for union members to discipline their unions by forcing the unions to hold a vote on whether spending is used politically or to withhold dues from political purposes. the overwhelming majority of union members would like to see that done. polls consistently show that union members want their union to get consent before spending dues on political activities. 66% approved and 14% disapproved the statement that it was unreasonable that unions are allows to spend dues on politics without getting member approval. 79% of union members believe that employees should have the right not to participate in their union's political support of specific candidates or parties. we're here today with people who are actually working on these in very specific cases. i'm going to introduce them and let them take it away. victor joecks to my left serves as executive director of national employee freedom week which is a coalition of 68 groups in 40 states dedicated to helping union mechls to learn about the freedoms they have to leave union membership. victor is executive vice president of the nevada policy

it was union, union, union.i will take the union with slavery, without slavery, or leave slavery where it is in the states. how can you dismiss -- dismiss is the wrong word -- but when you are interpreting the blind memorandum, you indicated that you did not think that was a possibility that that could have happened, in terms of him, lincoln, agreeing we would have a peace by accepting -- >> by rescinding the emancipation proclamation. one thing that i think that lincoln scholars in general always cuss and discuss his lincoln's reputation as a world thinker. for many years, lincoln was in favor of the back to africa movement. for the first year of his presidency he put incredible political capital into trying to reimburse states, having the federal government purchase slaves and send them back to africa rather than have a war. it just did not work. and it just didn't work. and it just didn't work. he was getting pressure from europe right from the beginning. the european emancipation, particularly in england, wh

union army away. engineered the most brilliant march. robert e. lee had his and the south's greatest victory. one officer put it walking jackson ride out with lee on the first day of the battle comet as a fighter and leader he was all that could ever be given to a man's fate and then jackson was dead, victims of an accidental shooting by his own men and pneumonia that set in after words. he was shot by his own men. his arm was amputated. he was recovering pretty well in this house before the pneumonia set in and worked pretty quickly. this is is death mask. on display at the valentine museum in richmond. it is fascinating to look at that you can also see how easy it it was from the pneumonia that killed him. what happened in the wake of jackson's death was unique in american history ended with characterized by something most other historians fail to notice and that is the fact that jackson's death triggered the first great national outpouring of grief for a fallen leader in american history. that may

union and confederacy. the specific question is about the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and whether his practice influenced that decision. -- [ inaudible ] >> right. [ inaudible ] >> sure. i don't know if lincoln's practice as a lawyer prepared him necessarily for that specific issue. and i'll briefly summarize. at the very beginning of the civil war, us is session was on the move. seven states had succeeded before lincoln became president. in april 1861, the upper south us is seeded aseeded and lincoln looked at the situation an thought, i can't allow them to siesd. lincoln sent a letter to went field scott authorizing scott to suspend the writ of habeas corpus along the military line between philadelphia and washington, d.c. he eventually expanded it up to new york and then even beyond. and what this meant was that the military could arrest civilians and detain them indefinitely without charges as long as public safety required it. now lincoln based this decision on article 1 section 9 of the co

we were notified by the union that had actively led strikes in the past.onth earlier, a fire broke out and gutted the factory. all the management staff have left. and nobody plans to return. ex-workers have gathered in front and are repeating demands that will probably never be heard. the protest began without consulting any labor unions. >> ex-workers say they come here every day because doing nothing at home makes them feel helpless. chbl >> many workers would like to find work at other factories if they could. but new jobs are few and far between. most have no choice but to tap into what savings they have or borrow money to get by. cambodia has yet to develop a welfare system to protect workers who face such a desperate plight. meanwhile, while others have suffered, one factory has managed to expand sales during the past two years. no one here has ever gone on stri strike. all factory tasks are managed by leaders selected by workers. salaries are determined by the productivity of the team, meaning that wages can increase, even if the country's minimum w

now looks them turned to face the union troops.er] he has arrived here it's very steep but on top of this is flat. it was an unorthodox the textbook move that they would have taught at west point was to move forward at the northern edge of henry hill bohai ground to look down the slope to the bike but instead jackson chose the south eastern edge the reverse flow. but here even though the top of the hill was flat on this side it was thick with braintree's the was under siege by the federal cannons. and then be carried back to safety on the slope they would be hard to see to offer a wide and unobstructed feel the fire those on this side of henry hill have to cross 300 yards is very proximate. zero raging up and down the line is putting them into place. around this time the federal high command finally figured out the battle was not in front in them but behind them kasell quite a long time to figure this out. but as soon as they did they grasped the brilliance of his position and immediately began to build the battle around him it wou

