the teamsters represent 75,000 workers in california's food change. they pick, process, and distribute food into public institutions and private businesses. as such, the teamsters strongly support the good food purchasing program. there is a long history of exploitation in california's food chain, especially toward immigrant workers. but there is also a long history of workers and unions coming together to address the injustices. this policy will make sure we use dollars to employ companies that treat workers humanely. that's why teamsters are strong spouters. thank you. -- supporters. thank you. >> good morning, my name is ruth. i'm here on behalf of stop slavery, a northern california coalition. catholic sisters against human trafficking. as opponents of coerced labor we are in support for good purchasing of a valued workforce and its goal of achieving healthy working conditions and fair compensation for all workers and producers in the food supply chain. among those working in the food supply chain are migrant workers, including agricultural labors

hist of them had to do with teamster connection. the frenchman for the casinos were financed by teamster pension fund loans. tmen for the casinos were financed by teamster pension fund loans. you had to be sponsored. when the person seeking money to buy the tropicana or whatever, he had to be sponsored, and he had to give up control of the casino. we called it the strawman case. months and we4 wiretapped all over the place. milwaukee, vegas followed our lead. that not only broke the back of mob,rokered mob -- broker but it was the end of the line for las vegas. jonathan bender: you talked about the interesting concept of how money came from las vegas to kansas city. wlliam ouseley: when the case it was 50t down, years after the st. valentine's day massacre in chicago. we went out on the streets with 50 or 60 search warrants. -- if the main guys here was scheduled to go to the airport. on $80,000re keyed money coming to kansas city. were waiting by the carousel at the airport. he picks a his bags and put them bags and putss them in t

the teamsters represent 75,000 workers in california's food change. they pick, process, and distribute food into public institutions and private businesses. as such, the teamsters strongly support the good food purchasing program. there is a long history of exploitation in california's food chain, especially toward immigrant workers. but there is also a long history of workers and unions coming together to address the

the casinos were financed by teamster pension fund loans. nick civella and his buddies were the ones who said you get the loan. you did not make an application. you do not go through that process. you had to be sponsored. when the person seeking money to buy the tropicana or whatever, he had to be sponsored, and he had to kick back money, and he had to give up control of the casino so they could skim that money. we called it the strawman case. it was about 14 months and we had wiretaps all over the place. chicago did, milwaukee did. vegas did following our lead. that case not only broke the back of the local mob here, but it was the end of the line for las vegas. jonathan bender: you talked about skimming. it's an interesting concept of how money came from las vegas to kansas city. william ouseley: the case was brought down adjusting the enough -- interestingly enough 50 years after the st. valentine's day massacre in chicago. 50 years later, we went on the streets with 50 or 60 search warrants. all of the main guys here -- i was scheduled t

in this 24-year veteran of the teamsters died. so supervisor cohen will talk about that, but i wanted to highlight that and that was really sad. the other person i'd like to end in memoriam is dr. jack mcconnell. on tuesday, february 6th, he passed away at 93 years of age in north carolina. he grew up modestly, one of seven children to a minister whose father said, what have you done for someone today? after achieving the height of success directing the development of tylenol and inventing the first commercial mri, he founded volunteers in medicine, recruiting retired doctors, nurses and medical individuals to insure the uninsured. today, they operate 93 free medical clinics in 27 states. clinic by the bay, which was helped to be founded by janet reilly is one of the things that he operated and helped to begin in san francisco. operating under this model. clinic by the bay has served over 2000 patients during the past eight years. many of whom do not qualify for medicare and medi-cal due to immigration status. may we have eyes to

millions of pensioners, teamsters, carpenters, miners, bakery workers and so many more are staring down cuts to their hard-earned pensions. they didn't do anything to cause those cuts. their livelihoods are staked to these pensions. we ought to make sure that they get every penny they earned. we democrats would have liked to take up and pass the butch lewis act. we couldn't reach an agreement to do that, but now we have a process and potentially the means and motivation to get it done. and there were so many senators, led by senator brown, who are responsible for this. and i want to acknowledge him and senators casey and stabenow, manchin, klobuchar, baldwin, mccaskill, donnelly and heitkamp, who worked so long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long-awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, the western states, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps in the long march to recovery. much of puerto rico and the virgin islands remains damaged and in the dark. this recovery aid could not have come a momen

