union group, residents and occupy demonstrators packed city hall to protest the cuts. however, there were no major disruptions like last week. the city slashed $28 million from the budget to offset lawsuits and state redevelopment money. >> we don't have the luxury of being angry because there's so much at stake. so what we need to do is be extremely professional on both sides. >> the city had sent out thousands of layoff notices earlier this month. most will now be rescinded. layoff workers will receive two weeks' notice. >>> here are some of the areas that will be cut. many jobs in economic development and public works, several departments will merge, including parks and recreation and human services. the city will also sell a former fire station for extra cash. there will not be any cuts to popular programs such as fairlyland, the zoo and the 211 information call center. >>> the economic outlook appears much better in contra costa county. for the first time in five years, the county does not plan any general budget cuts. the contra costa times reports there may even

union groups, residence, and occupy protestors packed city hall to voice their objections. however, there were no major disruptions like last weeks meeting. the city cut $28 million from the budget. >> we have real deep pockets of poverty and we were using the money to turn some neighborhoods around. >> you taken 100% cut in your salaries? no because half of your salaries is paid it of redevelopment. >> most will now be rescinded. laid off workers will receive two weeks notice. here are the areas that will be cut. many jobs in the economic development and public works. several departments will merge including parks and recreation and human services. there will not be cuts to any popular programs such as children's fairyland and oakland zoo. >>> economic outlook appears to be much better in contra costa county for the first time in five years the county does not plan on any general budget cuts. there may even be money left over to rehire lost deputies and prosecutors. the extra funds come from recent labor deals with county workers. they agree to millions of dollars in cuts.

on november 2010 a union group on arbitrary detention, an imparl body, issued opinion number 262010, finding his ongoing detention to be in violation of international law. after 20 months without credible information regarding mr. gao's whereabouts and days before the probationary period was to end. chinese state media announced that mr. gao would now serve his sentence. he was taken to shia county prison in a remote autonomous region. prison officials turned mr. gao's family away after they traveled 20 hours to see him, claiming that mr. gao didn't want to see his family and that he could not receive visitors during a three-month quote educational period. no independent party has been able to confirm mr. gao is alive or actually at that prison. the government's imprisonment of mr. gao, if in fact he is at the shia county prison is illegal for three reasons. first, mr. gao has already spent more than three years in government custody since his arrest in 2006 on subversion charges. he has already served his full sentence. second, the charges against mr. gao for inciting subversion ari

under her watch, the credit union group to over 1600 members. it has become the national model for institutions seeking to provide financial education and banking services to the low- income communities. last but not least, we have our conditional lender represented here by wells fargo. mark cyrus is the senior fda banker for the region -- the senior sba banker. he held businesses choose the best loans for the growing business and focus on a comprehensive understanding of their goals for their business. mark is responsible for helping entrepreneurs with sba loans every step of the way. i would like each of you to speak a little bit about what your organization does and, more importantly, address the audience here and let them know what your looking for when you are hoping to fund their loan. we will start with you, mark. >> absolutely. thank you. i want to thank speaker pelosi for putting this together. i want to thank all of the of for coming out on a smell it -- snowy san francisco date. [laughter] we've been told we should get us know when we

from building the pipeline, as he said in his article, feel stabbed in the back by unions that joined environmental groups to kill the project. labor's international union general president, terry o'sullivan said the decision was so repulseive and disgusting that he was going to pull his union out of the blue/green alliance, a group of labor unions and environmentalists that represented nearly all that sign a joint statement that supported the president. he said that the groups that had no equity in this work have kicked our union in the teeth. we will not sit at the table with people that destroy our members' livelihood. the labor unions supporting the project issued a forceful condemning the act as politics at its worst. a study about the jobs that it would create was clear when it was said this decision was really about the president being re-elected. the president's re-election is at stake and there's certainly more at stake here than a simple pipeline. in closing i would like to quote from a chicago tribune, keystone should be approved. it's a good project. it will give us energy and give us jobs. yo

union groups and occupy demonstrators protested the cuts. the city had to trim $28 million. >> we don't have the luxury of being angry because there is so much at steak. so what we need to do is be professional on both sides. >> earlier, the city sent out thousands of layoff notices. they will now be resend. many jobs will be cut in the public works departments. several departments will merge and the city will sell a former fire station but there will not be cuts to popular programs. >>> better outlook in contra costa where the county doesn't plan any cuts. first time in five years. there might even be money left over to rehire layoffed workers. >>> arraignment was delayed for a 15-year-old accused of murdering his parents. he has been charged as an adult. he got into an argument with his mother and strangled him and he then strangled his father. he is scheduled to be in court on february 14. >>> the sheriff found out what killed a 14-year-old girl during a sleep over last july. a report showed takeimi rao died from an overdose of the date r

