says nothing about the role of unions, the impact of unions on student achievement. >> okay. next question. let's go over here. thank you, pamela. yes. >> hi, my name is dan brown, i'm a national board-certified teacher at a charter school here in d.c., and i feel like i would like you to say a little more, professor, on this point. if there's all these other factors contributing to right-to-work states having poor performance, why are you hanging your hat on unions being this albatross that's dragging them down? and on a global scale, how do you account for all the top-achieving oecd countries, you know, canada, korea, finland, singapore, japan, all the ones at the very top all have strong unions. why is union power so poisonous if it's not getting in the way whatsoever of these countries that are now outperforming us in and here at home, you know, most of the top states on the nape scores are all unionized. >> yeah. well, i just answered that part of it, exactly the same thing. exactly the same answer. >> so other factors? >> look, the first

absolutely look at germany within the european union germany is maybe too big for the european union that's why i don't mean that so much you cannot make fares and the currency of fares in general but it's too small for the world market that is why even for germany and it's much much better it's much much it's not nonsense i'm sorry i am german member of parliament i know exactly that two thirds saying to germany one of the. economy this is the program is called hostile can you give me just a basic fact these countries are a lot smaller than germany that do very well in the world is singapore which is a tiny nation which has a great possibility switzerland is very very small yet of course that has a higher g.d.p. than any other state with a new iceland is a small country yet they have higher it will investment than all the e.u. relation to attend the germany is too small to go within the world robert let me jump in you are going to please continue going to government regulations to tell us that singapore one of the richest countries of the world would be there without german money or

the unions blame the hard chips on the students. no question but the point* that the mayor was makin you want to identify this teachers and move them farther and faster. that is what the union would tries to avoid. >> let's go back to th union rally. john: i was pleased most protesters were simple. we had an argument that kennedy had a different experience may she proposed the employer bill of rights. >> i felt lonely. i drafted something to protect business under. >> to hire and fire. >> she spent more time than i id it was fine until she tried to get workers to sign her petition. >> data maybe enough as it is. >> why don't you want to build america? john: that siren came from thunion member at as a response to drown her out to. >> are you kidding me? [laughter] john: what was that about? they did not like the question? >> they did not want union members to think for emselves and their reps said to someone from fox business was there. john: until you raise the concept of employers have a right. >> my husband owns a small business.

the. more term rallied his membership and those of other union support. but with production held hostage the industrial giant would not see it i saw. the turn of the he. the police and gathered in the hill they've already accumulated quite an arsenal. they began in march fashion marching down the hill. so first of all. did you know this history growing up did you know what these men went through i'm curious you know well as a boy i did unfortunately didn't know walter reuther both passed away before i was born so i grew up around my grandfather and his stories and he was an amazing order and yes i didn't necessarily appreciate the stories when i was young but you know my my grandfather had an assassination attempt on his life and lost an eye in the late one nine hundred forty s. so i grew up with this very mysterious interesting character who is telling these stories with a glass eye he would talk of these you know violent picket line confrontations and the assassination attempt he was the international director of the union once walter became president so

now you can add the european yen -- union to that list. the award comes as many countries in the union are facing economic hardship. not everyone is in the mood to party. gavin hewitt reports. >> the nobel peace prize is to be awarded to the european union. >> there were gasps of surprise in norway. the un is facing violent protests. but the prize honor the eu for the atmosphere of peace and reconciliation for the last six decades. >> i did not expect it to be such a good day. it is with great emotion i received the news to award the global peace prize to the european union. >> the european union emerged from the barbarism of world war ii. when the berlin wall came down in 1989, the u.s. acted as a beacon for democracy for countries that had been under soviet rule. but the nobel committee's decision is controversial to some. in the falklands, the eu failed to act to save lives. >> i think it is a statement about peace in your. i think many of us would argue that nato has kept violence today more than the european union did. >> and today the

because of all the spin the bad spin that has been put on the unions over the years what in your mind is the relationship between the occupy movement and that kind of social transformation that happened in the thirty's between. yeah i tend to bring that up a lot we've been screened the film around the country and during the q. and a sessions i mention occupy all the time i feel that first of all i feel that even though it times we read about what we read about them what we see seems somewhat disorganized and disjointed and without sort of a leadership structure but i think labor would be missing out without incorporating the enthusiasm and the bodies literally the marching bodies in the street that occupy is all about so i think that there is a relationship there and i sort of feel like that's what occupy really would need is that you know creating themselves as somewhat of an organization they're not a union but representing all those important things you know fighting for community you know spreading the wealth protecting workers' rights all these th

