unions work unions make people's lives better. it is better in a union. [applause] and i am like fred, i have never been more confident that this generation will build a labor movement and an even stronger than we've ever had in the past. we will get there together. the first thing we will do is we are going to bring everyone into this movement. if you want to know what a union even is, we will walk you through it. if you want to join one at your job, we will help you do it. if you want to build a new union of your own one that looks nothing like what you see represented here today i could not be more excited to see what you build. i will be standing there ready to help you. we are in the middle of one of the greatest transformation of work in our country's history. more text jobs, more startups, our unions are transforming along with it. if you're watching and you are sitting at a desk in an office thinking to yourself well, my granddad was in a union, it is really not for people like me though. ask our tech workers what a union does for them. ask the 55

joe biden said he once to promote unions, promote unions, promote unions. think a lot of union officials understand that and think when they think of the department of labor and the international relations board, really against them is something they do not expect. they can be more aggressive and they have been previously. host: the opening question for you, what do you see as the biggest challenge facing american workers? the lines to use, if you are working, (202) 748-8000. if you are not working, unemployed, (202) 748-8001. the line for retired folks, (202) 748-8002. some comments from our viewers and listeners on facebook, facebook's -- facebook.com/c-span. elsa says getting a fair wage, health insurance. from bob, government is at every level, taxing them excessively and inflation generated by the same governments reducing of buying power that is left. tom says the challenge is, which of the million jobs created under biden to take? carolyn says being told they have to take an injection. this one says, getting a fair compensation for their work. corpor

so, that's point one about the union tradesmen and the union work force. from a business owner's perspective. i think it's important to call out, especially in the construction realm and i'm generallylizing a little bit, but if you're looking at union tradesmen versus nonunion tradesmen, you're getting a more professional result by going with the union tradesmen. we're talking about safety, awareness of safety. more safety training. so that's good for everybody. we're talking about quality control and quality assurance so the projects are built faster and the an a better quality. and finally, it's what we're all talking about. it's about work force development and really unions are set up to do that very well, where especially with contractor, that are smaller or medium sized, it's difficult to do work force development well because it's a significant investment and like i said in the intro, there's a long tail associated with it, and that's really the business case for being a union contractor versus a nonunion contractor, you have all of those benefits.

what about from the union side. well grant has now slipped away from lee now again has the initiative and the advantage so is leaving this battle at cold harbor with the same plus that he did after left the wilderness spotsylvania in north anna. so this is just another repetition of exactly that same that same set of moves. so for that reason, i'm going to have to say that this isn't a lopsided victory or a lopsided loss. it looks like all those other movements of the overland campaign and. it puts grant's grant comes out in a better position than lee came out in after the end of the cold harbor battle. so i hope you all love revisionist history, but that's kind of it's kind how i see this one and any would love to love to answer them or at least give you my best off. yes, sir. oh, yeah. how did grant learn where to cross the james? how do you learn where to cross james? okay. grant said to aides. out to look around and figure out where would be the best crossing spot they went down to the from cold harbor the james

that is right, i think the union _ place. that is right, i think the union was _ place.. that is right, i think| the union was expect them some retaliation, i don't know if thatis retaliation, i don't know if that is the right word from the companies but certainly some unforeseen events and setbacks. the union has said they will take care of these workers. when contracts expire, some unknowns happen and i think this is one of them. normally when an auto company - this is one of them. normally when an auto company idols. when an auto company idols production and they do this from time to time, if they are short on parts, during the semiconductor shortage they would do this occasionally where they would idle a plant and send workers home and give them what they call supplemental unemployment benefits, which is a percentage of the normal wages. it is a normal practice to send them home in the case where they cannot produce something, but in this case the workers will not get those benefits from the companies, because their contract has expired. so it is a bad outcome for th

