the union moves fast in the west. everything favors the union. not only do the confederates have enough soldiers but the rivers act as main arteries of invasion for the north. the union wins at kentucky, pee ridge, arkansas and captures forts donaldson and henry, which results in the first confederate capital at nashville, tennessee. although the union has captured 100,000 square miles of territory, people aren't really noticing. it is kinda far from washington and new york where the papers are coming up and people are paying attention. hold that thought for a second. in the east something that gets a lot of news is the great battle of the iron claleds. -- ironclads. the c.s.s. virginia fighting the u.s.s. monitor, this new ironclad ship that hung low to the water line. it's incredible and is easily -- immediately made all other vessels obsolete and change naval warfare. the union captured nashville they could start to move toward memphis, tennessee. they can go toward corinth, mississippi. an important rail line. unionn see the moving down. they

unions. unions use their power to press government to put their interests first. in contract negotiations, unions always insist on seniority-based layoffs. this gives guaranteed job security to their more senior members, but it also means that school districts are forced to lay off the new hires first, even if those teachers are star performers. parents object, but the unions have decided they can accept that. and unions also want, understandably, very generous retirement benefits for their members. in michigan, 27% of school districts' budgets are going to provide pensions and health benefits, and it's not hard to see why. in this state, you can retire after 25 years to collect full benefits. so you have a lot of teachers retiring in their late 40's or their early 50's. but if you care about dollars being spent in the classroom, that is a problem. the michigan education association used their clout to cut the bill. if costs were going to be cut, they wanted those cuts to come elsewhere. or t

host: what union were you in? 560, union city, new jersey. guest: nothing in north carolina law or new jersey law stopped him from joining a union. in new jersey, you would be compelled to pay dues. in north carolina, you cannot do that. host: next up in south carolina, james. go ahead. caller: yes, sir. host: you are on the air. go ahead. caller: i worked unions here in charlotte for years, and we did good. my sister is retired from a union out of new york. they pay medical, dental, and they do good. it is unfortunate that this guy is saying about the studies. construction the last 15 years when there was no union, and those people were paid however. 5here was a guy making $9.7 two years ago, electrician. that is ridiculous. i have outcry for the poor guy. i don't know where this guy is getting his studies, but maybe he needs to come down here and just step out into the real world and see what is going on. thank you. of construction, are there areas where the union sectors have grown that other areas have not been as strong? he talked about

is a union victory. it was a victory that comes on the heels of defeat at first atl run, leesburg, and also wilson's creek in missouri. , is defeats, albeit small enough to boost the flagging union morale. it's very needed, at least in the fall of 1861. 18 61 is the day after the union was defeated at the battle of bull run or manasses. the idea there is they are going to keep an eye on union forces. they are closing perilously close to the union capital. they are coming into contact with union forces outside of the capitol. we need a person to gain control of the situation and that person, of course, is mcclellan. -- memberis recalled he was fighting robert e lee -- he comes east. when mcclellan arrives in washington, they immediately start to reorganize the chaotic union forces around the capitol. he runs into his wife by some strange operation -- he writes to his wife, by some strange of magic -- say what you will about mcclellan, and i am sure you will given the opportunity -- [laughter] the unions t

required to pay union dues. culinary did such an amazing job helping its workers that over 95% of the people pay union dues, which is much higher than in most unions in right to work stakes. amy: you reference the teacher strikes. we cannot say enough about the significanance of these in the last year. and also the upcoming chicago teachers strike. if you can refer to what is happening here, this chicago appepears to be heading forr a strike is the teachers union, the country's third-largest district, continues to negotiate after rejecting the district's latest offer. teachers have been pushing for better pay, smaller class sizes, among other demands in addition to teachers say thousands of special ed classroom assistance my bus aids, security officers, custodians could strike as early as october 17. if the newly elected chicago mayor lori lightfoot continues and rahm emanuel''s pro austeriy path. cooks chicago teachers union has also been one of the leading lights in labor and this strike in 2012 against rahm e

