if that's the environment we want, uaw are the people to choose. >> there's no question that if the uaw comes in there it will impact our ability to serve other businesses. >> i believe any additional insensitives from the citizens of the state of tennessee for expansion or otherwise will have a very tough time passing the tennessee senate. >> can't help with wages. you've got a facility that's the most advanced and environmentally sound facility in the world right here in chattanooga, tennessee. so what's this about? it's about one thing. it's about money and it's about power. >> and it's about elections. and we sure as heck don't want the uaw in the state of tennessee any more than they already are because it's going to be harder to get re-elected. we certainly don't want that hassle. well, tennessee democrats have called for a legislative investigation into haslem's actions, the governor of tennessee. the uaw is considering issuing subpoenas to prove that the tennessee republicans were part of a conspiracy to undermine the union vote. the national labor relations board is also review

that's because uaw president bob king has made it part of the uaw's survival strategy to target all of these non-union automobile manufacturers in the south. and in addition to volkswagen, there are some ten others, including mercedes-benz in alabama and mississippi, the nissan plant there, that the uaw is already targeting. but as far as the chattanooga vw plant goes because of an agreement with the company, the uaw has to stay out of there for at least a year. >> very interesting. john roberts, thank you. >>> democrats fighting to keep control of the senate may turn to a familiar theme in november's mid-term elections. two top democratic strategists urging candidates now to take a page from president obama's 2012 playbook that some call class warfare. they say forget talking about any economic recovery, just go after the 1% again. joining me now, guy benson, political editor for townhall.com and a fox news contributor. a broken record, guy, we've heard it before -- but it's worked. >> it has, gretchen. i think what's interesting when you look at the strategy memo that democrats are c

the uaw and chrysler resumed opposing positions when contract time rolled around again.and around the country, struggling companies and their workers set aside old antagonisms in the interest of survival. we asked one of the nation's best-known labor economists, university of wisconsin professor jack barbash, were we seeing a basic change? i think a basic change. the adversarial interest was pushed too far at the expense of this narrow community of interests. and what we're seeing now, from a broad, analytical standpoint, is some enlargement of that area of common interest, like profit sharing, like worker involvement, like quality of work, like employee ownership, illustrating the basic principle of cooperative relationships. a business-as-usual wage increase and price hike could have sunk chrysler. but government loan guarantees, the uaw's agreement to temporary pay-cuts, and chrysler's willingness to give the union unprecedented access to management's top councils kept chrysler going. they had discovered that staying afloat could sometimes force two old antagonists to

you know, they may make the case of uaw.ually, you know, there's a possibility that it could make the opposite case. so we don't know until we see them. the question is, will senator corker, will tennessee governor bill hasl. produce documents in response to the subpoena. >> will we see the governor and senator testify under oath. >> that's what the uaw would like. indications are now, though no one said this per se, there is every reason to believe that they probably will fight the subpoenas i mean, we have a real clash of ideologies here. >> sure. >> you have some people who believe that strongly as you do, and people on the other side who believe just as strongly. i don't think that anyone is going to unilaterally disarm here. i think there's going to be a real fight before we even get to that stage, before we find out. >> do we know if grover norquist has been served with subpoenas? his involvement in this from an act everybodyist standpoint? >> absolutely. he's on the list of 20 people or organizations who have received

uaw has been in tennessee for some time.agen has absolutely no problem working with unions. this really is something we have never seen before. and it isn't obvious they were interfering with employees' rights to organize? >> yeah, they told the employee, corker did this himself that he had it on high authority that only if they voted no would they get a new truck into the plant. and that's absolutely false. he knows it, but he said it to get vote, just like they do in their own elections. so the real question, and grover norquist at cpac led a panel three weeks ago called the dmur future of unions, in which he used chattanooga and madison to say this is what we must do to stop this voice for working people. it's the biggest voice that stands in our way. the question is, what are the rest of us going to do? >> so at this panel, which was organized by grover norquist, this is the template. this is what they want to do. this is the new standard operating procedure and anytime they want a vote, this is the way they're going to