, particularly the teamsters union under the presidency of shawn o'brien, the union got a very good pay at u.p.s. without a strike earlier the summer. now the uaw under their new president shawn fain, represents new breed of union leader that's not unapologetic of taking on corporate greed. >> but there's a bit of -- sorry to jump in, there's a bit of a paradox here, you talk about the unions being more militant, there's been a greater move to yuanize but the numbers in so far as participation is going down. >> it has for several decades and that will continue to be the case unless realistically, unless we get stronger legal protection for the right to choose a union and the right to organize in the united states, the united states is the hardest country to form a new yoonon because of combination of the weak law and the very strong opposition on the part of companies like starbucks and amazon. >> and the political opposition as well from the red states, the so-called right to work states. i'm wondering how all these high-profile strikes, how that could, you know, be interpreted in the

joe biden said he once to promote unions, promote unions, promote unions. think a lot of union officials understand that and think when they think of the department of labor and the international relations board, really against them is something they do not expect. they can be more aggressive and they have been previously. host: the opening question for you, what do you see as the biggest challenge facing american workers? the lines to use, if you are working, (202) 748-8000. if you are not working, unemployed, (202) 748-8001. the line for retired folks, (202) 748-8002. some comments from our viewers and listeners on facebook, facebook's -- facebook.com/c-span. elsa says getting a fair wage, health insurance. from bob, government is at every level, taxing them excessively and inflation generated by the same governments reducing of buying power that is left. tom says the challenge is, which of the million jobs created under biden to take? carolyn says being told they have to take an injection. this one says, getting a fair compensation for their work. corpor

the union's - expected to join? they very i well good. the union's leader, well good.den the strike over time and include more plans if they don�*t make progress with the bargaining companies. they haven�*t said where that will happen and they�*re doing that on purpose. they want to keep them on their toes and keep them on their toes and keep them guessing. but yes, it could very well widen. at the same time, the companies now, in a new twist, have said that they are temporarily idling for unemployment some non—striking workers who cannot carry on with theirjobs because they�*re not getting parts from the striking facilities. so it�*s affecting already 2a hours into this. even the non—striking workers. this. even the non-striking workers-— this. even the non-striking workers. �* ., ~ , workers. and were the workers expecting _ workers. and were the workers expecting that? _ workers. and were the workers expecting that? because - workers. and were the workers expecting that? because we i expecting that? because we heard a lot about how the contracts were going to expire

what will the european union be based on. this is a free zone, huge a free trade zone, there are no customs duties in the middle between countries, when a product enters the territory of the european union, it is subject to a free market economy, there is a structure, then it is bought, it does not have such a sale, it is simply not bought. the embargo interrupted this, this... this chain, but if only it had happened, it would have been half the trouble, instead, ukraine is correct , deputy minister mr. taras kachka noted, after the statement of the polish minister of agriculture, that this embargo mechanism will be extended for a while, when ukraine becomes a member of the european union, and then it completely changes the rules, because in fact now these are the problems of the embargo and negotiations regarding its removal and the conditions under which ukrainian grain will enter the territory of all countries of the european union, this has actually already become an element of the negotiations on ukraine's accession to t

the message here was, these were union munitions being used against union troops. this is the port hudson military museum or state park. it's a beautiful state park. highly recommend it. but these are the types of shells that were found that did not go off. and this is not a unique situation of repurposing unexploded ammunition. this is from iraq. i'm gog to move to the present. these are american country bombs that did not go off in iraq. these were brought back from a former student of mine. it's a high dud rate. just think of port hudson, and all the union unexploded ordinance. they were taken by insurgents. used by i.e.d. and provide explosive device. and attack in american convoy, with american weapons. this is sort of the same idea that the confederates are using defending port hudson. taking unexploded shells and repurposing them to attack and defend the enemy. 1864. the photograph on the left is taken by me, at the west point military museum basement. ththese were all the active sea mines at the end of the war. they're in the basement. nobody will see these

they don't say union. it's union. i'm one of them. i'm proud to say union. i'm proud to be the most pro-union president, according to the experts in american history, and by the way, i make no bones about that. folks, let me tell you what we're celebrating. we're celebrating jobs, good paying jobs, jobs you can raise a family on, union jobs. >> this is the 36th year the philadelphia aflcio has hosted this labor day celebration. more than 100 local labor unions representing more than 150,000 workers took part. >> how do voters see president biden's track record on the economy, a "wall street journal" poll found the president's age and his handling of the economy are two of his biggest weaknesses. 80% of voters indicated they don't think mr. biden is mentally up for being the job of president. 73% think he's too old to run. between 58 and 63% disapprove of how he's handled the economy, inflation and the growth of the middle class. the president's job approval rating, by the way, has dropped to 42%. >>> raj joining us now as our political analyst, larry gersten