, the unions have to pick. there are arguments i think we have to look at. i think your amendment strikes that balance. let's make everybody play by the same rules. we've heard this a lot let's make it even. let's make this even. if you're looking at collective bargaining to be clear and transparent here, we have a long hurdle. i yield back to the gentleman. >> i thank the gentleman for his comments. they're right on target. yes, i yield to the gentleman from florida. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. it seems what's good for the goose should be good for the gander. if forced arbitration is in firm as a requirement upon litigants, you know, with big business, it just would seem that it would similarly be in firm as it relates to big labor. i would hope for some intellectual and consistency and honesty from my colleagues in the majority and i think we could take mr. jordan's amendment and make a good bill even stronger. i yield back. >> i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. does the gentleman from rhode i

the largest generation of labor union. this is his 11th appearance so you have become a labor day tradition for us. welcome. first, background, is born and raised in southwestern pennsylvania where he followed his father and grandfather into the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. he is a graduate from penn state. graduation, he joins a legal staff of the united mine workers and became president of the age of 33. since 1989, he spent working on the executive council and elected president of the federation in 2009. there on the record here, no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while it's underway. once the session ends, you can file away. we will e-mail pictures to all the reporters here as soon as it ends. if you'd like to ask questions, send me a signal and i will call on you as time permits. if you like to make a brief opening remark, the floor is yours. >> i can't believe it's been 11 years. that's incredible. you say happy early labor day to everybody here. i want to t

once they're in the union army, there are no slaves in the union army so the confederacy has to recognize that. the confederate army, like the u.s. army, is decentralized and in many interaction with black soldiers across the south, committed and black men are refused the opportunity to surrender and this happens famously at fort fort pillowhave a image coming up later. sorry. it happens at fort pillow, happens atng, it plymouth in north carolina. it happens in saltville in crater., at the we heard a little bit about this yesterday about the battle that crater.ed at the those encounters certainly leave men suffering an unjust war. that is, black men in uniform confederates refused to allow them to surrender, where they don't offer quarter, they don't offer medical treatment to wounded soldiers and that happens over and over again. hundreds of black men die atustly, unnecessarily, confederate hands, over the course of the war. that total might have been much higher if the confederate state adn't changed that policy to slight degree but that issue of who can fight is central. the other cent

the union had that advantage of numbers before grant came to overall union command. the union had the advantage of numbers before grant took over the direct supervision of operations in virginia. and got nowhere. and as for grant being a butcher, the union forces in virginia lost almost half again as many troops in virginia, or the virginia theater, including maryland and pennsylvania, fighting against lee before grant came to direct command there, during which time, when grant came to command in virginia, the union got precisely nowhere. grant came and yes, lost a lot of people, because it was going to take a lot of people to defeat robert e. lee and the confederate forces in virginia. you were not going to do that for free and you are not going to do that for cheap, and grant got it done. the union had had superior forces in virginia before but it took grant to make the horses, superiority -- the forc es, superiority of forces pay off. also, the superiority of forces was not at such a level as to allow an idiot to win the war. again, referring to what, or another m

to leave the european union. the do everything they possibly can to leave the european union. yes, of course. >> thank you would be more accurate and kinder to have a. in pause after who voted to which referendum before those who voted one way have been voting the same way during the debate on the european union. i voted three times to leave the european union. i was the same could be said about some of the zealots on my side. >> the fact is we now have a prime minister who believes in the mission and who wants to negotiate honestly with the european union and be able to deliver the brexit people deliver four. to leave the customs union and leave the signal market and not a large sums of money to european union as we currently do, to control our own by thetion and not to be european -- and not have a back stuff that keeps us in the european union without ever having to leave. three quarters of the parliament voted to remain in the european union. the british people ought to have the opportunity to change its parliament and they can do that tonight. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a

