeah. >> andrea: speaking of killer contracts. >> bob: i know richard trumka. a decent human being.tor, unions represent less than 9% of the workforce. the idea that there is a killer contract out there is silly. if you have any time off on weekend, paid vacation and your kids are not working in slave labor, thank the labor union leaders who went to the well and got their -- their -- >> eric: that is off-topic. dana is 100% right. unions donate to obama. at the same pace that karl rove -- >> bob: of course they do. the republicans are trying to eviscerate the unions. that's why. they are trying to do away with unions. >> greg: this is yelling at a mirror, bob. >> bob: i don't want to do away with big business. instead of making them be the evil people, the eel people -- evil people are koch brothers. >> i'm ready to do away with this seg minute. how about that? is the u.s. going to give up mount rushmore? that is what one official calling for. details next up. ♪ ♪ let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... me

this week on "news makers," richard trumka. he is interviewed by a washington post white house correspondent and the labor reporter for the wall street journal. newsmakers airs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i have seemed to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me and i have always cared about the country. "the greatest generation" gave me a platform that was unanticipated. i thought i ought not to squander that. i ought to step up as a, not just a citizen and journalists, but a father, husband, and a grandfather. if i see these things, i ought to write about them and try to start this dialogue, which is what i am trying to do with this book, about where we need to go next. >> tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. your questions for the former anchor and editor of nbc nightly news. he has written about the greatest generation, the 1960's, and today. in-depth later today live at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> the president and first lady returned to th

at kennecott, a local newsmakers" with richard trumka.tenna got 30 a.m., the state of al qaeda one year after the death of the in london. -- then at 10:30 a.m., the state of al qaeda one year after the death of osama bin laden. here is a look at our guests on "washington journal." former cia unit chief joins us to talk about the release of documents retrieved during the raid of osama bin laden's compound. then at 8:30 a.m., we discuss a new poll by the institute that shows president obama has widened the gap among ski team widened the gap among ski team to

now face similar challenges the labor movement is once again organizing and back in the streets richard trumka the president if l c o released a statement on today's action saying workers' rights should be universal and every person no matter what nationality at this city or gender must have equal rights and the opportunity to achieve a better life but now that the occupy movement is carrying the banner for today's action what is labour's role stuart take up joins me now he's the chief chief of staff of the utility workers union of america former director of organizing for the a.f.l.-cio also author of several books his most recent plane bigger than you are a life in organizing and you are in of thom hartmann. and proud of it and i am pleased to have you with you what role does labor play in this movie right now oh it's a very important role a very critical role in fact what we're seeing and from the. right wing the koch brothers karl rove and crossroads of america's they're trying to kill us this year they have focused on the juggler and they're trying to kill the lives you know maybe they're

this week, richard trumka of the president and the jobs and employment numbers. -- the unemployment numbers. "newsmakers" airs on c-span. >>--n sunday this is a kind of political power. say what a president can do in a time of great crisis and how he gets legislation. that is the way of examining power in a crisis. i said i want to do this in full. i suppose it takes up 300 pages. i said, let's examine this. >> robert caro on "the power of knowledge." look for our second hour with him on may 20. >> the president and the first lady returned to the campaign trail today. it held rallies in ohio and virginia. speaking at his second event today at the virginia commonwealth university. he was introduced by his w

he debated economic policy with afl-cio president richard trumka yesterday at a conference hosted byloomberg news. it also included the president of the richmond federal reserve bank, jeffrey lacker. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> we do want to move on to our next panel as well. we're going to continue our focus on the economy, talk about the economic agenda with a slightly more political spin here with our next panelist. want to call up to the stage paula dwyer, the editor of bloomberg view, and she's going to be moderating our discussion. paula, if you want to head on up with your screw as the chairs get -- your crew as the chairs get set up. joining paula, a lot of us know him as the former chief economist at the international monetary fund, and he is the author of "white house burning: the founding fathers, our national debt and why it matters to you." joining simon johnson on stage, richard trumka, and right behind him is ben weber, a former member of congress, republican from minnesota. he is an adviser to the mitt romney campaign, although he is not here as a spokes

we will hear from former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan and the head of the afl-cio, richard trumka. 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, a conversation on immigration law and policy, live from the competitiveness enterprise institute. and coming up this hour on "washington journal," a look at the influence of al qaeda, one year after the death of osama year after the death of osama bin laden.

