the fight for working families. born and raised in dorchester by immigrant parents marty is a second generation union member. at age 21 he joined the laborers union local 223, the union's president until 2013. as mayor of boston he oversaw the creation of over 140,000 jobs and helped secure a statewide 15 hour minimum wage, paid sick leave and family leave. he also established universal pre-k for all children in boston and free community college for low income students. as secretary of labor, he will continue to advocate for workers, job seekers, union members and families. his dedication to working families has made him a key partner to president biden in our covid recovery, as we work to get vaccines in arms, money in pockets and stability back into our local economies. marty understands that it's america's workers who keep our nation running, and it's washington's job to ensure every family has a fair shot at success. without safe working conditions, livable wages, good union jobs and paid family and medical leave, american families can't succeed, america can't succeed. by investing in workers we can rebuild an even more equitable and th

that's not much different from the french membership rate, but unions have more weight in the french labort. companies cannot replace striking workers while american employers can. as in other companies -- countries, public-sector workers are more likely to be unionized. some of the most powerful unions are in the field of education, trucking and auto manufacturing. anchor: why aren't more people members of unions? reporter: it is partly because of the changing landscape of labor. tourism and hospitality are less likely to unionize and manufacturing jobs have dipped in recent decades. younger people are less likely to be any union, suggesting a generational shift in the workforce. activists say america's labor laws need to be modernized. 27 states have so-called right to work laws, which means employees cannot be forced to join unions or pace of scription's even if they benefit from union contracts. anchor: any signs things might change in the future? 9 they might change -- reporter: they might change because joe biden is one of the most prounion presidents in history. it is unlikely that

also, absolutely local 21, the laborers union, the latino task force resource hub, on 19 and alabama, was their home, and now, they've moved here, and guess what? we followed them. in the latino culture, we have a saying, mi casa es su casa, my home is your home. this has not been easy. we stepped on each other's toes a lot in the beginning. today's community vaccine hub, like the one in excelsior, shoutout to excelsior back there in the back, patty. i see you. you can trust us to take care of them with dignity and compassion. thank you to the media for being here. you are not fake, you are real. you do not always get recognized for being here to tell our story, so thank you for being here. in closing, there was olga from another union. we want to make sure that every single union member is vaccinated. just know that i love you and appreciate you, the latino task force loves you and appreciates you. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, valerie, and thank you for recognizing local 87 seiu. olga, thank you for all you do and your members do to ta

this is a film not only for the international lady garment workers union or the labor movement, this or america and for a free democratic world. >> coming from you president green, this is indeed a high tribute to our union and to our membership. thank you very much. >> sir. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> your name, please? >> alexander brody. >> what is your occupation, please? >> cloak operator. >> age? >> 65. >> when did you join the union? >> 1910. january. 1910. >> you must be glad to retire. sign there, please. ♪♪ >> between now and 1910, a whole lifetime. how many millions of seams can two hands sew in 40 years? how many thousands of garments? 1910. the world we lived in. ♪♪ >> 1910. the world we lived in. >> too much material. no. please, put a garment on a figure. how long you gonna be in the cloak business? deleo, you broke yesterday two needles, 50 cents fine. >> two needles cost a penny. >> one more word and the fine will be $1. >> $1 is a full day's wages. >> wrap up your bundles or else put your machine on your back and go work somewhere else. >> shut up. >> i'll talk. i go tonight school. t

also, absolutely local 21, the laborers union, the latino task force resource hub, on 19 and alabama, was their home, and now, they've moved here, and guess what? we followed them. in the latino culture, we have a saying, mi casa es su casa, my home is your home. this has not been easy. we stepped on each other's toes a lot in the beginning. today's community vaccine hub, like the one in excelsior, shoutout to excelsior back there in the back, patty. i see you. you can trust us to take care of them with dignity and compassion. thank you to the media for being here. you are not fake, you are real. you do not always get recognized for being here to tell our story, so thank you for being here. in closing, there was olga from another union. we want to make sure that every single union member is vaccinated. just know that i love you and appreciate you, the latino task force loves you and appreciates you. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, valerie, and thank you for recognizing local 87 seiu. olga, thank you for all you do and your members do to ta

