they will contact trade union members directly and encourage them to quit the members of trade unions also to stop paying their fees and dues. juan: in some places like washington, oregon, the herb and door-to-door campaigns to get people to renounce their union number ships? >> in oregon and washington. one of the members of the state policy network of the freedom foundation, which is more like a right-wing activist group that i think 10, got a hold of a list of trade union members in -- and went door-to-door, knocking on doors saying, hello, we want you to know you have the right to stop being a member of your union, and encouraging people to actively quit and to stop paying her money. this could have major consequences for the trade union movements and in effect for the whole progressive movement in america because millions of dollars of resources are at stake is the potentially hundreds of thousands of trade union members. amy: the strategy document you obtained at the guardian from the state policy network says -- "to get employees to opt-out of their union," the documents say, "

as i said the trade unions they do not really care about these cases ok much yes many thanks for that much as building of the beijing correspondent. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world in the filipino capital manila thousands of demonstrators have burned in effigy depicting president rodrigo do tend to as a demon of protest was part of today's may day marches they were protesting to chant his failure to keep a campaign promise to get rid of short term employment contracts. a u.n. delegation has arrived in myanmar's rakhine state to investigate the ranger crisis there some seven hundred thousand muslim or hinges fled the country for neighboring bangladesh following a military crackdown last all based un has described the action as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. and north and south korea have begun taking down loudspeakers on their border that have plagued propaganda for decades the move fulfills a promise made at the historic summit between the two countries leaders last week and while south korea has also asked the u.n. to verify north korea's

that's the role of these official trade unions in the socialist state this is the trade unions they promote the policy of the party and it's true for workers that their goal is to chew chew to connect the workers to the ruling party so if the party finds that economic growth is more important than workers rights the trade unions have to execute the will of the party that's what they do that's what they're all for in this socialist state committees in your reporting has there been any official reaction to lee's accusations from the government or from the official trade union. well he's constantly still suing the government or the state run company he used to work for the railroads and he gets reactions in the form that his his demands are rejected. the off issue right away company ended his contract and initially there was some chinese media reporting on his case but they have been quickly silenced so there is a real lack of reaction and the reaction is very clearly no we won't consider your request if you come across other worker activists doing similar work likely is. yeah they are constan

thousands of people have joined a trade union margin london demanding fair pay.y over the group that calls itself the islamic state. army officials in the democratic republic officials in the democratic republic of congo said they're working closely with park rangers to try to locate two british tourists kidnapped by gunmen yesterday. mps are calling for better mobile signals in rural areas. illiterate to

reform social security and that means they don't have the power anymore if city of the communist trade union gets people to the streets right now yes of course they can do that but they don't have the impact i mean like they're not attractive anymore for to the population so i'm pretty sure that michael will prevail ok what about mcconnell the big e.u. reforma he was hailed as such by all the e.u. member states how far has he come well as we know he is facing difficulties with the german partner in particular because the ideas on how to reform the eurozone the idea of creating a finance ministers post this things are not very popular in germany more ridges to bruges than in the we're also about is not a proposal that germans will go along with but i think what he has done is to recommend that we should think anew about europe and he has made europe a project that people take interest in and they want to talk about it and here fosters corporate issues that is very important so he creates several structures at the same time to keep europe together in the geopolitical sense and that's very wise

look at the biggest challenge right now he seems to face is the reaction obviously of the french trade unions we've seen a string of strikes and it's not the end just yet who do you think who will emerge as the winner in the end. i'm pretty sure that they won't win because they're actually friends in europe is the country with the lowest degree of organization it's only seven to eight percent i think so the trade years were important because they were responsible for the social benefits system and they no longer are he got them out of that when he reformed social security and that means they don't have the power anymore if seizure to the communist trade union gets people to the streets right now yes of course they can do that but they don't have the impact i mean like they're not attractive anymore for to the population so i'm pretty sure that michael will prevail ok what about mcconnell the big e.u. reforma he was hailed as such by all the e.u. member states how far has he come well as we know he is facing difficulties with the german partner in particular because the ideas on how to reform