they create the u.a.w., the teamsters, the steelworkers, skilled labor. it literally becomes the greatest civilization in the history of mankind. today, we are 30th in the world in education, health care, and infrastructure. we are a fascist country, a military-industrial police state. i have written three books on all of this. i grew up in detroit in the 1960's and 1970's. i have an economics degree, so all of this is simple to me. you have to ask yourself, who was responsible from taking us from being the greatest civilization in the history of mankind to what we have today? it is real easy. you have to go back to the 1860's in the south. the midwest was capitalism and democracy. the south, we fought the south because they wanted slavery. you can see the different ideologies of the north and south. today, the south controls the country through war, oil, basically the state of texas, oklahoma, and louisiana with the oil. what is interesting about the south and the media is there are six states that control all of the media. georgia with cnn. florida is d

mark gleason with teamsters joint council 7.ation sits with private sector employers throughout the bay area attempting to get good wages and benefits and i think we are exceeding with that. but our members that receive those wages and benefits -- and i'm talking about members who work in the solid waste and recycling industries and the hotel sector, the construction. private sector. bus drivers, automotive workers and so many more, regardless of what we are able tie chief for them at the negotiating table, it is not enough for them to stay here. and they find themselves sevenning with their families for adequate housing. outside of san francisco, while conversely coming here to purchase all the tasks that people in san francisco expect to enjoy. this issue that is before us today is number 1 for our union, and i'm sure i'm speaking for other trade unions here in san francisco as well. housing is crucially important to retain a vital and thriving work force and the families that they support. and i applaud everyone who is suppor

president trump talking trade, jobs and the economy with the leaders of the teamsters, the steelworkers, the auto workers and other trade groups. this after team trump released economic outlook earlier this afternoon. the president's council of economic advisers came out with numbers and the numbers disappoint, if you had been hoping that what the president said on the campaign trail would come true. we'll get those be ins to you in just a moment. >>> bob nardelli, grandson of the biggest companies in the nation, he'll tell us whether this economic team of the president's should have come up with a more solid number in this very wide ranging forecast. >>> and we will introduce you to the ceo of a company that is planning to take on the likes of apple, fitbit, garmin, polar, all of the wearable companies with his own wearable. what makes it so different? he says it will change and save your life. this is a fox business exclusive, you need to see this product. less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start the "countdown." . >> so breaking news, and again, this should underscore how q

lovely images here are sharing the two man bobsled gold because they got after four wrongs both teamsters to reuters. in each bobsled got the exact same time which is incredible milliseconds here so they're sharing the gold germany of course great achievement for them and kind of the boat of course we're not used to seeing this no one gets silver but there is a new construct so what are the chances as well very very slim so there was also a debut for of a new sport tell us about that that's right and this is called big air snowboarding equip small with the snowboarding equivalent to ski jumping beautiful women chair of course and you know they have to jump on a fourteen nine meter tall you slope which were about to see that would say that this is fabulous because they basically get one job to impress the judges i'm no judge you're no judge light up but this looks pretty amazing to me so a very nice new sport joining. the olympics this year and. as you know my god you do know there's a lot i certainly don't know the public thank you so much i. thank you so much ok i want to take you now to

leaders in the country are gathered at the white house right now, including cio,leader of the afl- teamsterss of america, orkers --elw steel workers of america. infrastructure is one of the key issues expected to come up, also environmental protections. we don't have a readout as of now, but president trump is as a signs meeting that top labor bosses are not in agreement with this administration, but they are representing their members. what is the chance that president trump could be looking for support on some of his trade actions? i put that question to this very same source, who told me that on the issue of nafta, which appears to be ending its , as well as the united states not withdrawing from it, another potential topic to come up. the issue becomes what changes would be made to it. you can see a situation where the president is supportto get a type of of these groups. what's they are expecting to get out of him, we don't know. president trump has just signed a memorandum against bump stocks, that allows for semi-automatics to be fired more rapidly. how does this sit with his party an

you know, you had a little bit of a problem with teamsters.cipate you are going to see that alleviate in the years to come or will you have to pay your drivers more? rich: our drivers are the most qualified in the industry and we value what they do for us and for our customers. we see as we do well they do well, and one of the things we want to make sure we accomplish in this negotiation that really doesn't happen for eight months is reward the shareholders, reward the employees and reward the customers. but it also means we have to make sure that we're providing the right service and the type of service our customers expect both with features of service and they do value their driver delivery. we think it's an alignment of goals. we have negotiated with the union for 80 years and we think we will come to a successful conclusion. vonnie: what did you learn from peak season this year, rich? rich: so i think the number one thing was coming out of cyber we saw a 20% increase in volume, and we've done a lot of things to help collaborate with our l

