women see a union as a vehicle for change. >> union leadership is another story. less than a quarter of union leaders are women. some hope high-profile leaders like henry, randi weingarten of the american federation of teachers, and former change to win chairwoman anna burger, will encourage more women to take on leadership responsibilities. >> i think as more and more >> if women are the primary people for raising children in their family that's a balance between the work that we do everyday and caring for children is an incredibly stressful balancing act. so i think as we try and shift who is raising the next generation of children, we will have more women assuming the leadership. >> while unions are becoming more diverse, union jobs are declining, just 11% of women and 13% of men belong to unions. but anna burger, who was once called the queen of labor, argues unions are still relevant. she believes they will have a major influence on the economic recovery and, down the line, on immigration reform. >> given that wages are stagnant, middle class is slipping away

teacher union leader and d.c. school chancellor and star player in the film waiting for super man, michelle reed. secretary of education, arnie duncan. from the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> in the south bronx, my kid who is don't speak english need an extra vocabulary and phonics block. i need extra time to do test prep, but we have a union contract who said the school day is from 8:20 to 3:30. >> live in new york for education nation. the united states wants a world leader in public education and it's now failing our children. of the world's 34 developed economies, american students ranked 24th in math, 17th in science, 10th in literacy. the public knows this all too well. in the "wall street journal" poll, an astounding 77%, more than 3/4 of the question give our schools a c, d, or an f grade. the man with a daunting challenge is here with me now. education secretary arnie duncan. for for participating in the conversations for education nation. as the key leader, you are showing us the way. let's talk a

there are unions and there are unions.ave like a union, steelworkers in 1952, that's different from the unionization of the "wall street journal" editors for example. give steve the last word. >> our teachers unions haven't been blocking the reform we heard about. in washington, d.c., mayor was pro-reform. they gunned the man down in the primary. obama went along with it and killed a pro-choice program in washington where thousands of parents tried to sign up to get the kids out of miserable schools. he killed that and sent his daughters to a private school. >> he did. last word. thank you. coming up, stocks to help you get on the cover of "forbes" magazine billionaire special edition. ;7 >>> the annual "forbes" 400 list is out of billionaires. want your name on the list some day? our informers have suggestions. we start with neil. >> if you want to get on the rich list, you have to swing for the fences. luminex make biotesting equimment. >> what do you think of this? >> buying stocks that trade at 40 times earnings is a w

i want you to know i'm not in a union, i don't run a union shop. lose from unions myself, maybe my life. i don't understand why the businesses should pay the idiot who works down the hall the same as you when you do their job and they're not. i don't get that. i rather pay you more money and fire him. i don't know why the companies shouldn't be able to fire people, be more efficient. if they are a bad worker, fire them. it doesn't make sense. it lowers morale. i'd rather work with people who are good at their job. couldn't you? this is not a debate whether unions are a good idea or not. we'll talk about that later. i got side-tracked. i want to talk about the values of the union bosses. please explain to yourself and to me how they match with yours. back in a minute. >> some of this is science. don't do this at home. >> pause that. rewind. i have to see it again. did he just -- yep, he is squirting whipped cream into his mouth talking about redistribution of wealth. only on - hi, i'm halle berry, and as a new mom, i can tell you that childhood is a

opting out of the deficit countries former union or play can down the union we will get after a shot a short period of. let's see. into. problems a very long time stability for you what about the consequences of a year a collapse outside the usa and i'm thinking about its effect on the world financial markets some say that it will be cataclysmic much like the collapse of lehman brothers was what do you think i think the better off for for a ten or so and then. in the markets so markets need. items so you need. to protect them collapsing up or you'll make sickies would be a moment of turmoil but only send markets can come for you to be stable currency is stable interest rate and come back to the normality. of something. but important was much more important markets. to contemplate and economies need. to perform and. see clips. of. really the real positive effect on the economies involved into your country's keepon joining the euro zone on the first of january estonia will become a member what's the effect on the union of having these more diverse economies being part of the problem. l

european union japan and others are becoming involved so i think it's a much more. so to speak balanced and potentially more stable and certainly that's hostile. kind of relationship so i want to switch gears to another region that were influential on the middle east with the israeli palestinian conflict now you helped draft a letter with with lee hamilton that suggested that hamas should be part of this equation what do you make of the current day peace process the one that's taking place right now hamas is not part of that equation how far do you think they'll get in finding a solution to the problem a two state solution ultimately i think it would be very difficult to circle to sprawl been totally unless the more extremist parties on both sides. i don't. think i would ever come into it on both you know people who are against the settlement so at some stage maybe not right away but at some stage. the sort of extremists will have to be drawn into the dialogue because otherwise don't undermine it do you predict that the obama administration before the next election

union in my view which was not the union but concubinage sixteen sixteen countries share one cover which is a nonsense political as well as an economic so if sis experimenting will be stopped the whole go to come back to national currency so germany to it's a dutch mark and why not the torch mark there wasn't a particularly strong currency was it in there in the ten or twenty years leading up to the euro how do you think they would have performed during the financial crisis i think in case our congress are coming back to national currency and germany smart send they would have a clear cut split in your between countries depreciating. appreciating and germany by seeing it given by surpluses in terms of current we've grown to appreciating something that is shaping our currency is not to damage but it is a real one to travel the country you get more real goods for your money so we would have a higher welfare lower interest rate and better performance in the whole economy which we had before your point if the euro did collapse and the year is broke apart surely there would be a period of hug