thousands of people have joined a trade union march in london, demanding fair pay.entary election since the country declared victory over the group that calls itself islamic state. diplomats are working with authorities in the democratic republic of congo after two british citizens were kidnapped in a national park. the newly elected malaysian prime minister — 92—year—old mahathir mohamad — who won the election in a shock victory last week is wasting no time getting to work. he's already named several members of his cabinet, and a few hours ago, he announced that he has sufficient evidence to open a corruption investigation into the former prime minister, najib razak. jonathan head has the latest. there were many issues which the opposition used in their successful election campaign, but they zeroed in on this one — the government—linked investment project for which billions are believed to have been stolen. the new government is wasting no time in restarting an investigation into the outgoing prime minister, which he had quashed while in office, and barring him fro

eighty different organizations united by opposition to emanuel mccomb for the organized the c g t trade union the main grievance is the government led overhaul of labor rules the union says the reforms would recuse worker protections. the measure we need is what most citizens in this country go through meeting difficulties of making ends meet finding work getting a spot at university paying into their pensions mr mark doesn't know much about that stuff that's not his life. in paris or sorties mobilized more than fifteen hundred police officers to prevent activists from disrupting the protests and causing damage several people were detained on the sidelines including a group trying to destroy a bank. but the march itself was for the most part peaceful the trade unions the same icons reforms will hurt public services and they see his economic. policies as brutal and unbalanced protesters from other groups also took part they will see michael's policies as favoring the rich. people all we have to show mccrone that people don't want his policies they are first and foremost for the wealthy and the

the trades union congress says we are living through the worst erosion in our spending power since the rate of pay increases, it will take until 2025 to get back to the real wages people had before the crash. that's 17 years, and just too long. using official data, the tuc found that real wages, taking account of inflation, went up by 27% in the decade before the financial crisis in 2008. but, in the last ten years, they've fallen by 4%. it says that the average worker will have lost around £18,500 in real earnings by 2025. the key issue is that the economy hasn't grown, and the economy hasn't grown because productivity hasn't grown. that means the amount we produce with each hour we work is basically the same now as it was in 2008. if we're not producing any more, we are not going to be able to earn any more. in a statement, the government said... real wages — or spending power after we've been paid — are going up, just. unemployment is at a ito—year low. but many people may not feel that much better off. and the people on this march are calling for more secure, better—paid jobs. joe

the trade union c0 ng ress says public service. we carry on at this same rate of pay increases it will take until 2025 to get back to the real wages people had before the crash. about 17 years and isjust had before the crash. about 17 years and is just too long. had before the crash. about 17 years and isjust too long. using official data they found real wages was takes account of inflation rent up by 27% in the decade before the financial crisis in 2008 put in the last ten yea rs crisis in 2008 put in the last ten years they have fallen by 4%. this is the average worker will have lost around 18 and a half thousand pounds of real earnings by 2025. the economy has not grown it has not grown because productivity has not grown. he generally work is basically the same now as it was in 2008. breida producing and 90 in game to earn anymore. in a statement government said our new hire living wage has boosted pay for lowest earners at £2000. cutting taxes and make a sure people have the skills they need to a secure high well—paid jobs. rea

the caribbean community the caribbean as one of the songs trade unions in the world called caricom and can help unify under a single trade union yes i'm saying there is here's just interesting angle because typically the folks that are working for eleven look at the crypto space they see the lamb bio's and they see all the cover stories on the business magazines and they don't think there's anything in it for them and you would argue that there is something very important in it for them yeah absolutely are you kidding me i mean you can look into this thing and says see bills and ten x.'s and moon shots from those who want to scream for the working gang but for the working guy the main thing is right now that there's so many different industries that can be disrupted and involved with law change the transparency transparency accountability integrity but that's the crypto you get purchasing power is not inflated away by the central bank that's quite important you get a saving of real money especially in the field. what we're doing we're issuing a long central banks issue the additional d