the broadcast. not bad for union work, taxpayers footing the bill on labor union activity. official time and it cosus millions. the author is here to explain. in a campaign ad from president obama is not telling the whole truth on governor romney's plan to the economy. >> he would double down on the same trickle-down policies that led to the crisis in the first place. ashley: we have the added and the facts the campaign conveniently left out. the nfl gets political, pro football owners and players making their voices heard on the campaign trail fulfilling from their bank account. joining us to talk politics and football in just ...seems like you guys got a little gassed out there. enough already. c'mon guys. next question. hello! what's your favorite color? what's my favorite color? yes. purple. what's your favorite animal? sea turtle. what's your bedtime? do you believe in space aliens? ...i love puppies. hash browns or home ies? home fries. do you like my dress? why can't you guys ask good questions like this? [ morgan ] for a chance to interview an nfl player... join vis

the broadcast. not bad for union work, taxpayers footing the bill on labor union activity. it is called a official time and it cost us millions. the author is here to explain. in a campaign ad from president obama is not telling the whole truth on governor romney's plan to the economy. >> he would double down on the same trickle-down policies that led to the crisis in the first place. ashley: we have the added and the facts the campaign conveniently left out. the nfl gets political, pro football owners and players making their voices heard on the campaign trail fulfilling from their bank account. joining us to talk politics and football in just moments. >> announcer: meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card, and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts and stole her hard-earned money. now meet jack. after 40 years, he finally saved enough to enjoy retirement. angie, the waitress at jack's favorite diner, is also enjoying his retirement. with just a little information, she's opened up a credit line, draining the equ

the european union. >> with riots on the street over the economics, what to make of the timeling. -- what to make of the timing. >> hello and welcome to gmt. i'm david eades. also coming up on the program, battle of the beat, young versus old. but who emerged the winner of the vice presidential debate in the -- in kentucky. and with midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington. 1:00 p.m. in oslo where the nobel peace prize has gone not to an individual or even a handful of individuals. it's been awarded to a political entity and one which currently divides opinions like never be. the european union. the nobel peace prize is a controversial choice given the tensions over the economics and the austerity measures the u.n. imposed on some countries in the euro zone. >> the door of the nobel opened at exactly 11:00 local time, as happens every year where the committee chairman makes his announcement. once again, it was a huge surprise. >> the nobel committee has decided that the nobel peace prize for 2012 is

we were geared up, my generation was get up to fight the soviet union. i asked my teenage daughter, you know, what's wrong with russia? she said what's that? but it was a big thing back there in the late '80s and early 90s before it toppled. we were geared up to fight in but most of us have never really considered iraq or knew saddam hussein was taken after that war was over, which when was a foregone conclusion, you know. the terrorism thing kind of took us all by surprise. we just thought they were rabble-rousers, never given too much credit to interestingly enough, although billed as a

since then we have had discussions with both members from the carpeters union, as well as wood partners -- and we understand that they are going to be discussing this issue in more detail on thursday, but i wanted to just state for the record the supervisor' experience with this project and how she saw this was integrated and had you she really felt that the union jobs should be offered for both sides of it. it was never her understanding it would only be union on one side of it and not the whole project itself. >> thank you and please thank supervisor olague. supervisor wiener or supervisor cohen. >> chris i have a couple of questions as a matter of clarification. so today your role is just to read into the record the supervisor's comments. are there any suggestive course of action or anything that she wants us to do? >> i think at the time there was maybe discussions about an amendment to make sure this was codified in there. i'm not certain about the timing of this. this kind of came to our attention -- we have been a little preoccupied so i wasn't able to talk to her about the next

square park, this is required for the union square central union subway station and this was heard at the capitol committee and you saw a presentation by john klun gi, and he is back today, he's going to provide more information on this item. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners, john, the central subway program manager. i'm pleased to note that while i don't have an outstanding video that i just saw of the parks, i do have a powerpoint presentation that will show case the proposed union square station, the northern entrance of the union street market square station that i'll be showing you today and before i start the slide show, i would like to add that this design has been in six years of design development and i'm very pleased and proud to announce that i believe that your vote today will actually be the last public hearing for the designing construction of the four stations that will comprise of the central subway station, and this station has received approvals from previous commissioner from the rec and park commission, the plann

seward perceive the union to be immortal control -- danger. in having been in washington the entire decade of the 1850's and knowing many southern politicians yet a better grasp family and of the political forces of secession he believed the territories had done the work to elect one of them president. invited states hong with never add more territory without republicans but to put in place the bowl verbal obstacles for settlement. seward saw it as democratic division looking at the voters as democratic but the democratic party divided northern candidate in the seven candidates. that division aided the republican triumph. seward felt by 1864 the democrats would reunite and caused the republicans massive trouble unless the party could expand. with the upper and the border south seward brings these people in the republican party was essentials. a number were willing to become a republican to of the science union over antagonism. then we can could see any republican future beyond the border. he did later on. as for the unity of the triumph of the