of union workers must never be allowed — of union workers must never be allowed to— of union workersnnounce today that the next labour government will act decisively and conclusively to stamp out blacklisting once and for all. first. — blacklisting once and for all. first. we _ blacklisting once and for all. first, we will update regulations to outlaw _ first, we will update regulations to outlaw the — first, we will update regulations to outlaw the use of predictive technologies for blacklisting, and safeguard against singling out workers — safeguard against singling out workers for mistreatment of the sack without _ workers for mistreatment of the sack without any— workers for mistreatment of the sack without any evidence of human interaction. second, we will act to end the _ interaction. second, we will act to end the loophole that allows employers to pass the dirty work down _ employers to pass the dirty work down to— employers to pass the dirty work down to third party contractors, so that any— down to third party contractors, so that any third party found to be carrying — that

oh, whitening the union. we can and we must do both to give us the geo political weight and the capacity to act. and this is what our union has always done. each wave of enlargement came was a political deepening. we went from coal and steel to us for economic intro gauge integration. and after the form of the iron curtain, we turned an economic project into a true union of peoples and states. i believe that the next, the lodgement must also be a catalyst for progress. we have started to build a health union at $27.00. and i believe we can finish it at 30 plus as we have started to build a european defense union by $27.00. i'm convinced we can finish it at 30 plus. we have proven that we can be a jew political union and show that we can move fast when we are united. and i believe that team europe also works at 30 plus unable member. i know this house believes the same and the european parliament has always been one of the main drivers of european integration. it has been sold throughout the decades. and it is

yes, but the european union is afraid to transfer it.transfer only the profits from the management of this money, because if he transfers the money, it is like someone else's property violation of property rights and this destroys the very system of uhm sovereignty, that is, we are talking about the confiscation of all assets because these are sovereign assets, they are protected by this sovereign immunity and the european union profits from the management of this money are ready to enumerate, although we are not yet ready step by step, the opponent is the european central bank, but talks are underway, and this is one of the realistic ideas. so we actually only have two minutes left, and there are many questions. to be honest with you , let's choose the most important, so let's talk about the confiscated assets in it is clear to ukraine in europe. and what should be done in ukraine with the confiscated assets of russians or russian-related structures, or should they not be handed over to the organization that manages these seized assets

if it is not uaw, tesla will become union. if starbucks and other places are fighting for a union so will they. i hope they win and i pray that our government stays out of it. they have their own election time. none of them are honestly thinking about the workers. we workers have to stand together and think about ourselves. we will win should be our same. host: nathan bomey? guest: it is interesting. i think the uaw is primarily focused on past products the automakers have made. automakers are focused on future profits. that is where the tension is. the uaw says you made profits. pass that on. the automakers are concerned that going forward they will not be that profitable because they will not be able to pay for labor costs and because electric vehicles are coming in the need to make those at a race people can afford. right now, most electric vehicles are not afforded. that is the tension. the question is will they be able to keep up with tesla? tesla is the leader in the clubhouse. they have got a major cost advantage right

movement, labour and trade union— labour and trade union movements and when ou labour and trade unionur and trade union movements and when you split the labour _ labour and trade union movements and when you split the labour movement i when you split the labour movement generally, you weaken the labour movement. i spent most of my time as a trade unionist and labour party member trying to build consensus, not agreements on everything. that says that a united party is one that is more likely to win power.- is more likely to win power. shock revelation. _ is more likely to win power. shock revelation, conservative _ is more likely to win power. shock revelation, conservative ministers say that about you. during the pandemic, covid, when you at the tuc, working therefore two decades, had dire talks with ministers about how to deal with covid, javer pinchot said? —— direct talks. == pinchot said? -- direct talks. -- direct talks- _ pinchot said? —— direct talks. » direct talks. that is the beauty of trade unions, myjob is to represent working people and whoever is in number ten on the dep

