the teachers' union has lost 30 percent of their members. ic-sector unions have lost0 percentf the members. so what is interesting is when you actually give teachers and public employees a choice, they opt out. john: so before they had to join, the same way i had to jon my stupid union here in new york before i came to fox when i worked for abc. mandatory union. everyone has t join. now it is the individual teachers joyce. >> that's right. they can opt out. if it was compulsory. you pay the dues or you pay a percentage of for them to negotiate on your behalf. what happened is when teacher said, do i want to continue taking that out of my paycheck, do i want to continue funding that organization that does not represent my personaliews, many teachers said no. john: now it's unfair to the unions because some will just freeload off of the once you do pay. >> so what they should do is tell those teachers,ell, go out and negotiate your own compensation. we have talked to other teachers that would say, please, please let me do that. what i can do is

mentioned that a few of them are just are not doing very well in terms of education with the teachers union in the coming cutting some of these schools. well the union doesn't believe that we should be keeping empty school buildings open that would be absurd . we think the problem here is that the district is going in making a massive cutting plan is the largest one of the history of this country all the evidence about this kind of cutting they've done in the past and this is not a new policy for them is that it really hurt massively hurts the students affected ninety four percent of students in schools even closing costs around one and going to school that is no better or even worse than the one that been caught so we think the track record the history of this kind of program is terrible and until the district and answer how they're going to actually improve education quality we don't think that should be doing and certainly not massively increase in this program and just as i understand it the concept of shuttering schools is a new at least to chicago around one hundred schools in chicago

it knows you talk about teachers union your teachers union teachers he insulted by the fact of a union hands down because an individual teacher that he sells his greatest. did together and union what have the union done good for teachers i think the unions have done a lot of good things for to really get the frankly i have to hasten systems the worst it's ever been in the entire american economy ever since ronald reagan was i mean ronald reagan to go you know users would bill bennett in charge of the education department who had run for president himself the year before on the cap on the pay a campaign platform of destroying of ending the department of education. ok so what has happened to those we all know educate me had one of the best education systems in the world primary education systems in the world one hundred eighty today are going to be running it and bill bennett for that you've had forty eight years of clinton you've had you've got obama in there so they couldn't overcome that the reason they want to get rid of the department of education was a very good as they aid

the teachers' union has lost 30 percent of their members. ic-sector unions have lost 60 percent of the members. so what is interesting is when you actually give teachers and public employees a choice, they opt out. john: so before they had to join, the same way i had to join my stupid union here in new york bere i came to fox when i worked for abc. mandatory union. everyone has to join. now it is the individual teachers joyce. >> that's right. they can opt out. if it was compulsory. you pay the dues or you pay a percentage of for them to negotiate on your behalf. what happened is when teacher said, do i want to continue taking that out of my paycheck, do i want to continue funding that organization that does not represent my personal vws, many teachers said no. john: now it's unfair to the unions because some will just freeload off of the once you do pay. >> so what they should do is tell those teachers, well, go out and negotiate your own compensation. we have talked to other teachers that would say, please, please let me do that. what i can

the teachers' union has lost 30 percent of their members. ic-sector unions have lost 60 percent of the members. so what is interesting is when you actually give teachers and public employees a choice, they opt out. john: so before they had to join, the same way i had to join my stupid union here in new york before i came to fox when i worked for abc. mandatory union. everyone has to join. now it is the individual teachers joyce. >> that's right. they can opt out. if it was compulsory. you pay the dues or you pay a percentage of for them to negotiate on your behalf. what happened is when teacher said, do i want to continue taking that out of my paycheck, do i want to continue funding that organization that does not represent my personal views, many teachers said no. john: now it's unfair to the unions because some will just freeload off of the once you do pay. >> so what they should do is tell those teachers, well, go out and negotiate your own compensation. we have talked to other teachers that would say, please, please let me do that. what i

