it doesn't matter who the leaders of the unions are. unions are unions, and they protect jobs. they always will. now, in the current climate which is terrible for them, the unions are up against the wall, and they're making con -- concessions. so democratic reformers will point to the concessions and say, see, the unions are changing their behavior. but those are just strategic adjustments to a really bad environment. they're doing as little as they have to, and if they can down the road they'll reverse those things. also they want to look like reformers, right? and say that reformers -- randi weingarten is artist at this, right? but really what their doing is just calling their concessions reforms, and in the collaboration process over time they'll do the same thing they always do; they'll pursue their interests, this is just another forum, and they'll use whatever power they have to weaken those reforms on the ground. and so the bottom line is, yeah, i think -- great, we're going to make some progress, this is a good thing. and we are making progress, and i think we can, like

absolutely look at germany within the european union germany is maybe too big for the european union that's why it dominates so much konami 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 but do very well in the world is singapore which is a tiny nation which has a great deal and hospitality 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 angle investment than our relation to the ten the germany is too small to go within the world ok robert let me jump in you're going to please continue going straight regulations to tell us that singapore one of the richest countries of the world would be there without german money or switzerland withou

union the word union has just become such a bad word at least in my generation for so long that you know maybe there's community organizations that don't call themselves a union that still are out there protecting the rights of workers and will do things like organizing walkouts or boycotts or whatever would need to be done if it doesn't need to be called a union so i think it's very possible and i do believe you know labor in general have a resurgence because i feel that this country prospers like the film shows when you have a strong labor movement it absolutely does right now there is there are a number of walk outs and strikes going on with wal-mart you know wal-mart was one time in its history has been successful unionized it was a stop in canada and they closed the store and so that's a we're going to walk away we that's how much they hate unions and and won't have anything to do with unions so it's it's but there was a difference in the time that your grandfather and his brothers were were organizing the unions and there are these workers rather and forming these unions and a

just union work. homeland security. >> 40% of unionized. john: i am depressed their writing a book together and still set next to each other. elizabeth fact john: [applause] everyone wants more pay. i negotiate with my boss over mysalary, pension. government workers do that. but there negotiation is different because the boss is a politician who will be long gone by the time the bill for medical care comes do. politicians make some money promises and as a result they are trillions of dollars in the hour bet. where will tomorrows politicians get the money? they will probably stiff workers. no more money left. myavorite expert is d from them manhattan institute. some have made smart changes andfrom utah we have gornor herbert what did you do? >> we try to think long term. we move from the defined benefits to the defined contribution. john: oh my gosh. don't say those words. [laughter] steve uses those all the time but i know that you are switching off. explain why it you talk about. john: defined benefit mean the politicians defined the benef

union representations and a lot of shows have to be the corrupt union members why can't we show a labor union doing a good thing which they do for communities so i'm excited about being you know a small part of that if i can in my sort of film career as i move forward here and there showing some positive work or a positive labor story so maybe it's not if we don't get coverage in a newspaper maybe it's showing it on one of these other levels a major film a reality show something like that so you know i think maybe that's a way to get more attention to labor and get a sort of a more positive spin on things and the this film is brilliant because it's a brilliant piece of history as well as a. i think a cautionary tale for our times do you said earlier that if if the labor movement of the thirty's forty's fifty's sixty's were to be reinvented today it probably would have to be called something other than a union 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 transf

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 th

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 eq

unions are -- pouring in money. >> national unions are pouring in the dough. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. ... >>. >> paul: time for mitts and misses of the week. dorothy. >> here is a miss to the national geographic channel which is normally a reliable network. that is because they are airing two nights before the election a film about seal team six which manages to enlarge obama's role and cheerleading for obama. they say it's not politicized but the damage to the recipe face raising large suspicions was not a good corporate decision. >> probably hit to my hometown of brooklyn. the next week you are going to have return of traditional sports n first time in 50 years, certain baseball team left for the west coast. but until the dodgers come back brooklyn will never be back. >> paul: all right. >> recently the court in washington, d.c. has been strike down federal regulations like securities and exchange commission and epa. it enrages regulators that has an intimidation campaign to get judges appointed to back