i know how to do with the trade union. i know how to deal with investors.how to do with my employees. i know how to convince my staff had to move in one direction. i don't know how to move the people to convince how the things like to be done. i am sorry. i have tremendous respect for politicians. i think very much because they have already a difficult life and they are already sacrificed lives. they have always people not recognizing the sacrifice they are making in some cases. i recognize and try to do my best to recognize the things i am making, but i am already not the type of person. so, i am sorry. i am catholic, but i can never be a priest. francine: jose ignacio galan, thank you for joining us. jose: thank you. ♪ rishaad: malaysia's political shift. and bring it whose tumbling on the news. it is saying that some of his policies appeared to be credit negative. inclusive insight into what is next for the country. haidi: also coming up, and inflation has shot for investors in central banks. this is bloomberg markets: asia. ♪ rishaad: indonesia under a

we are leaving the customs union, but of course for our future trade arrangements, trade relationship with the european union, we will need to agree customs arrangements that ensure we leave the customs union so we can have an independent free-trade policy so we can maintain the border and have trade with the european union. i will tell the honorable gentlemen what is crazy. what is crazy is the opposition who now has a policy would mean they are signing up with no say in it whatsoever. >> jeremy corbyn. mr. speaker, could the prime minister explain why she and her cabinet wasted weeks working on proposals that the eu said was unworkable, the foreign secretary described as crazy, and it does she agree with her business secretary who apparently faxed the crazy customs partnership proposal, but made it clear he does not back a technological alternative when he told the bbc that jobs would be at risk if we don't sort out a comprehensive customs deal? [laughter] saysy: what the secretary come up business secretary said on sunday was that it was absolutely right we should be leaving the cu

i was telling you before a lot of negotiation with trade unions.lways, always, always i reach an agreement that has been very, very understanding both positions and reach an agreement. and shareholders always trust. they already fully support what we are doing. francine: what makes you a success? you are a self-made man. have you ever felt like an outsider in spain? ignacio: i think i am lucky because i have an education. i was lucky because i started working in a company in which is -- as a chairman, which teach to me a lot, and i have been lucky because the life give to me the opportunity to transform things. so i think when i went to the sector, i was not good at the sector. i was transforming the shipyard. this opportunity, i think, there -- there are many, many people which are very capable. they don't have such opportunities. i had this opportunity. francine: some people may say this is too difficult. i don't want to fight over that shipyard, to change the color because i don't care enough. how do you get your energy? ignacio: look, because i

i was telling you before a lot of negotiation with trade unions.lways, always, always i reach an agreement that has been very, very understanding both positions and reach an agreement. and shareholders always trust. they already fully support what we are doing. francine: what makes you a success? you are a self-made man. have you ever felt like an outsider in spain? jose: i think i am lucky because i have an education. i was lucky because i started working in a company in which is -- as a chairman, which teach to me a lot, and i have been lucky because the life give to me the opportunity to transform things. so i think when i went to the sector, i was not good at the sector. i was transforming the shipyard. this opportunity, i think, there are many, many people which are very capable. they don't have such opportunities. i had this opportunity. francine: some people may say this is too difficult. i don't want to fight over that shipyard, to change the color because i don't care enough. how do you get your energy? jose: look, because i am telling you

the trade union congress says we are living through the worst rosing and oui’ living through the worstince the 1800s. >> if we carry on at ...17 17 years, and just too long. real wages went up but in the last ten years, they have fallen by 4%. it says that the average worker will have lost around 18 and a half thousand pounds in real earnings by 2025. the real issue is the economy has not grown in the economy is not good because productivity has not grown. that means the amount we produced is about the same as it was in 2008, and if we are not producing any more, we're not going to be able to earn any more. in the statement, the government says... real wages or spending power after we have been paid are going up — just. unemployment is at a 40—year low, but for many people they may not feel that much better off. for the people on this march, they are calling for more secure, better paid jobs. joe lynam, bbc news, at the tuc march in central london. the foreign office say they're supporting the families of two british nationals who were kidnapped in a national park in the democratic rep