the uaw had filed its appeal after volkswagen worker rejected joining the uaw in a 712-626 vote backnts by senator bob corker along with tennessee governor and other gop officials tainted the voting process. then there was this -- >> we obtained this summary from last august for what the administration called project trinity. marked confidential, it offers volkswagen some incentives of $3 million in exchange for full-time jobs. the catch? the insent is are subject to works council discussions being concluded to the satisfaction of the state of tennessee. >> democrats in the house have opened an inquiry into whether haslem's administration may have violated federal labor law trying to tie state incentives to the outcome of the vote. for more on this, let me bring in the president of the united auto workers, bob king. mr. king, good to have you with us tonight. this would certainly surprise a lot of people because of the reporting that had been done about the secret documents. explain what motivated your organization, the united auto workers to withdraw the objections. >> well, we've a

the uaw announcing it is withdrawing its appeal.he president says the new vote would only allow the same extreme intimidation and occurrence to occur. back your panel. a.b. went after the politician for the union saying they are the reason. >> it's interesting. there is no-o-what the politicians are saying to volkswagen and the people of tennessee or its free speech, there is nothing that unions can attack about them making the other argue ament. what i thought was fascinating was as soon as they said we can't have another vote because it would just be hijacked by antiunion criticism, then the uaw's tennessee director says that he hopes dropping the union's appeal would convince volkswagen to bring more jobs to the state which is pretty much, i think, a concession that the union vote was actually going to drive more volkswagen business out of the state. i found it an interesting decision to sort of -- to retreat and drop the fight. i think it's an acknowledgment that we are in an economic downturn and manufacturing sector particular

they just lost a vote in tennessee with volkswagen to go with the uaw. desperation run amok this time. and here is the problem. this is going to continue. you have an administration that's actually backing this. we have no privacy anymore. ben said it best. this is all about pressure and the votes in order to curry favor with the politicians going forward. >> it's very powerful stuff. they can get ahold of these names and phone numbers, addresses, that's amazing information. >> these rules are not just about getting access to the contact information for employees as a company that the union is trying to sign up. it's also about shortening the election period as well. >> yes. >> there's a shorter time frame for an election to happen, from 38 days now ten to 21 days. >> that's good for the union? >> yeah. because it doesn't give the company time to respond. i want to point out, though, this was -- these rules were passed by the national labor relations board a few years ago. and the way the vote was done was shot down by a court. so this is their second sh

uaw vice president joe ashton has been nominated to a board seat controlled by a uaw trust fund. the fund pays health care bills of retired gm employees. the vote takes place june 10th. bank of america's legal tab may soon be on the rise, and it could be a threat to earnings. bloomberg news is reporting that the justice department wants the bank to pay more than 13 billion dollars in fines for mortgage backed securities that were sold prior to the financial crisis. that is on top of a 9 and a half billion dollar fine it agreed to give the fh-fa earlier this year. reports say the deal could come within months. bofa shares were down 2% on friday. amazon's warns of an operating loss this quarter as it add new product lines. the stock dropped like a rock friday. falling--- $33 dollars. some of the money amazon is spending is for its fire tv streatming box, games and pilots for tv shows.amazon reportedly is also testing its own delivery service.the tech company could face a drop in sales this week as the state of florida begins to collect sales tax from amazon thursday. i-b-m could be

the uaw civil liberties union at the time.hey are asking the feds to set aside an faa order that bans them from using drones. >>> it is time now to brew on this. what can be worse than the apparently the airlines. according to a new report airlines rated the lowest in customer satisfaction among all travel related industries touring 6 -- scoring 69 out of 100 points. the irs subscription tv and social media sites they got even better scores. the most complaints for passengers were about seat comfort which scored 63 out of 100 points. in flight service scoring 67 points. the check in process and baggage handling they rank the highest. so we want to know if you could change winnone thing about flyi what would it be? send us your comments on facebook or twitter or send us an email at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. we will share them later in the show. >> it is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. is sean hannity looking for a career change? >> i could be on the show becau. >> will sean be allowed to join duck dynasty. >> they aren

