've been a union member for over 18 years. i work for the city of new york. $18,000 d on my job at an hour. i'm at $61,000. that's because of the union. every year.aises and if we didn't have a union, i wouldn't be at my salary. so you started at $18 an hour and you're currently -- caller: i started at $18,000 a year. host: $18,000 a year, now $61. caller: yeah. of the unions. i get a 3% raise every year. he unions represent us for upper management. now, working for the state, the the raises. my dues are $25.60 every two weeks. $50 a month for union represent raises, what's wrong with that? who did you want want that? caller had aad the good experience. she's been able to get what most think, ould like, i which is that as they progress in their career, as they become they're able to get a steady increasing income, of the kes them part middle class. gave them basic security, to rtunity, the ability provide for their children, send their kids to college. a all of the things that we would associate with the middle class. unfortunately,

paul serves as sf mta media relations manager and we are honoring him for the work with the subsequent union contract negotiations. as an agency spokesperson paul was representing the agency from the moment that rumors began to circulate about the sick out and worked to get as much accurate information about the situation as much as possible and shared with reporter's literally hundred ies of them from across the country who called to request more information. as you recall the cycle continued for weeks and paul continued to respond along with his team through the final negotiations of the labor contract. he helped inform reporter's with what was happening with the process and regularly updates through social media with related to information about the delays and how to management their transportation experience. paul's handling of the situation helped ensure the public was as informed as possible during this very difficult time for the agency. maybe paul would like to come up here with me. we don't often acknowledge our managers. but i truly think that paul deserves recognition for his work

they work with their unions. they also work with unions like the f eia you -- like the feiu. democrats need them and they need them at kratz to accomplish what they are chine to accomplish. them at despite the fact that their membership is declining. >> what they are doing now is workers orngage people outside of the labor movement. it is not about us, it is about working people. these people aren't union members. they want a union and they are fighting for wages. they are still struggling and in a bind and meeting very much for this election to turn out the way they wanted to. >> finish the sentence, the state of the midterm elections for the democrats and for organized labor is what? them incredibly tight. it is in favor of republicans at this point. are of the analysts it isting, even though still really tight, republicans seem to be doing better with the surging and the polling. they are making gains. democratic candidates have not dropped but they have not seen taking gains. if the momentum is going to republicans way in the end, we will know that within a few weeks. if

these irs workers spent more than 520,000 hours on union work in 2013 and even longer, more than 573,000 on union duties in 2012. gerri? gerri: shocking. liz, thank you for that. >>> and now we want to hear from you. gmail is warning users to change their passwords tonight after unconfirmed reports of five million passwords turning up on a russian web site. so when was the last time you changed your password? here's what some of you are tweeting me about our poll question tonight. rick writes this: every two months, just long enough to get them memorized, and then change them again. on facebook gayle says: within a month. you can't be too careful anymore. if changing often helps, i'll do it. and here's mark: a week ago, will do it again in another four weeks. and bill says: with 75 accounts, i'd have to spend all day. i feel your pain, bill. >>> when we come back, a shocking new report show just how widespread student loan debt is, and next is california putting fish before people? how state regulations are protecting salmon, not citizens, during this devastating drought. here's your con

and the rights and freedoms you have in the european union work anywhere, if you are a resident of anyy you can work anywhere in the e.u. all of that is very different from -- from what we see in russia, and on top of that, we are, in terms of press freedom and internet freedom, we are one of the leaders in the world. and what is happening here, the liberal democrats in russia are moving to my country, some of the sort of top figures in the there. >> with one eye on ukraine, do you have to think about things that have to be done to make sure that the russian speakers in estonia feel safe and welcome, and don't feel like they need to agitate for something? >> well, right now, i mean, i guess living in a prosperous european liberal democracy with one of the highest rates of freedom of speech anywhere, problem. >> an economist has said if there is one further degree of escalation in the trade sanctions between europe and russia, it will be very bad economically for europe. how are these sanctions affecting you, your country? and what is your sense of them? should they be escalating? are t

through the work of the union, and they are paid minimum wage jobs. i would guess of our 2 million, a million used to be minimum-wage jobs that we have made living wage jobs. that is why our members are so deeply committed to helping the fast food workers win. this is a movement that is not thinking about one shop at a doe, one city at a time, how we transform an entire sector of the service economy and raise wages for a million workers that are selling burgers in this nation, so we can impact the other 3 million workers that serve in fast food restaurants across this country? it is an incredibly inspiring site. we are proud our homecare members joined just yesterday as part of the homecare workers also fighting for $15. this movement has already made gains. 100,000 seattle workers are on their way. l.a. unified school workers were able to bargain their way up to 15. we do not believe these kinds of changes would be happening unless fast food workers had the courage and the guts to begin those strikes out there in new york. just 20 months ago, there h