but i would say the mundaneness of the war in ukraine for the european union has set in. it was still divided into these two questions from the point of view of the fact that ursula fonderlyan did a-a one of the main the emphasis of this annual report is precisely on the expanded and on what exactly the countries within the european union should do in order to maximally help all those who stand on the threshold, let's say, and are trying to enter the door of membership of the european union, and this also indicates a very serious such a tectonic owl and it is obvious that ukraine is the main flagship on this path and the country that changed these approaches of the european union, and therefore we can talk about what, in this context , there was such a great emphasis on ukraine precisely in view of the need to prepare this process within the european union as efficiently as possible so that all those who geopolitically consider themselves to be a part of the western world of western europe and are ready for this to make serious transformations within the european union ca

but all these decades, the soviet union worked with africa. our country in pretoria, the capital of south africa , opened in february 1942. you know what we had in that february, the germans were still bombing moscow. but stalin also thought, far in advance he sent diplomats to the very south of the black continent to work, history. to alexey volynets. in this regard, he recalled at the very end of the 19th century. the tsarist ministry of foreign affairs also asked to open diplomatic missions in pritoria, and at the same time in the hassle, but prime minister witte then responded with a quote that with the mentioned strange our fatherland does not conduct any trade relations. as a result, the commercial and industrial significance of the proposed establishment of consulates cannot be taken into account at all. as a result, before the anglo-boer war, russian diplomats never appeared in the capital of the future south africa, and they appeared again only in 1942 at the height of the great patriotic war to understand what africa was then , it is

itself, and a very clear realization came that only a strong european union can resist, including notist, but can give an answer to the challenges posed by russia, challenges are hybrid, informational, security, food, migration and so on, the european union came to the correct conclusion that ukraine, moldova, georgia, and the balkans should be in the sphere of influence and be part of a united europe, and not again - to be part of russia's influence, it seems to me that it is important. decision, and we saw how difficult it was, thanks primarily to the heroism of the armed forces of ukraine, to change the position of france and germany, which for a very long time remained such ukrainian skeptics, both regarding ukraine's membership in the eu and ukraine's membership in nato, but also you are right in that the issues that we voice have put new challenges before the european union itself, the reform of the european union itself, during the communication. with our partners, we hear from them that they obviously understand that such a large country as ukraine, when it becomes a member of

let's talk about the union side a little bit. i mean, a lot of hood and hood certainly matters a lot to this this battle. but let's not discount the importance of the decisions of union commanders, particularly commanders like john mcallister scofield, one of george thomas top subordinates at the time. now, the initial burden of turning back or slowing hood's invasion would on scofield books we find scofield steamboats pardon guys there is there is on the left on the right is jacob d cox, who is one of the corps commanders under under scofield. now, while he was uncertain about hood's plans, general thomas still recognized the importance of that. pelham, pulaski, columbia, franklin axis of advance that seemed the most likely course, the most likely path that hood would take from alabama in the middle, tennessee. and as a consequence of that, thomas very logically ordered the 23rd corps under scofield there on the left to reinforce major general david stanley's fourth corps, which was pulaski, tennessee, as well, and scofield as t

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rayner, she of course has a union background-— rayner, she of course has a union background.ions way _ background. yes, i'll come back to what unions way might _ background. yes, i'll come back to what unions way might want - background. yes, i'll come back to what unions way might want more| background. yes, i'll come back to i what unions way might want more in background. yes, i'll come back to - what unions way might want more in a few. that of course is one of the major labour donors and one of the biggest union unions expressed fears some commitments to worker's risks being watered down. with the unions being watered down. with the unions be reassured by what they heard today, that that wouldn't be a possibility?— today, that that wouldn't be a ossibili ? , ., , possibility? there is two things that the unions _ possibility? there is two things that the unions have _ possibility? there is two things that the unions have range - possibility? there is two things| that the unions have range that possibility? there is two things - that the unions have range that they are co