the teachers' union has lost 30 percent of their members. ector unions have lost 60 percent of the members. so what is interesting is when you actually give teachers and public employees a choice, they opt out. john: so before they had to join, the same way i had to join my stupid union here in new york before i came to fox when i worked for abc. mandatory union. everyone has to join. now it is the individual teachers joyce. >> that's right. they can opt out. if it was compulsory. you pay the dues or you pay a percentage of for them to negotiate on your behalf. what happened is when teacher said, do i want to continue taking that out of my paycheck, do i want to continue funding that organization that does not represent my personal views, many teachers said no. john: now it's unfair to the unions because some will just freeload off of the once you do pay. >> so what they should do is tell those teachers, well, go out and negotiate your own compensation. we have talked to other teachers that would say, please, please let me do that. what i can

the teachers' union has lost 30 percent of their members. ector union have lost 60 percent of the members. so what is interesting is when you actually give teachers and public employees a choice, they opt out. john: so before they had to join, the same way i had to join my stupid union here in new york before i came to fox when i worked for abc. mandatory union. everyone has to join. now it is the individual teachers joyce. >> that's right. they can opt out. if it was compulsory. you pay the dues or you pay a percentage of for them to negotiate on your behalf. what happened is when teacher said, do i want to continue taking that out of my paycheck, do i want to continue funding that organization that does not represent my personal views, many teachers said no. john: now it's unfair to the unions because some will just freeload off of the once you do pay. >> so what they should do is tell those teachers, well, go out and negotiate your own compensation. we have talked to other teachers that would say, please, please let me do that. what i can

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. >> anti-teacher, a union buster and a reformer and those are the names we can repeat. she is a lightening rod for controversy. the former chancellor and current california transplant, she gave her her own title now, radical. they have given the report card on how they feel the state is doing when it comes to putting the state first. it should come to you as no surprise. california got a big fat f. >> we have gone from first to worst. and it is astonishing actually to see how little progress the state -- this state has made compared to where other states across the country are. >> michelle rhee is talking about the failing grade given to the golden state by students first. the grassroots advocacy group launched two years ago out of sacramento, they issued the first ever state policy report card. california came in at the bottom. ranking 41st nationally. flunking nearly every measure the group promotes for meaningful educational reform. >> unfortunately, california ranks near the bottom with an f in that, we have lots of laws and policies in the state that just are not c

. >> but like many superintendents his relationship with the teacher union was rocky. three years ago he recommended and the board voted to impose a contract on teachers. union members aren't surprised he resigned. according to american association of school administrators the average tenure of urban superintendents is just over three years. >> there is prush on -- pressure expectations are very hichl resources not as high as they could. >> wednesday, april 10th the board will discuss his resignation, the last day will be june 30th. in oakland abc 7 news. >> this just in. it's friday. >> what does the weekend weather hold in store? >> breaks ever clouds and intervals of clouds and sun. and maybe a sprinkle or two here and there. there is moisture to the north that could produce sprinkles during evening hours of most of the rain that will move from northern part of california away from us. here is a live view from our camera. lots of clouds around. 55 degrees in san francisco. 63 in oakland san jose. in santa cruz another live view from our sutro camera. you can see low

over bread and butter issues, but i thought you inflated the influence of teacher unions of what is actually taught to students. frankly, i think -- >> guest: no. not at all. >> okay. >> host: dennis? very quickly. we'll get mr. prager to respond. do you listen to his radio -- >> caller: a read a few of the books and articles and have occasionally gone to c-span to pick up other programs. i use your web site a lot to listen to interviews. >> host: all right, thank you, sir. >> guest: all right. well, thank you for that. why are jus on the left is a very complex question, and i could devote the hour it to but i won't. near a nutshell, when jews left judaism they said religious but the religion they affirmed tended to be any form of leftism rather than judaism. this is not a condemnation. this is not an insult. it's a christmas. jews have been taught by judaism to make a better world. that is the message of the prophets. and if they weren't going to do it through month othism, teach the world that god is the sort of ethics and demands ethical behavior, they did it through secular i