the union armies have to conquer the south. they have to eradicate those men who have come to power in the confederate government. they have to get them out of power. on the confederate side, if lee, davis, joe johnson out west can prolong this war and bring home victories, they can essentially win by a draw. the democratic peace party takes power, and by 1865 the confederacy can be an independent nation in itself. the confederates in 1864 have very high expectations. the georgian journal wrote in 1864 that the print -- the spirit of officers and men .21 result, and that is success. the texas officer wrote that on the eve of the campaign if the people at home could only see the spirit of this army, i am confident confederate currency would appreciate the value and be worth as much as gold. it is high hopes the people have in the south. yes, they had setbacks. they lost chattanooga, which would be a fantastic jumping off point in 1864. then we have the setback at gettysburg. the south is still holding its own. lee's army is stil

big union interest. big corporate interest drowning out our speech and undermining the fundamental promise of political equality for all. >> thank you. you know, when we were designing time limits here, i thought, how can we give a lawyer one min out for anything. but we're trying. mr. buff, your closing thoughts on this topic? >> you know, the example that john just gave demonstrates the fallacy in his argument. the government set the poll tax and the government then impoesd the obstacle or burden on people tarpies pating. government doesn't determine the price of ads. the government hasn't decided that ads are going to cost something. it's the marketplace. the private -- reality, one. and private people doing that. you know, so you get the lumberjack to work for free to cut down the tree in order to make the news print so you can do this for free? so it's not about the government imposing a barrier. it is about the government providing for freedom and preventing the government from imposing a barrier.

the css alabama, 64 union merchant ships and one union gunboat off the coast of texas, 65, which sets a world record. the css shenandoah with 37. css florida has 38. until the 20th century, those records will stand. among americans, u.s. and confederate sailors, those records stand even today because the top scoring american submarine ace sank 24 ships. these records still stand among the american and confederate navies. this success panics the north. drives up insurance prices, drives up the cost of shipping, pressures the northern war effort but not to the extent that the confederate navy would like, but it certainly has an effect. one of the easy things that most of the union merchant men do, they sell their ships, trade their papers to a neutral country. we may have all-american crew, all guys who talk with a boston accent -- that is a british flag we are flying. we are registered in london. you can't touch us. that works only to a certain extent. the alabama, the most successful under the command of raphael sims, the alabama operates in in may of 1862, operating in the north atla

both forts fall to the union. port for thele confederacy east of the mississippi river on the gulf off and willclosed remain closed off for the rest of the war. but there's another effectiveness as well. fredericksburg native is the command of the post of mobile and he and 10,000 men are forced to sit in mobile for the rest of the war, almost completely the rest of the war until they are forced out in the spring of 1865 , guarding against any possible federal incursion northward into the heart of the confederacy. these troops sit here. they are badly missed and badly needed on other battlefronts. are a these effects direct or indirect result of the fact that took buchanan could not keep his head when he was under the guns of fort morgan and put the helm of the tennessee northward against farragut's fleet. the human factor making the difference. let us come back and conclude with where we started, the sounds of north carolina. i have not talked about a human element yet for the sounds of north carolina. cushing.t w

because that's what a union does. and when you think about it, i don't know, 30 years ago, you know, when i was younger, we talked about wow you know, all these young people working at fast-food. we should be organizing in the fast-food. it was like, impossible. that's going to be impossible to do that. and now, look at what's happening. you know, fast-food workers, wal-mart workers, organizing, doing this. and you know, earlier today we stood up when roberta asked who is in a union and a lot of people stood up. i was like really impressed with the union members. but then i realized, why didn't everybody stand up? because of the labor movement has opened its doors all wide. and can say, join working america. and join fast-food forward. and join the fight for 15. joan our wal-mart. and everybody could be part of the labor movement. be part of the union movement. and you don't just have a card that said, you know, whatever. you can be part of that laebor movement. but still, that's -- >> elce? >> the causes and solution