. >>> -- a plan aimed at restoring california's roads and unions. groupsg provisions. >>> the board voted today and gave the high-speed rail job to dan richard. governor jerry brown appointed him to guide a project that has been under fire. estimated costs have doubled to $98 billion. the proposed completion date is 13 years later than planned. >>> farmers say food prices will go up if new child labor rules go into effect. a rule would prohibit teens from doing a variety of labor work. farmers say the law would restrict teens from summer work and cost consumers. >> it would raise costs if we have to create a full-time position. >> we need to make sure the jobs the kids are doing is safe and won't cost them as it has in some situations their lives. >> it could not effect teens working on their parent's farms. >>> sugar is toxic and should be regulated. a report says it is as dangerous as tobacco and alcohol and responsible for 35 million deaths every year. >> i tried to cut it out of my diet and i crave it. >> we have known it has been bad for a long time.

union groups, residence, occupy demonstrators -- they slashed $28 million from the budget trying to offset >> eliminating that position for economic development. those are the kind of positions that redevelopments funded. >> we don't have the luxury of being angry because there is so much at stake. so what we need to do is be extremely professional on both sides. >> the city sent out thousands of lay off notices earlier this month. >>> here is some of the areas that will be. many jobs economic department. city will also sell a former fire station to get some much kneed money. there will not be any cuts to popular programs such as children's fairyland opinion the oakland zoo and 211 operation call center. >>> google is changing the bus service to some of its workers starting today. parents have complained about the buss that pick up and drop off at a los gatos church. the buses cause traffic congestion which could be dangerous for kids. now they will have them use the church parking lot instead of the parking street. >>> 5:37. did you see the light rain as you came in? >> i didn't on my com

union groups they packed into city hall last night voicing their objections.here were no major disruptions like last years meeting. the city cut $28 million out of the budget to offset the losses in state redevelopment money. >> they have real deep pockets. >> you have taken 100% cut in your salaries. because half of your salaries are paid out of the redevelopment agency. >> the city of oakland sent out thousands of layoff notices. most of those will be rescinded. here is some of the areas that will be cut. many jobs in the economic development and public works will be eliminated. several departments will be merged including parks and recreations and human services. they will also sell a fire station for extra cash. there will not be any cuts to popular programs such as the zoo. and children's fairyland. >>> for the first time in five years the county does knot plan any general budget -- does not plan any general budget cuts. there may be money left over to rehire loss deputies. the funds come from recent labor deals. >>> time is 6:46. high school students cou

lawmakers and union groups are urging president obama to restrict imports of auto parts from china.ir claim, china's exports of auto parts which have jumped during the past decade are driven by illegal chinese government subsidies. the manufacturing belt of the midwest is at risk unless something is done and it is on the desk of the president. i'm joined tonight by leo gerard, international president of the steel workers. good to have you with us tonight. the steel workers, i understand, have filed a petition against these chinese trade policies. tell us about it. where are we right now? >> well, let me say first, ed, i want to reiterate your point that no one has stood tougher against china than president obama and his administration. for every case we have brought, they have stood right by us and brought it forward. what we have done this week is we started the process of going to the house of representatives and to the senate to get letters of support to ask the administration to file the trade case against china. this is going to be one of the largest cases in auto parts against

union group, residents and occupy demonstrators packed city hall 20 protest the cuts.there were no major disruptions like last weekend. the city slashed millions to offset moneys. >> somebody who goes and shows people industrial space and whatever is what is calling us. those are the kind of positions that redevelopment funded. >> we don't have the luxury of being angry because there's so much at stake. so what we need to do is be extremely professional on both sides. >> the city had sent out thousands of layoff notices earlier this month. mose will be rescinded. lated off workers will receive two weeks' notice. >>> here are some of the areas that will be cut many jobs in economic development. public works will be eliminated. several departments will merge including parks and recreation and human services. the city will sell a former fire station for extra cash. there will not be you cans such as the fairliryland, the zoo and the 11 calling system -- will not be cut such as the fairyland, the zoo and the 21 calling system -- 211 calling system. >>> today as uc berkeley

