itself was a challenge giving up up 17 hundred union and moving moving to 18 hundred union he did that in balancing it. we ask for your support as what we diligently work to upgrade our wireless support in the and county of san francisco if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you. open this up for public comment (calling names) >> if you're ready to speak come to the podium. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm robert president of the golden gate valley and this is one block away from the historic golden gate library. the golden gate association strongly opposes at&t's proposal for the wireless facility on 18 union street it's a beautiful example of architecture and a unique part of the historic commercial district. the proposed installation will raise the roofline of on existing penthouse and allow 4 smokestacks to extend above that it will become the informational point and the size of this proposed facility is suitable for van ness and lombardy and other adjacent places. we work to have the charm of the golden gate valley and the wireless communication faci

i think what you're seeing is the costs that rank and file union workers are paying for union leaderships alliance with the democratic party. there's nothing in this for the union workers. >> all right, joe. so what does this mean politically? >> well, i think this highlights the split that james is talking about between the union latership, which is really kind of a wholly owned subsidy dear of the democratic party and the rank and file. the construction workers, the hotel workers, hospitality, kbroesh grocery row workers and so forth. i think you might see a widening split. and it's actually interesting, if you look at the unions objecting, they're all concentrated in those industries i talked about, the sort of traditional unions. it's -- it might be coming to public sector unions, as well, which is -- which have generally been a lot more supportive of the affordable care act. >> but these union leaders are asking for exemptions from the white house. and they haven't been getting it. >> no. and this points to another rift in the democratic party between the labor union left and the soc

nearly 8 in 10 va workers are unionized. that came as a complete shock to me and everyone watching right now. no one is talking about the union angle to this va scandal. is this a big reason why our vets are being mistreated? >> absolutely. unions are standing in the way of real reform happening at the va. they keep saying well it's because we need more money. well, we need more staff. that's not the case at all. it's them. they are the problem. they are the one who is are standing in the way of real reform and they are the ones who are not allowing things to happen. that's it. plain and simple. >> and wayne, you know, when you think about the va scandal, our veterans are dying on a wait list and whatnot and when you think about a union, unions typically aren't in a big rush to get the job done, are they? >> no and not only that eric. this was known about for a number of years. that's the part that's really startling. the president talked about it. he knew about it. he knew about it when he was running for president. he knew

leagues usually encourage unionization. the nfl went to court to demand they remain a union. as an economist, i focus on the athletes free market value, which is high. they are focused on enhancing ,etter medical coverage reducing head trauma, improving graduation rates. because of time limits, i will summarize my point and leave the rest for questions. because most athletes to not go on to work in the nfl, ncaa collusion denies 95% or more of college athletes of their four best sports earning years. for some, those may be there for earning years. it goes to coaches and into elaborate recruiting palaces. college football coaches can make as much as $7 million a year. collusion shifts the burden from a private school at northwestern to taxpayer funded pell grants, sometimes even food stamps, or by forcing students to leave school to support their families. the current tax code exempts the tuition portion of athletic scholarships and tuition remission paid to university employees. nothing in the nlrb ruling should change that and congress has the power to make sure that does no

i it was the preference of the union army -- the periphery of the union army. a woman in south carolina went as part of the settlement where the union had control of the sea islands of south carolina, and her husband went off with the army to go to florida to fight and that left her in charge of the hospital that was there and she was a nurse but was in charge of the hospital, and she had a medical degree. and practiced as a doctor more or less until he came back.

a lot of union jobs are not green jobs. these are not jobs with benefits from a high fuel tax or something. so, he had to commit to one and kind of not dance around it like with the pipeline and the gas pipeline. you know, walmart is doing a great job. one of the largest users of solar energy and he has to award that and, yes, they don't have the highest labor rates in the country or the best health benefits. i do think labor is never going to get over that unless walmart pays a higher rate than target and then maybe move on to target. i don't know. the president did the right thing. >> you know, chuck, if the store provides low-cost goods, groceries, jobs, nation's biggest employer, why do unions have a beef? >> because as both of these very intelligent panelists of mine have said, they have low wages. and so the union wants to come in and see if they i give the workers a voice. you'd say it's a free market and let that dictate the price and we'll drive this down to the lowest common denominator and people will wait outsid

