and so the gaming industry went to various things like the teamsters pension fund to obtain funding for the casinos. by 1967, howard hughes came into the state of nevada and one of the effects of hughes in the state of nevada was that it legitimized gaming operations. by 1974, harrah's had gone public on the stock exchange. that heralded the new era of gaming throughout nevada and eventually, of course, throughout the united states aired -- united states. what we have here are things from our educational collection , which allows people to look at things, physically hold them, handle them. the purpose is to gather, protect, and present the history of gaming. and so this allows us to give demonstrations of various types of, in this instance, things that are considered to be special work or cheating devices. i take a magnet here, i have a dice cube. it is what they call magnetic dice. it can sometimes also work in an opposite direction. this is a magnetized lead ball. as you can see, it will stick to the magnet. this is an unprocessed dice cube out of the 20's. and this cube here is very

during my first weekend as senator i traveled to duluth to talk with the teamsters again about their deep worries about losing their pensions. this is a worry not only for them but for the businesses that they work for that did everything right, that paid into their pensions only to find that now it might not be there for them. i'll never forget vicky who i met there who said, tina, i don't have a plan b if i lose my pension. so this is something that i really believe that we can work on together. and i look forward to that. and i'm just out of time, madam chair, but i want to also mention quickly that in minnesota we need your help to make sure that high school students are eligible to access the pandemic unemployment insurance program. they have been saving money to help pay for their families. this is something we can do, and i would love to work with you on that as well, mayor walsh. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you, senator smith. we will turn to senator tuberville. >> thank you, madam chairman. mayor, welcome. >> thank you. >> i've had several jobs in my lifetime and had to

and it's an opposition party and he doesn't just protect the teamsters, herbs are canadians brothers and sisters as well. it allows workers to provide the middle class standard of living to their families. i'm trying to understand that . there was this picture in u.s. eight today, the guy in arkansas. [inaudible]. he was told to lay off 11 of his workers and restore - do you agree or disagree with him as in regard to the impact of that executive order. center, thank you. it was great to talk to you the other day to look forward to continuing when maybe you come to massachusetts. we can get a dinner in boston at some point we will go back. i am a laborer, and member of the 223 international union. and when an executive order was signed by president biden any of the workers on that jobsite were union members. there are laborers. but also inso the american recovery plan, there is an opportunity that we have to build back and better by creating hundreds of thousands of green jobs. walsh: my time is limited. soi for those jobs, will they e available tomorrow. >> again, the quicker we can

but the big labor bosses, the afl-cio, the teamsters, they supported joe biden and one of the first actionse biden as president was to kill that keystone pipeline and just a slap in the face to the american workers. judge jeanine: he did that on the first day he got rid of 11,000 jobs. i have a visual of min with their lunch -- i have a visual of him with their lunch pails walking off the jobs. is canada at a point where they will be forced to do business with china? >> here is what's interesting. if the gas and oil can't go from north to south. it's going to go out through vancouver over to communist china. it's kind of interesting. you have got a schism between western canada, calgary, and in toronto and quebec and ontario, they don't like pipelines. but bottom line here, judge. we did some dumb stuff in the trump administration he once in a while. but in four years we never did anything as dumb as this as joe biden pulled off in his first 20 days. support a taliban pipeline, oppose an american one. stick it to american workers. judge jeanine: peter, it's a horrible thing that they did. p

i can tell you that i represent an area in chicago known as teamster city. chicago has been one of the great manufacturing capitals of america. i can recall riding the bus with people who worked at western electric, general electric and other places and how they would be talking about the day they could go home and spend the time with their wives and families, taking advantage of the pension that they had earned. i think that -- pass legislation that is a savior to all of these people who are filled with anxiety and frustration, wondering whether or not any of their days and work were in vain. a lot of people are going to be relieved and feel much different once the president puts his signature on this. they can know that the united states government has looked after what they were working for. that is the security of the pension as they and -- end there were time. i think you for your leadership and all of who have had actively engaged and involved. i go back the balance of my time. -- yield back the balance of my time. mr. speicher -- rep. schweikert: reti