in the case of florida, the teachers' union represents teachers, of course, and they also represent other mix school employees -- public school employees. they do it well. but to expect them to embrace school choice or higher accountability or the kinds of things that we did, i didn't expect it, and i didn't want get it. and so -- and i didn't get it. and so it was a political fight. it required staying the course. it required faithful execution on the laws that the legislature passed. we were all in for eight long years to kind of get the results that we had. teachers generally, i think, move towards seeing the benefits of this new system. the union itself didn't. and they still to this day are opposed to most substantive reforms not just in florida, but around the country. i wish it was different, but it's part of the process of the fight. and sometimes you have to fight. sometimes you find a way to find common ground, but when you don't, you've got to sort it out politically, and in my case that's what we did. i ran for re-election on these reforms, i got elected which gave me a path t

if unions come in to organize the teachers? now do we have the rules based education system? ill not have been. there are between 10 and 15 percent are unionized and green dye is a respected charter school management chain and unionized. but they operate in the environment were almost all other schools are not unionized. the other charters that they compete for kids with. it is very different with a traditional public school environment with a monopoly. you could have one of 10 unionize the competing with the nine others it is a differing union in this scenario with the traditional schools. gerri: as this plays out of lot of people out there think the only thing that will happen is that the charter schools will gain more momentum at the end of the day the parents makes the decision. what happens? >> also statewide voucher laws that i new voucher just passed in alabama major cities as voucher programs like milwaukee and cleveland and washington d.c. it is exploding across the country as school choice. not just charter schools but i have actually forgot in your question. [laught

now teacher's unions are saying it is the test crazed policies that pressure educators to change the scores. >> blame the teachers and they are failing forward and fast and increasing and retiring with pension and we are graduating kids that can't read but at a fourth or fifth grade level that are a burden to the economy because they can't get a job and i am giving the teachers a big f and they want to blame it on the test and that's the way the union rolls. >> what about the cry babies? randy wein garten said we are over testing our kids . what are teachers supposed to do. >> they have to cheat? >> i blame the teachers and the test. they are products of the government. cheating is more widespread in government schools and public schools than private schools. not only in the students but the teachers. there is incidents in philadelphia, for example. a centrally planned economy and of course teachers are going to cheat and parents are forced to support them and no real recourse to cut them off. >> there is a lot of money at stake. department of ed spends 110 billion a year. no child le

unions tried to organize church school teachers to boost and dos. s in 60 seconds. ♪ >> from the fox business studios in new york city, it's "the willis report" with gerri willis. ♪ gerri: well, unions trying to infiltrate charter schools across the country in order to fuel their coffers. joining me now with the threat unions pose to our nation's charter schools, ceo of the illinois policy institute. welcome back to the show. you know, i find this interesting because charter schools typically have not been a place that unions have been very successful at. only 12 percent of charter schools are unionized. do they see -- did they see this as the great next step? >> it has more to do with protection. they are worried about accountability. what charters are doing is creating measures of accountability. unions cannot have that. you compare chicago. we did a project comparing open enrollment high-school act scores. nine of the top ten were charter schools. this is the kind of thing that unions cannot have. they want monopoly control. gerri: well, let's dig

the largest teachers union is said to be corrupt. despite government warnings, thousands of people took part in wednesday's protest. thousands of people took the street to show their continued opposition to the education reform. >> this is the first mass mobilization. it threatens to put to risk his reform package and his alliance with the opposition. >> what is clear is that the honeymoon is over. for months into the administration is normal. 100 days later, all of a sudden, things have come to the surface. it is not enough for the old politicians to get together and hammer out deals behind closed doors. they actually need to engage with society. >> union leaders say that more than 2000 teachers from neighboring states will join a movement in the coming days. authorities are preparing for more top -- from our confrontations. they say they will not tolerate any more violence. teachers say they won't back down. moretrike has impacted than 40,000 students across the state. us, butcan invalidate in our own context. we are both teachers