work with the hospital and provide guidance about have to staff units and response, they call the labor union statements misleading. they remain appropriately staffed and comply with all state ratios and county in providing top-notch care to all of our patients. simply put communities having fewer babies that impacts the amount of staff necessary to provide care for our labor and delivery patients. >>> uber is on the hook for more than $1 million in a right refusal settlement . the san francisco woman said she was denied a ride and more than a dozen times in 2016 and 2017 because she is blind and uses a seeing-eye dog. her lawyers say drivers also harassed her. uber had claimed it is not responsible for its drivers discriminatory behavior because it considers them independent contractors. but a judge ruled that the company is responsible for conduct that violates their americans with disabilities act and they have reached out to uber for comment. we have at least got no far so far no response. >>> san francisco police are investigating a robbery at a tourist and destinination this happened on

amazon warehouse facility in ala bama have voted on whether or not to unionize now the votes are still being counted but a win for the labor union in the southern state could have big implications across the country legal analyst molly barrows contributor with american lawyers here now with more on what's at stake molly what do you need supporters actually hope to accomplish at this a facility well obviously the union the retail wholesale and department store union brant says if these workers will just join them they're going to push for better working conditions better pay more respect and if they succeed this will actually be the 1st amazon workplace to actually unionize so that's a big deal as you know supporters and amazon know what's at stake amazon employees gosh almost a 1000000 people form part time just in america alone and much more if you count worldwide so if this passes in alabama other facilities obviously could be considering doing the same thing that's why you've seen so much press reporting about it on both sides they've been pushing their p.r. message to sway the 6000 or so workers at this warehouse in be

unions and these ceos, or is it just noise? dana: i think the thing is that it depends on what the labor unions are looking for. dy see many large companies, certainly some of our own members already raising wages and trying to address the concerns of their laborers in terms of wages, benefits, making sure there is training and adequate number of hours. i think there is certainly a middle ground that can be reached. tom: i middle ground that could be released, but that does bring it back to your macroeconomics, do you fold wage inflation for this year or not? dana: i think there can be some wage inflation. overall, we think there is going to be consumer price inflation as well as consumers continue to to desire certain types of goods and once people start engaging in in-person services, that is going to be inflationary as well. i think the key thing is how much inflation and for how long. we think that even with wage inflation and gasoline price inflation, which is overall, but also inflation for certain types of services rising, we are probably not going to see runaway inflation and that the fed is probably goi

voted against forming the company's 1st union in the united states it's a setback for the u.s. labor movement but activists say the fight. reports. this was a blowout by a more than 2 to one margin employees at this amazon warehouse and bessemer alabama voted against joining a union the campaign to unionize had been seen as a potential turning point in labor relations in the u.s. amazon is the nation's 2nd largest employer none of its workers are unionized but it's not over yet the retail wholesale and department store union says it will challenge the results. the results demonstrate the powerful impact of employers intimidation and interference we will be calling got the labor board to hold amazon accounts of all sorts of great just say hey if you're going to care paying the union says amazon unduly pressured workers to vote no creating an atmosphere of fear from organizing mandatory lectures for workers that argued against united nations to having managers encourage workers to vote in front of them and employing an agency to monitor workers social media posts amazon also asked the