every one of the benefits the unions negotiated for ultimately worked out for everyone else. union and nonunion workers. they ended up giving health benefits for union and nonunion workers. but here is the key. the second thing that unions did, they were out there has of force to be able to argue for things that were in the interest of working people generally. unions were on the front line of social security. on the front line in the fight for medicare. unions are on the front line in many of the fights for civil rights plan unions about their the try to argue no for what benefits the middle of america. what benefits working people in america. i think it is no accident that a big part of what happened with trade policy was that it hit a unionized industry and helped take a lot of the legs out from underneath unionized workers in the united states. the consequences not only economic. the consequence is political. we see rising inequality at a time when unions have declined. the two are deeply tied to each other. >> we have a onetime version in the united states. one or two peo

one taxpayers shelling out $23 million last year to pay irs employees to do union work. and 2, the obama of justice caught red handed mistakenly calling congressman darrell issa's office asking what information the doj should be leaking too friendly reporters. monica crowley is next. >> they actually given the context of the obama administration that they could do that and get away with it. not true. this irs scandal is the most dangerous scandal in u.s. history. dave: the market is down today. has been done worse than the 58 point loss is not nothing. it is a significant downward trend down 75 and look at this bowl. in more. a lot of people saying now is the time to get in to gold because it has come down so much. it has come down enough. it is down $6.20 to 1239. oil getting a little upgrade today going up to 92.3 for a barrel of oil, that is double the more than 1/2%. interesting turn on oil to the upside. shares rallied yesterday, iphone 6 goes on a week from tomorrow. investors are concerned apple pay may give ebay i run for its money. look at ebay shares. they once

i often think of those early talks between us about our might help to craft a more perfect union. work remains to be done, but our list of a competent -- accompl ishments is real. over the last six years, are administration, your administration, has made historic gains in realizing the principles of the founding documents and has fought to protect the most sacred american right, the right to vote. we begin to realize the promise of equality for our lgbt brothers and sisters and their families. we have begun to significantly reform our criminal justice system and rethink those -- t hank those for the communities they protect. faith inith -- kept the power of the judicial system to fairly and effectively adjudicate any cases brought before it, including those that belong -- involve the security of the nation we both love so dearly. we have taken steps to protect the environment and make more fair the rules by which commercial enterprises operate. and we have held accountable those who would harm the american people through violent means or the misuse of economic or political power. i hav

they're important as well since they are a federation that represents the vast majority of unions in this country. -- work with their union, so democrats need them and they need democrats to accomplish what they're trying to accomplish. >> despite the fact that their membership is declining? >> yes. right now they're trying to engage workers or people who are looking for work out side of the labor movement. they really changed their strategy to say we're not speaking for unions. it's not about us. it's about working people. i think that has had some effectiveness. you've got the fight for 15 protest at mcdonald's and other fast food restaurants. ese peopler aren't -- aren't union members. they're fighting for wages and they're wrapping in a bigger part of the population but still struggling and in a bind and needing very much for this election to turn out the way that they want it to. >> finish this sentence. the state of the midterm elections for the democrat and for organized labor is what. >> incredibly tight and it seems to be much more favorable towards republicans at this point. >> why? > well, most

've been a union member for over 18 years. i work for the city of new york. $18,000 d on my job at an hour. i'm at $61,000. that's because of the union. every year.aises and if we didn't have a union, i wouldn't be at my salary. so you started at $18 an hour and you're currently -- caller: i started at $18,000 a year. host: $18,000 a year, now $61. caller: yeah. of the unions. i get a 3% raise every year. he unions represent us for upper management. now, working for the state, the the raises. my dues are $25.60 every two weeks. $50 a month for union represent raises, what's wrong with that? who did you want want that? caller had aad the good experience. she's been able to get what most think, ould like, i which is that as they progress in their career, as they become they're able to get a steady increasing income, of the kes them part middle class. gave them basic security, to rtunity, the ability provide for their children, send their kids to college. a all of the things that we would associate with the middle class. unfortunately,