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 i

not bad for union work, taxpayers footing the bill on labor union activity.a 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 vi

board will set up an election and if half of the workforce votes to unionize then they have a union but under this current procedure employers have all bunch of tools both legal and illegal but there's not much prosecution to disrupt the organizing process including intimidating or even firing employees spreading lies and misinformation about unions threatening to close down stores delaying union elections all kinds of stuff it's an uphill battle to organize which is why union busters have been so successful breaking up unions while organizers have had so much trouble starting new unions the card check would level the playing field with card check there is no election and employers never have to catch wind of what's going on basically if a majority if over fifty percent of all the workers sign a petition or card indicating they support for me union and that unionism immediately recognized by the n.l.r.b. with out the extra added step of an election and without an opportunity the us for employers to twist some arms would carjack unions can reverse the tide in the war against labor an

teachers' unions and unions in general have a public relations problem.r job and they need changes as well. >> cenk: they're concentrating millions of dollars going in to try to destroy them. they need to--i'm sure they realize it, but they need to fight back much more effectively. professor rose, thank you, as always. >> cenk: when we come back, we're going to talk to someone in the race who is a real progressive--rocky anderson, the head of the justice party. he was mayor in salt lake city, utah. now, if he was in the debates how would he pull them to the left? that's when we come back. >> congress and the white house are on the take, and it's the american people who are getting burned. you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet but they're gonna fall in love get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never

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

do this is that ministers and reeses unions so comments to unions are democracies unions and the leadership of the united i'd like you to yes but i don't know i mean your ship of a bunch of mars and the like and stuff like this if they all answer why would a democracy it's very simple the unions are elected into existence they can be elected out of existence union leaders are elected and actually leading the way right now in fighting the secret ballot sometimes. it's amazing to me all that he says is give your employees a heads up give them notice this is the very thing the obama people administration is telling defense supporters not to do don't tell people that they're about to get laid off don't tell people that post because they're not up to you know there's no way the congress is going to is going to let seacrest ration go through it all and all your but you're changing your changing the topic you know apparently all three of you are of the of the opinion that this is this is not the use of you know corporate power and where that isn't balanced and i disagree but just leave it at that

standard or the union itself in bargaining and it's put in unions on the defensive didn't a lot of the slow really begin with the reagan administration ronald reagan being the first president to appoint a secretary of labor who was actually hostile to labor. ronald reagan certainly bold employers and one of the things we've seen from reagan the scott walker is the face of the public sector union movement in the private sector union movement are intertwined as we see what we see now with the rest that when you see an attack on the public sector it spills over into the private sector and vice versa and certainly reagan made a signal and scott walker made a signal that you can go for the juggler and get away with it and employers have taken that they certainly have josh eidelson thank you so much for being with us tonight thank you very much moving now from the fight for organized labor to the fight for the ninety nine percent happy birthday occupy d.c. demonstrations took place all across the nation's capital today as occupy participants marks the one year anniversary of the occupation o

and other unions as recently as the mid two thousand you have c.w. attempted an effort that had some of the same design but didn't get close to this kind of traction of actually getting workers to the point where hundred sixty felt the courage and the sense of solidarity to actually walk off the job what if wal-mart doesn't squash these people like bugs like they've done in the past metaphorically of course. aren't they say you know maybe they're just trying to do this to protect themselves legally but aren't they also. in a isn't isn't this going to grow. i think the big questions over the next month one is how many people these two hundred sixty workers can mobilize among their coworkers the other is does wonder try to snuff this out with a dramatic show of force even if it's a legal or illegal are concerned that if they retaliate it will inflame more protest and bring them more negative attention that's what we don't know it won't hurt me not have decided the instant question you know neither josh eidelson thanks so much for being with us josh tha