teamsters. it hurts our canadian brothers and sisters as well.reduces good paying union jobs that allow workers to provide a middle class standard of living to their families. i am trying to represent that perspective. it was so poignant. in usa today, the guy and arkansas standing in front of a partially completed line, he had been told to lay off 11 of his workers and the story was, how was he going to pay for his home. do you agree or disagree with mr. hoffa as regards to the impact of that executive order? mayor walsh: thank you for your conversation, and it was great to talk to you the other day and i look forward to continuing, we will take you to dinner in boston at some point. i am a laborer. i am a member of laborers local 223. when the executive order was signed by president biden, many of the workers on that jobsite were labor men -- union men. but also in the americans recovery plan, there is an opportunity that we have to build back better by creating hundreds of thousands of green jobs -- >> if i can, my time is limited. will those

greatest blue-collar president in american history but the big labor bosses with the cio jim hoffa, the teamstersed joest biden in one of the first actions of joe biden as president was to kill the keystone pipeline and a slap in the face to american workers. judge jeanine: he did that, the first day he got rid of 11000 jobs, men with their lunch pails walking off the job. now that the taliban benefit, canada has lost their upset with us are they at the point where they will be forced to do business with china? >> years was interesting because the gas and oil cannot go from north - south it's going to go out through vancouver over to communist china and canada is kind of interesting you have the schism between western canada, calverley, alberta and all the energy there in toronto and quÉbec and ontario they don't like pipelines. but bottom line, we did some dumb stuff in the trump o administration every once in a while but in four years we never did something as dumb as this as joe biden pulled off in his first 20 days, you cannot make this up into support in attala band pipeline and oppose an am

there is any, and i can't go into detail as i am not sure, but the traditional unions like the teamster'snow going into government employees, because that's the growth area, and they know if they're going to continue to grow and taken lots of dues, they're gonna have to go in representing government employees, and they're fighting over to. >> one more question? >> yes sir. >> rob louis with the heritage foundation. congratulations on a new appointment. are you optimistic or positive it all based on the results of the election in wisconsin and the debate that played out in the course of last year? >> that's a really great question. we all look at wisconsin and we say wow, we won, it's over. government employees unions are dead. but just a couple of months before, what happened in ohio to kasich? let me ask you something. to any of you realize that in wisconsin, firefighters, policeman were all excluded from that. he didn't want to have to do battle with them because he was afraid to. the power that these unions hold and the massive amount of money that they control is just mind-boggling an

and made automobiles that everybody could afford. 18 star can buy one, a farmer could buy one -- a teamster could buy one, a farmer could buy one. they weren't just play toys for the rich anymore. america's love affair with the internal combustion engine that began and i don't think that affair has ever ended, sometimes much to my dismay. the point is we didn't have paved roads. people like avery got involved in this good roads movement. he became a highway commissioner. they tried to get as many roads, roads paved as possible. his biggest triumph was rough 66, which came along in 1926 when we were building longer roads, interstage roads. that is what happened with route 66. it is a road that connected chicago, ran down through the state of illinois, across mississippi and st. louis, down the ozark plateau, nip to the corner of kansas, came right across the state, more miles than any other state, 410, through the texas line, across the panhandle through northern new mexico through northern arizona, into the great mohave of california, up to barstow, san bernardino, than all the way to pasad

i can tell you that i represent an area in chicago known as teamster city.