the caribbean community the caribbean as one of the songs trade unions in the world called caricom and bit can help unify under a single trade union yes i'm saying there is here's just an interesting angle because typically the folks that are working for eleven look at the crypto space they see the lamb bios and they see all the cover stories on the business magazines and they don't think there's anything in it for them and you would argue that there is something very important in it for them yeah absolutely are you kidding me i mean you can look into this thing and says see bowls and ten x.'s and moon shots from those who want to scream for the working guy but for the working guy the main thing is right now that there's so many different industries that can be disrupted and involved with law change the transparency transparency accountability integrity but the crypto you get purchasing power is not inflated away by the central bank that's quite important you get saving real money especially in the feel. what we're doing we're issuing a long central banks issue the additional dollar bu

i don tent encampment where they attacked the end time mind on protesters sought shelter in the trade union house but it was a track mind on supporters started throwing molotov.

that means our spending power in the shops is going up but, according to the trades union congress, weorer than we were a decade ago. using official data, the tuc found that real wages, which takes account of inflation, went up by 27% in the decade before the financial crisis of 2008 but in the last 10 years, they have fallen by 4%. it says the average worker will have lost around £18,500 in real earnings by 2025. the tuc, which is holding a demonstration in london today, is calling for a new deal for workers and public services. working people are now suffering the longest pay squeeze in 200 years. on average, workers worse off in real terms, £24 a week. and of course it's going to take until 2025 until they get back to where they were before the financial crash. that's pretty shocking. but the government said the new higher national living wage had boosted pay for the lowest earners by £2,000 already. it said that it had cut taxes and was making sure people had the skills they needed to secure high—quality, well—paid jobs. joe lynam, bbc news. paul nowak is the deputy general secreta

turning out to the situation in china a day that he spoke to one man who's been trying to set up a trade union and thousand of south targeted by the government. these tracks still give me a feeling of comfort even if they have just a distant memory. almost every day for twenty years leeway gere drove his train past this spot he worked as a train driver until one day while getting off the train he slipped and fell and broke his spine the railway refused to treat the incident as a workplace accident lee believes the company systematically violated labor laws by long sense that something wasn't right but it always worked so much that there was not much time to think about things today he's partly paralyzed he receives no pension or compensation but he's long stopped worrying about just his own fate lead documents how worker's rights are ignored he says it's not unusual for train drivers to work up to two hundred hours overtime each month without pay he's trying to organize workers on liners that he has made contact with others outside china the union invited him to the u.s. in twenty sixteen he w

a month where mark calls a landslide victory in the french presidential election the country's trade unions are up in arms over the weekend thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of paris to protest against my calls sweeping reforms of the protest is the latest in a series of large demonstrations against my call was all the holes of everything from the education system to the state rail operator of course trick shouldn with various groups. economists say emmanuel mccall has changed more in twelve months than his predecessors did in years despite heavy resistance he has managed to implement reforms pushing for more flexibility in france's rigid job market. and now his changes are beginning to bear fruit unemployment has fallen by half a percent since he took office. this year the french statistics piero expects the economy to post its highest growth in eleven years. speaking at the world economic forum back in january mccall appeared confident about france's position in the world ladies and gentlemen my my my first missy he said france is back france is back it's a call for europe. h

i think it is what many of our supporters and members and trade unions would like to see and i think ations, your red line is the integrity of the union. —— critical of theresa may ‘s negotiation. integrity of the union. —— critical of theresa may 's negotiation. our red line is we abide by the referendum result and it applies to the whole of the united kingdom. i find myself amazed though perhaps i shouldn't be surprised that those who really reluctantly agreed to the referendum in the first place where angry at the results of the referendum and now tenaciously trying to claw back the situation to trying to claw back the situation to try and keep us inside the eu in all but name. the recipe which has been suggested here that we stay within the single market, albeit under ea rules, that we stay within the customs union, would be a betrayal of the result of the referendum and would remove the freedoms that we are seeking to be able to do a road trade deals and make their own rules and decide which regulations apply and decide which regulations apply and she apply the united kingdom, wh