this is a film not only for the international lady garment workers union or the labor movement. s for america, and a free democratic world. >> this is indeed the high triggered for union and for a membership. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> your name please? >> alexander. >> what is your occupation please? >> cloak operator. >> age? >> 65. >> when did you join the union? ? the >> 1910, january 1910. >> he must be glad to retire. sign their pleas. he >> between now and 1910 ♪ ♪ ♪ , a whole lifetime. how many millions of seems tend to hands so in 40 years? . how many thousands of garments? 1910. the world we lived in. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> 1910, the world we lived in. >> please, put a garment on their! how long are you going to be? you broke yesterday's two needles, 50 cents punishment. i dollars whole days wage >> for the last time, emptier bumbles. or else, get the machine on your back and go work somewhere else. the >> i go to night school. the teacher right on the blackboard, a free land. sure, it's a free land accept 14 hours a day in a shop here is not a free land. 50 cent fine, brody no talkin

the union as a result. we want to bring you up to speed on what the possible effects are for amazon and organized labor. rn to bloomberg's michael mckee. not entirely unexpected but how important is it? michael: it is important for amazon and the unions. there may be some hope down the road. union went into the heart of antiunion territory and tried to organize the amazon warehouse in bessemer, alabama. they got 1798 no votes out of 3200 cast. a decisive loss. that does not mean the union movement is dead because it does have the support of president joe biden

the top in his own hand. it is an otherwise routine speech to a labor union. if you can talk a little about reagan's biography sore -- so our viewers understand it. why would he labor over it? like, twice a day presidents gives the speeches? mary: maybe two times a week. he gave lots of remarks during the day. this speech was important to him personally. as he said, right after the opening joke, which she came up with, he is the first president to hold a union card. he felt a lot of affinity with the labor unions. his struggles working representing the actors in california and in their union was formative in his political philosophy. he wanted to be able to talk to the building and construction trades people and win them over to our side, which was part of a campaign to win support for reducing the footprint of the federal government on american society through cutting the budget. it was not just about saving money. it was part of his deep philosophical view, which was why he loved samuel gompers. that is another story of that day. he quoted him in the speech.

forthright, if he hadn't taken the steps to terminate the officers involved, had he not rejected the labor union, the police union there in minneapolis, his underlings would have been less likely to have been as cooperative as they were. he set the tone. and hopefully that would resonate throughout the nation. but it is unlikely because we're dealing with, you know, a multiheaded beast called toxic police culture. >> appreciate your candor on that. and you speak from experience. what happens inside these departments when even what would be called a very damaged case for example one where there is video evidence where there is not just a quote, unquote, contested or debated incident. what would be the retaliation or the things that officers fear by speaking out? >> well, a good example and something that was just recently rectified was the situation of a police officer from upstate new york who took the responsible action in court in progress defending an individual who was being assaulted by her colleagues. she was a police officer. she ended up getting terminated, et cetera. she finally just re

in alabama, the labor union that failed in its months-long battle to organize an amazon warehouse in he city of bessemer has filed 23 complaints against the online retailer with the national labor relations board. the retail, wholesale, and department store union says amazon unlawfully interfered with union efforts by threatening to cut workers' pay, benefits, and time off work, while creating an impression of surveillance by installing private mailboxes at the warehouse so it could monitor workers' votes. this is bessemer amazon worker jennifer bates. >> the@@ werillegal things taking pla. ople whoo not ha anydea abt what uon couldo for th. pele w thought ty we going lose their j becse thcompany id we are going to shut down. amy: walter mondale has died at the age of 93. he spent 12 years representing minnesota in the u.s. senate before becoming vice president under jimmy carter. in 1980 four, he won the democratic party's nomination for the presidency and made history by picking a woman, geraldine ferraro, as his running mate. he lost to ronald reagan in a landslide. and in breaking

to make sure they are safe. >> reporter: today's site was set up with support from the united farm workers labor union. the partnership especially meaningful as america celebrates cesar chavez day, and the many contributions he made to the civil rights and labor movement. >> it is an incredible example of a stewardship and collaboration supporting the health and well-being of our teammates and other agricultural workers who are essential to food production. >> reporter: the push to get more farmworkers vaccinated as part of the county's focus on prioritizing underserved communities, despite low supply from the state. this week, the county announced one out of every three residents 16 and up has already received their first dose. >> we have seen a dip in testing and we really need people, especially those who haven't been vaccinated, to continue to get tested so we make sure we don't have another rise. >> reporter: this community coming together to battle back against covid-19. >>> pfizer said today it's vaccine is 100% effective in children ages 12 to 15. right now, fisa's two shot vaccine is approved