that's why you saw the landmark vote earlier this year with the uaw where volkswagen workers rejected the uaw even a company bending over backwards to welcome the union in. >> wal-mart pays minimum wage. should they have a union? >> do you know how many workers at wal-mart actually get minimum wage? not that many. rick,000. unions stronger or weaker? >> no question they have been losing manipulate for a long time. a lot of the jobs union jobs disappearing, manufacturing jobs, and the issuing in the public sector is very real right now. have you seen it in the rise of the republican governors feel like they have gone in with a mandate against unions, long term and short-term challenge for unions to grow the membership to attract younger workers and find industry where they can potentially make inroorksdz they have lost votes like that one recently in tennessee. they still have a lot of sway in terms of advertising. a lot of big money that comes in from unions because of the dues that comes. in the idea of the boots on the ground and the organizational tactics that unions have been able

the announcement came 1 hour before the uaw was to have gone before the national labor relations board to plead for a new election. assembly workers rejected the union in a vote in february.instead, the union says it will work to create more jobs at the plant which currently employs more than 2- thousand.in china, the world's largest & fastest growing car market vw is in expansion competition with gm which just announced a 12- billion dollar investment. in today's cover story, the growing class of employees who are neither temporary nor permanent.they are the perma- temp---on the job for months at a time.but few of them---ever put on staff.it saves employers the expense of benfits.but at what cost to the workforce? temping used to be a foot in the door. work for awhile without health benefits or paid sick leave and soon, it would be followed by an offer to work full-time. but that's not happening. "employers don't have the budgets anymore, so they're going for a perma-temp workforce." temps who didn't want to go on camera told us it may give the company flexibility but temping gives th

we lose more union members every year in america, in a recent effort by the uaw at a plant in the south didn't succeed. we're not going in that direction. >> and ali, we know it didn't succeed because the governor in what may an criminal valleyalation in law withheld $30 million of aid. all of our competitors are heavily unionized. in germany the director are unions and the plant in ten continue was a vw plant. they were perfectly happy to have an union there. the u.s. supreme court defines a worker, even you and i don't have bargaining power compared to an union. a teenager going down to the mill, he doesn't know what he's worth. he takes what he gets paid. when you have a large number of unemployed people it pushes down wages. when you have unions, unions aren't perfect but companies aren't perfect. but when you don't have unions, yoyou haveyou have asymmetrica. >> the author of "divided: the perils of our growing inequality." and he is a columnist for al jazeera america. >>> u.s. stocks managed to squeak out gains for the day. the dow just barely stayed positive while the s&p 500 gai

remember in tennessee, the uaw had a big fight, they had tried to get the union to be approved there.y lost that vote and said they were going to appeal it. however, i think they have made a good strategic decision. they are walking away and they are dropping that appeal so they will not make another go for it in tennessee. >> great update. >> thank you. >> greg. >> it's time for -- >> i hate these people! >> hate, people who want to meet for coffee. i don't meet for coffee. i never go somewhere and meet anybody for coffee. people who say i want to meet you for coffee, the translation is i need a favor. just ask for the favor, but don't say you want to meet me for coffee. >> how about i want to meet you for a drink? >> that works. that always works. >> i agree with you. >> i almost always say yes because i will never turn down a free drink. >> now you know the way to greg's heart. through his liver. >> you know who will not turn down a free drink is ed schultz? oddly enough. >> bob. >> i want to wish a very happy 42nd pirth -- birthday willie robinson who appeared here with us. he's n

