and started by the british association of social workers together with the social workers union in alliance with a whole range of other organizations just explain that there's a union and there's a professional association pressures associations historically have been much less keen to get involved in politics sometimes even affiliated with the conservative government that might be the case and the british association of social workers created a trade union arm several years ago which is now an independent trade union associated with the professional association and we work very closely together in fact the social workers union is i believe the fastest growing union in the country the moment what have the a story verity cuts meant for your members. well what the cuts have meant for our members is we can't do the job that we want to do properly really. and that has a terrible impact on the people that we are here to serve i think it's well documented well known that susteren say affects people in poverty affects the poorest people in society more than other groups and social workers by and l

union no less. so you go to work for the government of the state of illinois. you're a social worker. ou don't want to pay dues. they use your dues for political causes you don't believe. in how many rights have been violated? your freedom of association has been violated because the freedom of association means you have the freedom not to associate. and your freedom of speech has been violated because they have taken your money and spent it on a political cause. brian: all democratic causes. >> correct. if the unions lose. and i think they will, this will radically shrink manipulate in government union -- membershipin governmen. shrink pool of money to give to democratic candidates. ainsley: looking at his paycheck and he said union dues, i don't want to be a part of this union. i'm not in the union. why am i paying for it. >> i will make the union argument for you. the union argument is we do the collective bargaining. we do provide them a service. ainsley: with a political spin. >> a lot of the benefits they get are because of what we have negotiated. i think the fundamental right n

this whole social ideal where they're going to take from you charlie and me and from the union workers the local plant and everybody else. in other words, anybody that's earning an honest living. >> right -- trish: is going to get attacked by the dems and money will be taken from them and redistributed to people who aren't working for a living. and i think that people fundamentally, those that are working have a problem with that. >> well it's the whole -- i mean, this is america where, you know, we don't have a cast system in america. this is not india. this is not some terrible country where people can't be born, you know with nothing and then rise to the extraordinary levels that people do in this country if they work hard, play by the rules and are creative and never lose that enthusiasm or that vision for something. but you're exactly right. voters want to vote for something. and when you look at -- you look at barack obama in 2008. he was showing -- he had a hopeful campaign. the sun was shining on his face. people wanted to vote for him. and the same thing about donald trump. an

department of health and social care said they are aware the nhs is extremely busy and extra funding has already been allocated by the government. health workers, activists and unionfine when it's not. i know plenty of people who work in health who think it is already dead on its feet. and it won't last. i also, already dead on its feet. and it won't last. ialso, but already dead on its feet. and it won't last. i also, but those people refuse to let it go without a fight. nursing terms and conditions are consta ntly nursing terms and conditions are constantly being wound down. activity is up. it is killing the profession. if you are not careful, if we don't do something, we will not have a nursing profession maths. we need the money to put the resources in and we need to be able to the cast. we need to look after the public you are using the services. the civil aviation authority has announced a review into airlines' seating policies. it comes following concerns that some operators have deliberately been splitting up groups of passengers in order to force them to pay extra for allocated seating. some people have complained that they've been victims of the policy —

percentage of workers that are members of a union--represented by a trade union--is under 7%. 93% of private sector workers in the united states have no union. the notion of unions as a powerful social force requires a lack of understanding of what's going on in our society that boggles the mind. so what have we got? we've got all the mechanisms in place that allow the business community and the wealthy to control the politics. you alknow these stories. they're the ones who fund the candidates; they're the ones who fund the parties; they're the ones who hire huge armies of lobbyists to work on an ongoing basis with whoever gets elected. and they fund all these think tanks that produce endless resources and reports and researchers and specialists for the radio and the television to shape the consciousness of what americans see, hear, and think. and the end result are events sort of like the two political presidential conventions in which not a word is said about the system, not a word is said of the sort i've just finished telling you about in which they each blame each other as if the politicos had the power to do much about all of this. but there's no systemic analysis, no systemic

social care. it is highly reliant mister speaker on migrant workers. we depend on them for our health and the character of those that need it. is it the prime minister a little bit concerned that european union workers with vital skills our leaving britain in unprecedented numbers now. the right honorable gentlemen might have noted. we still see more people coming into the uk then leaving the uk but we do have a care i care about the number of nurses into gps that and gps that we haven't. that's what we have said the highest levels of training and the numbers of people in training gps. not just for people who are coming from the european union to work international health services but for those people here in this country who want to work there to get those trades in place. mister speaker from the government that as car in this training it doesn't seem to understand it takes eight years to train a dr. and completely up bolivia's to the fact that there are hundred thousand vacancies in the nhs. i think they should get a life and go visit the hospital. they see just how howard those people work in order to cover for the vacancies that are there. surely we need to give immediate real assurance.

social media for boycotting the gun rights group altogether. the nra says the loss of a discount will not scare or distract any member from its mission. >>> in philadelphia, public worker unions are on move and marching this weekend just ahead of a case in the u.s. supreme court. that could actually change their futures. hundreds of workers rallied during a day of action in center city yesterday. they are concerned about the so call janice case, a challenge to the state level requirement that public workers must pay dues to unions that bargain on their behalf. union members tell us they're hoping the high court sides with organized labor so it can maintain fair wages and strong contract negotiations. >> the janice case is nothing but a naked attempt by rich ceos to use the highest court in the land to cut down our unions. >> many conservatives argue that forcing public workers to join and pay unions is a violation of their first amendment rights. >>> 7:35 right now on this sunday. the heavy rain pounding on your roof this pouring? >> as i was driving in to work as well. >> don't worry. it won't be a washout the entire day. we'll get the updated forecast up next. >>> ahead in

social care. it is highly reliant, mr speaker, on migrant workers. we depend on them for our health and the care of those that need it. isn't the prime ministerjust a little bit concerned that european unionht have noticed from the last set of immigration figures, we actually still see more people coming into the uk from the eu than our going back to the european union. but we do have a care about the number of nurses and gps we have in the nhs. that's why we have set the highest levels of training, numbers of people in training, for both nurses and gps. it is why we have significantly increased the opportunity is not just for have significantly increased the opportunity is notjust for people coming from the eu to work in our national health services but actually for those people here in this country who want to work in our nhs to get those training places and do the excellentjob that we know they will do for patients in our national health service. from a government that has cut the nurse training bursary, that does not seem to understand it takes eight years to understand it takes eight years to traina to understand it takes eight years to train a doctor and completely oblivious, appare