we have the teachers' union. they demonstrate by that graphic you are showing that it can happen. competition. your segment earlier on triple play in cable and internet and telephone services is a great example of what happens when you get competition. consumers get more and better choices for less cost. gerri: let's dig down into that. you talk about accountability in competition. what are the ways that, as you say communions bring down public education? >> well, very rigid work rules. the entire collective bargaining agreement is governed around the idea of definable based system of educating children. they treat all classrooms and children the same. of teachers the same. what happens in charter schools, as the chief education officer from chicago police schools once said to me on a radio show, the great reason why charters a doing so well is then operate under the collective bargaining agreement, so they can adapt, they can be flexible and treat each classroom and teacher and child as an individual. as a result of that they get bettererformance and cotantly adapting. unfortunat

. >> reporter: the nation's largest teachers union today said both teachers and parents are against arming school officials. >> that's not what they believe should happen in schools. they want a safe learning environment. parents don't want their kindergartner to pass someone with a gun on their way to class. >> reporter: the report recommends that schools assess their own safety and develop a security plan, something it says most schools lack. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> at the white house today, president obama announced a major research project to unlock the mysteries of the human brain. the $100 million initiative would fund pure scientific research and produce leads toward treating brain disorders from autism and strokes to alzheimer's. scientists say they welcome the chance to spend money on research at a time when science budgets are getting squeezed. but it's not clear whether congress will actually approve this spending. >>> the state attorney general in arkansas is now investigating the break of an exxon mobil pipeline that sent thousands of gallons of crude oil flow

palo alto unified school district will brief the public tomorrow on a new contract deal with the teachers union. the agreement gives the district 760 teachers, 3 percent raise retroactive to last july and provide a one-time bonus equal to 1.5 percent of their salary and they make up to $103,000 a year depending on experience and education. a similar agreement was hammered out with 520 classified union school employees who earn an hourly rage. district officials take a final vote on the agreements may 7 if both unions ratify the pact. >> doctors wanting teens to stay away from a dangerous stunt called the cinnamon challenge calling for swallowing a without wat doctors say swallowing a lot of cinnamon can lead to breathing trouble and even collapsed lungs. 30 teens needed medical attention last year from this crazy stunt. >> still ahead, lots of questions this morning for the surviving brother in the boston marathon bombings. the challenge investigators face in communicating with him and how boston will mark the tragic attack a week ago today. >> plus, cutbacks to airport across the nation and lo

we can't grant absolution to teachers unions.rible, terrible way in the past, and it's been the truly disadvantaged. and my kids -- any of our kids around this table that have suffered because of what teachers unions and the education establishment have done over the past three decades. but i see you talk about randy, randy working with chris christie, you've got other people, mike, that i think we're starting to see both sides come together. arne duncan, the president at the center of it. >> this is, if you believe as i do this is about the most critical aspect that we face in this country, the education of our young children, then you've got to really, you know, you can't just blame teachers, you just can't obviously blame the kids, okay. the standardized tests do a couple of things. they give teachers and school administrators a chart to follow to see always. their progress being made in the class. they do not teach kids how to think. that's not being taught in too many schools. but the keyword here and reverend al was the fir

. >> one of the nation's leading teacher unions slammed the report writing today's nra proposal will fail to keep our children safe. it's designed to assist gun manufacturers. it will simply lead to more violence. that's the quote. later in the day, mr. hutchinson, who is planning to run for governor in arkansas made some concessions on universal background checks. >> i'm open to expanding background checks if you can do it in a way that does not infringe upon an individual and make it hard for an individual to transfer to a friend or a neighbor, somebody that if you are in montana and have a casual sale, we don't want to infringe upon those rights, either. >> the gun lobby responded saying he was not speaking for the nra. we are going to debut the first ever "morning joe" poll at the top of the hour. it will show compelling new numbers when it comes to the debate over guns here in america. >>> clean up continues in arkansas where thousands of barrels of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into nearby neighborhoods. we were the first to show this yesterday morning. arkansas's attorney