the project site is located on the south side of union street between webster and bucanan street, the subject lot is 12,000 square feet in side and occupied by a four story commercial building, originally built in 1924, the single screen movie theater dose business as metro theater, they approved the theater making the building, city landmark number 261 n 2012, the planning condition granted conditional use authorization for a change of use from the single screen theater to personal service as the gym, and the fitness facility is under construction and slated to open this summer. the framing development consists of a variety of commercial and mixed use, commercial units with residential units above the scale of development is one to three story structures. commercial spaces contain a variety of small scale businesses that include a mix of cafe and restaurant, and serves and to date, they received two letters in support of the project, from the union street association and the golden gate neighborhood association and those two letters were included in your packet. and in order for the

the union didn't like the stories. they filled a notice saying they were preserving the right to sue for libel but never filled a suit and they issued a 100-page report and the paper stood by the story and we never ran any corrections. >> there is a famous line in a film by john ford and they have having the john ford panels next door. it is a scene at the end when james stewart goes to a newspaper reporter or editor and he tells him he is not the man who shot liberty balance and the newspaper editor won't here anything about it. he says when the legend becomes fact, print the legend. i think that i would like to start there by asking you how cesar got started as a labor organizer. >> and then we will have to connect that to the legend. you have a plan. his beginning as this was a fascinating part of the story and important to under the later decisions. -- understand -- he was a farm worker and started when he was 12 and his family lost their farm. he was in the navy and came out and worked out of the fields and was wo

my question has to do with unions. taft-hartley act in the late '40s really was a very poor act because it, when you strike, an alternative is for managers to come in to do the job. and i'm wondering whether that was evident after striking and, therefore, they strategized to do the boycott, or was it more -- >> that's absolutely right. the farm workers were excluded from the national labor relations board, and because they were excluded from the act, they were able to do secondary boycotts. so it's something that was perceived by the growers as being an advantage turned out to be to the farm workers' benefit for the boycott. >> but why were -- >> that's a complicated story. yeah. >> as a nurse, i'm interested in pesticides and declining health, and these farm workers, the close proximity they were to the crops that use -- can i consider cesar chavez the pioneer in organics, you know? >> in many ways -- >> i'm glad my kids didn't eat grapes. >> early on way before people were talking about organic food, vegetarian, and

that student athlete ares unionize -- athletes unionize, they'll pay due toss the union, where do these payments come from? >> dues are an internal union matter, so how they decide to do it is up to them. but under section 302 of the labor management relations act, it's clear that an employer -- in this case, the university -- can't pay it. an employer would have to bargain over checkoff, for example, but that comes from wages. and so unless we're talking about wages in some form, the unions would have to answer that. kappa or any other union. >> we've touched briefly earlier on taxation, these universities and organizations are tax-exempt. if a student becomes an employer, are they then subject to taxation? and if so, does that affect pell grants, ability to get student loans? where do we go -- how do we go down that road? >> you're beyond my area of expertise, but i do believe that others perhaps can answer that question. >> does somebody else have a comment on that? >> well, section 61 of the internal revenue code has a very capacious definition of what is income. so if an individual

i did in cgt union. i'm saying look to the french way is the way it is we worked three hours and we taken our lunch break and we talked for about three hours and you're not into chains are protected he had its own well as the titans ceo said the fuel if that's the french way well then the french way is also include sitting in cafes all day and enjoying a ten point four percent unemployment rate. the message that this ends for it at a talented nation with all the productive capacity that's been mentioned all that all intellectual property the insect repellent that it is in france it's going to waste because of this government it's really the whole than to let what we would call missed out genomics going back to that fifties model of the state mediating between unions and shareholders then and the meeting reaching consensus issue this season that's not. it became a model that responses to today's innovation economy and an ntu nelson is just one more instance of it and i want to make clear that we were not