bit can help unify under a single trade union yes ok. here's just interesting angle because typically the folks that are working for eleven look at the crypto space they see the lamb bios and they see all the cover stories on the business magazines and i don't think there's anything in it for them and you would argue that there is something very important in it for them yeah absolutely are you kidding me i mean you can look into this thing and says see bowls and ten x.'s and moon shots from those who want to scream for the working guy but for the working guy the main thing is right now that there's so many different industries that can be disrupted and involved with law change the transparency transparency accountability integrity but the crypto you get purchasing power is not inflated away by the central bank that's quite important you get a saving of real money especially in the field. what we're doing we're issuing allowing central banks issue the additional dollar but now you're providing a bridge between one of the in my opinion saf

the caribbean community the caribbean as one of the songs trade unions in the world called caricom and can help unify that under a single trade union yes ok so here's just interesting angle because typically the folks that are working for eleven look at the crypto space they see the lamb bio's and they see all the cover stories on the business magazines and they don't think there's anything in it for them and you would argue that there is something very important in it for them yeah absolutely are you kidding me i mean you can look into this thing and says see bowls and ten x.'s and moon shots from those who want to scream for the working guy but for the working guy the main thing is right now that there's so many different industries that can be disrupted and involved with law change the transparency transparency accountability integrity but that's the crypto you get purchasing power is not inflated away by the central bank that's quite important you get saving real money especially in the field. what we're doing we're issuing allowing central banks issue the additional dollar but now

is still the same the chairman of the supervisory board was the chief financial guy before the trade unions have a huge say there is political influence in the force for ph families but have a decent means business and that's probably the best way to do it mean business say you mean business and then implement sanctions when you see them he says that his together for integrity program a new program is supposed to ease whistleblowers actions and then that's to be without compromise sanctioned when there's something discovered ok that sounds good but it sounds like he's taking on quite a lot has he has he bitten off more than he can chew. probably but it's worth a try and he doesn't have a choice involves wagon doesn't doesn't have a choice he has experience in the company yet he's relatively new but you're right he also has the commercial question ahead of him how to improve margins he has e-cards and self driving cars it's a huge task probably one of the most if not the most difficult in german industry at the moment you had a family but in frank. now here's a conference call that backfired

at the house but the foundation a think tank that works closely with the confidence of german trade unions good to have you with us so washington is definitely shaking up global trade to put america first the e.u. is now looking to avoid tariffs what kind of deal could there be i think a president is the man big photos that means that we don't get any terrorism now exports but we say ourselves that we only export a certain amount of steel and aluminum to the united states this has happened in two thousand and two as well and it didn't really hurt so much so i think that was a. story that would be something that you could offer to the united states why isn't he asking for quotas riser way rather than threatening terrorism twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on all the many other as far as we know he is exactly demanding photos he has demanded from other countries as well for instance a south korea with which he could already a deal they accepted quotas and i think that there's something that we can of done a drum to piece the situation a little bit without hurting our exports too m

the president one survey showed sixty percent of the public are unhappy with their government trade unions have paralyzed public transport with strikes in response to plans to cut benefits and france's heavily indebted state railways micron's intention to end early retirement for new hires has been met with particular resistance. but so far the president has vowed to press on with his reforms. german industrial orders fell in march for the first months in a row analysts had been expecting a return to growth after a drop off three and a half percent in january february slight north point two percent for looked like a rebound so the decline of nine tenths of a percent for march came as a surprise the german government said the downturn was due to low forand amounts but it said that the industrial sector still has a backlog with plenty of orders to keep work going. crude oil prices rose to the highest level since twenty fourteen this monday despite reports that oil stocks in the united states are growing so what is going on in the price of brant crude oil has gone up by sixty six percent sinc