over 50,000 schoolteachers were barred from their workplaces after the teachers union refused to accept a government proposal to make their working hours longer and more flexible. almost 1 million schoolchildren got the day off. >> a story about spain now -- the doctor at the center of spain's biggest ever doping scandal has defended his record as his two-month trial draws to a close. >> eufemiano fuentes has been answering charges along with four co-defendants in a case that has been disrupting spain and the entire world. >> eufemiano fuentes insists he is innocent. the spanish doctors accused of being at the center of a major blood doping racket. some 50 professional cyclists have already been implicated in the case, but he refuses to name names and says he would never put anyone's health in danger. >> i cannot make any comments. for now it is not prudent. >> it has taken almost seven years for the closely followed duping trial to begin. in may 2006, police raided establishments where he worked. they found over 200 bags of blood and plasma. they also sees performance enhancing steroid

you are slacking off, don't expect your employer to pony up, but those rules don't apply for union teachers. they don't want salaries tied to performance. to scotty neil hughes who said this is textbook exam else was example of how out of touch unions are. for a lot, merit pay is like the basis for work. we sort of work, we're measured by our work and paid by how well we do that. >> this is a great example of it does not matter what you do, what you teach, how well you teach or if you show up, as long as you have tenure, you get to keep your job. that is only place in america that this work is in our education system. charles: we're talking about you know, teachers who say, you can't evaluate our performance based on how kids do on tests, you can't base it on this or that. well how do we encourage you and get a better school system when everyone agrees we have a bad one. >> this shows we have a track record of education not makes sense, why would teachers expect get paid off merit if they never had that issue. unfortunately teachers do not live in the real world if we judge every other le w

well that should go through this tough time and will rise to the challenge. >> hi, i am a teacher here at union city high school, but i'm also the teacher of the year and was the union city district. i'd like to thank you sincerely because the school is our home and how you have in your book, if you build it they will calm. with a great educational leader such as mr. gennady and the administration manner, they are the driving train to this locomotive and our children are our heart and school and you've captured in your book and am very impressed. thank you. [inaudible] >> thank you. i am a professor, but i've also been a journalist. i kept hearing all these good things. so i kept nudging around. i talked to john kennedy is a thank you for state office things. i couldn't find anybody that had a bad word to say about him. paris principles, that's pretty astonishing. i think you're taking a great building a new, the principal, staff, teachers make a great home out of it. think about the performers we've heard in the drummers were outside. apparently the word came to your principle this morning. i

controversial reform which limits union power came off to the arrest of the head of the main teachers' union was accused of stealing over one hundred fifty million bucks. are just a moment here and see we report on the lives of palestinian families living cheek by jowl with an israeli waste this is. you know when the history of any culture there are some dark chapters throughout human history there's been war on every continent and religious strife and oppression every culture has some skeletons in their closet and in recent u.s. history the scandals prison at guantanamo bay as making patriotic american scurrying around a decade or so rather than slamming the door shut on get mall i hate that term condemning it as one of the greatest mistakes in american history and gloriously declaring on t.v. channels and newspapers the country wide that it shall never be repeated again the pentagon instead wants to blow another forty nine million dollars expanding it even if you are one of the types of things that american gulags are supercool and awesome do you realize that it takes over one million doll

educators are not spending time debates whether or not charter r amod or badord or bad ac o teacher's unions are good or bad. they care about the relationships and experiences their kids have in the schools, and whether there's a common set ofs is pair rations and goals and a shared vision on what education could and should be. there was a lot of debate a couple years ago, for instance, about the future of the colton school building in the 9th ward where a group of predominantly white parents opposed the charter network from taking over the building, and i went to one meeting where many of the parents were decrying long days, emphasis on test preparation, lack of diversity, and i went to another meeting with african-american parents where they were talking about what they liked about the kip approach and how the more privileged white parents were trying to take something away they valued. i feel at the core this is about ogy and beliefsd understandings and ideals surrounding education, all of which has validity and long history behind them, but the writing and public discourse surrounding ed