plus, even workers who are not in unions seek benefits when unions are strong.nions raise standards across the workforce and industries pushing up wages, strengthening benefits, strengthening it for everyone. that is why i continue to call on congress to fully fund and pass the protection and the right to organize act. makes it easier for workers to organize unions and more difficult for businesses to engage in unfair practices. let me close with this. we face some pretty tough times in recent years. the pandemic took more than a million of our friends andto neighbors. and our families. it was the worst economic crisis since the great depression. major disruptions to critical supply chain. it was not long ago 20 million people were out of work here in america, 28 million but the american people, the american workers did not give up. today we have the strongest economy in the world but let me say that again today at the united states has the strongest economy in the world. the lowest inflation rate among all majorco economies 13.5 milln new jobs. around 800,000 o

a union.hat is why with 40 years and nine months the union never got in there. i just wanted to mention that if you are treated fairly by management you do not need unions. and you do not have to pay union dues. i think that is critical any time you operate a big plant or a facility where you have a lot of people working. >> you said you worked for ge for 40 years? >> 40 years and nine months. >> did you come away with a pension from ge? >> yes, i did. i have been retired for a good number of years, i am 88. i have been retired since i was 59 . they treated all of us as family. the plant that we worked at for all of the homes in the country at that particular time. >> like you got through thanks for the call. terry in kentucky is next. >> i am just thinking, if factories and industries are smaller, i think the gentleman who called that would work so much better. we are so into corporate greed, as the unions are out and they are trying to work these things out, the corporation itself is researc

but this is of course, a big key issue that the repeating union is facing right now. whether to offer you create, whether to offer a key. if expression talks soon, that's right, and certainly there's not sort of unanimous agreement about that is there, it's really quite just sort of an emotion of talk that within you member nations as well that it's totally clear. there are many member states who are saying that you are p and union itself is not really not ready to welcome you members. and there are also, of course, a, some countries in europe, countries in the western balkans who have been in the waiting room for quite a while. so of course, that they would be certainly disappointed if they didn't get a chance to join the european union and ukraine did get it. so of course, there are many different opinions at the the, on the other hand, we also have to say that for the european union and its members. so it's, it's important to show that there are continue to support ukraine as long as it takes to win the war and as some states. so this discussion is still going on.

unions have held. we will believe in unions more. so it's starbucks workers, the writers strike, it's auto workers. there are a couple challenges to this though. one is that if they are so expensive, there's one argument that says our makers can afford to pay their workers more because cars are so much more expensive. there's the electric vehicles debate. then there's state of michigan. michigan is a hugely important battleground state. >> because they are doing the strike a bit differently, there are workers striking in other states. i want to go back to joe biden and the political moment he's in. for a number of reasons, not the least of which is because of the way that he sells himself and describes himself. let's listen to what he has said about him vis-a-vis the unions. >> my name is joe biden and i'm a car guy. >> i intend to be the most pro union president, the most pro union administration in american history. >> i'm proud to be the most pro union president in american history. >> i promise you you have a uniton president, an

unions build the middle class. american union workers are the best of the world. and they do their job on time, long-term, and at less cost over time. people are starting to understand that. that is why america's support for unions is higher than it has been in over 60 years. for anyone who asks whether unions really make a difference, i urge them to read a new report from the treasury department, which was released last week. this is the most comprehensive ever looked that the impact unions have had on our economy. it concludes definitively that unions have raised worker's income, increased american homeownership, increased retirement savings, increased access to critical business like sick leave and childcare, and reduced inequity, all of which strengthens our economy up and down the line. our middle class does well, everyone does well and the wealthy still do very well. plus, even workers who aren't in unions, workers who have not been laid off, see benefits. unions raise standards across industries, pushing up wages, strengthening benefits for everyone. that i

the blog with regard to the african union shape. also, it has already said that the prime minister wrote a letter on countries the jew 20 proposing that african union being to did as a full member of the g 20. we expect that the summit proceeding starting tomorrow morning would take a suitable decision on this for next 2 days of costs are going to be possible fox and why the end of next 2 days really falls, need to keep an eye out on whether or not there is a joint communicate coming out of this big g 20 summit. of course also, whether or not african union will be given full membership. although the responses that india into his initiative has golf has been tremendously good mailbox from the fall saw off tomorrow in the morning the the saws there are going to be several sessions, several by law to also lined up all to the next 2 days. and 5, like i told you, it starts to be with from, into send it into a movie meetings. joe biden, around 745 locals time by the end of the, the next state which is sunday, the last day of the summit. t

