. >> union leaders from the afl- cio, the united autoworkers, and communication workers of america discuss the future of unions in the u.s. concede that discussion tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. -- you can see that discussion tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span. the studentcam competition asked students to consider washington, d.c. thru their lens. this is the second prize winner. >> i want to play piano. >> want to be a video game programmer. >> i want to be president. >> i want to be an artist when i grow up. >> there are few things fundamental to the american dream. is essential is that an education. this has never been more true than it is today. at a time when our children are competing with kids can and china -- in kids in india, the best job qualification you can have as a college degree or advanced training. and yet, the paradox of american life, it has never been more important to have a quality education, the cost of that education has never been higher. the past few decades, the cost of tuition has more than doubled while the cost of public institutions have nearly tripled. t

panelists include officials from the afl-cio, the united autoworkers, and the communication workers ofrica. this is an hour and a half. >> to start the program, what i am going to do if asked each of the panel we have got to take a minute, maybe two minutes max, and identify one dimension which is impacting it the movement today. minutes max, and identify one dimension which is impacti it the movement today. we want to understand where the movement is today before talking about the future. about one item that is impacting the labor movement. it could be something impacting it positively, - 3, and would u like to start? >> yes. sure. thank you for having me here. one thing that is affecting the labor union -- labor movement right now, it is both positive and negative. to give scott walker, the mobilize their of the year award, this year. it is more than just an attack on collective bargaining. it isctually an attack on democracy itself, because going after collective bargaining, they are going after the right to work, buthey're also going after voters' rights, state rights. it was said

this deal that we reached last year according to the united autoworkers and the u.s.he agreement's potential impact on u.s. auto industry and as i said before, we have been able to obtain pretty much bipartisan support or this agreement. theythe benefits, the benefits a new document are not limited solely to autoworkers but will also benefit others including those in the steel sector and other suppliers, to the automobile industry and we think it will also help support initial job growth in america and that is ultimately the best thing we can say about it. that is ultimately the best security benefits that we in the administration can secure for american workers are go and so, the easy part has been done and now it is time to go forward. now it is time to move forward. to bring chorus' promise which we believe is billions of dollars in exports and tens of thousands of jobs in this country, that president intends to work with congress to secure its approval without delay. once congress approves chorus and the agreement there will be a number of benefits and these benef

the deal we reached last year, according to the united autoworkers addressed concerns about the potential impacts on the auto industry. we have been able to obtain a bipartisan support for this agreement. these benefits are not limited solely to autoworkers, but will also benefit others, including those in the fuel sector and other suppliers to the automobile industry. we think it will support additional jobs and growth in america and that is ultimately the best thing we can say about it. that is the best thing we can secure for american workers. the easy part has been done and now it's time to move forward and bring the promise which we believe is billions of dollars in exports and tens of thousands of dollars the league this country. the president intends to submit to congress and will work to secure its approval without delay. fifth once it is approved and the agreement is approved, there will be a number of tangible benefits. that u.s. international trade commission estimates that the economic output in america will grow by somewhere between 10 billion dollars to $11 billion annually.

the senses must be halted. we are attempting to design a 2020 census that costs less per housing unit than the 2010 census on maintaining quality of the results. lesson two, the traditional nonresponse autoworkerseachers who refuse to over past decades are inefficient and costly. we want to make the senses convenient to various groups using multiple data collection. this means traditional mail, but also multiple internet auctions face-to-face and other modes as they emerge. less than three systems that use first used perfection must be abandoned. we need and to end tests of production since times, ideally within real survey production environments. lesson four, too few of the system and development -- procedure development for the 2010 census were designed to benefit the entire institution. plus, the fourth principle is we want to develop systems within the survey production environments of the census bureau. we plan to use the american community survey for the 2020 census systems development. let me skip to less than six. we have concluded that a small number of large test fences create risk. we want to do many small tests. we feel that the evidence of updating the master address list of the p

wrong in energy in the united states has happened because there was a group of voters that put their own parochial needs ahead of our nation: west virginia coal miners, michigan autoworkers farmers from iowa. none of these groups have thought about our nation. they're thinking about their small local community. we have to think as a nation. we need a leader who's going to stand up and say, "we need to do this together, and it's doable." >> smith: in europe and in japan, governments have been much more successful instituting policies that foster efficiency and renewable energy. it stems from the fact that europe and japan never had much oil. >> they had fewer fossil fuel or other kinds of energy resources by themselves and they had to husband them better. and they also were acutely aware of the security threats to their country if somebody cut off the supplies. >> and as a result of that, governments bit the bullet in europe and japan and imposed policies that were not popular with consumers. but over a period of years, imposed tax policies that had the effect of, first, making gasoline much more expensive. and second, making cars that got lower fuel economy much more exp