actually apply to contributions to these third parties and groups from millionaires and billionaires it applied to contributions from corporations unions and nonprofit groups so millionaires and billionaires are free to give now just as they were free to give then their influence over the process hasn't increased in terms of their donations to these groups if they're only didn't specifically say we're here to help millionaires and billionaires but what it did was there was a limit of twenty five hundred dollars on what an individual can contribute to a campaign that has made this still exists exactly but now people can give way more than twenty five hundred dollars they can give a million dollars if they want through this third party support actually was created through citizens united people could still give that same amount to choose third party political groups before citizens united big didn't lift any restrictions on us like you know they are. right third party citizens these third party followed a five to seven group could not endorse the candidate or they couldn't be supporting one candidate the super pac allows you to give to m

unions responded. a founder of the labor working group. this alliance is unprecedented in the u.s. and distinguishes occupy wall street from the movements of the 60s when unions were more conservative and the youth cultures tend to be antiunion. the union have been under attack by the 1% and they were looking were of new strategies and new allies. one such union was the transit workers union 100 which in the fall of 2011 was involved in difficult contract negotiations. working through the ows labor working group the rank and file set up a table in the 30 plus-up with hard hats left by laborers from the nearby freedom tower's construction site. the table served as a place where workmen kutcher their stories with visitors to liberty plus as well as going about the movement. the occupation also facilitated connections among unions, members of local latest who were introduced to local 814 and the two locals quickly decided to support one another's respective struggles. gillian titian organizer with the local 814 encourage workers on picket lines while universalizing their struggle by pi

union army. does anyone know the other hated group? >> border state officers. if you were a union officer from maryland or kentucky or even occupied tennessee, you were set aside from the others, drawn out to this prison camp, which was really just a building in the middle of columbia, south carolina, and that was where you would stay. again, it was very poorly sanitized, filled with cockroaches, poor food and cruel citizens who came by outside to mock the prisoners in their cells. one of the kind of shocking things for the union officers who were kept there is that it was right across the street from city hall. and every day they could see the city politicians out there eating fanciful meals out on the front lawn of the city building while they themselves were starving. one of those who was incarcerated was a lieutenant named freeman boley. we've discussed this man earlier this class. he was the white union officers who surrendered at the battle of the crater. he was nearly lynched by the citizens of petersburg when he was drawn in a parade through the city. bo

you have a group of people, a group of unions, willing to step forward, take the bull by the horns, and get it on. like i said, the city of san francisco, proud to say, is a group of ladies and gentlemen that are not afraid to move forward to create jobs and opportunities and careers for a lot of laborers, a lot of engineers, a lot of electricians, a whole ball of unions. you have changed a lot of lives and careers. you are moving forward. that is the main thing. god bless you for that. thank you. [applause] commissioner courtney: thank you. i did acknowledge that this is the commission resolution. i ask the president and commissioners join us up front. i will ask the general managers to also join us, and the principles for the laborers' unions, if you will indulge me, so we can take a nice big photo. come on up. >> mr. president? [laughter] >> get up there. >> i am right behind you. president moran: i think we need a bigger room. >> could you get a little bit more closer? >> all right. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> will the main thing is, i am serious. you of made careers for a l

states and the role of unions in a global economy is bob king president of the united auto worker's union a grouph 395,000 members. bob comes to us from ann arbor, michigan i want to welcome him into the war room. bob, so glad to have you here. >> so great to be with you. >> yes. i am so glad to see you. we have been through a lot together. so it's really great to have you here we saw 15,000 jobs added in the auto industry in january and 170,000 over, you know since the crash. i am just wondering if you can give me a feel for what it feels like on the ground in michigan and in uaw plants. >> well, it feels great. members are happy. people are working overtime again. people are getting hired again. it's a great energy great spirit. people are really committed to the highest quality, best value product for the customers because we know that's what our future is tied in to. so it's an exciting time to be in the auto industry. >> well, and just to pick up on that, bob, you know that i have bragged about you in the past because you have said things like, you know, this is as the auto industry has tran

unions. rfid number 29, less than two weeks into the occupation out of a coalition of community and labor groups, including united new york, strong oral coalition, the working families party, united federation of teachers, workers united, as the i.q. 1199 in the transport workers union local 100 announced they would hold a community and labor rally in support of occupy wall street the following week on this same wednesday that the students called for a student walkout. the first issue of the occupy "wall street journal" holds this unity come in the front page displayed a large photo of a woman with a tambourine and the headline, new york united, wednesday at dover fifth, student walkout, union marches, occupy wall street.org, new york student writing.org. the new york city student assembly, which facilitated connections among student activists at different universities had been acting along with others in solidarity with the local workers, especially the art handlers of the teamsters local age 14. the union members had been locked out of work for failing to agree to a nastier new contract with a