the trades union congress has found that workers in britain are experiencing the longest squeeze in realur business correspondent, joe lynam. more of us are at work than ever before and real wages are finally rising again. that means our spending power in the shops is going up spending power in the shops is going up but according to the trades union congress, we are still poorer than we we re congress, we are still poorer than we were a decade ago. using official data, the tuc found that real wages, which takes account of inflation, went up by 27% in the decade before the financial crisis of 2008 but in the financial crisis of 2008 but in the last ten years, they have fallen by 4%. it says the average worker will have lost around £18,500 in real earnings by 2025. the tuc which is holding a demonstration in london todayit is holding a demonstration in london today it is calling for a new deal for workers and public services. working people are now suffering the longest pay squeeze in 200 years. on average, workers worse off in real terms, £24 a week. and of course it's going to take until

economic policy institute of the huns a burglar foundation which is close to the german federation of trade unions and i asked him why germany's european neighbors as well as the i.m.f. are so keen on berlin increasing public spending. it's because we have those huge exports of places that means we export so much more than being paul and we need government to spend more money to create more domestic income and then part of that income will flow into imports and increase. crees income abroad and this is something that really europe needs badly because a lot of countries are student crisis mode so this is one of the reasons of course in recent years we've heard that consumer spending in germany for one has increased significantly actually and to the new coalition government already agreed to increasing spending on education are indeed digitalisation on families agriculture mobility and of course defense so what's missing so they say they will increase a lot but if you really look at the numbers it's not really so much what we've seen recently with a new budget coming out from the new finance ministe

and canada has a bilateral trade deal with the european trade union which is unacceptable. and there is a defactor and if she gets it through the cabinet, it has to get through parliament and has to pass the european union. we are talking about negotiations going on here. o negotiations between happening. and they are inside london and not just inside london but inside the conservative party, people who don't like each other and think that may is the worst. that's the kind of climate we are talking about. and matthew can give more. steve: to that point -- matthew: we may be seeing the beginning of a stronger euro turn perhaps within the cabinet. 60 the e.r.g. group which is strong beginning to mobilize argumently around this and that would jeopardize what brexit is about. you remember those "die hard" films and he held that person up. [laughter] matthew: theresa may is that body being dragged along. and and you know, and will go. the question is, who will replace her. that will certainly be a leader, the conservative parliamentary party is pro lead. and jacob has a very rea

president has ordered the military to intervene in the nationwide truck drivers blockade their trade union and the government had reached an agreement to suspend a strike that's paralyzed big parts of the country but not all the drivers are respecting the new deal here's daniel. the strike began last monday with truck driving few years calling for lower fuel prices brazil is heavily reliant on its cargo being transported by road and after striking drivers erected road blocks the country was very soon suffering fuel and food shortages especially in the major cities yes sure may last force us fed that ice i called the federal security forces to clear the roads and i'm asking the governors to do the same we will not allow people to go without basic products we will not allow consumers to go without products we will not allow hospitals to go without supplies she saved lives. long lines formed outside gas stations where some kinds of fuel ran out while supermarkets reported shortages especially of perishable goods production at many auto factories was carolina just over one million tons of grai

union. with the future trade arraignment. it will ensure that we leave the union so that we can have independent trade policy. for the european union. what's crazy is a leak of the opposition. it would mean neighbor signing up for it. could they explain why she her cabinet wasted weeks working at proposals that the eu said was unworkable. it does she agree with the business secretary that backs the crazy proposal that made it clear that they don't back at technological alternative. what does the secretary say. it was absolutely right that we should be leaving for the customs union. and if the right honorable gentlemen want to talk about jobs i'm happy to talk about jobs. the record employment rate. mister speaker of the government said it has two options. they say one is crazy. neither which are workable. that case and for the new custom union is clear. to support jobs in living standards. why is the prime minister ignoring all of the major business initiatives. isn't it time she stood up to those described last night as these