weeks have taught the parents and childcare providers i talk to small business owners members of the labor union frontline public employees and federal and local employees mayors across erica -- american cities large and small. they continue be concerned about the situation and what they are saying in their communities but everyone seems to be optimistic and hopeful they all see a pathway forward to today's data shows while jobs are coming back unemployment remains a necessary lifeline for too many for millions of americans that new opportunities and good jobs providing for your families building on on the community those are the things that will allow us to dream again and that's aware working for in this administration and all across america. with that i will take questions. >> with that some factory owners in the midwest who are really struggling to get people to take their jobs and we are going to add 19 million jobs. where are the people who take those jobs going to come from and how will they do extra training? >> in this builder is war job money in the biggest that a lot of what i have he

the votes are in and it appears that amazon warehouse workers in alabama will not be forming the 1st labor union in the company's history despite an ongoing fight that has drawn national attention according to a tally of the votes reported by the wall street journal with around 80 percent of the ballots counted more than 70 percent of the nearly 6000 warehouse workers voted against efforts to unionize amazon welcomed the news with the company's stock rising one percent to reach its highest level since february amazon had already made it clear that it planned to present every legal challenge possible if the ballots weren't in its favor the alabama warehouse represents less than one percent of the nearly 1000000 workers the company employs across the country. global markets are mixed this week as geopolitical tensions weigh on the east while the west sees record highs we start in russia where the mo x. is down the ruble fell to 5 month lows on friday and stocks took a hit earlier in the week over concerns about a military buildup in eastern ukraine that has drawn backlash from nato and the u.s. an

he has been on the record about the relationship or discontinued relationship with the labor union. o he seems to be a more progressive minded police professional. but history has shown as the systems are very resilient and they tend to snap back to the way things always are. juan: i wanted to ask you, before the trial began, minneapolis reached a simple settlement with the floyd family of $27 million. to what extent do you think the decision to reach a civil settlement even before the criminal trial -- in essence, freed the department and its personnel to be so openly and so unusually participating in the prosecution's side of the case? >> he really freed them tremendously because they realized there was no probability or possibility that those individuals would come back into the ranks of the police department. but what really freed them were chief arradondo's statement days after the video became pubc become aware of the video. his actions indicated intolerance that resonated throughout the department. that is really impornt about progressive leadership, especially law enforcement

the middle of that fight. she tells fox news, quote, i have spent too long with labor being pitted against virn mentalists. my last session of congress was shear hell. i'm talking to the labor unionsronmentalists. there are very honest conversations going on between the two sides. another challenge? timing as building infrastructure in the u.s. can often be more expensive and take longer than in other developed countries. >> now, there is bipartisan support for bolstering american manufacturing, especially after the global pandemic highlighted how much of the medical supply chain is based overseas. the question for congress is how to bring that back. bret? >> bret: rich, also from the state department tonight the administration taking another step toward getting the u.s. back into the iran nuclear agreement? >> that's right. a state department announced today, bret, that the u.s. would begin indirect discussions with iran next week in vienna. the country is still in the iran nuclear deal would act as intermediaries as part of all of this and try to resurrect that 2015 agreement also known as the jcpoa, in a statement the state department says they will discuss quote the nuclear st

the vote is in. amazon warehouse workers in bessemer, alabama, overwhelmingly choosing not to form a union. if it had been approved the laborld have been the first in the u.s. for amazon. senator bernie sanders who visited the workers himself reacted on ali velshi earlier today. >> all they wanted was the opportunity to sit down and negotiate better wages, better work wog conditions and bezos and the company spent a huge amount of money to defeat that effort. and that tells me that among many other things, we need strong pro-labor legislation which says that workers in america must have the constitutional right to form a union. >> and embattled congressman matt gaetz speaks publicly for the first time since reports surfaced of an ongoing doj investigation about potential sex trafficking and he's deny anything wrongdoing and fought the allegations last night. >> i'm built for the battle, and i'm not going anywhere. the smears against me range from distortions of my personal life to wild -- and i mean wild conspiracy theories. >> congressman gaetz is now facing another probe. the house ethics committee is opening up an invest