." >> the nobel peace prize goes to the european union. we have analysis on the message connected to the award. >> tensions after sending fighter jets to the border region. >> the vice-president of candidates exchanged verbal blows in the u.s. presidential race. across europe this friday, there is collation and disbelief. the european union has won the nobel peace prize. >> most leaders are bogged down in efforts to deal with the eurozone debt crisis. >> there was a spontaneous and unprecedented round of applause. >> one i woke up, i did not expected to be such a good day. we received the news of the award of the global peace prize. >> it came as a surprise to many in brussels on rent for its historic role in honoring the continent. >> they have helped to transform most of europe from a continental or continental peace. >> the president of the european parliament's interrupted the business to to vienna to respond. >> for me, this is also a personal thing. everything i have worked for, all the energy into pushing this forward has been honore

the city manager is responsible for negotiations with the various unions including the police union over contract matters and so those meetings continue on a regular basis because we have a contract coming up that needs to be negotiated. those are ongoing. there are a lot of issues to talk about in contract negotiations. >> at some time you would imagine the manager would say let me meet with them and discuss the issues and get to the nitty-gritty. >> that's not the way it works in san jose. our charter sets it up differently. our charter gives responsibility for bargaining to the city manager under the direction of the mayor and city council. we set the policy direction. we give the manager orders and she carries them out and then through her negotiating team, which is usually led by alex and people from that department. there's not a role for the mayor to sit down with the president of the union and cut a deal. that's not the way it works under our charter. i try to follow the charter. we also want the staff working based on direction of the entire council and not just the mayor. >> ma

michigan would be the first state to constitutionally guarantee the right to unions. so, colin, you've been following this michigan debate. what would this measure mean for the state of michigan in termed of union rights? >> paul, this is an unbelievable union power grab. you basically have to understand about what's going on is it would essentially give the unions in michigan a pocket veto on any legislation involving anything that could be remotely connected to collective bargaining. they already looked at this and the michigan attorney general said this would not only affect future laws and could overturn as many as 170 laws on the books. so this would be endlessly litigated and gives union bosses more authority than the legislature. >> so, what kind of laws would be -- that have been passed that most people in michigan would say, we have come to live with them, the were settled democratically, people agreed, the legislature passed them, the for signed them. we had elections afterwards. what laws would be overturned? >> there are two laws in particular that they're

kentucky stayed in the union for the sake of the union and when lincoln issued the emancipation proclamationflict in kentucky between those who wanted to keep the union as it was. and those who like, holt, believed union must be preserved and nothing not even slavery should be allowed to destroy it. slavery had to be abandon. there was a tremendous amount of conflict in kentucky. he was at the front end of people who wanted to preserve the union and dump slavery. he was in favor of the emancipating the slaves. it wasn't a concession to the union. there were many -- kentucky is post war confederate state. kentucky did not ratify the 1th amendment to the constitution until 1985. 75. 1975. it didn't have to because the law of the land after two-thirds of the state ratify it becomes the law but kentucky held out in the 20th century. the late 20th century. mans pating the -- or supporting that. that's impressive. they it stay in the union. and it was lincoln's home state too. of course. >> that's right. with all of that, as a backdrop, why is he lincoln's forgotten ally? i

in the bowels of the us the news unionized n.f.l. referees were back on the field this weekend for the first time since the season began in f.l. as experiment with locking out the refs and replacing them with lower paid scabs proved to be disastrous but even though this labor struggle eventually went in favor of the workers there are other labor struggles going on around the nation where workers are in a lot of trouble perhaps none more so than in camden new jersey and his book days of destruction days of reason bold pulitzer prize winning journalist and author chris hedges highlights the plight of camden new jersey calling it a sacrifice zone to global capitalism what used to be a booming manufacturing sector an important export hob has been decimated turning camden new jersey into one of the most dangerous cities in america and despite murders within the city on track to break all time records this year candid is moving to. lay off its remaining two hundred seventy three police officers to save money and instead hire non-unionized p