>> i think union members that are active in their union tend to vote democratic. it has gotten much better, but it was very slow to recognize the new workers that they had to organize among african-americans and latinos and women. my grandfather is a union, the steam fitters union, did not even accept african americans -- my grandfather's union, the steam fitters union, it did not even accept african-americans and some others. voting for scott walker in wisconsin and the one in ohio, not realizing the public-sector -- cops and firefighters and teachers have become the new slackers and moochers who do not deserve what they are getting. there is an opportunity for democrats and people who care about social justice to say that everything we have been saying about african-americans to you, building this new republican majority, everything they have been saying, they are starting to say about white people. tavis: there are a number of ways that i can inform your question. if i had an hour, i have got a bunch of them that i would like to add, but what i do not understan

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 planning department, the historic p

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. she is still going to have a pension that she is entitled to as the library at she's just not getting that second pension working for the teachers' union. this begs the question if they build and received bipartisan support makes a very small flight of100 takes a very small slice without a challenge how well the major reform get done? the chicago teachers union pension fund is one of many statewide in deep trouble it's only 60 percent funded and a new rule r

that unions or democracy in the work where unions are democracy at work we disagree on that because when you say that i hear stalinist tactics that take away from the ability of the owners of the company only investors of the company to be able to get it i could not be more wrong unions are responsible in this country for the eight hour workday they are responsible for the five day work week they are responsible for osha laws they are responsible for the fact that we do not have twelve year olds working in factories ask anyone else i'm doing well asked the temples of congress probably broke every worker's right. in this country they have made the workplace a safer place for movie and american workers to call it style and mystic is absolutely correct to call it is at a good as the tempos of people that would gladly take every single one of those jobs that are in dispute both in california and in oklahoma the poor stewardship of this administration in destroying opportunity is making people desperate for nine or an hour to go out i would argue if there are people willing to take those

. >> in has been the alliance that has always driven the union. on many issues, the french and germans of not always seen eye to eye. this has been finding a middle ground between them that has resulted in the compromise that europe then pushes ahead with. optimists are hoping the same capthappens in the case of the euro zone. we have seen this in angela merkel's comments and the french leader's comments. optimists would say within their differences there's always a compromise. but the danger, which is what i think you are getting at, is that, especially with the market pressure off at the moment, but there's no real push to resolve the differences, but they get into a political deadlock. that's pretty dangerous. although there's more investor calm at the moment in spain and elsewhere, the debt problems remain and still need sorting out. europe still has to sort out how it fixes the single currency. >> you're talking about the prime minister negotiating the condition of another part of the bailout. what about his position within the coalition? wha

the european union changed the narrative. it gave germany the platform to not be the aggressor in europe but the stabilizer, the anchor. many germans alicante cost of the euro crisis are worrying that they're being forced to finance bailouts and waste money. politicians are hoping that this award will brighten europe's image. >> thank you very much for joining us, simon. we will have more in the next half-hour. >> turkey has deployed fighter jets to its syrian border. >> both sides are sticking to their story about the syrian air jets. >> they have seen days of heavy fighting. the syrian army is trying to recapture rebels. at one point, a syrian helicopter veered into turkish airspace but was immediately pushed back. it is yet another incident to raise tensions between the two countries. anchor is still simmering over stopping a syrian airliner. they claim it was carrying russian weapons for the syrian army. what's the cargo consisted of electrical equipment for a radar station. it is not prohibited under any condition. >> th

few people in union square, there was about 10 people at most doing anything stationery in union square, there was people walking there to and from somewhere and there were people spending time at union square, it was foggy at this time, the sun came out later in this day, so you don't see any particular shadows. this is 7:30 a.m., you can see a couple of clusters of people in the southwest portion of the park, 8 a.m., still less than 20 people in the square, 8:30, a couple more and then starts at 9:00, the usage of the park takes off and by 9:30, there's several time more people in the square, roughly at about 9:00 is the time that the movable chairs and seating is put out on the square and other activities sort of kick in in union square, so there's very few people before 9 a.m. that are doing anything in the park. importantly, one thing to note is those couple little clusters of folks where the maximum amount of the shadow would happen, those were observed to be tourists, they were there for other reasons, they would likely be there for the same reasons given the small amount of new