, and ukraine, meanwhile, is in the status of a candidate for joining the european union. also know the news already from brussels that probably in december. the european commission will recommend starting the process of negotiations with ukraine on acquiring full membership in the european union, we also hear a lot different opinions about how much, how long this process might take, we refer for example to the example of croatia, which took 10 years for this, but croatia was not in a state of military conflict, how long do you think it might be until achievement of this fact: is ukraine a full member of the european union? i want to tell you that this, this, this protest has no special calendar, it depends on how ukraine will make the relevant reforms and to be at the level of european standards, let's step by step. first you need to approach this process. from the beginning of the negotiations and now spain plays a very important role and we will lead the debate, but the decision will be made by the council of europe and esta, the esta decision will be made on the basis

the company can play fast and loose with the union recognition legislation to frustrate the union�*sor a fair playing field. is it naive to think that, though, you can do it in a different way? instead of being in opposition to management, saying, look, we�*ve got to get in, therefore we can hold the management�*s feet to the fire, you�*ve got to work with them and say if you want to lose fewer people, if you want less turnover, less cost from people constantly leaving to get betterjobs we will work with you? now, some argue, a company like greggs has done that. that what they have shown is that they can work with the workers, they can pay them a little bit better than they can elsewhere and that is a better, more cooperative way to work. and that is 90% of the work that unions do. so greggs also have a relationship with the bakers union. i was up at b&m bargains at one of their distribution centres, our shop workers union working really closely with management there. they have turned the situation around to where they had 500% labour turnover. people come into work and they are sayi

plus, even workers who are not in unions, even unions push up wages for everyone. you have heard me say many time, wall street did not build america. the middle-class built america in unions but the middle class. let me close with this, we faced some pretty tough times in recent years. and pandemic that took one million friends and neighbors. the people that we raised, and loved, grew up with, gone. the worst economic crisis since the great depression. it was not that long ago, the 20 million americans were out of work. but the american people did not give up. they never give up. they have never given up. and today we have the strongest economy in the world, the lowest inflation rate among major economies, 13.5 million new jobs, you have heard it before and i will keep saying it. my dad said it's a lot more than a paycheck, it's about your dignity, respect, being able to look your kid in the eye and say honey, it's gonna be ok and in. that is coming back to places all across the country. i am proud of the historic legislation i have passed and the policies enacted,

that is what the unions say.t here, that, but that is the threat here, that people would essentially be able to vote for lawful strike action but then would be banned from taking part. otherwise, they could fear losing theirjob altogether. let's just pick fear losing theirjob altogether. let'sjust pick up, fear losing theirjob altogether. let's just pick up, you fear losing theirjob altogether. let'sjust pick up, you mentioned fear losing theirjob altogether. let's just pick up, you mentioned at the beginning of our conversation, some of the other themes and topics that are due to be discussed during the congress, which is continuing on into wednesday. talk to us about some of the other themes alongside this key pillar of discussion? yes, that is right. _ this key pillar of discussion? yes, that is right, the _ this key pillar of discussion? yes, that is right, the congress - this key pillar of discussion? yes that is right, the congress started yesterday afternoon, so i arrived in the evening, people were alread