the retail, wholesale and department store union that led the drive says amazon illegally interfered in the vote, and it plans to file unfair labor practice charges with the national labor relations board. activists and progressive leaders including bernie sanders praised the organizers, who they say will inspire similar actions at workplaces across the country. we'll have moren the amazon union efforts after headlines. coronavirus cases continue to soar across much of the globe. india has overtaken brazil as country with the second-highest number of confirmed infections after reporting a record 169,000 positive tests on monday. india's total cases are now at 13.5 million, second only to the united states. in brazil, a new report finds 19 million people have gone hungry during the pandemic, with nearly 117 million -- over half the population -- facing some level of food insecurity. hospitals in germany are filling up as germany fights to contain a major surge. elsewhere in europe, the u.k. is further easing restrictions as its aggressive vaccine rollout has helped stall new cases. anwhile,ozens ofoorer natis are lily to fa major

the retail, wholesale and department store union that led the drive says amazon illegally interfered in the vote, and it plans to file unfair laborpractice charges with the national labor relations board. democracy now! co-host juan gonzÁlez tweeted in response to the vote -- "how do more than 2000 workers sign union cards at amazon's alabama plant but only 700 vote yes? and why did only half of workers vote when 3/4 normally vote in such elections? try examining employer intimidation." indeed, amazon spent millions to defeat the closely watched election and even got a private mailbox install -- u.s. postal mailbox install -- at the warehouse so it could pressure workers to mail their ballots from work and monitor votes. amazon responded to the claim in a statement, saying -- "it's easy to predict the union will say that amazon won this election because we intimidated employees, but that's not true." meanwhile, the david and goliath fight in bessemer has added pressure on senate democrats to follow their peers in the house and pass the pro act, which stands for protecting the right to organize and would ban many of the tactics am

the red army into romania. romania is powerless to resist. soldiers are evacuated to slave labor camps in the soviet union.red flag flies over eastern romania. agents organize the local communists. khrushchev congratulations them on their liberation and ensures them the soviet government does not pursue the aim of changing the social situations existing in romania, end quote. >> as you just witnessed, the communists took treaty at his word. beginning with the first treaty by the soviets in 1920, the communists recognized the independence and made alliances with their neighbors to gain time in order to martial the resources and energies of the 170 million russians to build a powerful military force. when they felt they were strong enough, they systematically and immediately gobbled up their neighbors. they found that in most cases, just the threat of soviet power was enough to gain therein. carl marks, one of the original architects said, the russian bear is capable of anything. as long as he knows the other animals he has to deal with are capable of nothing, unquote. communists imperialism was on the march

economy and more about redrawing the boundaries of the state and private sector and bolstering the power of labor unionsdemocrats need to be unfazed by historical evidence massively increasing in the terms to stop and slow and we can competitiveness which suggest a more ideological zeal to political change in economic efficiency. what can it be done? now we know those who question the wisdom of theoretical plans democrats have a rousing answer, say it with me. [speaking in native tongue] the details of the biden of administration plan is the nation's intimate economist former dean thank you for joining me. president biden said this is an infrastructure plan, does it look like a plan to rebuild the nations of the structure to you? >> this is not about interstate highways or the space race, it has some real infrastructure more modern versions like support will research, but an awful lot is spending, the purpose of infrastructure plan is to bolster activity going forward in the nation as well, this plan does a little of either in the way to plan for is a higher corporate taxes both reduces investment and r