the controversial reform which limits union power came off to the rest of the head of the maine teachers union is accused of stealing over one hundred and fifty million dollars. or so in a world update this hour two hundred seventy nine protest is being arrested in montreal during a rally against police repression and the street is angry over what they say is a systematic crackdown on political protests by law enforcement agencies the focus of the ranks is a law that allows police to shut down any ready they weren't fully informed beforehand. that's it for me for the moment talk about with the news team with more for you in just over half an hour from now in the meantime a report on the lives of palestinian families living cheek by jowl with an israeli waste facility that's our special report coming up after the break. what if one third of the population of a capital city of a small arab country took to the streets in protest while the mainstream media would scream the people of nation x. are crying out for democracy we have to intervene and take their oil i mean help them but the earth shakin

we're not rewarding the good teachers because the unions protect the teachers doing a horrific job.of the problem. jason, what do you think? >> so many teachers involved. 178 teachers involved in the scandal. if you look at it, beverly hall, the former superintendent, received $500,000 in bonuses based on what those schools are doing. not only did that happen, she fired 90% of the principals in that school district so it's -- they had -- >> pizza parties. >> yes. they had pizza parties to correct the scores. what i'm saying is with that many bad teachers or principals or a bad superintendent, i think that's -- it's too many bad apples. it's a bad system in total that -- >> this was brought up. >> -- that it then breeds or grows the bad apples. hold on. i like to think that teachers are better spirited than that, have better intentions than that but the pressure is so high. >> if you made me chancellor of teachers in the u.s., and said, donny, fix it, i'm dumb in a lot of things but i'm a pretty good business guy. i would say, we've got to give scores. i don't want what the other ans

we will hear from the vice- president of the national teachers' union. unitedwill hear from the farm workers. sisters, let's welcome our labor leaders. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, hector. ago, when our country was founded, immigrant workers, african american workers, white workers said, enough is enough. we deserve better. we deserve to be part of the american dream like everybody in our nation. the time is now for free them. the time is now for equality. by the teamtoday members of our union, many of whom are represented in this crowd. she fled el salvador 30 years ago. she had to leave her children in el salvador for 10 years. a citizenere today as of this country fighting for all immigrants to have citizenship. [cheers and applause] i am joined today by judith powell. her people came from the caribbean and from georgia. conglomeration of caribbean families. she grew up in new york. she said to me, every worker deserves an equal shot at the american dream. we need to bring of 11 million workers out of the shadows and into full citizenship once

it seems to be probably a bridge too far when the nra talks about arming teachers and teachers unions. teachers themselves, i'm not sure they're interested in teachers packing heat. parents would likely have a problem with that as well. but there are all of these groups that have been talking about gun control. i think one of the problems we've seen so far with this debate is there still is not anyone new who has entered the debate who has said something different. we have the liberal camp who is very pro gun control and on the other hand we have conservative who is feel like any sort of gun control will infringe on second amendment rights. we don't have any figure, conservative, democrat or any republican who seems to be open to any more furthering of gun control at this point and that's been a problem. >> margie, is that the biggest problem? obviously the president and vice president are trying to stay out in front of this issue and encourage electorates to get involved. if people don't want to move something on gun violence, it's not going to move. >> it's a shame congress has caug

team obama is for the teacher's union and opposes school choice. lot of good for the school choice issue. >> if he's interested in running for public office my phone number is -- >> are you going to work for him? >> i will say i think it's a good thing. making sure that we are creating not just the jobs but preparing our kids to have them is an enormous thing. >> i am quite certain that he is a closet supply side free market republican. roger gibbs thank you very much. that's it for tonight's show. i'm larry kudlow. free market supply side. we'll see you tomorrow. by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. but i wondered what a i tcustomer thought? is great, hi nia... nice to meet you nia, i'm mike. what do you drive? i have a ford explorer, i love my car. and you're treating it well? yes i am. there are a lot of