one reason was the union army occupied that land. if rosecrans had done nothing else, if he had just done his term and then died or resigned, he would be an important but minor figure of the war. virginiaplaced in west by john c fremont. fremont was the first republican domine for president in 1856. he had been in missouri in 1861. he was an ardent abolitionist, as far as generals went. he was always popular with the more radical element of the republican party, and i don't think it is stretching it to say it was a political dimension to him replacing rosecrans. he had voted for stephen a douglas. so where does rosecrans go? he goes to northeastern mississippi. he fights first under henry hallock and when hallock comes to washington, he fights under ulysses s. grant. two battles. the second was the battle of karen. these are in northeast mississippi. most people have heard of shiloh. these are south of shiloh. i'm going to talk about corinth first. he said the effect was very great. it was indeed a decisive blow to the confederate ca

. >> jess, members of septa's transit workers union vote to authorize a strike. >> the union president, is holding news conference this afternoon, about the new developments, and the ongoing negotiations. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now at frankford transportation center more, jan, good morning. >> reporter: while union members have given their leadership the power to strike, they also say, they've been told to return to work today. and everything is operating normally here in frankford. and that is to the relief of many riders who rely on this transportation, so this means that septa buses, trains, trolleys that serve philadelphia, will keep rolling for now. members of septa's largest labor union approved a strike authorization unanimously on sunday, again, that means members have approved union leadership to call a strike, if they deem it necessary. 5,000 bus drivers, subway, trolley operators and maintenance work verse been without a contract since march, sticking points, continue to be pension benefit increases and pay raises. union members tell us they don't wa

he and his men captured some union soldiers just prior to the election. they forced the union soldiers to take off their blue uniforms the confederates put on the uniforms to her than they got lincoln possible À la, they went to the union camps, went to the polls, and voted for lincoln. they did not support lincoln but wanted to prove a point. after doing this, one wrote, for of course, knowing could object to us after voting for lincoln. of evidencet suggests that there was a great amount of pressure and even coercion to tell the republican party line. i found something that said if i was a civilian, i would say what i thought about it, about the election, but at present, i think a better keep silent, and that was an artillerist. so what does this all mean? first, i have to say, i love abraham lincoln and think he is our greatest president. i have written several books about him. i have about seven more i plan to write. i would not devote all this time to lincoln if i did not think he was worthy of the study. certainly, i think his reelection was the bes

and when you look at the whole union issue, again if it's hands on where you are. bruce router is pat quinn's republican opponent, who was a non-politician, never ran before. and if he's in trouble, one reason in the primary, he declared warp on the state's unions. and he basically implied that he was going to move the state toward a right to work if he could, and the unions corrupt, the state establishment is corrupt. and he scared the bajesus out of them. they're not good friends with pat quinn, though he's a democrat because pat quinn has crossed them on a number of issues. but they are energized. and pat quinn is competitive, though bruce ronner has put 40, $50 million into the race, and he's still in it because of the unions, and because they have come together and created these pacts and they have helped pat quinn be exceptive on the money front. in the end, we're looking at $60 million is being spent in illinois, and the union contributions are strong in that area. >> patsy, the one guy, chad quinn, this is the case in a couple of states where the main parti

and in the union read their responses to the reporters.his is because of the fear that many employees have, that they might be retaliated against for talking about these issues, talking about the lapses of their own institution. that is true. this hospital has been saying from day one of the protocols were there and everything was good, protocols were fine. and that you-- have the nurses and health care workers come out and say, no, it was not. a lot of changing of information, not enough equipment, not the right quick it. i think they are absolutely right, their fear of being retaliated. this is the problem here they all say they are ready. we do not need another dallas in another state if another patient shows up. the issue ofin, these vaccines and the lack of investment in public health, something we are feeling the blowback on right now. nih says they are now developing a vaccine. it sounds like this has been possible for a long time but private corporations -- this is usually their purview -- they knew there was not allowed to be made