think of those early talks between us, about our belief that we might help to craft a more perfect union. work remains to be done, but our list of accomplishments is real. over the last six years, our administration -- your administration -- has made historic gains in realizing the principles of the founding documents and fought to protect the most sacred of american rights, the right to vote. we have begun to realize the promise of equality for our lgbt brothers and sisters and their families. we have begun to significantly reform our criminal justice system and reconnect those who bravely serve in law enforcement with the communities that they protect. we have kept faith with our belief in the power of the greatest judicial system the world has ever known to fairly and effectively adjudicate any cases that are brought before it, including those that involve the security of the nation that we both love so dearly. we have taken steps to protect the environment and make more fair the rules by which our commercial enterprises operate. and we have held accountable those who would harm the america

in african, the african union is working tirelessly to push for peace in the democratic republic of tin congo, south sudan, and somali. the international community must remain engaged and support africa in the maintenance of peace and stability, enhancing thereby it's peace keeping capacity needs through training, logistical and financial support. africa also remained seized with the issue of western sahara. the united nations should not shake off its responsibility to ensure the achievement of self determination by the people of western sahara. mr. president, we continue to witness the suffering and persecution of the people of palestine at the hands of israel. we have witnessed the murder of women and children in shelters, where they seek refuge from israel's bombs. we witnessed the brutal and random distraction of infrastructure in the gaza strip, and while these heinous acts were being perpetrated by israel, the so-called civil eased world maintained a deafening silence, and we ask why? lasting peace in the middle east can only be achieved through a two-state solution, based on the

i often think of those early talks about our belief we may help to craft a more perfect union. work remains to be done, but our list of accomplishments is real. over the last six years our administration, your administration, has made historic gains in realizing the principles of the founding documents and fought to protect the most sacred of american rights. the right to vote. we have begun to realize the promise of equality for our lgbt brothers and sisters, and their families. we have begun to significantly reform our criminal justice system, and reconnect those that bravely serve with the communities that they protect. question have kept faith with our belief in the power of the greatest judicial system the world has ever known, to fairly and effectively rejude kate any cases that are are brought before it. including those that involve the security of the nation. we have taken steps to protect the environment, by which commercial enterprises operate. and we have held accountable those that would harm the people, through the misuse of economic or political power uh. i have loved

beyond the start up, and as far as what the concern and i know that they have been working hard for the last two years as a union and we worked alongside of those folks and it is a partnership, and we are going to move beyond the maritime story and one place that our employer could build his business and it would be at the pier 38 which was not mentioned tonight and but we have a man at pier 3845 is going to develop the ability to put the side with that cost of the port and they are going to pay for it as the project goes. and that helps to eliminate the problem that we have had and that we are going

they can build this unity over the 19 years, this is 9,000 of the 15,000 that never had a union that have workedire 19 years. i was with them yesterday at the national mediation board when that vote came in. it was an emotional high that i will never forget. more importantly neither will they. it was an electronic vote flash up on the screen. i couldn't describe the joy that they will now be able to participate in their future actively with the management, as this airline recovers. it is the largest in the country. and that they will be able to engage, negotiate, and share in the well-being of the company. not sit back and get whatever they're dished out. >> it is interesting. american airlines stock rose, went up after the news of the vote came out. what do you think that signals? >> the stock has been rising. i think actually it is part of why, this is a land slide. this was like 7-1. and i think the enthusiasm that they're part of a number one airline now that is growing. not in bankruptcy. and that they can look forward to a brighter day. for them, their communities and their families. this

i think of those early talks between us, about our belief we might help to craft a more perfect union. works to be done but our list of accomplishments is real. over the last six years, our administration, your administration, has made historic gains in realizing the principles of the founding documents. and fought to protect the most sacred of american rights. the right to vote. we have begun to realize the promise of equality for our lgbt brothers and sisters, and their families. we have begun to significantly reform our criminal justice system and reconnect those who bravely serve in law enforcement with the communities that they protect. we have kept faith with our belief in the power of the greatest judicial system the world has ever known to fairly and effectively adjudicate any cases brought before it, including those that involve the security of the nation we both love so carrily. -- so dearly. we have taken steps to protect the environment and make more fair the rules by which our commercial enterprises operate. and we have held accountable those who would harm the american people,

often think of those early talks between us about our belief we might help to craft a more perfect union. work remains to be done, but our list of accomplishments is real. over the last six years, our administration, your administration, has made historic gains in realizing the principles of the founding documents. and fought to protect the most sacred of american rights. the right to vote. we have begun to realize the promise of equality for our lgbt brothers and sisters and their families. we have begun to significantly reform our criminal justice system and reconnect those who bravely serve in law enforcement with the communities that they protect. we have kept faith with our belief in the power of the greatest judicial system the world has ever known to fairly and effectively adjudicate any cases that are brought before it. including those that involve the security of the nation we both love so dearly. we have taken steps to protect the environment and make more fair the rules by which the enterprises operate. and we held accountable those who harm american people, either through violent m