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 an

unions are -- pouring in money. >> national unions are pouring in the dough. in the dough. we have to take one if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>. >> paul: time for mitts and misses of the week. dorothy. >> here is a miss to the national geographic channel which is normally a reliable network. that is because they are airing two nights before the election a film about seal team six which manages to enlarge obama's role and cheerleading for obama. they say it's not politicized but the damage to the recipe face raising large suspicions was not a good corporate decision. >> probably hit to my hometown of brooklyn. the next week you are going to have return of traditional sports n first time in 50 years, certain baseball team left for the west coast. but until th

teachers' unions and unions in general have a public relations problem.hey need to do a better job and they need changes as well. >> cenk: they're concentrating millions of dollars going in to try to destroy them. they need to--i'm sure they realize it, but they need to fight back much more effectively. professor rose, thank you, as always. >> cenk: when we come back, we're going to talk to someone in the race who is a real progressive--rocky anderson, the head of the justice party. he was mayor in salt lake city, utah. now, if he was in the debates how would he pull them to the left? that's when we come back. >> congress and the white house are on the take, and it's the american people who are getting burned. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: who do you think the larger force in america, the democratic party? the republican party? or independent? really, if you guessed independents, you're right. look at this c

are you union organizing nationally? what we have some union backing, definitely. they put it does in the right direction and help us along the way. we're here in bentonville today, just time for walmart to raise their standards. it is time for a change. wal-mart, as we have said, is one of the biggest employers in the world and they set the standard, but what they do reverberates throughout the world. it is time for a change. that is why i am here. it is not just warehouse are retell, it is logistics and trucking and who knows what else walmart influences. >> do you have a game plan for the holiday season? >> i know there is going to be a lot of sit-ins and walk-outs on the retail end. i think i'm going to go help on some of the sit-ins. i think i'm going to try to block some doors. . >> josh eidelson, this is just came out of denver, this is not the workers protesting but this was residents of the congress park neighborhood and the surrounding area, protesting all walmart input in, a developer wanted tax subsidies to place a walmart in this neighborhood. the batt

to push harry reid's action so yeah that happened but this was the union doing it and you know union is a body elected by workers and there's protections and contracts and you know union doesn't have the power to fire somebody for attending these kind of events so that's a big difference. you know there's no real legal protections if you are a non union worker there to prevent a boss from filing for political. simply on. you know and what happens in this kind of situation is that it has a real chilling effect in the workplace when a boss says hey i'm billed for soandso and you're not voting for that guy you know what if you put up a yard sign for their guy or what if you didn't volunteer in your boss finds out about your job at risk and in this kind of economy i don't think a lot of people are willing to do that and i know that also mitt romney came out and this is your latest report is that mitt romney came out it in a conference a news conference and said that hey employers should be encouraging their employees to vote i think we have a clip of that let's play that really quick and

moving on to union square, union square, most of that could potentially be shaded by five buildings in the area. most of which are 2500 to over 3,000 feet away. one project potentially about 1,500 feet away. total about.2% of additional shadow could be added to the 38.3% shading that exists today. generally mid-spring through sort of end of summer is when the new shadow could potentially fall. ranges from five minutes to maximum 60 minutes, all before 9 a.m., between a span of 7:00 to quarter to 9:00. where the shadow would fall, again sweep across the park. at the time there is a maximum new shadow on union square. permanently you can see it fall on the southern edge of the square, the sort of terrace area that leads down to yurie street. let me just jump to the video. let me just back it up. these are days when shadows from the plan hit union square. i will stop it right here. this is some time between 8:00 and 9:00. you can see there is some additional shadow again as shown in the previous graphic on the southern edge. little at the center of the cart. sweeps across the park by basi

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