he got involved in the housing rights movement by volunteering at the tenants union. there was the eviction defense office, for them to file documents, so there was the tender line housing clinic, to close it down, the need was apparent -- the tenderloin housing clinic. something had to be done, and that is where miguel came in. he launched the collaborative, and in 1996, they hired the first employee, an attorney. it was his ingenuity that allowed the collaborative to expand from one paid staff to many, many more. miguel was fluent in three languages, english, spanish, and mandarin, having lived in china, and while he was hired full-time to be the executive director of the collaborative, he still volunteered at the san francisco tenants union for years, during counseling. he was not a lawyer, but he could talk legal concepts like an attorney, work number is in his head as if by magic, speaking cantonese fluently, and mandarin, i guess, give testimony at hearings with statistics at his fingertips. all in all, he was a wonderful advocate for people facing eviction. aft

>> there is and the san francisco tenants union turned in thousands of signed petitions this afternoon aimed at getting a measure on the november ballot to stop redevelopment of park merced. the board approved a plan to build 7200 new high-rise units near san francisco state university bu. that means more than 1500 rent control garden apartments will be demolished. advocates claimed they gathered twice as many as needed to get a measure on the ballot in november. >> and there are sections of 580 going to be closed. caltrans doing work there. being done between north livermore and airway boulevard. and tuesday from 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. motorists can take the on ramp from there, you can go to portolla avenue to return to eastbound 580. >> and well, they're used to stars in langs but tonight they have royalty. there is prince william and kate middleton. the couple arrived not long ago. >> that much-anticipated visit is underway. there is a lot of excitement here at the beverly hilton hotel. they came straight to beverly hills, this is kate's first time in the u.s. but didn't stop to do

such a great example and points directly to why you see diminishing union membership in this country because a lot of the original tenants that the unions used to support workers are not as necessary in the modern workplace as they once were and these delta workers as you point out make about 12% more than their unionized counts parts. they have generous profit sharing. and they don't want a union deal because they have a better deal with delta. >> that's right they have a better deal. they don't need the union. they are going to keep on going. the national mediation board, where there are two owe pointies. one was an obama a pointy and another appointee, foamer union officials, they out vote the nonunion person 2-1 so they get to make up the rules as they go along. they chained a law that was 75 years sitting there on the books 75 years to make it easier for unions to organize. martha: there is an end run effort around this card check thing that didn't work as you pointed out. going back to a really good point you made earlier obviously there is a difference between the union leadership and membership. you saw biden goi

union tactics to a new level advocating what amounts to blackmail and sabotage outside pressure and involve jeopardizing relationships between the employer and lenders investors stockholders customers clients patients tenants politicians or others on whom the employer depends for funds legal and regulatory pressure can threaten the employer with costly action by government agencies or the courts community action and use of the news media can damage an employee's public image and ties with community or leaders and organizations the manual also says it's too great here for whether or not these tactics are being used effectively do they distract management officials from other work they need to do or embarrass them in front of their superiors associates families neighbors or friends in the community now seventy pages of waste in peak hours an intimate private business is more than we have time for tonight but it's obvious that big labor is stuck desperately trying to hang on to power by any means necessary and there's no doubt obama will be right there by its side. when we come back tom woods chairman of revolution rock will join me to talk about the new super pac written by ron paul supporters to get a congr

tenants, politicians or others on whom the employer depends on funds." what they're trying to do rather than getting people sight to sight interest in the union, go to the corporate board room and make the corporation change. to hell with them, perhaps, going out of business, they want what they want. >> and we all know this is essentially what unions want to do. they want to pressure people to get their way and they're fighting for their people but there are some other things in their -- in this court case, they say they're encouraging using costly action that threaten the employer with costly action by government agencies or the court. that's another one of the excerpts they're threatening the employer with costly action by government agencies or the court. so really applying pressure from all different angles. >> and put it in black and white. what do you think about that? friends at foxnews.com. write us. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, another single marine looking for love in hollywood. so who is the -- who is he asking to the marine corps ball? >> i'd like to take betty white. call me. >> we'll show you the complete proposal. will betty be a