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the uaw will instead focus on a congressional investigation into an alleged anti union campaign. stocks were up today, the dow gained 41. s&p finished ahead at 7 and nasdaq ahead at 26. >>> what has been a main stay of the american diet is now at its highest price in decades. in chicago. >> meat buyers beware. beef prices are skyrocketing to record levels not seen since ronald reagan was president. the nation's cattle herds at their lowest levels since 1951. there's qog -- going to be the demand still there, but not enough stuff on the table. >> ground beef is up 11% from last year while round steak has set new record highs in each of the past four months and the high prices aren't expected to come down for at least a couple of years as cattle producers rebuild their herds. in the meantime, farmers, grocery stores, and customers will have to pay more to get beef from the farm to the kitchen table. >> fuel is up. beef prices are up. energy prices are up. so our inputs have gone up relative with cost of cattle. >> a lot of people are buying heavier and lower cost items and freezing

at a plant in tennessee, uaw president said it will abandon the challenge because it could take yearso a conclusion. apple and google are battling it out to offer exclusive gaming apps. both are wooing developers to make sure the titles arrive first in their devices. apple and google will feature the games heavily in their respective app stores. and fast food rival mcdonald's and yum reports tomorrow. on wednesday it is tech giant apple and facebook. amazon and microsoft will reveal the results on thursday. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. melissa: after behrens called it trading cheaply compared to bigger rivals. wall street notice that, shares are up about 6%. business tycoon still has controlling shareholder. 41 million shares in his pocket meaning he has made $60 million today. also making a lot of money, they just so the country's most expensive vehicle. the dapper looking red flag l5 snapped up by a furniture salesman for $800,000. the limousine type o vehicle answer to the rolls-royce first made under the direction. spent a whol

the uaw says it made the decision to drop it after top republicans and antiunion activist's vow to testify the director of national intelligence james clapper has issued a sweeping order barring agencies under his watch from almost all unauthorized contact with the media. the ban applies to discussion of all intelligence related matters, whether they are classified or not. violators face a minimum security violation and potential prosecution. clapper's directive comes just months after he told the senate he would seek to "lean in the direction of transparency, wherever and whenever we can." the oklahoma supreme court has stayed the executions of two death row prisoners who are challenging the secrecy around the drugs to be used in their deaths. a state judge last month struck down a law that hides information on the drugs used in lethal injections. the judge ruled the law violated the prisoners constitutional rights i failing to disclose the name of the drug supplier, the combination of chemicals, and the dosages used in executions. monday's ruling by oklahoma's high court stayed the execu

uaw dropping its appeal of a union vote. workers there rejected a proposal to unionize in february.he future of unions in america? they weren't able to do it down there. they felt like they didn't need it. >> unions have had an uphill battle with recruiting workers that are owned by foreign companies. this just goes to speak to what they've been dealing with. >> it was a close vote, though. it wasn't like a wide margin. it was pretty much in the air while they were appealing. but what it speaks more broughtly to is whether or not there is this declining influence of the unions in america, not just specifically for foreign-owned auto plans, but in general where there they find that next generation of people who want to unionize and by part of that structure of workforce. to be honest, we don't know where it's headed. >> south has typically been more in favor of right to work kind of states, so there is a general -- maybe there's an undercurrent where unions aren't as popular as in other parts of the country. >>> 30% of s&p companies report their erpgs. which company is there to watch

bankruptcy saved the company, wiped out billions in debt, got concessions from the uaw. it did not eliminate all the vehicles built before 2009, and the company has to step up to the responsibility and liability for that. >> what do you believe that she needs to say at this point with this ongoing hearing, greg, and you've covered this industry and gm extensively here, what is the critical information that the public should know at this point for mary barra? >> well, i don't know if they are going to get it from her today, but we do want to find out what changes were made and why they were made or weren't made, and changing the design of the ignition switch. and we also want to know more about the responsibility and the scope of authority of kenneth feinberg, the man that they said is appointed to possibly set up a fund or some other option to compensate the victims. >> all right, greg, thank you very much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. we'll continue to keep an ear an bring you information as it comes in. >>> moments from now, president obama is said to leave