unions should work with companies to help make them effective.gressive taxation, obviously, increase minimum wage. >> where do you weigh in on the minimum wage issue? >> on a federal level, you get a bunch of people together, you sit down, try to figure out if increasing the minimum wage would adversely affect jobs. i don't have that kind of analysis available to me. i think $15 on the national level would be a good number. >> any other impediments to growth we should talk about? you've got one! [laughter] >> i could spend all day talking about it. let me ask both them a question. i am a very strong supporter of regulatory protection across a whole range of areas where the private sector by itself does need to function within the framework of a regulatory system. i have an impression that we could do a better job of weighing and balancing the costs and benefits. i have a feeling you are not going to wildly disagree with that. >> infrastructure, different types of regulation, there is always a need for balance. balance between business interests a

they fear it could lead to the undoing of a union they worked so hard to keep together. for "nightly business report," michelle cabrera. >>> demands from investors for hotly anticipated shares of ecommerce alibaba, stacking up, of course they will only get a fraction of that, but the company had only said last week that it wanted to sell about $20 billion in stock, so you can see that we are already at multiples of what the company had planned to sell. that could lead it to pricey ipo above the expected range, the company had outlined a range of 60 to $66 a share. now here is why investors are so interested in the deal, number one because of its growth. profit has tripled year over year, and number two, because of its size. margins of nearly 70% make this one of the best capitalized and fastest growing names in tech market, not to mention they do more business than ebay combined. they are expected to be the largest ipo in the u.s. or globally and in the technologically sector ever. it looks set to best gm's record of selling 2$21.1 billion of stock. >>> and we learn what

the protest and bought 13 unions. working without a contract since july.d issue was under health-care benefits. today's strike did not have any impact on transit services or commuter traffic. >> pam: next, the results after researchers decided to put the same happy wife happy life to the test. the stock market closed higher today. as investors await the results of a meeting by the federal reserve. >> pam: the dow rose 100 points, while the s-and-p 500 climbed 14 points. the nasdaq rose 33 points. i'm a doctor of internal medicine with something terrible to admit. i treated thousands of patients, risked their lives, while high on prescription drugs. i was an addict. i'm recovered now, but an estimated 500,000 medical professionals are still out there, abusing drugs or alcohol. police, airline pilots, bus drivers... they're randomly tested for drugs and alcohol... but not us doctors. you can change that: vote yes on proposition 46. your lives are in our hands. first impressions are important. you've got to make every second count. banking designed for the wa

think of those early talks between us about our belief that we might help to craft a more perfect union. workone, but our list of accomplishments is real. over the last six years our administration, your administration, has made historic gains in realizing the principles of the founding documents and fought to protect the most sacred of american rights, the right to vote. we've begun to realize the promise of equality for our lgbt brothers and sisters and their families. we have begun on significantly reform our criminal justice system and reconnect those who bravely serve in law enforcement with the the communities that they protect. we have kept faith with our belief in the power of the greatest judicial system the world has ever known to pairly and effectively adjudicate any cases that are brought before it, including those that involve the security of the nation that we both love so dearly. we have taken steps to protect the environment and make more fair the rules by which are commercial enterprises operate and we have held accountable those who harm the american people either lieu viole

but i had no choice because new york is a june -- union i work there i have the union. >> the unionsrically have fought for weekend, eight hour days, some basic minimum wage for people. the right not to have child labor. >> okay. >> why do i have to, though? >> because everybody benefits. the word sounds like communism but we do work and live in a society where there is a collective well-being and you benefit as i have just been mentioning for the things that union members thought so. you get the healthcare all of the things that you get. >> i could form a group of correspondents and negotiate for a pension. >> wouldn't that be some kind of a union? >> it would be voluntary. >> voluntary is better than forced. forced again you use the word force. am i don't know that this is a crowbar to your head. >> if i wanted to work there. >> there is fmutual benefit for all and you have benefited. >> you are fine with government healthcare you want more. >> i want the government to take over healthcare. it should be for all. >> government -- means more government. >> i am not saying erg. everyb

bid and we've worked with merry al kline and other people trying to identify unions groups we can work with in partnership there's been a outreach and nobody's has been able to say this the community group or the organization you should partner with so basically, what we've done without that in place we have those mailings those first class mailings that starts friday, a month out and reinforce the communication and it has a complete accept of call to action included in those communications so if they have questions they can e-mail, etc. >> through supervisor chiu's office you asked for information. >> yes. >> as well as the bid as well as merrill at the mta, etc. >> commissioner akers and then maybe we'll try to wrap up. >> last year, we had complaint from the community did that include the residents or mostly hotels and they were apartment buildings around jones street. >> so there's a record of those resident it was a written complaint; right? so when we have their e-mails or i e-mailed each and everyone of that prior to the hearing and had one response. >> they were included in the

