in our union, we think ford motor company and the uaw, ups with the teamsters union, at&t with cwa. there is a handful of corporate players in our economy that are responsible, that are able to earn a profit and do right by their workers. that is an ethos we are bound and determined to return to our entire economy. >> that is it for our time. thank you to mary j henry, president of the service employees international union, joining us from san francisco. think you for your time. >> thank you. >> let me turn to andy sullivan and patrick temple west. some big buckets in this conversation. let's start with the minimum wage debate in this country. you referenced that the federal is not going anywhere. why not? >> you have to pass a law through congress. as long as you have republicans in control of the house of representatives, you will probably not see any significant increase in the minimum wage. they are pretty unified on that. quickly states and localities -- have many had enough experience to know who is right and a debate over what happens when you raise a minimum wage? >> a lot o

the teamsters union, which represents the officers, called the firings a massacre and said the guards had not been afforded due process. general motors is recalling more than 200,000 cars because of a parking brake defect that the company warns could lead to fires. the recall covers the 2014-15 chevy impala and the 2013-to- 2015 cadillac xts. g.m. says it does not know of any crashes, injuries or deaths caused by the problem. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican mike rogers of michigan, voiced concern today that president obama's announced intention not to send ground troops to fight isis is frustrating military leaders. >> we should lay out our battle plans but we shouldn't take anything off our battle plans. i think what you're seeing now is a frustration. frustration on a military perspective, saying please don't limit us on what we need to do to defeat this terrorist group. >> sreenivasan: but the former chairman of the joint chiefs, retired admiral mike mullen, said reports of a rift between the president and the pentagon have been blown out of proportion.

the more pipeline jobs we have to the teamsters union, it is going to work up quite a bit.ost: is that your field? caller: yes, ma'am. host: what have you seen in terms of cash? caller: food and fuel are way up. just different parts, living in oregon, alaska, nebraska, kansas, there are huge price differences. of course there are huge sales tax differences. the cost of living is pretty much the best in nebraska, but if it is aa, nonunion job you are not going to get ahead of the game, really. all right, that's greg, from oakland, nebraska. annie, you say your income has gone down? caller: yes. i'm a welder. you are a welder? no, you are from welder, texas. caller: yes. married to a veteran, the disability benefits have completely disk -- completely decreased. understand.r host: what should be done to help boost the economy? look atyou know, i c-span, that is the most of where i get my name -- my news. i think of the senators do their job in order to help all the people get a job. they won't vote on anything for anyone to even get a job. all right, thank you. is next caller

union workers i see that over and over and they do have a serious problem. >> but the trade unions. >> i know teamsterstsmen. >> i love that. [laughter] i'd love to hear you say boondoggle. >> we are conscious of the word irrational but there are hard-working union members to give them that but when they become so deeply irrational with the fights that don't need it to be picked that is with the unions get a bad name you'd see this fight with aerospaceér neil: but tastier names of people forget has not worked i do remember after certain plane crash they never got to be the same. this is a history of name changes you never quite connect with the folks. >> and they never will you have to change the tactic i come from fill the board can brad i have steve bidders and electricians but it upsets me to see the actions of some of the is unions that use the gestapo of a type tactics by est interaction union does inequality people believe that also believes high wages and higher costs and problems so changed that to. >> when was that a problem? >> when i hear you and i hear educated fully trained american made p

a big win for your union tonight and also the teamsters. >> to have you with us.tics nation" starts right now. >> good evening. thank you for tuning in. news, moments ago, the house voted to approve president obama's plan to train and equip syrian rebels, fighting the terrorist group isis. this just hours after the president repeated his promise that he will not put u.s. troops on the ground. >> one of the things we've learned over this last decade is america can make a decisive difference but i want to be clear. the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. they will supportra

the move comes as teamsteres announce drivers voted to unionize and believes there could be further pressurek is nearly up 30% year to date. >>> thank you very much. wal-mart's chief spokesman resigning after being caught lying on his resume. very interesting story. >> it is an interesting story, certainly one up for debate. wal-mart's chief spokesman leaving wal-mart after a background check found out he had not received his bachelor's degree from the university of delaware. the blunder discovered because he was up for a promotion. he told cnbc he spent four years at the school and walked in the graduation ceremony. after taking a job in new york found out he was a few credits short of graduating. never looked back. wal-mart said he couldn't advance because of the discrepancy. tovarsays he is looking into completing that degree. this is hardly the first time that we have seen a high profile person misrepresent themselves on a resume. former yahoo ceo scott thompson ousted after it was determined he received one instead of two degrees. and in 2001 after just five days as head coach of notre