he voted for civil unions and lost his seat.office, civil unions' opponents say they reacted the only way they could. that was the only option we were given in the process that we have, because vermont does not have a referendum or a popular-vote way of coming at issues. poussaint: so while public opinion may not have tipped the scales in the legislative debate over civil unions, in the general election, it was the only thing that mattered. no democratic government can afford to simply ignore public opinion, and political leaders in a democracy who disregard it do so at their peril. the term for those who too often ignore public opinion might be "former leaders." we know what we want the government to do. what's the problem? why doesn't it simply follow the public will? the problem is, there isn't one public, there are many. people seldom think alike or even about the same things. in this vast and varied nation, differences in religion, education, region, class, gender, race, and ethnicity produce a broad spectrum of views about

next, the career of union rosencrans.iam he played a role in union victories and multiple theaters including the battle of to go chng the -- battle of ikamanga. this event is from the museum of the confederacy. >> welcome to the book talk. david g moore. biogr written the first general -- >> thank you to the museum of the confederacy. and thank you to c-span. i want to start by reading from an introductory chapter of my book. just to kind of set things up. a group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, in one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. that army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. in the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, chattanooga. that capture of chattanooga eventually

foot patrol, especially in the union square areas and you are targeting three more officers for patrols at night and what is the effect and why or what is the plan behind that? >> okay, so, i know that we have heard a lot about union square and i have heard a lot from the merchants and from the hotel council and from the others and i know that the chief has as well and i know that there are a lot of meetings about the union square and the quality of life and the crime issues and things like that, and since i have been at central, i primarily only have one beat officer on the day history shift and so i got the word that the chief increased the staffing and gives me a great opportunity to have the five officers and one that will take care and one that will be opposite of the officer, and so seven days a week in the daytime we will have an officer walking in the union square and four officers at night and two at any given time and when they first come on, they are going to take care of the union square or the grant avenue, or when the stores close they are going to be in the area mentioned

they go capture union ships. most of these raiders in the confederacy will field the raiders over the course of war. most have confederate southern officers. most are europeans that sign on in the sharing of prizes that they capture and the money that is there by attained. as i mentioned, three of them achieve a market success and set world records for commerce rating. the css alabama which we will talk about, the merchant ships off the coast of texas. 65 that sets a world record. with 38 from 1862 to 1864 and in 1864 to 65, the css shenandoah with 37. until the 20th century, those records will stand. i will tell you among americans, u.s. and confederate sailors, those records even today. the top scoring american submarine ace, dick o cain in world war ii. these records still stand among the american and confederate navies. this panics the north and drives up the northern war effort. the union merchant men do and we may have all american crew and all the guy who is talked with a boston accent. that's a british fl

after we heard from the union president and septa tells me that they're pleased that the union is willing give riders 24 hours notice in the event there is a strike but they hope that they can continue bargaining. septa adds that a strike could affect potentially more than 900,000 daily riders. according to the union president, the main issue is pensions. he says the two sides are very far apart. >> california, pennsylvania. >> reporter: that's the distance between the transport workers union and septa. until the two sides can reach enough common ground by friday, bus drivers, subway and trolley operators will walk off the job. >> i can't promise anything beyond this week. >> if there were a strike, what would it mean for you? >> stay home if i can. this is my primary need of transportation. if this is closed down i don't know what else toç do. >> reporter: college students, like many other who rely on public transportation, have few options. >> i would have to walk and that would be like a 30, 35-minute walk. >> reporter: do you take the subway every morning? >> yes. >> reporter: to get

in the back. >> there were about two million in the union army and 340 died in the war. most of them died after the emancipation proclamation was signed. prior to the war, the beginning of the war. they were fighting for preservation of the union. >> does it not clarify the emancipation proclamation. ratio of it. just to show you how brilliant the question was, one more time. the mission of a war is so critical to its success, we heard that from our experience with recent wars, experience with the vietnam war. a walleye titillated mission is critical to success of the fighting man in the battle theater. it becomes much more direct and completed. lincoln establish a commission the restoration of the union. the two were linked finally. even though, and the first version in july, third version in january, and the mission of the war's restoration of the union. subservient to that mission. the writing is clear. he linked the two. the american idea started not with the constitution which was slavery protecting of course but the declaration of independence, that is an argument,