to continue to train and grow as skilled labor workforce as proud partners with the family, the teamsters. i want to emphasize, we want to work with the city. we will continue to be and be part of the solution. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. first of all, i want to thank the board and my job for call meg short notice, they said, kendra, we need you. i couldn't wait to come. it's me again. i spoke back in october. i do want to say that i am so proud that i will be with chariot one year next month. i have come a long ways and i'm happy. newly engaged to earl, so we both have grown. it's a lot going on with the job. there is consistent drug testing, there is consistent regarding our scores and following the rules and regulations on the road. i pass the courthouse every day, my route is a corporate route. i see this building, and didn't realize this is the building, but i'm grateful you're letting this company grow. they're strict on us as drivers, they used to let us get away on a few little things, but they're not playing. they're strict. i love my job, i'm happy to be here. i

among them heads of afl-cio, teamsters and the steelworkers sitting down with the president right now. the president has talked about his trade policy being america first. the critics though say this is an administration looks too much inward, too protectionist. when you go to this report just released today, there is kind of this warning from this administration on trade, they write quote, even if fair and reciprocal trade leaves u.s. better off in the aggregate, does not necessarily mean expanding trade flows leave all americans better off. trish? trish: thank you very much, blake burman. lots going on here today i do want to point out. the market is off highs we saw moments ago. hanging on there, up 236. you will recall we started this hour up 150. we got news that the fed is less hawkish, surprise, surprise, than people thought it would be. they're not as confident as we say as the president on the strength of the economy right now joining me with trade, more on policy out of washington that will benefit our economy, we have from north carolina, member of the committee on financia

millions of pensioners, teams r teamste teamsters, miners, bakery workers and so many more are staringts to their hard earned pensions. they didn't do anything to cause those cuts. . their livelihoods are staked to these pensions. we ought to make sure that they get every penny they earned. we democrats would have liked to take up and pass the butch lewis act. we couldn't reach on agreement to do that, but now we have a process and potentially the means and motivation to get it done. there were so many senators led by senator brown who were responsible for this. i want to acknowledge him and senators casey and stabenow, klobuch klobuchar, who worked so long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, the western states, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps in the long march to recovery. much of puerto rico and the v virgin islands we mains damaged and in the dark. this recovery aid could not have come a moment too soon. senator nelson worked hard for florida a

we got a commission started to help with pensions for teamsters back in ohio and kentucky and westernreality is this is a pretty good deal, but we've got to go back and hold their feet to the fire on the dreamer issue. that's very important to me and a lot of other people, even the 60-some or 70-some that voted for it. >> i want to ask you one question that might make you uncomfort. as nancy pelosi was speaking in her marathon address to the house, we did hear from republicans running campaigns sending us notes saying please, have nancy pelosi keep talking because it helps us in our congressional races against democrats in the fall which gets to the issue, as you're approaching 2018, democrats have high hopes for take back the house. do you think your chances are better to take back the house with nancy pelosi as the top democrat in the house? >> well, i spoke to this last year. >> things have changed now, and you look at the numbers right now and the chances to take back the house are real and serious, and republicans are champing on the bit to campaign against her. >> they have been

millions of pensioners, teamsters, carpenters, miners, bakery workers, and so many more are staring down their hard-earned pensions. they didn't do anything to cause those cuts. their lively hooihoods are stak these pensions. we ought to make sure they get every penny they earned. we democrats would have liked to take up and pass the butch lewis act. we couldn't reach an agreement to do that, but now we have a process and potentially the means and motivation to get it done. there were so many senators, led by senator brown, who were responsible for this. i want to acknowledge him and senators casey and manchin, baldwin, and heitkamp who worked so long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long-awa long-awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, the western states, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps on the long march to recovery. much of puerto rico and the virgin islands remains damaged and in the dark. this recovery aid could not have come a moment too soon. senator nelson worked very hard for both

millions of pensioners, teamsters, carpenterrers, miners, bakery workers and some more are staring downard earned pensions. they didn't do anything to cause those cuts. their livelihoods are staked to these pensions. we ought to make sure that they get every penny they earned. we democrats would have liked to take up and pass the puck lewis act. we couldn't reach an agreement to do that but know we have a process and potentially the means and motivation to get it done. and there were so many senators led by senator brown who were responsible for this. i want to acknowledge him and senators casey and stab now, manchin, klobuchar, baldwin, mccaskill, donnelly and heitkamp who worked so long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, the western states, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps on the long march to recovery. much of puerto rico and virgin islands remains damaged and in the dark. this recovery aid could not have come a moment too soon. senator nelson