the two groups that spent the most were unions, they spent for democrats and against republicans. what happened in 2010 after citizens united ruling. the big money on the right skyrocketed, 7 of the 10 outside spending groups, were on the right, fueled by corporate contributions. the only non-conservative groups that cracked the top ten were unions. if you eliminate the unions, with scott walker facing a recall as a result of his union stripping with the ohio union stripping thing like wisconsin's, being repealed in november. the huge backlash where it has been tried so far the republicans are pursuing it they don't say it's about the budget, it's about jobs. so in indiana, mitch daniels signed into law that state's brand new anti-union right to work bill. republicans there say it's about creating jobs in the state. republicans in minnesota advanced their effort to bring the same anti-union legislation to minnesota, too. same with republicans in ohio. republicans in michigan are considering pushing it there as well. the argument from these republicans is that this is all about cre

groups labor unions stage a two day strike in response to the latest wave of austerity cuts which they say is pushing workers and the economy towards a financial abyss measures were crucial step toward securing their desperately needed one hundred thirty billion euro bailout package. a group of public figures from russia's civil society gather widespread support on the quest to keep the presidential elections fair and transparent and after succeeding in establishing ties with both the authorities and the opposition they are planning to monitor the vote in march. or news for you ever top of the hour in the meantime we'll get the latest from the world of sports with paul. how i welcome to the world of sport has what's coming up. if a full out stuart pearce's name is manager as the football association consider capello six. thirteen and out course huge upset with a way to have a serious car into your league basketball with the man himself for the first loss in thirteen. i. bet or a set in the first round of the davis cup the first time in switzerland the usa. but first two football in eng

and labor unions that represented nearly all of the groups that signed a statement, a joint statement supporting the president. mr. sullivan said unions and environmental groups that have no equity in this work have kicked our members in the teeth, and be anger is an understatement as to how we feel be about it. we will not sit at the table with people that destroy our members' livelihood. the labor unions supporting the project issued a particularly forceful statement condemning the decision as politics at its worst. and mr. sean sweeney who was the director of global labor institute at cornell university who did a study about the jobs that this would create made it very clear when he said that this decision was really about the president being reelected. the president's re-election is at stake, and he said there is certainly more at stake here than a simple pipeline. in closing, i would simply like to quote from an editorial in "the chicago tribune." keystone should be approved. this is a good project, it will give us energy and give us jobs. you want

i can tell you as the only union member in this group.hing wrong with them spending their money. they're on their knees and beaten to a pulp by foreign competition and the industry. you can expect them to try every measure to preserve their strength. >> it's not going to work, the public sector unions aren't on their knees. >> and the governor-- >> in a couple of months, and that's where i worry about it, but listen, like i said, this is a media bias story, and the media's not covering this, in a fairway, the particularly the public sector unions have enormous power in state governments, they can do whatever they want. >> who pays their salaries? who pays their wages? the taxpayers. >> and they're extorting dues from their members to remove a sitting governor. that's insane. >> i just like stephen's selective free speech. i love that. >> and rich guy can't-- muzzle the rich dude, but everybody else is all right. >> and that's not what you're fair? >> it was kind of-- >> and (laughter) >> i tried to help you. >> when we come back, talk abo

if there is a merger on or about 35% or more, there would be an election for union representation. if there was one group was union and one non-union. in this case, one is 55%, one is 45%, 55% no union, say maybe delta airlines, 45% union, say like american airlines, collective bargaining contracts, wiped out. >> so this of course is going to let the big get bigger and come in, keep organized labor out, so they can go after your pensions, go after your health care, they can dictate your wages and make it harder on the middle chase workers. that is how i read it but here is another thing, barbara boxer, john kerry, chuck schumer, jay rockefeller and harry reid. you lost good democrats on this one, what happened? >> what happened was a sneak attack in the middle of the night. we know this congress right now has really a bunch of do-nothings, but amazing what deals they can crack in the middle of the night behind closed doors, that is exactly what happened here. a secret deal was cooked up with boehner and reid, with where they inserted and wrote this new language in the law, that attacks our ability to org