they know what it is to have a union. it is great to have them in solidarity and to be standing with worker who is don't have that. once again it's kind of strange that these worker who is's living in these other countries is making more money, don't have the same privileges and resouses, but they're standing up against the same company that's over here and telling them if you can do it over here, why aren't you doing it in the usa? that's very powerful. that's very strong. and to have our back another country to be standing with america, to be standing with low wage workers in america, i mean, this is definitely something in the history books and kids are going to be reading on. [ applause ] >> well, i guess two things came to mind. one was really the power of social media in helping to fuel the narrative and to win people over. and as an incredible organizing tool, because here, as a couple people have already mentioned, people are posting their photos to facebook and twitter in the midst in realtime, you know, during t

and wave to the union and what a pretty girl. and general beauregard's headquarters, and the jury is made of hair and produces this note she and seifert and therein contained very important information for the first battle of bull run which aided the confederates. actors that, and she becomes public enemy number one to the union. and all of these other characters and elements from the moment in history that enter, what are some others? >> pinkerton was a name one and i was surprised by his involvement. and secret service where, the biggest ego of anybody, just as interested in advancing his -- the interest that bell was. pinkerton -- this is public enemy number one. and the great theme where there's one torrential downpour, and detectives on lafayette square in d.c.. select to save her home wasn't rifle distance of the white house. she called lincoln st. gone. in rival distance of say in. and stands on detective soldiers, looks in the window and what does he see the rose and the trader sitting on a couch looking over fortificatio

at the union army then became an army of liberation.herever the army went, it could liberate slaves. one of the key differences between, i just refer to the three different versions of the emancipation proclamation, the key difference, of course seward, britain and working carefully with lincoln, changing the language trying to make it stronger, better, not on a recognize the freedom of the slaves but maintained it. in other words, defend it with the september proclamation. he does that. and then the genuine proclamation, the one that becomes law, he says, kerchief enlistment of the freed the slaves in the union army. so 180,000 to 200,000 black soldiers emerge in union army the last years of the war, very significant to the conduct of the war. host of them are freed slaves who left the south, donned blue uniforms and returned. very, very key. >> did they not get the freedom and till the 13th and then it passed? >> yes, that's right. until the 13th amendment passed. >> did you notice in your research if lincoln thought about, or anybody

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so july 30th, 1864, actually was a pretty awful day for the union. and in the following days, new yorkers would open up their newspapers and read about the terrible news. there's a very famous new york lawyer named george templeton strong. he recorded in his diary on jewel 31st, he said it's the hottest day of this burning summer, according to my sensations if not the thermometer. i have stayed indoors until tonight steaming with perspiration, and at 2:00 in that afternoon, strong got the afternoon edition of the newspaper and it described a debacle that took place at st. peter'sberg. he concluded his diary with this glum note, we have no right to expect speedy victory in this war. or to ask that rebellion be s suppressed until we have suffered more than we yet have done. well the news of july 30th, captured, i think, how the summer of 1864 felt to many people in the north, it was a long, hot, awful summer. in may and june of 1864, ulysses s. grant and robert e lee had pummelled each other, outside of richmond, near rich p monday in virginia, grant l

it got to the point by 1863 that the union, u.s. military railroad construction crews, could rebuild track about as fast as the confederates could tear it up. and about 10,000 of these people on these construction, there were about 10,000 of these people in the construction crews and a large proportion were freedmen, ex-slaves. one of herman haupt's most remarkable accomplishments came in 1862 when he was called upon to rebuild a bridge behind mcdowell's corps during the peninsula campaign. what haupt did, the bridge was completely destroyed by the confederates. haupt showed up, he built a saw mill n site, and that saw cut 34,760 linal feet of timber and working largely with unskilled men haupt built that bridge in nine days. president lincoln came out to see it. when he went back to washington he said that man haupt has built a bridge across potomac creek about 400 feet long and nearly 100 feet high over which loaded trains are running every hour and upon my word, gentlemen, there is nothing in it but bean poles and corn talks. nin