charles payne, unions goating them into this and what do they want out of this? >> there is a whole lot of contracts out there, a whole lot of different unions whose contracts automatically adjust with the hike in minimum wage. they will automatically get a raise themselves and they will be able to go through the newly enriched employees that say, you owe us one, too. they want to swell the ranks as well, and you think of the ramifications of this, and everybody knows if you do this, something crazy, north of 10 bucks, there will be job losses. so the teenage kid making minimum wage, and the average house makes $70 a year, and take out one person from that equation, they are making less of the median income. >> ben, if it's not going to be $15, which the unions are pushing, and they secretly know they are not going to get that, and it gets them back to $10.10. >> i am a fan of mcdonald's. it's as good as -- >> it must be freshly cooked. >> it has to be freshly cooked, exactly right. exactly right. it has to be freshly cooked. if they are not freshly cooked, then

you know i'm sympathetic and supportive of unions. there's times when the teachers unions are doing more harm than good. i don't like the good, young teachers are the first to go while people that don't care so much anymore are being protected. that's not good. >> i agree with rick and coming from a family of teachers. give merit pay and bonuses to the teachers doing right by the kids and what hurts children too is poverty as well. >> sabrina, how do you get through the unions? we're stuck with them and they don't want these standards. they want everybody to be treated exactly the same even if some are better than others. >> right. that's our argument especially for young women, it's better for you to not be part of a union because the fact is you can't negotiate anything that's going to be better for yourself. you're to be dragged down by the lowest common denominator. >> stop locking up our parents. very simple. >> blocking investigations and giving bonuses to workers watching porn. the new epa allegations that will have you and all

currently the national credit union administration treats funds held by credit union members on behalf of those who are not federally insured credit crune members as not covered by the national credit union share insurance fund. this has created a disparity in coverage, pess herbal will -- especially when looking at the debit and master accounts. part of the purpose from credit unions has been to reach out to the community around them, especially to reach out to the underserved, maintaining a strong commitment to the iolat community and removeling this -- removing this barrier sustains that. i urge my colleagues to support this billened, a bill that corrects a disparity between the between are counted credit unions and other banks. i look forward to the statement of the other ed who has been an important champion of this important bill. i thank you again, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. perlmutter: i thank my friend mr. royce from kale for his remarks and as they say, or as i say, two eds are better than one. we'll start with that.

will pay dues to the union. where are these payments coming from? >> the dues are an internal matter so they -- how they decide to do it is up to them but under section 302 of the labor relations act is clear that the employer can pay. the employer would have to bargain over checkoff for example but that is bargain over wages so unless we are talking about wages in some form the unions would have to answer that or any of the union. >> we touched briefly earlier on on taxation. these universities and organizations are tax-exempt. if the student becomes an employer aren't they subject to taxation and if so does that affect programs abilities to get student loans? how do we go down that road? >> beyond my area of expertise but i do believe that others perhaps can answer that question. >> is somebody else have a quite quite -- comment on that? >> section 61 of the internal revenue code has a very capacious definition of what is income so if an individual is an employee then very strong arguments. obviously this is a

industrial republican union news as this in extended trade union movement brings together only thirty percent of all working people that is more than two point five million people of almost nine million now labor unions have more rights and freedoms. if the nazis. now another twenty six british trade unions if the unions on to become members of the twenty six trade unions their welcome if they do not want to they can go to french trade union themselves even ten people can unite in the local union investor association bob the right to create a republican association. if their existing units do not suit them. i chopped up at the summit director clearly determining the strap all i think the will of them to make decisions at all levels and in every sector that was not possible previously. they want to get our i e if it's not someone that he is the member of the merger was also critical of administrative offences in the second reading incentive to the senate. it is to humanize administrative law in particular reducing the size of many penalties another demo. obama loses its view of lessons