we still have not left the european union, and we have seen more left the european union, and we haveree years of frankly sometimes embarrassing, maybe even at times humiliating argument and divisiveness at the heart of british politics in westminster. what do you think the public of this country now make of our national politics? i think many of them are surprised by how poor the last three years of peers to have been in terms of performance by politicians. 0n peers to have been in terms of performance by politicians. on all sides, yes. ithink performance by politicians. on all sides, yes. i think they are extremely disappointed about what has happened. as you say, this country has happened. as you say, this cou ntry voted has happened. as you say, this country voted by a short margin to leave the european union. i was against it but if we had done it well as a troop of politicians, then well as a troop of politicians, then we could have stood tall in the world. as it is we have become a symbol of both domestically and internationally of written losing or losing its grip as a country

because the union is there baby. you have a chance with a union.ded together for bargaining power. a voice. a say in the the rules and conditions of the working day. that's democracy in action. unions. when i see the pileup of things they have to do here, i'm glad i'm on outside duty. you have to be on your toes to handle last-minute developments. ♪ >> you've got to make a little go a long way. things you take for granted, specially if you don't have to sweat them out yourself. all adding up to this. that picket line must be on the ob day in and day out. as the strike moved on, certain things became clear. we weren't fighting just to maintain living standards. e were fighting for the very existence of the unions themselves. the good old days. that's what the big boys wanted to bring back. the dark days before they wrote nion into the law books. those days when pinkerton and strikebreakers were considered respectable citizens, got invited to the best houses. ♪ >> the old-timers have good memories. there are some things you never forget. ♪ >> we came

-- leave the european union? >> for the very simple reason, because the house has consistently voted not to honor the triggering of article 50. we kept kicking it into the long grass. when he voted and i voted to trigger article 50, it was a very simple short bill. it says we will leave by the 29th of march with or without a deal. you have had your chance, you have had your chance. with or without a deal. but what if -- what too many members have done in this place is continue to kick the can down the road, not once, not twice but now three times courtesy of this bill. o'er the bill proceeding on the -- or the bill proceeding on the business tonight. it is absolutely ridiculous. people are fed up with it. i think a lot of remain mp's have to look themselves in the mirror and say actually, all i want to do, own up to the fact, stop brexit. the people out there have had enough. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am absolutely desperate to have a general election. i want to see a government that actually holds the privati

allowing us to have a free port when we are a fully functioning member of the european union and once we were in the withdrawal agreement if we asked for a free port and they had a veto it was not necessarily in the e.u. interest to allow us to have that advantage called into a house of commons library if the treasury wants to designate free ports you can do it by statutory instrument there's no need for a vote it can do it just like that in 5 minutes so it's nothing to do with the as i'll come back to the point if we sign the withdrawal agreement we've given the e.u. a veto on all of our stated rules including the provision of free ports and our relationship with the european union to change is not the same as it was 5 years before the referendum it'll never be the same again whatever the outcome of the brics it negotiations is what you will be different it will be different yes that's what we promised the people that would leave like boris johnson you to in the past of seem strangely baffled about the rules haven't you you told the irish radio station last year that was possible und

general of the union forces. he oversaw all of the union forces in the last 13 months of the war. he had a more direct command, and almost real direct command, of union forces in virginia during that time. he oversaw the final series of union offenses that led to appomattox and lee's surrender and grant's victory. i wanted to look at grant from a point of view of leadership. i know there are a lot of things that can go into this, a lot of things that contributed to grants victory. and the union victory, not just grant, obviously there were other people involved. there were material and numbers involved, and a number of good commanders and obviously the rank-and-file, without the courage of common soldiers none of this could have happened. without the patient endurance of the folks back home, none of this could have happened. and there was the matter of numbers. here i come to what i believe is a myth popular in some quarters, which is that grant won simply by dint of superior numbers. he had so many men that he c