the soviet union could not afford to build new ones. the solution was to put short range and medium range missiles right in our backyard. the whole world literally was watching to see what president john kennedy would do. >> had kennedy done what the joint chiefs of staff wanted to do which was to invade, that there would have immediately been a nuclear war and it would have started on so called tactical level. at that point in the fall of 1962 them -- then certainly would have spread to all right out nuclear war. >> reporter: president kennedy went on television to announce to the world that america was holding the soviet union on whatever might happen in cuba. >> within the past week unmistakable evidence has accomplished the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that prisoned island. the purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the western hemisphere. each of these missiles are capable of striking cape canaveral, mexico city or any other city in the s

the union got it wrong taking advantage of the gray area. we told you about this last year a series of reports called pension games we caught top union leaders on leave from the city getting to some * 3 pensions for one job our investigation so outraged politicians in springfield that they passed a law to stop it. they go on leave from the city and then base their pensions on their much higher union salary that pension reform had rare bipartisan support the teachers' union and other union leaders now say the law went too far. jesse sharkey is the no. 2 guy with the chicago teachers union. what's wrong with it is a couple of things, number one he points to this library assistant whose pension could be cut by more than half under the new law when she took a leave of absence from the city to work for the union her salary doubled she then not only got her city pension but a second retirement deal for reunion work. house minority leader tom cross sponsored the bill to stop what the library assistant and dozens of other union workers had been doing

a good metric is 1 million workers is $1 billion in dues for the unions? >> wei. ry factor, a fascinating look. author of "shadow bosses," thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> eric: we'll be right back. go! here it comes! right in the numbers. boom! get it! spin! oh nice hands! now this is my favorite play! oh! [ male announcer ] share what you love, with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes. they're grrreat! we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur >> jamie: so beforeee go, i need to thank hudson valley hospital center for the privilege of emceeing their masquerade ball last night. not only was the evening fun and a very successful fund-raiser. but it raised awareness of how unique their hospital is. it has a cancer center, organic food, a soothing environment. doesn't feel like a hospital. they even have an emergency r

georgia is keen to join nato and the european union. the new election could be seen as a litmus test for the country's democratic credentials. both sides have accused the other of playing dirty. whoever loses is going to dispute the results. >> all of these observers are observing the democratic process today and looking at how people are participating. many have said this, they have urged a peaceful process. >> most voters have no appetite for more revolution or civil war. after a particularly ugly election campaign, with both sides saying it is a fight between good and evil, emotions are running high. >> police in germany are mounting a major campaign against the country's hell's angels. in recent weeks there has been a series of raids where police say that they have seized weapons. the hell's angels say that they are being unfairly targeted. >> the hell's angels of germany. just motorcycle enthusiasts? or something much more sinister? they do have legitimate operations, like clubs, but police say that there is also an illegal side and

city to ask for the pension increase, union recruiting. y accept patrolling the streets. john: phoenix, arizona many test to full-time union work? >> yes. over 2,000 hours per year allocated. john: how much work could there be? >> there is no end. john: it is a slush fund. >> amounting $1 million per year to seven tax payers pay 40 -- $4 million for release time. >> we have no idea what they are doing. but not with their hired to do. >> john gage says quality, productivity, effic iency, year after year and department after department is not possible without official time. >> i would say some bureaucrats are not better off but every hour were diverted away is a serious loss. these folks are earning the same pensions as those who are risking their lives every day. >> you are the first person to challenge? >> they unions do not publicize. it would be embarrassing. >> but to argue against the taxpayer? >> they are paid to negotiate and in the city takes the opposite position. john: paying officers not to do the work. >> announcer: meet mary. sh

in the end they all posed for pictures against the background of an r twelve missile the soviet union delivered a total of forty two of these missiles to cuba they were able to reach the us territory in six minutes after launch. world war there were. in order to transport my regiment to the port but there will we needed eleven seventy carriage trains. with a lifting capacity of sixty tons each. a secret operation to transfer soviet troops to cuba it was code named and there after a town in the north of the soviet union most of the forty thousand troops that took part in that operation was sure that they were going to the north. in september nine hundred sixty two field nurses and i needed on sky found herself on board one of these ships a voyage lasted eighteen days. the idea we were where in passing trances sticks old shoes and ordinary stockings our men the saw that soldiers and officers were dressed in flannel to group shuras with small pattern for soldiers and big one for officers who knew. all the ships that arrived from the soviet union in one nine hundred sixty two were more th

you pay for the union to get bailed out. office delivers news that will cost you big big box. ve lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. charles: after defaulting twice and asking the treasury for more than $11 billion cash-strapped post office has a plan to spend more money does not have. with a $15,000 buyout to the full time you did workers. this is another example of clueless government. is the check in the mail? [laughter] it has been in the mail for some time. with the use of their government monopolies are on the verge of collapse. and with them and dredging themselves with the first class mail that has gone out is the second and biggest employer behind wal-mart. this should be cut back but the cost goes up and the service goes down.