unions! had the workers not fought the battle 77 years ago, we might not have passed a fair labor standard act. had the teamsters and the building trade and every single union here not taken to the streets when they had to, generation after generation to pressure, to expanse of the right of workers we wouldn't have, as jimmy pointed out, the 40-hour week. child labor laws would not exist. workers safety standards would not exist. overtime pay and minimum wage, and the list goes on and on. not only would none of these rights exist for you, but they wouldn't exist for any workers. and americans who thought they would be taken care of by their companies didn't think they needed unions are figuring out -- they're now figuring out what you did for them. you know, it's over used but the truth is, it's not high -- unions built the middle class. it build united states of america. they refer to me inside the press as middle class joe. my colleagues can tell you in washington, it's not viewed as a compliment. it means you're not sophisticated. okay. and i got asked by the press why i'm talking about middle class. why i'm

a big win for your union tonight and also the teamsters. >> to have you with us. that's the "ed show." "politics nation" starts right now. >> good evening. thank you for tuning in. news, moments ago, the house voted to approve president obama's plan to train and equip syrian rebels, fighting the terrorist group isis. this just hours after the president repeated his promise that he will not put u.s. troops on the ground. >> one of the things we've learned over this last decade is america can make a decisive difference but i want to be clear. the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. they will support iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. as your commander-in-chief, i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. >> a vow not to get the u.s. dragged into another ground war in the middle east. the fight against isis is a serious issue and many serious questions remain. when secretary of state john kerry testified today

same with teachers union, teamsters. $7 million.y told the labor department, this is what we put into political contributions. they told the irs it was zero. how do you keep doing that? how do they say $1.4 million to the labor department, zero to the irs? how do you keep doing it, the education and teachers union, $25 million, they told the labor department. they told the irs zero. they put these on the forms. i mean, this is inconsistent at best, maybe illegal. >> and they get away with it! >> they get away with it. but here it is, guys. it stands to reason, if your job is to crush any political opponent of the president, and particularly in this case, the tea party, then the other part of the job is to look the other way. >> by the way, service workers and fast-food workers are going to have demonstrations to become a union to up their -- >> a lot of those people are busting, a lot of it's a facade. less than 3% of american workers are minimum wage, and these are small businesses we're talking about crushing. the answer, prepare

afl-cio, unions, the the teamsters down the street from here. commerce.hamber they spend literally tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars to try to influence the outcome of legislation there. evangelicals and catholics, hindus, mine, s, muslims, religious community together. we need to fix our broken immigration. like the only place you can't find consensus is in the house of representatives. host: senate majority leader this tweet. since house republicans have ailed to act on immigration, i know the president will. when he does, i hope he goes real big. what because real big mean? guest: i hope he does. the president has taken action in terms of taking the broke up system and making deportation somewhat more umane in that he has prioritized them. right? what does that mean? dealers, rapists, murderers, drug dealers. we should get rid of them right away. let's say for a moment you've been here ten years, 15 years. american is an citizen. american citizen children. hould you be a target for deportation because the congress can't act given th

union im from ohio, a member. jim, go ahead. caller: good morning, gentlemen. but nions are necessary, the companies don't want them. that? do we get past i was a teamster for a few years college, in the urw in good year in akron. prototypical machinery. one day, i asked, which plant is akron, chine going to in one, two, three or whatever. they said, oh, this is going to to tn. lightbulb came on. i left and became a teacher. in the nea and the oea. around to the point i wanted to make earlier unions operate, a paradigm shift. in goodyear, it was about the money. you'd go to the union leadership and say, well, let's talk about etraining issues and job security issues and transfer rights and some of those things. they department want to hear it. $2, $3, $5 the $1, an hour. companies are interested in the total costs. back.re coming i want you to speak a little paradigm shift us, 10% for % for the company. go to the 50-50, win-win kind of situation. yes it's going to have to be ive and take, yes, we do need the unions. ideal so what would the situation look like where companies and unions have some power and get to a better place. interesting really model.

union im from ohio, a member. jim, go ahead. caller: good morning, gentlemen. but nions are necessary, the companies don't want them. that? do we get past i was a teamster for a few years college, in the urw in good year in akron. prototypical machinery. one day, i asked, which plant is akron, chine going to in one, two, three or whatever. they said, oh, this is going to to tn. lightbulb came on. i left and became a teacher. in the nea and the oea. around to the point i wanted to make earlier unions operate, a paradigm shift. in goodyear, it was about the money. you'd go to the union leadership and say, well, let's talk about etraining issues and job security issues and transfer rights and some of those things. they department want to hear it. $2, $3, $5 the $1, an hour. companies are interested in the total costs. back.re coming i want you to speak a little paradigm shift us, 10% for % for the company. go to the 50-50, win-win kind of situation. yes it's going to have to be ive and take, yes, we do need the unions. ideal so what would the situation look like where companies and unions have some power and get to a better place. interesting really model.