what offer is he making to the european union?sumably any negotiating strategy must involve putting something to the european union in place of the backstop. and although borisjohnson says things are going well in these negotiations, every european capital and brussels, where the european commission is based, says we have heard nothing from david frost, who is his main negotiator. well, with respect, as they would, because this is a negotiation. both sides are seeking to maximise their own interest, so they're hardly going to start talking warm and friendly before the crux of the negotiation has been entered. but surely, in any negotiation, you would set out what your position is. and so far, even though he agreed with mrs merkel that there would be 30 days, and even though half of that period has gone, he still hasn't said what is his negotiating position. my experience of doing negotiations with the european union, which i did when i was a justice minister, involved you setting out your position. you might well make compromises,

would that be acceptable to the european union?, this was precisely the proposalfrom the eu27 in the first place, when we were negotiating with prime minister may. the first version of the backstop was northern ireland only, in terms of regulatory alignment with the rest of the european union. at that time, it was changed due to the british negotiator, into customs union for the whole of the united kingdom. we, of course, have no problem with our own proposal but now, having said that, we all know that the devil is in the details and i have not seen and i have not heard of a precise proposal off borisjohnson. just one other thing on ireland, which puzzles me, the european union says that, if there is a no deal exit on the 31st of october, then there will have to be a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic, to protect the single market. but that is strange because the british government say there is no way they are goign to build the infrastructure of a hard border, and that europeans, at the same time, say, oh,

i made it very clear today that we are anxious to build our trading relationship with the european union. we're all focused so much on brexit. and on what's the united states commitment after brexit is completed to negotiating a free trade agreement with the u.k. but i told the leader of ireland equallyat we were also and just have a free trade agreement with the european union and expand trading opportunities that will create jobs in the united states and more prosperity for all of our countries. we also talked about a broad range of security issues. wei. notably hua had a very frank and direct conversation about the united states's profound concerns that a chinese telecommunications company, which is required by theirse law to give government access to any data that they acquire, would have access to our economies. leave alone, access to security in the west. that they areeful continuing to review the issue and appreciated hearing from me on that. finally on the subject of brexit we made it very clear the united states of america supports the united kingdom's decision to leave the euro

from leaving the european union without an agreement called a no deal brexit. the bill passed with a vote of 327 to 299. this is about 25 minutes. with the ordere of yesterday, of this house, i the second reading of the european union withdrawal number six. mr. hilary ben. each of us has a different view of what those best interests are. i hope we can debate this bill and what is, i recognize, i can do no better than to quote the right honorable member who on the third of april in the house said it could only be done at high speed because there is no time left. i think wherever we stand on this issue, we know there is little time left and there is even less time that would have been available previously. other,we will treat each recognizing we have strong views, with respect and consideration. the purpose of the bill is simple. it is to ensure the united kingdom does not leave the european union on the 31st of october without an agreement. the bill has wide cross party support. it is a pleasure to be above the and is backed by members who have very different vi

my next book, i decided to switch wars and write an ensemble biography of fort union of the union spies. i'm proud i made the switch. when we think of the civil war, we have this image of the imposing stiff in matthew brady photographs. then thousands of those charges. that all happened but what also happened on this conflict was a revolution in war fighting technology like the world had never seen. it's like rival canon, it could deliver more accurate longer ranges. enter railroad that could move supplies to the front. the telegraph that could connect generals on the battlefield with communications. this is a war that also saw change in how armies maneuver against each other. instead of the old napoleonic tactics where soldiers packed tightly together, military leaders on both sides started on the attacks that they could used to win. our commanders quickly discovered that with all these new weapons and tactics they needed, far more accurate information on where the enemy looked ahead of them. stonewall jackson weather down to four things that he wanted to know before they started about