i have no illusions about the soviet union leadership or the nature of that state. they are a tough and a ruthless adversary, and we must be prepared to meet that challenge, and i would. where i part with the president is that despite all of those differences we must, as past presidents before this one have done, meet on the common ground of survival. and that's whe the president has opposed practically every arms control agreement, by every president, of both political parties, since the bomb went off. and he now completes this term with no progress toward arms control at all, but with a very dangerous arms race underway instead. there are now over 2,000 more warheads pointed at us today than there we when he was sworn in, and that does not strengthen us. we must be very, very realistic in the nature of that leadership, but we must grind away and talk to find ways of reducing these differences, particularly where arms races are concerned and other dangous exercises of soviet power. there will be no unilateral disarmament under my administration. i will keep this na

by advancing the deepening of the union, by progressing towards the political union, let us make sure together that the project 2012 will not be awarded to an idea to pass, but to a project of the future. i thank you for your attention. [applause] >> translator: at thank you, mr. barroso. i'd now like to debate first of all on the up the european people's party, mr. dole. >> mr. president of the parliament, mr. president of the commission, colleagues, by nature tend to be an optimist, but optimism is a real realism always be some action by achievement and on the basis of what we achieved in the last 60 years, which is just the beginning. so the nobel peace prize given to european union is the acknowledgment of a prebuilt together over 60 years. i think it's also an incentive to go further. i've lived in europe and in the community method. i believe in the added value of the european union, which is achieved through its common share policies. i also believe in european investment to the e.u. budget every year injects hundreds of billions into economies and that's far too little. europe

having created the so-called customs union so how did it affect the relations of the three countries with a w c o well having supportive of this creation of a customs union really and when they set up of course there are many issues which are problematic therefore i sent to many experts to ensure that those three countries have a harmonized unified a system of custom procedures and actually from two thousand and ten to two thousand and eleven to see or hostage to the launching of eurasia community to the brussels european union and other countries so this is how we are supporting this very important initiative well it's interesting for me to understand from the outside as the leader of the world customs organization do you now consider these three countries i mean the union to be made to be like a single customs space or do you still consider that they are differences in dealing with the. past and well if you look at the european union with the twenty seven countries it started with the six countries mentioned it took so long because there were regulations might be there but implement

the former soviet countries should join and will join the the customs union just as looked. they did in the europe and you can you know did you think that this is an advantage well creating regional economic integration is that creating a regional market a bigger market it's all natural market so this will provide the you opportunity and how to see that opportunity it is up to those members that constitute that union and i know that there are already several countries that do wish that expressed their wish to join. if those are their wishes i will try to help them and provide assistance or russia joining the w t o in august and historic moment as russia was the only g twenty country outside the organization headed assertion only came after nearly two decades of negotiations spotlight limited me the reports. russia has been trying to get into the world trade organization since one thousand nine hundred ninety three normally any country would have been accepted five to seven years later would russia's bede broke all records over eighteen years the pros and cons were ardently de

it will be run by the freelancers union, an advocacy group for independent workers. the center is only for members of the union's medical insurance plan, and they'll get more than primary care. the 6,000-square-foot facility will offer yoga, meditation classes, nutrition counseling, acupuncture, cooking classes, support groups, and consultations with health coaches. >> they want one-stops. they want a way that they can get a lot of things done in one place. their time is money for them. >> reporter: wait times are guaranteed to be less than 15 minutes, and there will be wi-fi in the waiting room. >> there are going to be shorter wait times, but if you happen to be here, you are going to be given a laptop so you can learn how to take a guided meditation. >> reporter: but the group's insurance plans aren't cheap, ranging from $225 to $603 a month. there's a reason the freelancers union picked brooklyn for its first medical facility. the number of freelancers in this new york city borough has increased 3,000% in the past decade. david himmelstein is a professor of public