the warehouse voted not to unionize. that means amazon avoided the possibility of its first workers union in america the national labor relationscertify the results. the president of the union plans to challenge the results and file charges against amazon. here is the statement. amazon interfered with the rights of its employees to vote in a free and fair election. amazon rejects the allegations adding in the statement that the employees made the choice to vote against joining the union what's the beef here >> there's a lot beef. it's heating up. the union organizers will appeal the election if they are successful, it could lead the labor board to tossou the results and set off the process all over again the organizers can pursue legal challenges in courts that could drag on for weeks, months. the battle continues to draw national attention this afternoon, senator sannders saying he is disappointed but not surprised. he said workers should not be intimidate order badgered by a company and suggested illegal anti-union behavior. today's outcome was a defeat for organizers and the labor movement the vote was being closely watched

amazon warehouse in bessemer alabama voted against joining a union the campaign to unionize had been seen as a potential turning point in labor relations in the u.s. is on is the nation's 2nd largest employer none of its workers are unionized but it's not over yet the retail wholesale department store union so that will challenge the results. the results demonstrate the powerful impact of employer intimidation and interference we will be calling got the labor board to hold amazon accounts of all sorts of great just say hey if you're going to care paying the union says amazon unduly pressured workers to vote no creating an atmosphere of fear from organizing mandatory lectures for workers that argued against united nations to having managers encourage workers to vote in front of them and employing an agency to monitor workers social media posts amazon also asked the u.s. postal service to install a mailbox outside the warehouse even though the national labor relations board the government agency overseeing the election has said it did not want voting on the amazon site in case it suggested amazon was directly involved in collec

the u.s. private sector are in labor unions. biden's proposal would be very exclusionary. it would exclude most construction workers in the country because they are not part of labor unions. randall: the glowing lurcher looking -- growing literature looking at why is u.s. construction so expensive and out of scale with europe and japan and other developed nations? part of it is cumbersome work rules that are exam will fight in extending the new york subway lines at three times the cost of japan. chris: the question regards vehicle mile charges. most money for highways at the federal and state levels are raised by gasoline taxes. if we continue going in the direction of electric vehicles, gas tax revenues will fall in the future. there are a lot of advocates for switching to a vehicle mile tax, including bob and randall. why don't you address that question, randall? give us more detail into how a pilot project like organs works -- oregon's works. randall: potentially all owners of roads can piggyback on the fee system and use it to fund their own roads. state highways are fu

today's pop up a vaccination site at monterey mushroom was set up with support from the united farmworkers labor union. the partnership, especially meaningful, as america celebrated cesar chavez day and the many contributions made to the union. >> this is an incredible example of a stewardship and collaboration supporting the health and well-being of teammates and other agricultural where fares welfare workers. >> the push topush topush to is a part of the county's focus of prioritizing underserved communities. this week the county announced one out of every three residents 16 and up has already received the first dose. >> we have seen a dip in testing and we really need people especially those who i have been tested to continue to get tested. >>> we enjoy record warmth today. there is another day like it in the forecast. spencer shows you just how hot it is going to get where you live. that is next. >>> you can see what the weather is like around the bay any time with not everybody wants the same thing. that's why i go with liberty mutual — they customize my car insurance so i only pay for what i nee

somebody to address my question in terms of maybe just a little bit more depth about the folks in the labor unions that are actually engaged in making sure that this wonderful program will continue to be successful about i the folks that have put together the programs for good wages and success. if someone could comment on the record on that, i would appreciate that. >> chair: we have to remember it does definitely take a village and our unions are one of the most important parts of that village. we have engaged with the labor unions. i have relationships going back. we need young people prepared to come in as apprentices. commissioner, you bring up a good point on something i'm thinking about. there is a limited amount of time to expose people to the different sectors of our business and finding where they want to land and growing more. chris is right, we need to have a more active program to create career pathways for our employees, ladders that they can see that there is a way for me to go from here to there in the future. we're exploring all of those. you're seeing this plan on racial equity a