, they probably had no idea how to negotiate with the soviet union , they did not trust him and could not believe a single word, everyone was in a state of mistrust of each other, and only then when in germany, the ussr was attacked by this block of countries that was formed between england, the united states and the soviet union . the events themselves led to the fact that they became allies, and only for a short time, and then only until they defeated hitler. to pay tribute to the ability of both hitler himself and his team to play on human weaknesses, that is, well, in this case, not on human glory, on the weaknesses of a separate state that uh, they understand that at a certain stage great britain and france want something, they this is played for sure in my stage what czechoslovakia wants for sure in the stage of poland romania hungary soviet union and in this period of time the events there from er even even in the last year from september 38th to september 39th playing on these weaknesses in the interests of each of these central european states, taking these heavy weights from

rovs, russian general, military union, major general.mir pressler during post-war interrogation showed, i quote, from 1941 to mid-43 , rovs. supplied the german army. translator some of the rossovites were mobilized to the front and took part in the battles against the red army; many members of the rovs went to the front; the main contingent was taken from the baltic union, which in its number reached 400 people by the then head of the rov. with germany there was still the same background of the lamp at the same time the grand duke, vladimir kirillich, who laid claim to the russian throne after the nazi attack on the soviet union , proclaimed this formidable. the hour when germany, almost all the peoples of europe declared a crusade against the communism of bolshevism, which enslaved and oppressed the people of russia for 24 years. i appeal to all the faithful and devoted sons of our motherland with an appeal to contribute, to the best of our ability and ability, to the overthrow of the bolshevik government and the liberation of our fath

from the sky, this regime lasted for about an hour and a half, the future of ukraine is the european union , said the president of the european commission, ursula von dererlian, during her speech before the parliament, she noted that it is necessary to expand the european union so that countries with pro-european values ​​are not left behind, we have provided 12 billion aid so that schools, hospitals in ukraine continue to function, we will also to strengthen the production of our weapons in order to help meet the urgent needs of ukrainians. we also look to the future and that is why we have proposed an additional 50 billion euros for the next 4 years in investments and reforms that will help ukraine rebuild its future and turn into a beautiful, flourishing ukraine together with you in a new area of ​​psychological support has opened in lviv. from now on, in the dovzhenka center , free help will be provided to children , teenagers and adults. is normal life broken by the war? psychologists and psychotherapists individual consultations, group classes for families of military personnel, art

and union workers forever.plit, how fine is the line between between pro union and pro worker? >> there's a line there. it's something to be conscious of. most manufacturers are not unionized. they are much smaller than they once were. it's important to understand that historically, there was a substantial portion of union membership that voted republican. it wasn't in the past that they were all democrats. many of those reagan democrats of the 1980s were union members, so it's always a question of proportions here. and in 2016, it's important to remember that, yes, trump narrowly won michigan. he lost it pretty badly in 2020, but if you go back to 16 and you look at the primaries, trump won his primary in michigan quite easily, and bernie sanders won the democratic primary in something of a surprise quite easily. so when democrats are taking strong stance in favor of unions, i think it makes it much easier for the union and for union members to go to the democratic side, and so what biden did yesterday on tues

god bless him, our great union, which helped us a lot even in rome.verything he did for us, together with the president of poland, together with mr. kaczyński, thank you very much. and he says at this moment that poland is leading restrictions on ukrainian agricultural products , the real result of these restrictions is also the collapse of ukrainian agriculture, that is, i am not going to compare poland with russia in a nightmare, russia is an aggressive terrorist the state of poland is a democratic european state putin is a dictator and criminal kaczyński duda and moraveski democratically elected politicians electoral politicians who protect the interests of their own people and putin does not protect the interests of even his own people you can't even compare it like comparing sweet and wet ugh i don't even have such an opinion kaczynski was a member of solidarity and putin was a kgb. if you tell me , i am comparing kaczynski. and puzin is just blasphemy. for the sake of freedom from a free poland, i say this absolutely seriously, but the results a

that kind of levelling _ trade union movement. that kind of levelling up — trade union movement.a job, a good unionise — right. a house and a job, a good unionise joh— right. a house and a job, a good unionise job with decent conditions, thriving _ unionise job with decent conditions, thriving community and power to create _ thriving community and power to create good local services and educational opportunities. these things— educational opportunities. these things were my lifeline and that's what _ things were my lifeline and that's what reat— things were my lifeline and that's what real levelling up means to me. what _ what real levelling up means to me. what levelling up could have been and what — what levelling up could have been and what it could still be. good jobs _ and what it could still be. good jobs and — and what it could still be. good jobs and secure homes are the foundations of thriving lives and of a strong _ foundations of thriving lives and of a strong economy. true growth, which benefits _ a strong economy. true growth, which benefits att _ a strong economy. t