member i mean both russia and the european union but i have to be honest you've been union made a terrible move and the beginning of in the last year they at least partially started a lot of the troubles and that analysis. is shared by more parties in the european union for sure but now the here is introducing yet more sanctions against russia are there chanting anything at all in your opinion. well you know i am not the biggest believer in sanctions it's not good for anybody it's not good for europe it's not good for russia so it's not good for ukraine so i think we should try to once again deescalate i mean if if the russian army would and would invade ukraine which i believe would be a terrible mistake then of course you could talk about sessions but no sanctions could be even counterproductive at least if you make forward more economical sanctions so i'm i'm i think that europe should also take part of the blame because they made big mistakes but also russia should take part of the part of the blame they also made mistakes and if the boss agree on that and focus on the ukraine and also

the european union -- i had initially thought the european union would be a great monitoring organization, and i'm a european -- citizen of the european union myself, and the european union has a lot of political clout and a lot of political tentacles and a lot of ties and constraints on what it can and cannot say, and it's observers are people who work for the european union tell me they get criticized if they don't follow the line of the european union, what they're supposed to be saying after the election. so, it's not that they're not critical. they're critical when they want to be, but when they don't want to be, it's a good example of an organization that we think should have a lot of credible but credibility but that has so many different things at stake that sometimes they have to weigh things. at it not a nefarious in the sense that these organizations are not -- these are not mean, terrible people who want to good out there and lie and cheat and cover things up it's that they have different ideals. different of different norms they're trying to weigh. do we want violence to brea

only at the future of the european union. thank you for what she does this in all these he'll comment that he's staying with us for more news on the channel the eye. i loosened them lou. and all this is. i do. i am. eye members of the house of parliament approved the draft law on reducing the funds have not been dispersed in the region symbol of the site introduced a package of amendments to the budget legislation to end piece to minister of economy and budget planning explained that the bill gives more freedom to local executive bodies in particular matters will be allowed to relocate finds an amount up to ten percent independently deputies also approved a draft law on trade unions in the first reading is designed to greatly enhance the role in the position of professional associations expanding the functions in defining the legal status

i question the need to unionize. one final note, it is difficult to maintain that we truly have a student athlete system. this is not an acceptable outcome and i don't see how classifying the student-athletes as employees is going to improve the situation. finally, i was justin f. leavitt noted and. i was not an employee of the ever see, nor did i want to be. i played six years of professional football. i was an employee and wanted to be. thank you. >> true experts. i will start with you. -from st. paul hood goes on to do all these things. i think you were part of a national championship team. i'm disappointed you could not help the vikings. you mentioned that your daughter is playing the cross -- across the better than. watching her experience and your experience of wonder if you were discouraged from taking a class or pursuing a major. >> i was not. >> if you -- most of us on this panel, i can speak for everybody, but a lot of issues that could be and should be addressed. the university's ought to be addressing. a

the european union, i had initially thought the european union was going to be a great organization. i'm a citizen of the european union myself. the european union has a lot of political clout but also a lot of political tentacles and a lot of ties and the law of constraints on what it can and cannot say. yet some observers, people to work for the european union often tell me that they get criticized if they don't follow the line of the european union, what they are supposed to be saying after the election. it is not that they are not critical. when they don't want to be, you know, it is a good example of an organization that we think should have a lot of credibility but that has so many different things stake the sometimes they have to weigh things. and it is not a failure in the sense that these organizations are not, you know, mean, terrible people who want to go out there and lie and cheat and cover things up. it is that they have different ideals, different norms. to we want violence? no, probably not. do we think that it is better to call the glass half full than half-empty? if

leagues generally encourage unionization in 2011 the nfl players sought to end their union but the nfl win to court to demand they remain a union against the players' wishes. at an economist, i focus on the athletes' free market value, which is high. but as a union, they're focused on enhancing owed indicational safety, better medical coverage, reducing head trauma, improving graduation rates and establishing educational trust funds to ensure athletes can finish their degrees. because of time limits i'll summarize my points. because most athlete does not go on to work in the nfl, ncaa collusion effectively denies 95% ore more of conditioning athletes of their four best sports earning years of their entire career. for some those may be their four best earning years, money that would go to athletes is funneled to coaches and recruiting, college football coaches can make as minute as $7 million a year. that also deprives women athletes of title ix matching funds. collusion simple. s the burden from a private school like northwestern to taxpayer funded pehl grants, food stamps or forcing s

