lou: richard trumka may be playing coy they certainly have it right on this free-trade deal.ut what we do know is that her experience, those things kill american jobs. the confounding question is why do these members put up with the leader who supports the president's amnesty fiat on illegal immigration to add more workers into the country that will further depress the wages and it doesn't make sense. unless richard has been convinced that illegal immigrants will simultaneously register as democrats and join his union, saying that a trade deal hurting jobs and wages yet he had this to say. the obama administration will help to prevent unscrupulous employers from using unprotected workers to drive down wages and conditions for all workers in our country. those dog on on scriptless employers. and some unions the members really have to wonder who they can trust richard trumka saying that it's conceivable that the union may hold back on a presidential endorsement over the issue of trade. maybe he assumes his membership is going to follow this blindly and hope that his members hav

. >> kroft: he was joined by richard trumka, president of the afl-cio, who said that every billion dollarstransportation infrastructure would create 35,000 well-paying jobs. >> richard trumka: if business and labor can come before you united on this issue-- and we are united on this issue despite our sharp disagreements on a variety of other matters-- i think that should tell everybody something and tell it very loudly.but it was not heard during the midterm elections where there was virtually no public debate on infrastructure, and that has barely changed in the weeks that have followed. we wanted to talk to pennsylvania congressman bill shuster, the chairman of the house transportation committee and made numerous requests over the last five months for an on- camera interview. all of them were declined. we did the same with michigan congressman dave camp, chairman of the house ways and means committee, which has to come up with the money to fund transportation projects. we met with the same result. but we did talk with one of the committee members, earl blumenauer, a nine-term oregon demo

richard trumka is the president of the a.f.l.-c.i.o. the american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations. its membership includes 56 unions representing more than 12 million workers in the unites. welcome, mr. trumka. your side won the debate today, but your side is calling it a procedural snafu. where do things stand tonight? >> well, i think it's an indication that this agreement is not worthy of the american people and the american worker, that they do not want to pass this thing with an up-or-down vote. members of congress want to say this is where it needs to be fixed. let us help you fix it. i think we're in the position where if the president would go along with that we could fix this agreement and make everybody a winner, all the american public and everybody else. >> ifill: was today's vote really about the nuts and bolts of the deal itself, or was it just about this idea of fast tracking it, orys greasing the skids? >> first of all, it was about fast track and if you wouldn't mind, i'll elaborate on that

of >>> labor union strife over president obama's trade deal, we'll talk with afl-cio president richard trumka about that and a lot more. >> and money, money, money, running for president is all about the benjamins, the growing argument over the politics of cold hard cash. i'm susan page. >> and i'm derek mcginty. this is capital download. well, good morning to you and welcome to capital download. okay, susan, peoples like we've been talking about this trade deal business for weeks now. finally the senate passed the trade promotion authority and the house is about to pick it up, but the real battle is within the democratic party. >> that's right, derek. democrats are divided and long time allies like organized labor are making

richard trumka of the afl doesn't discuss it. and the minimum wage today adjusted for inflation, as i mentioned, would put tens of billions of dollars at ten bucks an hour--tens of billions of dollars in people's hands to jump-start for the recessionary economy. biden could have skewered ryan, and he was muzzled because obama doesn't want to discuss this because he might be accused of being against small business, who he's given 18 tax breaks by his own admission on the first debate. 18 tax breaks, and 2/3 of all low-income workers are employed by 50 large corporations, like wal-mart and mcdonald's, whose ceos get an average of $10 million a year. and you think this was a slam dunk, but it isn't. so i think our presidential politics are rancid, repetitious, cowardly, and commercialized. so whoever wins, don't expect that much. >> ok. so... [applause] ralph, you've run for the presidency a number of times. so let's just hypothetically, if you were, in fact, elected and you were president of the united states, how would you deal wi

. >> that of course afl-cio president richard trumka talking about increasing worker pay.mark zuckerberg is joining the fight to raise wages and improve benefits for workers. kate rogers joins us with the details. >> if you're a vendor or contractor and want to work with facebook you're going to have to pay your workers at least $15 an hour. that's $6 above california's minimum wage. also are to offer 15 paid days for vacation sick leave and holidays. workers who do not receive paid parental leave, facebook is setting a child benefit of $4,000. facebook will pay for the program when vendors increase rates. in a blog post sheryl sandberg said the benefits kicked in may 1st for larger vendors and the company will work in the next year with a broader set of vendors to implement these changes. a spokesperson told me they worked with vendors so it wasn't a surprise. facebook not the first company to do this big corporate names like wallmartwalmart, the gap, t.j. maxx hiked wages but few have extended wage hikes to their vendors. >> vendors include, i'm trying to figure out now

bloomberg government hosted a summit focusing on infrastructure investment and notable speakers richard trumka and ed rendell and harvard business school professor, kantener, it is set to expire on may 331st. this is just under two hours. >> good morning, i head the govern affairs business here. i would like to welcome you and thank you for attend today's america on the move session, part of the kickoff of infrastructure week. please feel free to keep engaged throughout the day using the #egov build. our mission here is about giving washington decision makers the tools they need to do their jobs better. with dozens of bills interest dugsed in this new congress this is a topic our customers need to know a lot about. but just as important, an issue that impacts everybody in this room and fellow citizens across the country. that's why we're proud to have hosted several events in this space in partnership with friends, one of the steering committee members for restructure week throughout the past 18 months. we're proud to be hosting today's event in collaboration with the entire steering committee

here now to take us inside the numbers is richard trumka, president of the afl-cio.od to have you on, mr. trumka. >> thanks. i appreciate it. >> so looking over the result i'm curious about something. in the paperwork that you put out and press release, you have a big focus on walmart. and yet the ceo of walmart doesn't even come close to the top 20 people in here. discovery communications, $156 million according to your numbers. time warner at the bottom of the list, $32 million. and then walmart looks small relative to those numbers. why the focus on walmart? >> well, because walmart ceo makes 810 times what his average employee makes. and that ratio is destroying morale and is bad for the company. its eye an 's an outrageous figure. ceo at costco only made 129 times what their average worker made. it shows how distorted walmart is and how overpaid he is with comparison to his employees. >> what do you say to critics who say walmart has created a tremendous number of jobs in america given employment opportunities to many and at the same time has been able to lower