plus, even workers who aren't in unions, even workers who have been laid off see benefits from unions when they're strong because unions across the workforce push up wages and strengthen benefits for everyone. you've heard me say many times, wall street didn't build america, the middle-class built america. and unions built the middle-class. let me close with this. we face some pretty tough times in recent years, a pan dem take that took more than a million of our friends and neighbors. a million people sitting in our dining room and kitchen tables, people we raised and loved, people we grew up with, gone. the worst economic crisis since the great depression. it wasn't that long ago that 20 million americans were out of work. but the american people didn't give up. they never give up. they've never given up. and today, we have the strongest economy in the world. the lowest inflation rate among the major economies. 13.5 million new jobs. you heard me say before and i'm going to keep saying it, my dad said a job is a lot more than about a paycheck. it's about your dignity. it's about res

the message here was, these are union munitions, being used against union trips. this is the port hudson military museum or state park, it is a beautiful state park. highly recommended. these are the types of shells, that were found, that did not go off. and this is not a unique situation, a repurposed thing unexploded ammunition. this is from iraq, moving to the present. these are american cluster bombs that did not go off in iraq. these photographs were brought back from a former student of mine. it has a high dud rate. of port hudson and their union unexploded ordinance. they are taken by insurgents, used as ied and provide explosive device and attack on american convoy. with american weapons. this is the same idea, that the confederates are using, defending port hudson. taking unexploded shells and repurposed thing them to attack and defend the enemy. 1864, the photograph on the left was taken by me, at west point military museum basement. these are all the active scene mines, at the end of the war, or most of them that were intact or brad. these are in the ba

she, roberta mytsola, she says that the formal negotiations of ukraine on membership in the european union should begin this year, and in principle it can happen before christmas, and she emphasizes at the same time that the european parliament, the european union must carry out internal reforms in order to prepare for the next waves of expansion, to start... accession negotiations, it is noteworthy that they are now talking about reforms in the european union itself, and not reforms in ukraine, because we usually talk in the context of our homework, which we are doing , but nevertheless, david rahami said the day before that the ukrainian parliament has already completed almost 99% of everything it has committed to do - committed to do in order to for these negotiations to begin, now it's up to the government, robertalo is talking about reform to the european union itself, what exactly is it about? well, really , first of all it should be said that there is a decision of the european commission, and about the possibility of the very beginning of negotiations, respectively simply as the ne

not been in a union, as far as we can find.he went straight into law out of college and law school, but other presidents certainly have been. ronald reagan was union president as head of the screen actor's guild in the late '40s and early '50s. unions have had a brilliant resurgence lately. ups workers just negotiated a new contract. drivers will earn $175,000 in pay and benefits a few years from now, even starbucks locations are unionizing, $20 an hour for baristas and more dependable schedules as well. the big challenge for president biden, both in the speech in pennsylvania and in general is convincing americans the economy is getting better because it is. by all standard metrics. but americans don't seem to feel that way. a brand new "wall street journal" poll, for instance, finds 75% of americans think inflation is getting worse. in fact, chris, it's getting better. the lowest rate in two years. >> scott, thank you. at the anchor desk with our janelle wang working on the 5:00 news, happy labor day. >> september 4th actuall

the big three automakers, because they rely on union labor, in part because they rely on union labor, paying significantly more for their u.s. labor than some other automakers, including tesla and some foreign competitors, in the united states. that's going on as the industry is trying to move toward an electric future.pressures. they are dealing with competitors who pay less for labor. they are being asked to shell out more by the union. there's been posturing from both sides as to who has been dragging their feet on the negotiations. the general motors ceo this morning telling me that the first substantive counteroffer from uaw came in last night. i asked her what it was like to get something that late. here is part of what she shared. >> every situation in labor negotiations is a little different. i don't think that's -- the most important thing is we gotta get back to the table and problem solve. we have put forth strong offers. the one on the table right now is historic from gm in our 115-year history. >> reporter: the ceo saying her team is ready to keep negotiating. uaw has sus