teacher. and there is a lot of union protection. more on that and first some breaking news this morning. >> two people are in the hospital now after the officer- involved shooting in e mission district. >> it started when someone threatened a crowd with a fake gun. this is a fight between two groups of people across the street from the police station. the police say somebody from one of the groups drew a fake gun on the other and that is when an officer fired several shots at that man and two men were hit and critically injured. >> they're calling the attention to the officers that someone pulled a gun on the group and another two officers ran out and found that to be the case and firing the folks would be shot or killed, striking the suspect. >> and this marks the fourth officer-involved shooting in a week. the first one happened when the man was critically injured after being shot by an officer. he was wanted for an outstanding warrant. the second shooting took place wednesday night in oakland after an officer mistakenly shot a te

. >>> a tentative deal is on the way for the palo alto school district and its teacher's union.ur media partner, the san jose mercury news, reports 760 teachers would get a 3% pay raise and a one-time bonus under the collective bargaining agreement. a similar deal was reached with 520 employees at the california school employees association. the board of education will hold a public hearing on both agreements this tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on churchill avenue. a final vote will be may 7th. >>> well, no two ways about it, garbage is dirty. but at the biggest landfill in northern california, that garbage is helping to produce something extraordinary clean. we are talking about the ultima landfill near livermore. jonathan bloom put on his work boots to show us how all that trash is producing treasure. >> reporter: 25 tons of garbage. each truckload is just a small, smelly chunk of the 5,000 tons dumped here every day and the 50 million tons of trash hidden beneath the dirt at northern california's biggest landfill. seagulls, this is the mother load. you can keep them away. but for human

. >>> attentive deal is on the deal for the palo alto school district and it's teacher's union. our media partner, the san jose mercury news, reports 760 teachers would get a 3% pay raise and a one time bonus under the collective bargaining agreement. a similar deal was reached with 520 employees at the california school employees association. the board of education will hold a public hearing on both agreements this tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on churchill avenue. final vote will be may 7th. >>> well, no two ways about it, garbage is dirty. but at the biggest landfill in northern california, that garbage is helping to produce something extraordinary clean. we are talking about the ultima landfill near livermore. jonathan bloom put on his work boots to show us how all that trash is producing treasure. >> reporter: 25 tons of garbage. each truckload is just a small, smelly chunk of the 5,000 tons dumped here every day and the 50 million tons of trash hidden beneath the dirt at northern california's biggest landfill. for a lucky flock of sea loads, this is the mother load. you can keep th

their contract talks which are going into state mediation and they will arrive at school and the teachers unionthey are pushing for smaller class size and fair pay increases. both reached a bargaining gas in march. the public relation board of the state takes over mediation of the contract talks today. >> yesterday, late afternoon, my daughter and i went for a jog and i swear i want today stand over here because so many tree branches were falling from the win. >> my yard is full of debris. >> and it looks like the winds will continue. >> mike? >> on friday we said they would pick up on sunday and worse today. that will push the pollen count up with high amounts of tree and mod last grass and high amount of weed pollen out there. the next 12 hours, we had a few sprinkles but we are under a drying trend and as we look to the east you can see limited clouds over the east bay hills from our roof camera in downtown san francisco. 46 to 53 so it is cooler this morning. we will be breezy by noon and we will be windy headed into the afternoon and chilly by 7:00. temperatures will fall in the 50's after

union free? didn't teachers want to work there because there was no union?able for results, free from most of those rules and regulations and provide parents for a choice at a time when we were trying to get away from the rules of hamstrung schools that made them ineffective. today charters outperform public schools in most cases by as much as eight to ten points because teachers have flexibility and freedom. >>gretchen: why the push from the unions to try and infiltrate the charter schools? >> great question. why are they going after 5% of the public schools in the country when fully 80% are in disrepair? why are they going after these schools? it's power. it's control. they should be spending their time working on the schools that are already not where they need to be. parents are wildly satisfied in charters. teachers are wildly satisfied. and unions's jobs are about to bargain for rights, not about education. this movement where states like florida and indiana score high on our parent power index and lots others because they're giving people freedom, you