-- we have with the european union. we must go back to the british people by way of a people's vote. because -- iny response to this the reality this isthis tonight is a general election. we have had speeches from a number of people on the opposite benches that have had nothing do with a general election or recycling the debates we had earlier. the truth is there is a simple question in front of the opposition parties. only two days ago, they were crying out for an election. the shadow chancellor said bring it on. we are ready for you. the leader of the opposition, when he was not having his afternoon nap and awake enough to meet the media, said he wanted to have an election. the scottish nationalists were adamant they were going to vote for an election. wait a minute. the honorable gentleman has made a full of himself already. -- fool of himself already. he should stay put as i'm doing him a favor. i really am doing him a favor and he may not understand that. the reality right now, mr. speaker, in this debate, the ques

our leadership of the european union's change it to reason may have a deal wasn't perfect but it would have to live and perhaps what will the sex tension a change what is another 3 months going to achieve here in london it's still all about bricks and boris johnson has shut down a fractious and angry parliament but not before m.p.'s manage to do him serious damage denying him a date for the next general election and forcing him by law to seek another breakfasted extension from the e.u. if you can't get a deal with the 19 my guest to this week is andrew bridge a conservative m.p. and leading the brics it supporter will boris johnson now a baby the law the parliament has put in front of him. andrew bridge and welcomes conflicts of. one of the biggest obstacles preventing a deal between britain and the e.u. is the irish backstop the so-called insurance policy to keep open border between northern ireland and the irish republic the government has promised new proposals where are there well i think they're already out there alternative arrangements have been discussed for over 12 months a tr

it was still the soviet union that was still the soviet union but all the wars of the soviet union which do not contradict the laws of the russian federation are conceded to be legal here you know so that the legal norm is steal all parable fortune did not cancel it and if you look at his policies and if you look at their official statements from russia they're all none of them justified the secret protocols well the other problem is that if the west wants to refute the pact completely then the onus should be returned to paul want us to be you'll know basically it was taken by marshall superskinny in the 20th in an aggressor. act started you know there are no more humans to start in russia except in the museum soapbox there are more humans to kill all over paul you know he's considered a hero so if we return to the situation before the pact then we should again change the borders in eastern europe and these people you know who criticize russia. for you know seemingly justifying that act they don't want to do it i hope right so they should be consequential the other interesting moment tha

i voted three times to leave the european union. i regret the fact that it has become necessary for this bill to be brought forth now. it is necessary now for two reasons. firstly, because parliament stands -- we will not have time to bring parliament back after my right honorable friend has had the 30 days he asked for to see whether he has been successful in getting a deal. secondly, because members of the government have speculated openly that the government may not comply with legislation even if it is passed. we therefore need to allow time for legislation and litigation as well. and because -- i will give way. >> we have heard noises to that effect. from certain members of the government and government sources. would you agree that if this bill is passed, it's important the prime minister adheres to its terms because it is a fundamental duty of the government to uphold the rule of law. >> i agree. we cannot rule out the possibility that the government will dispute the interpretation of the bill and that there will be a need fo

ims john believer can be only and a strong european union. imsjohn believer in the european union.to be your decision. —— i am a strong believer. but there has to be a compromise, as well. you have to have an agreement and we have reached already. now the same disagreement that it is not good and not saying anything else, well, it makes things a little bit more difficult. i know there was a meeting today with, or rather a briefing with david frost with the eu officials. very quickly, the summit is coming up on the 17th, which brussels prefer to havejeremy corbyn heading to that?” which brussels prefer to havejeremy corbyn heading to that? i do not think that the european union, the council, the parliament or whoever which have any preferences. about the payments are of great britain. it is clearly a decision of the voters of great britain and whoever the boaters trust the european commission and union and parliament and all of its bodies are going to have to talk and discuss and find a solution with the very person who you are going to vote. a briefing was given today by david fros