givner, i'm reading from the tenants union website. while maintaining with full vigor our daily counseling services and political advocacy for tenants, we can then celebrate ted's life with the greatest pride and his family will soon be announcing the details of the public memorial service. please save a prospective date of sunday november 16, subject to change. the tenants union will also be hosting open houses and mobilization so please stay tuned for those announcements. with the closure of the san francisco bay guardian newspaper, we know it's crucial to keep our electoral practiceses and political activities strong, independent, honest and reliable. please rest assured that we are all fully prepared for that, too. thank you. ~ well. >> thank you, supervisor mar. president chiu. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, thank you for your beautiful word about ted gul acson. there is so much that can be said about ted ~. he was one of the very first progressive activists that i met in our city probably about 15 years ago and he was som

let's now move to the union and talk a little bit about elizabeth. >> yes. van little was sort of the opposite of rose. she was a union lady level in the confederate capital of richmond, so the exact opposite situation. and whereas rose was a celebrated beauty, elizabeth -- one of her contemporaries said, quote: she was never as pretty as her portrait showed. [laughter] which i wish i had a portrait. >> come on. >> true, very true. >> they didn't have photo shop, so things were, you know -- [laughter] they've taken some things out. >> yeah. but elizabeth was a staunch abolitionist. she was born and raised in richmond but spent a lot of time up north being educated. and when she came back to richmond, he was not pleased with the state of things and began freeing the family slaves. .. >> they were overwhelmed by how horrific this situation once. once her family had passed, they explained how they needed to be welcomed into the society. and she started spending her time for the purpose of doing this for the freedom. so this is something that was near and dear t

. >> it's been trick n i didn't in the union square area we've down i done that but we worked with the bid and we've worked with merry al kline and other people trying to identify unions groups we can work with in partnership there's been a outreach and nobody's has been able to say this the community group or the organization you should partner with so basically, what we've done without that in place we have those mailings those first class mailings that starts friday, a month out and reinforce the communication and it has a complete accept of call to action included in those communications so if they have questions they can e-mail, etc. >> through supervisor chiu's office you asked for information. >> yes. >> as well as the bid as well as merrill at the mta, etc. >> commissioner akers and then maybe we'll try to wrap up. >> last year, we had complaint from the community did that include the residents or mostly hotels and they were apartment buildings around jones street. >> so there's a record of those resident it was a written complaint; right? so when we have their e-mails or i e-m

everyone should have a union. seeing fast food workers, this is the group of people that they say are just young -- young and dumb and don't have i agree. many of us have degrees. to see them finally standing up against mcdonald's, we're talking about mcdonald's that's in all these different countries, have ads on tv, all this different stuff to get people and buy their food, taco bell, these are bill brands, billion-dollar companies, to be standing up against them is like -- young people doing this? it's possible. i think this is like the turning point possibly in the labor force. hopefully -- so. [ applause ] >> i probably shouldn't say anything. that's almost what i was going to say. i guess i was trying this one out. i don't usually talk in this language. but i think it's actually done nothing less than reignite the moral authority of the labor movement in the united states at least. [ applause ] which was -- in this room, it was lost with the red skirt anti-communist witch hunts with inauguration of business

the total casualties of the confederates versus the union -- the union took far more casualties. can you argue that the railroad system itself contributed heavily towards that or is that not a correlation? >> it does contribute in a way. one argument you can make is that the armies were to so tied to the railroads, it made decisive maneuver difficult. if the other army had rail supply, chances are it could be reinforced. it is my contention that the existence of the railroad helped make the civil war last as long as it did. in that sense, what it added to the casualties. >> the union side had more casualties than the confederates. that is what i am asking. >> the biggest difference is union forces are on the offensive through most of the war. it is the axiom of the war that the guy on the offensive will take more casualties. i would suspect the railroads themselves explain those differences. yes, sir? >> have you read or heard anything about that sometime before world war ii, rush wrote change the railroad change to retard invasions? >> that is commonplace and not true either. th

the union merged into another entity.that time, the causes that the porters were working on -- basic labor rights and working conditions -- had really magnified itself into civil rights, the greater civil rights movement. and what you saw coming out of kind of's really transformed into a lot of the labor union activity at the time. can't imagine, what would it be like to work a capacity,ar, at full 25, 30 people constantly demanding from you, 24 hours a day, and you have to be on your game every single minute? rules that youe know, the moment you set one side of the line or the other, you could lose your job over that. of the that because racial situation involved, if a passenger makes a complaint about you, the passenger is probably going to get believed over your side of the story. and yet, to go home after a trip, and realize that you brought home a wage, and you brought home tips, which in some cases are pretty good, and to be able to hang your uniform, a uniform that a lot of other folks do not have -- to hang that i