you are a union supporter, i worked at abc, i had to join a union, aftra, i didn't' to join -- i didn'tto join aftra. i am not an artist. >> you are, your mustache is art. john: i didn't' to be lumped in with geraldo but i had no choice, new york is a union shop state, once a union certified add abc i have to join or i can't work there. >> you get benefits that union fights for whether you want them or not. john: it should be my choice. >> they have fought for weekends, 8 our days, right without child labor, you benefit from it. john: but why do i have to? >> because everyone benefits. the word collective, sounds like communism, we live in a society where there is a collective well being, you benefit, as i mentioned for things that union members fought for, you pay into it you get the goodies, a pension. john: but i didn't want them. i could form an group of correspondents and negotiate for a pension. >> that would make a union? your own union. john: but that would be voluntary. that is better than forced. --- >> you use word force. but. there is mutual benefit from all, you benefited f

charter cable partners worked with c-span's city tour staff when we recently traveled there to explore the area's history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> union pacific has been working on this for years. seeing it arrived here in cheyenne today is nothing but phenomenal. cheyenne, this big boy is home! this big boy is home! a for many years, generation of people have asked the question, will a big boy operate? when will the union pacific restore a big boy locomotive? now that the time has come, they can't believe it. many people in our travels, when we went to las vegas, salt lake city, california, while we were at the l a county fair, we were working on it. we wanted people to come up. we wanted to engage them while we were working on the locomotive. what are you doing? we are going to restore this. many of them, their jaws dropped. that is why it is exciting. a big boy will run again. known as is what is the world's largest steam locomotive. when i say that, i'm inviting people to say, wait a minute, this locomotive was bigger or heavier or could burn more coal and produce more power. this locomotive weighed more on this wheel or that we'l

. >> reporter:other unions working for the golden bridge district will stay on the job tomorrow.also does not involve ferries travelling between san francisco, oakland, alameda, and vallejo. >> reporter:kron 4's charles clifford is live in marin county tonight with more on how the bridge district is letting ferry riders know the ships won't be running tomorrow. >> reporter: here this afternoon at the golden gate bridge manager dennis said he is disappointed that the union specifically that supports that are going on strike. he let it denied the union's claim. they offered a generous offers the reconstructed roche's-- negotiations. is to collect as a bill some earlier today the district was putting out fires the flyers are warning writers that these very their runback for the giants game will be stopped. >> reporter: they're not happy about the strike that could help relieve the problem this like they're stuck in the middle as usual between the union and the bridge district this city understand what they're doing what they are having our time supporting them. >>: it will be good f

union pacific has been working on this for years. seeing it arrived here in cheyenne today is nothing but phenomenal. cheyenne, this big boy is home! this big boy is home! >> for many years, a generation of people have asked the question, will a big boy operate? when will the union pacific restore a big boy locomotive? now that the time has come, they can't believe it. many people in our travels, when salt lake city, california, while we were at the l.a. county fair, we were working on it. we wanted people to come up. we wanted to engage them while we were working on the locomotive. what are you doing? we are going to restore this. many of them, their jaws dropped. that is why it is exciting. a big boy will run again. a big boy is what is known as the world's largest steam locomotive. when i say that, i'm inviting people to say, wait a minute, this locomotive was bigger or heavier or could burn more coal and produce more power. this locomotive weighed more on this wheel or that wheel. unarguably, it is the world's largest steam locom

. >> reporter: they recruit newly minted officers and works with a union. the union's monitor retirements and make sure there are enough hands ready to work on deck. >> we have two people for every job every time. in a realistic world, what would you like to have, t2.5 people. >> reporter: he is in a training program. for three months he's schooled in the basics until the industry, fire fighting, life saving and navigation. this will land him where he can start to assent the ship's ladder. >> i want my ownership by 50. that's my goal. >> reporter: for 12 years, steve is a captain leaving architectural engineering. >> there is a ton of different opportunities there. you can do construction towing, you can do ship work. you can do ship assist work. you can work on an oil rig. i mean, there is a bunch of different opportunities. yes, it's like a doctor. there is a million different kinds of doctors you can be. >> reporter: you can do it earning a descent wage. he could earn up to $40,000 his first year and a captain earns six figures. >> i've done military, re