union leaders from across the u.s. flying into detroit this weekend to debate the latest contract. they have to decide whether to sue but the deal to their member's for a vote or go on strike. craig, whatthis, are we expecting now? to approachpect gm the united auto workers with a proposed deal. we do not have necessarily an iron doubt contract for the union to look at, but what we do have is the existing contract expiring at midnight saturday. so it is sort of getting down to crunch time. it is a potentially dramatic moment. there could be a bit of a letdown in terms of that drama where the union could decide rather than striking to seeking an extension, and obviously general motors would prefer to see that if they are not satisfied with the offer. but this is definitely a negotiation that is going to be rife with tension. you have gm announcing in november of last year that they have four plants in the u.s. that they do not have future product allocated to. and that really miffed the union. it got donald trump's atte

a major reason for the concentrated on a fanatic attack on unions our. denies labor is they are democratizing for. to provide a barrier to defend workers' rights closer copyrights generally. and that interferes with the prerogatives heard by those who own and manage in society . i should say said andy union sentiment in the united states among the elites is so strong that the fundamental couper of labor rights the basic principle in the international labor organization is the rate of free association which would mean the right to form unions u.s. has never ratified. but i think the us may be alone among major societies in that respect. it's considered so far out of the spectrum of american politics it literally has never been considered. a rumor that the us has a lawn very violent labor history is. siding.

interestingly enough the same union the u.a.w. so this isn't just showing like oh we showed up but we waved and we gave them high fives and that was it this same union actually did a walkout. earlier this year to support mercy health and medical center in toledo ohio when technical and support staff who are a part of their union were fighting for better working conditions so i think it could backfire when a lot of economists and a lot of people are saying like well they've got tons of stuff well if they did they wouldn't have to lay people up if they did they wouldn't do that so we'll see how it all plays out are underestimating him all right as we go to break court watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on our social media be sure to watch your speech was over was spotted by awful news are going to everywhere you go in the podcast coming up or demerge of course one of john hardy brings us the latest on the jeopardy up student poster gratian and we find out all. all of the drama today featu

so technically the techniques of a european union it's too complicated so boris johnson well not get an. thing more he has been told that by. and by emmanuel mccourt in paris ok the same thing to you i mean it respective of how democratic or undemocratic the tories gambit is here it is ramming it through it but boris johnson and his associates will say but this is what people voted for and he's just doing the will of the people irrespective of well it's a bit devious but then politics and being devious are synonymous so go ahead alistair in london well yeah i think that's that's correct that he's he's acting on a democratic mandate and he's trying to get to a situation where the u.k. actually leaves the european union the problem just now and the problem that he's got in terms of concluding any of these arrangements by the 31st of october is that steadily uneven and rapidly the rulebook has been torn arpan terms of how politics works there's all sorts of constitutional issues being arranged with parliament grabbing hold of the order book and determining the order of business the lega

union with a deal. and i regret the fact that it has become necessary for this bill to be brought forward now. it is necessary now for two reasons -- firstly, because parliament stands paroched so it -- provoked, so we will not have time to bring parliament back within 30 days to see whether the prime minister has been successful in getting a deal, and secondly, because members of government have speculated openly that the government may not comply with legislation even if it is passed. we need to allow time not merely forlegislation, but litigation, as well. i will give way to the honorable member. >> we have heard noises to that effect from certain members of the government and government sources. if this bill is passed, it's very important that the prime minister adheres to its terms because it is a duty to uphold the rule of law. >> i think we have heard very quickly -- heard very clearly that we cannot rule out the instability of the government interpreting the bill and there will be a need for lit

from leaving the european union without an agreement on future relations between the countries. this is called a new deal brexit. the vote passed. this portion of the debate is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. i think the move to be now read a second time. i want to say at the start that every single member of this house, whatever view they hold on the fundamental question, the thought is trying as they act in the national interest of their constituents. the problem, the reason why we are here is because each of us has a slightly different view of what those best interests are. i hope that we can debate this in a short amount of time. i can do no better than to quote a member who, on the third of april, said it can only be done at high speed, because there is no time left. i think wherever we stand on this issue, we know there is little time left, and following the decision, there is even less time that would have been available previously. therefore, i hope we will treat each other, recognizing we have strongly held views with respect and consideration during this debate. th