union. >> it took years of negotiation to reach this point, and differences remain among the signatories, but belarus' leader says the deal is a mutually accepted compromise. russian president vladimir putin said the new union was of historic significance. >> the economic cooperation between russia, belarus, and posix dan -- kazakhstan is widening. >> the pact covers free trade among the member states. the coordination of their financial systems, and the regulation of industrial and agriculture policies, labor markets, and transport networks. the founding members are already in a customs union. the group may be set to grow. armenia and turkestan -- turkestan -- kyrgystan have shown that justin joining. it is set to go in effect at the start of next year. >> earlier, we spoke to our correspondent in moscow and asked whether this was an attempt to revive the soviet union or to compete more effectively against the european union. >> none of the experts we have been talking to this day believe t

the government is preventing unions as a mayday rally. it has provided an alternative venue, but according to the union, it's their right to demonstrate wherever and whenever they want. so this is really part of an ongoing political struggle in this country. divisions within turkish society. it is not just about a mayday rally. the government is democratically elected and it's still popular, and it won the local elections a few weeks ago, but critics say that it has been abusing its power, and those who have taken to the streets told us that they feel they're being silenced. they want to be able to express their demands. so yes, this was supposed to be a day when workers mark labor day. but it's showing really the growing divide, the polarization in turkish society. but the security forces are out enforce, and they deploy all roads leading to the square have been sealed. and public transport has been suspended. so the government is bent on preventing any rallying here. this is symbolic for the unions, and a rallying point for the labors o

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eurasian economic union. in detail today. thank you for that. man up and come home, that is u.s. secretary of state john kerry and his message to whistleblower edward snowden of the nsa. speaking on american television, snowden said there was no where he would rather go an intelligence officer also said he was high up in the cia and nsa, working as a spy abroad, which the u.s. government denies. we have more on this story. >> he has been called a hero and a traitor. him,ver you think of edward snowden says that he was much more than just an analyst for the national security agency. >> i was trained as a spy in the traditional sense of the word and live in cover overseas pretending i am holding a job and then i am not, and being assigned a name. interview, he says he worked undercover for the nsa he firstand he -- when leaked details about the united states and their large-scale surveillance of citizens and people around the world, he insisted he did this for the good of the country. revelations led the 30-yea

anything in the soviet union was done by the communist party of the soviet union, which is remarkableecause everything in the soviet union is about the tsar or the leader. in a sense, what he did was allowed for him to be retired. he was the first leader retired in russia and the soviet union, he didn't die, he wasn't killed and was able to do farming that he loved. i continued to go to very elite school, and so that is something that he did. he opened up the system and the stalinists, as you call them, completely. >> and he is your grandfather who died during world war ii, and you bring up how he then later - a story was built about how he'd been a traitor to the nazis. we will not have time to get into that. but i'll leave it as a tees. the book is full of fascinating characters and full of history. mind. >> thank you. >> great to have you on the sow. >> coming up, so many americans are so attached to their smart phones, there's a name for the anxiety people suffer when they leave them at home. first, a surprising drop in kids this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it coul

a global fast-food worker movement supported by traditional unions, but which spraing from known unionroups. >> when i first started working about worker centers by 2003 there were about 140, and now there's about 220. >> reporter: none union labor groups have proliferated as the economy has shifted away there manufacturing. to services where small groups of employees are scattered around many location and often separated from a corporate parent through a middleman like a franchiser. >> there is a corporate food chain. the workers at the bottom who work for franchises, but at the time, it's the corporations that are really setting the wage. >> reporter: that has forced a change in tactics. a traditional union tactic would be to call a worker strike, shut down a place of business to put economic pressure on an employer. non-union labor takes a very different approach. this franchise is still open. many of the people protesting outside may work in fast-food but not necessarily at that franchise. moreover there are people here from the community who have come out to lend support. the aim