my dad was a teamster and had a job in a strong union as a single parent he could support us.ators, that is a story from the bygone era that day in america is gone the reality today is 40 million people are working in poverty. sometimes two and three jobs we have to start being a country of billionaires and working poor you cannot and that we can and that is time to raise minimum wage. thank you for hearing my testimony today. >> thank you very much for being with us we appreciate it. >> next president of the economic policy institute, a nonprofit partisan from 1986 to include the needs of low and middle income workers and economic policy discussions. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you chairman sanders for inviting me to participate nearly president of the economic policy institute the premium think tank for economic policy for america's working families the hearing poses an important question where do large profitable corporations pay such low wages to employees that are eligible that must rely on federal anti- poverty programs to make ends meet ask what poli

of what happened at jimmy hoffa has been kept hit then for decades leader former president of the teamster75. fbi entered the case, based on possible violation of the federal extortion. >> 46 years later, the case is still with the fbi. but tens of thousands of pages of documents interviews, and reports remain blacked out. redacted by the fbi sensors pens. now there's a new push in congress to finally make the hoffa fbi files public. >> if this is part of actually solving this case, it would be fantastic closure for the family for those who knew him and loved him. >> new york republican congressman lee says it is past time for the hoffa files to be released. he's submitted what's called a mandatory declassification review to the department of justice to get the files out. it is a formal congressional request to pry open what still remains hidden. he says the truth about what happened to jimmy hoffa should finally be known. >> this should have been released a long time ago. we have a process in our country once you get past 25 years or so, that items like this should be declassified release

some of our nation's largest labor unions, including the afl-cio, unite here, the laborers, and the teamsters. i'm glad that my amendment to support the recruitment and retention of nontraditional apprenticeship populations, including women and people of color, is included in this bill. my constituents and all of our constituents deserve the opportunity this bill affords. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the national apprenticeship act of 2021. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute, without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to recognize the life of hinckley township trustee rachel. serving as a trustee for five years ray defined what it means to be a public servant. mr. gonzalez: in addition to his service on the board, ray was involved in many different aspects of the township. in particular, the historical society, among many others, including local charities. ray truly loved his community and was passionate about making

my dad was a teamster had a good job and strong union. a single parent he was able to support us. senators, that is the story from a by gone era that day in america is gone our reality today is that 40 million people are working in poverty. sometimes two and three jobs, we have to stop being a country of billionaires and working poor. you can -- in that, we can end that. it is time to raise our minimum wage. thank you for hearing my testimony today. >> ms. murray thank you very much for being with us we appreciate it. next on this panel, we have fili president of the economic policy institute. epi is nonprofit nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include needs of low and middle income workers and economic policy discussions. ms. leend thanks so much for beg with us. thawnch very much chairman sanders members of the committee for inviting me to participate in today's important hearing. as you said i'm lee president of the economic policy institute, and nation's premium think tank for analyzing effect of nick policy on america working

like you said, four major crafts, pipeliners, local 798, teamsters, you know, truck drivers, operatings all the way down. you know, i just don't see that happening. not to mention the other domino effect people that are going to lose their jobs once we bring in our support. you know, where is all of that going to come from? you know, it's just not going to work. steve: daniel, you are say that the diesel industry actually could have something to do with this. >> absolutely. this idea that the keystone pipeline was a new way to get -- or a new connection between texas, which was going to refine the oil and canada where it was coming from. the fact of the matter is that this oil has been transported for years but it's been transported by railcar. and adam and his colleagues told me that every railcar burns 7 thousand gallons of deville in diesel inone trip there are mule trips a week. the railroad industry is the one behind. we have to abolish this myth this is about climate change. this has nothing to do with the environment. it has nothing to do with the environment left or the green m

francisco autoreturn, has 58 employees, 20 of woman whoshg under a collective bargaining agreement with teamsters 665. they manage a network of 11 towing firms with a pool of 65 drives. with lien sale processes and payments to the contractor consists of two types. there is a monthly management fee that allows the contractor and staffing and service and the variances and until it comes and with the towing program. and and with the tow program is cost recovery. and the sfmta recovers costs through the following. there is an administrative fee that supports sfmta's part of the program. there is a towing fee that supports the towing agreement and storage fees that support rent of the short and long-term storage facilities. now, there are times when fees, when the fees aren't collected. and for those instances, we have fee reductions and waivers. the oldest is the stolen vehicle waiver which occurs when a car is stolen and eventually towed. sfpd confirms that the vehicles were stolen and with that confirmation we refund the administrative and tow fees. at the time of the this contract award in 2016, t