richard trumka had to say? guest: i would have to agree with him. one has to realize that the labor force in the united states, the people better off their working in or actively looking for jobs has been stagnant since about 2007, where we have about 83 million american males in the labour force, and 72 million females in the labour force. the number has jumped around a little bit, but not by much. it is not what was expected by this time. the u.s. congressional budget office thought we would have close to 159 million people in the labour force, and we are stuck at about 154 million. this could be an effective structural changes in the employment picture, the effect of structural changes in the employment -- the effect of structural changes in the employment structure. host: we want to sell some -- showed some statistics. it took any surprises in those numbers? -- host: any surprises in those numbers? guest: unfortunately, not. you mentioned the teenagers and people under 25. one in the four is unemployed, and this has long-run effects of the econo

host: richard trumka on "newsmakers" at 10:00 eastern time. -- -- tweet -- next is carry on the telephone from sterling, virginia, republican line, good morning. caller: i am an eisenhower republican. i think it really comes down to two issues. are you pro-life or pro-family or do are you pro-choice? that means you don't support enabling single mothers to have 15 special needs children. that is what comes down to, common sense. thank you for your time. host: our cspan bus is making its way across north carolina which is also the site of the 2012 democratic convention in charlotte. you'll find it across the state and this is outside the charlotte government center. coming up later, we will have a conversation with the mayor of charlotte about the convention and democratic party politics and why this state is such a battleground in 2012. you can follow the bus movements on line at c-span.org. cleveland, good morning to you. caller: good morning, i am thinking about this third party. what is more important than a third party is if we get the alli

let's listen now to a union voice, richard trumka from earlier this month. >> i think that we will take out scott walker because he has had billions of dollars from big oil interest, they brought things in and he is still very unpopular. he is permanently unpopular because he attacked workers rather than creating jobs that he told the population is going to do if he was elected. host: just a few more minutes for calls. next is springfield, illinois. good morning to lyell, a republican. -- lyle. caller: the lady that spoke about the policeman and the firemen, it shows so many people make comments and don't know what they are talking about. the police and firemen are exempt from the laws that the past per the governor. the thing i want to point out is that unions are a good thing, but they fail to recognize union leaders are in business for themselves and not for their people. in illinois, we have the teachers and unions and they have never once said anything to a republican or democratic- controlled legislature about paying their fair share of what the teachers' pension is supposed to be

joining him on stage, richard trumka the president of the afl-cio. right behind richard trumka is jim weber, republican from minnesota. he's an adviser to the mitt romney campaign. although he is not here as a spokesman for the campaign i should point out and he's the coach and a partner at mercury. paul the stage is yours. >> thank you, peter and simon, rich for agreeing to be on the panel. and good morning everybody. i am paula, an editor and bloomberg view. if you don't know what that is that is the opinion section of the bloomberg media family. we are one of the newest parts of the family, and everything we do is free on the web commesso come visit us. we have opinions. a lot of opinion. it's, for example simon is one of our columnists and we have editorials, of eds and blogs. it's all free at bloomberg.com/view. that is our commercial and now we will get to the regularly scheduled show. i think just a few months ago the economy looked like it was going to be more of a plus for the republicans in the election than for the democrats. but things ha

richard trumka is at the white house all the time. not telling. >> have you had specific conversations with president obama about what his agenda in the second term would be? >> i have had conversations with the president and his staff and cabinet about things of that sort, yeah. megyn: joining me now political consultant mark hanna. he was an aide to the john kerry campaign. political consultant and national correspondent for talk radio. it's no mystery what president obama says he's going to do in his second term. he's going to focus on immigration. the implication is there will be more. >> he and his union friends are going to spends $200 million to re-elect president obama. if this second term if the president were to win it. he would be inheriting the mess he created. not george bush's mess which he blamed in the first term. he has failed to address debt and deficit. no tax reform, no entitlement reform. he has to deal with that. he has four more years. it will have to happen during that i'm or we'll be over that edge that people

for example, on may 4, richard trumka, afl-cio president says they think were all unanimous by sayingwe should build the pipeline. warren buffett yesterday on fox business network said i'm not an expert, but it certainly seems like it makes sense to me, and quote. four years is long enough. let's go ahead as an integral part. and i sit alone it takes 500 trucks a day off the road and we want to send 100,000 barrels of oil to market 500 trucks a day that the debt grows and create a real safety issues for our people. north dakota may pass up alaskan oil production but we can't get oil to refineries that we don't have the pipeline to do it. recycling is the same thing. it reduces the cost of her is that we provide strong environmental safeguards with the state led approach. we need to the provisions forward for the best tie with all possible. thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, senator. >> madam chair, that mike doesn't work. sender and hostage in the cost of the extension one wyatt all mentioned it in another. we have had -- those seven states recording that they will forgo a 60,00