millions of pensioners, teamsters, carpenters, miners, bakery workers and so many more are staring down cuts to their hard-earned pensions. they didn't do anything to cause those cuts. their livelihoods are staked to these pensions. we ought to make sure that they get every penny they earned. we democrats would have liked to take up and pass the butch lewis act. we couldn't reach an agreement to do that, but now we have a process and potentially the means and motivation to get it done. and there were so many senators, led by senator brown, who are responsible for this. and i want to acknowledge him and senators casey and stabenow, manchin, klobuchar, baldwin, mccaskill, donnelly and heitkamp, who worked so long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long-awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, the western states, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps in the long march to recovery. much of puerto rico and the virgin islands remains damaged and in the dark. this recovery aid could not have come a momen

the metlife does not only give discounts to nra members but also members of the teamsters, another politically active group. we emailed them and asked for comments, haven't heard back. what is good for the goose should be good for the gander. you have no comment? >> i don't think anyone would have known they were giving discounts which i didn't know what nra members got and i am an mra member. i don't work for the nra but to give discounts to good business practice, they are basing it on thought policing and that has to be selfless if if you have an enterprise rental car, you have got to cancel that. if you are on delta united you have a way to go. you have to make them hurt to understand they can't thought police america. leland: the left has been successful in boycott campaigns especially recently on twitter and harnessing the power of social media, the right not so much. is that because conservatives aren't as passionate or because they don't think their pocketbooks and politics should be related? >> normally it is not what we do and conservatives are wrong, they are 100% wrong, have to giv

interesting because the environmental review done at that bridge was initially brought on by the teamstersuckers' union. they sued under environmental grounds and that forced a house by house environmental inspection that took years this story replays hundreds of times over america, does it not? >> reporter: it does one of the complaints is you don't actually know how construction will affect, say, the foundation of your house there were complaints that people's windows were cracking, they had exposure on the staten island side to contaminated soil those will be issues wherever a project is taking place, but the hope on behalf of the white house is if you put one federal agency in charge then you can fast track the process but it's worth noting that the department of transportation already has a fast track process from the obama administration. that cut permitting times down from about 6.5 years to 3.5 years as of 2016 we'll see how much material headway they can make here. >> kayla, thanks >>> oil getting crushed in february down 8% since the month began. we'll talk about the ripple effec

millions of pensioners, teamsters, carpenters, miners, bakery workers, and so many more are staring downs to their hard-earned pensions. they didn't do anything to cause those cuts. their livelihoods are staked to these pensions. we ought to make sure they get every penny they earned. we democrats would have liked to take up we would have liked to pass the bush lewis act that we couldn't reach an agreement to do that. now we have the means and motivation to get it done. there are so many senators, led by senator brown who are responsible for this. they worked long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long-awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, the western states, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps on the march to recovery. puerto rico and the virgin islands remains damaged and in the dark. this recovery could not have come a moment too soon. senator nelson worked hard for florida and puerto rico relief as did so many others. i would like to thank senator leahy who worked diligently with his staff

we are working to protect the pensions of coal miners, teamsters, participants of more than 140 multi-employer pension plans. we must shore up this system before it grows even worse. i know you've met some of these retirees in the past and we could really use your support to help get the legislation across the finish line. i'm also a sponsor of the butch lewis act. are you willing to support the butch lewis legislation in order to ensure the solvency of these plans? >> again, i'm not willing to specifically support that legislation, but i am willing to sit down with you and others on a bipartisan basis and figure out a solution. >> do you have any specifics of the legislation you will support at this time? >> i'd rather not go through it at this moment in time. as i said, it's a complicated issue. it's one of the more complicated issues i've come across in the last year. >> when you meet with me, will you bring specifics -- >> yes. >> -- at that time? >> i'd be more than happy to do that. >> let me tell you about a meeting i had in oakland city, indiana, and it was with about 300 miners and th

teamster and i the pensionucky and crisis is very serious in this nation and there is a bill that isfront of the senate being reviewed by the finance committee right now. what you might be heading toward in terms of passing something like that. it could be bipartisan. it affects millions of americans. guest: i assume he is referring to a bill in congress. i am a state senator, so i would not know the exact specifics of that legislation. marsh, of thedel alabama state senate, thank you for being our guest. the bus is parked right outside the state capital in montgomery, alabama and we want to thank our cable partner, spectrum further help. next up is next week in jackson, mississippi. coming up next live, a discussion with russian experts on the next presidential election in the future of the country under president putin ticket leadership. this is being held by the atlantic coverage -- atlantic council. live coverage on c-span.