>> i like to see the unions get into the 21st century. we used to put the scabs up on a big board on highway 31. it's no different than paying taxes. we all drive on the roads and pay taxes. they want the benefits of the union, negotiating the contracts but not pay the wages. that's not right and we know it. >> john, do you agree? >> i lived in tyler, texas for 20 years, so i have a fondness for chuck. i don't agree on unions. they are in a desperation mode right now. this is part of it. 40% of private union down to a single digit right now. they are on the verge of going extinct. i think it's a privacy concern. >> jonas? >> chuck is still mad at the scabs from 20 years ago. there's no other way to do it. when you are in an opec-like organization trying to have an artificial rate whether oil or labor, you have to break thumbs to keep people in line or it doesn't work, it falls apart. that's why the scab list is up there, to get their lunch bag stolen or whatever they are going to do, beat them up. that's not going to keep it working or fa

the union says it's not logical and creates fear and panic. and new jersey governor chris christie, by the way, will talk about the ebola situation in the garden state and his decision on the quarantine protocol live on "today" show live in an exclusive interview little later this morning. >>> rating reliability. >> the new list out showing the most trustworthy cars you can get for your family. >>> and blimp in a box. a new tool in the manhunt for (e will finally catch him. >>> a hunt of a different kind in delaware. the missing pet that has many neighbors nervous about going outside this morning. >>> it is not as cold this morning if you're going out, you don't have to layer up like yesterday. we're in 51 degrees right now here at nbc 10. the time is 4:37. >>> happening today a public hearing will be held to discuss proposed changes to bus service. the delaware transit corporation is hosting a hearing at the library. transit officials say the proposed time changes will help the buses be on time. scheduled changes would take effect in january.

but the union says it may have no choice. and the 4700 employees and septa largest union have been working without a contract for the 7 months. there have been ongoing talks since then. union says things are started going backwards. now, they've reached the tipping point. >> it would be no striking in the immediate future. i can't proption anything beyond this week. >> the union says this all could be settled if septa would agree to pension payment party. >> we believe we have a pension plan that our members put three times as much into the pension as management, management gets three times as much out. >> step says it's bargaining in good faith and needs to hold the line on expenses. if they don't come up with agreement this week commuters are looking at the possibility of a strike monday morning. brown says he'll give the riding public 24 hours notice instead of stranding them like last time the union walked five years ago. most commuters have learned to cope. many turned to regional rail. but it got a bit chaotic last time

the union is backing the union for governor. >> i work for a union, i understand we all understand, but it's an inconvenience, you know. >> and inconvenience for a lot of people, the talks have broken off here for the day and both sides say they will be back at the bargaining table tomorrow morning and the union sending strong signals that it is indeed getting ready for a strike. david henry, channel 6 "action news". >>> okay david thank you. we are following a developing story out of wichita canada at least four people are dead after a small plane crashed into a building, look at the video from earlier. king air crash nood a building shortly before noon today. the building is used by flight safety international to train pilots to fly cessna planes only the pilot was on board at the time of the crash and it's not clear how many people were inside of the building that is located at the wichita mid continent airport. >> it was horrific, there was heavy smoke on the horizon as you approached the airport for miles, a challenging fire as you might imagine, it appears that the aircraft struck

that you ask why gene custom union. and i can ask you why you need common market in european union. it's clear that time is integration and the disintegration to all countries want to get more markets, more space for their economy. that's why also why russia who is on one side kazakhstan, on the other side belarusian. why russia cannot have custom union. this is normal tendency in economic development of modern world. nothing happens. and to understand this you have to work to populate that structure and then you will know exactly about which we are speaking. >> so back to questions. [inaudible] >> wait for the mic of them, please. and identify yourself first. >> i'm jeff, a retired epa scientist. what is russia's cooperation with china over solving the north korean situation? >> well, we have same final intention to have korean peninsula without nuclear weapons. we calculate on bilateral level and in the framework of countries working together. it's clear that unfortunately that our cooperation is really clear in this area. we want to reach, we're working, trying to do what we can.