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the uaw was writing so many members of congress and they said he said that he actually didn't want to have a packet, but we got through it all. and at the end we had done two things. we had outlined a political philosophy that seems opportunity, responsibility, and put it into the lexicon for welfare reform, community and a growth strategy that was based on fiscal discipline and people in technology and trade and also reinventing the government. the fourth part of our strategy was the market task. american politics unlike the orbits of some, you don't always decide what you stand for. you stand for what your presidential nominee stands for. so bill clinton resigned from the dlc and went in and became a candidate. and you know the story and i'm not going to tell you chapter and verse of how he won the presidency. but let me give you three or four days a you might not know about. one is july 14, 1987. that was the day bill clinton decided not to run in 1988 if he had run in 1988, his miscounted politician may not have been elected. but he certainly would not be working at the dlc. he de

the uaw is joining with the big three and john deere and others to add nearly 2,000 apprentices. some of the biggest manufacturers are partnering with community colleges in north carolina and texas and california on high-skill training programs. and now we want to work with national industry associations to help partnerships like these take root all across the country -- so that anybody, in any city, any state, can earn the training they need to get the good jobs of tomorrow. so the bottom line is if you're willing to put in the work to get a job or earn a promotion in today's economy, america's job-training system should give you every possible chance. and you're doing it here. when we took that tour, we saw young people and some not-so-young people -- i won't say who. i don't want to offend. [laughter] but these are folks who -- many of them were in a job right now, but they saw that it was a dead-end and they wanted to make sure that they could get a better job. some of them were just getting started. but either way, their investment and their effort was being rewarded. one pe

they are part of the uaw.call a pattern of intimidation against the yen by the university. they want them to-that's just a few times ago i spoke with someone who was on strike and what they feel this way. >> i will like to seek an apology from but university. we demand our first amendment rights. we need to have our bourse is heard. >> the university officials said that they have nothing to apologize for. they stated that disagree with that characterization. we are disappointed that they have chosen to strike even though we are still negotiating. this statement came from the university of california. you can see protesters are still here on the picket line. both of them amid the this has an impact on the other students. >> the strike is scheduled to end to - 6 p.m.. >> officials and contra costa county have identified the body of a man found inside the cargo was overturned on the water and his bird. he has been identified as 56 year-old dennis sandoval. he was the same man reported missing tuesday night. autho

the uaw abandoned efforts to -- they were talking about corker and whether it was everything happenedere was a reason they did it. it looked like if they were to try it again they couldn't lose. >> is this me? >> this is you. >>> congressman from l.a. community is seeking to lure the factory that makes that stuff i showed you, the best selling sriracha brand hot pepper sauce. he's trying to get it to his district after residents in its current location complained about the smell. tony cardnes, he wants to convince david tron, the owner of huy fong foods to relocate rather than fight with the residents of the city of irwindale. i used to live next to irwindale. i can't believe they'd be complaining about anything in terms of smell. cardnes says the company grows 60 million in sales from that branned with little marketing and hailed tron, an ethnic chinese immigrant from vietnam who founded this company in 1980. they hire full-time and produces over 20 million bottles of the hot sauce every year. >> try some. >> i don't want to try it. my stomach in the morning is -- potato chips? >> i'

uaw plant in tennessee won't help. there are only 250 people in the plant. the chinese have to work on their line. the thing is, we have to get off this keynesian thinking where the government for its money and demonizes people. i'm a small businessman. i came from canada. i am sad that the government talks about these people. i'm 66 years old. i believe this is the greatest country in the world, but i think people have to determine that there is nowhere to go and we have to take care of ourselves. no one is going to take care of this country except the americans. oil. start moving the we will have to deal with the oil. we need it right now until we come up with something better. thousandsusands and of windmills and. they're fine, but they can't produce a power that we need. we have to think smart. that is my feeling. the unions, the afl/cio are putting up a pay watch over the years. this from afl/cio in their executive pay watch. hollywood, florida, makes between $50,000 and $100,000. caller: today is my birthday. i listen to every -- i listen to c-span on