i don't want it to be a union work place.ant a union contract between my son and i. >> you have taken this all the way to the supreme court and you're waiting for the supreme court to rule whether or not you have to be a member of the union. is that right? >> exactly. we have asked the supreme court to determine if governor quinn was wrong in trying to declare us state employees solely for the purpose of unionization. >> well, i hate to say -- i know how tough it is to take care of a sick family member and i regret that anybody has any added controversy. i hate to see you have to go through this as well pamela. we'll wait to see. the supreme court will make the decision by the end of june. we'll see what they'll do. >> that's right. thank you. >> thank you, pamela. >> up next, ivanka trump. you'll have to hear what this successful business woman has to say about the latest job news. on the record next. also i'll take you off the record. i have advice for president obama just in time for tomorrow >>> well, you all know her. we

even before the creation of the customs union. the director of the plane to meet jamal off a list of classes the market since the day according to a prestigious for importing raw materials to provide a huge consumer market of the union member countries has opened for the economic integration is not just useful but necessary according to the business plan of falling in a lot of me with a theme that's the main commodities in the sport are frozen on course metals mineral products and chemical products from the customs union countries import food products metal products motor vehicles machinery and equipment. lois and the lighting italy's these needs. the lightest international tours exhibition arabian travel market. representatives from over a hundred and thirty five countries will present their proposals for foreign tourists. it is a leading exhibition in the middle east and one of the largest world the trend of this year on tours to the nations that are gaining popularity. what is the one afraid what tourists the opportunity to get

no no no the european union like that the european union isn't serious military or political force in that sense the european union as i said earlier is keen to have good neighbors ship with all its neighbors including russia and tries to arrange economic agreements and cultural agreements and all of that to foster those good good relationships. it is run into a real difficulty that the background to the crisis in ukraine is precisely that ukrainian government which wanted to sign the association agreement with. the european union ran into real difficulties with russia on that point and that led to the demonstrations on the may down the fall of the satanic overture and everything that has followed the european union is very keen to resume strong strengthen relations with with the crane immediately and once were over the immediate crisis hopefully we can get back to strengthening relations with russia as well now there is this phrase in english what doesn't kill you make it makes you stronger and i think you would agree with me that the collapse of the soviet union was almost a near de

and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry yourate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. ♪ captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the death toll from a coal mine disaster in turkey continued to climb today. and while hopes dimmed for those still trapped inside, anger over the tragedy fueled violent protests nearby. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this wednesday, a portion of my wide-ranging conversation today with former president bill clinton. we talk health care, politics and income inequality >> it's really put a cramp in the whole idea of the american dream.

it was the union army, too, you could get away with things there. but otherwise there was a woman in south carolina who went with her husband, not as a doctor, but part of this settlement where the union had control of the see islands of south carolina -- sea -- and her husband went off with the army to go to florida to fight, and left her in charge of the hospital that was there and she was officially a nurse but she was in charge of the hospital. she practiced at a doctor more or less until he came back. there was one woman in the confederacy who practiced at a hospital in charlottesville, but most acted as nurses even if they did end up doing doctoring kinds of behaviors. >> host: do you know what the picture is on the front of the book? >> guest: it is a hospital in washington, d.c. and what you see there is one long ward as so often the wards were. they were long, narrow rooms with a stove in the middle and mosquito netting hanging up there. they called the town foggy bottom and it was very much filled with mosquitos so there was relief with th

that, a chunk is going to go to the union. >> a chunk is going to go to the union. scenario if it went to $15, not only a chunk to unions but they'll lose earned income tax credits. they will lose some other benefits. some might sit down with pen and paper and say keep me at eight bucks. keep me at eight bucks because -- >> i'm all for raising the minimum wage. it's not $15. peg it to inflation. whatever we want to do to avoid this nonsense. my bigger concern is to your point about the mcdonald's opening up 50,000 jobs. 1 million folks apply. let's get them in the door. get them a job. things where we are firing on all cylinders and talk about paying more. isn't the big issue getting them in the door and getting them a job? >> the big issue is getting people a taste of capitalism and taste of going to work and the workforce. i believe we should put more emphasis on summer jobs. having said that, we also should be honest about this. 600,000 manufacturing jobs are vacant right now because of a skills gap. by the way, only 7% need a college degree. two million stem job