and other countries provided to them after the soviet union fell on did you expect this weaponry to be given. back the civil war which insinuate after to lead to the formation of what we have now which is the taliban i think the problem you know has to be looked at closer historical perspective the war lasted almost a decade it was a terrible brutal war for the soviet union the way it used to have guns they killed close to a million guns they drove about forty five million afghans their country. so the process of consolidation the rehabilitation of the understand was bombed to be prolonged. and the west unfortunately roughly ten years. attack started and then the soviets left did very little to rehabilitate gunderson and the taliban phenomenon i wrote was several years after the soviet union the part of. the taliban it was not involved in fighting. against the soviets to drive out the foreigners from other counties that capitalized on the opportunity to develop in afghanistan after the end of the war when it was largely ignored by everyone else as to weapons you know the afghans tradit

and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> from islands in the west to latvia in the east, workers in europe on a day of protest. the unions say the austerity cuts target their workers, instead of the bankers and traders that caused the financial crisis. >> this is jonathan charles live in madrid. i'm reporting how the spanish strike is now really starting to bite. >> welcome to gmt. ini am george alagiah. an al-qaeda terror plot uncovered. extremists planned commando style raids. great survivors. politicians come and go. the traditional rulers still have power from the throne. >> in brussels, workers from across europe have gathered for what they say is one of the biggest protests the city has ever seen. spain is in the grip of a strike. this wave of industrial strikes has been prompted by widespread budget cuts. unions say ordinary workers are being forced to pay for mistakes by bankers and traders. first, this report from peter. >> in madrid, soon after daybreak, suppo

this was union business.y job. now, when i go on a trip, i know when i come back, she's here. so one more kid: cathy, no more divorces. no, now, the fight's with the rank and file. [ship horn honking] [seagulls squawking] [elephant trumpeting] "mechanization," which on the waterfront means "containers." now, i'm going to sit down and shut up in a minute. no, i know, thank god for that, hmm, but one last thing. see, mechanization has been going on for thousands of years. the bosses have always been looking for ways to get more out of the workers, and sometimes the workers don't want to give any more, and they go out on strike. there was probably a strike when we went from the stone age to the bronze age, because the bosses probably figured they could get more productivity now that they had bronze, and the workers wanted to keep things the way they were, see? now, the ilwu, we've always done a very good job of keeping things the way they were, of holding back on productivity, of protecting our members' jobs, bu

. >> union strong arming over the top. united auto workers threatening to pull hundreds of millions from jp morgan from bank accounts and keeping people in michigan. keeping people in homes they can't afford, isn't that what got us in the huge mess in the first place. hello, i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto. to benstein, adam, the taxes getting stronger and tougher every week, what's up with that. >> there was a dictator in argentina named juan peron and he had a system peronism which was dictatorial. i'm not saying that obama is dictatorial, but a strong arming government along with unions to control the rest of the country and what we're seeing here is a kind of beginning of peronism where the government works with the unions to try to circumvent the law of contract which is by the way circumventing the confusion and trying to control the country by sheer force of numbers and force of fear and there's a very, very dangerous situation. >> it is a dangerous situation. and dagen, you know, ben talks about the numbers, b

to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding the mujahideen so i'm sure it was already involved directly through the south for several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going in you know it was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement and by the time the funding stuff. the soviet union was already involved militarily with guns there and i get back to this this idea from your book that eurasia is the spirit important chess player if you well for. the united states you also mention in your book that you are a just just a chess board out much of the struggle for global primacy continues to be played and the most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gain the capacity to expel the united states from eurasia or even diminishing effectively its decisive arbitrary rule now what states at the m

the whole experiment of union in my view which was not a union but concubinage sixteen sixteen countries shared one currency which is a nonsense and political as well as in economic terms so if this experiment bill be stopped there would go to come back to a national currency so germany to its advantage mark and why not the choice mark there wasn't a particularly strong currency was it in there in the ten or twenty years leading up to the euro how do you think that would have performed during the financial crisis i think in case our congress are coming back to national currency and germany it was dark smart so then they would have a clear cut split in your between countries depreciating and appreciating and germany i think given his high surplices and current account. appreciating currencies and that the sheeting and currency is not to damage but it is a real do want to troubled country you get more real goods for your money so we would have. lower interest rate and better performance in the whole economy bitch we had before your point if the euro did collapse and the year is broke apart

is here to discuss the arctic the islands' a bit to join the european union and other problems faced by his country and europe in general. the warming climate is melting ice in the arctic and allowing access to areas wants unreachable by vessels. he's known as an advocate against climate change also iceland was badly hit by the economic crisis two years ago the banking system almost collapsed and has left the country having debts the president. has criticised the i.m.f. for letting down iceland. thank you very much for being with us here on this program well first of all let's talk about let's talk about the order to climate change has has put the economic expiration of the arctic high on the agenda of the arctic nations at least yes arctic is one of the regions that. are practically untouched by human activity at least a lot of places there so what would you call the priority saving the riches of the arctic we're learning how to how to explore and how to how to utilize the riches of the region. there are many reasons why we should be concerned about the arctic but it's also interest

caller: i am a union. \ the reason we have no unions is the republicans. they hate unions.ost: y do you think membership has fallen for unions? caller: they sold the country out. they sold out for money. all about free enterprise. they do not selling out to other countries. they ship the jobs down south. some of them people do not have good sense. i hate to say it. host: stan, do you pay membership dues? caller: this is always been a union place. people that ship their jobs down sell or of the country, they do not have no benefits. i am retired. we have union meetings still. host: stan, move on to charles on the republican line. caller: good morning. supply and demand is what it is. it is the union leaders that are the corrupt people. the union workers are good people, but it is the leaders. the leaders take the money and their dues and spend it on politicians to get a vote so they can keep the leaders in a position. the textile industry moved from the northeast down to the south because of the corruption and the wages. now, in nebraska, an omaha, they asked the unions, the

to the european union and the other problems faced by his country. the warming climate is melting ice in the arctic and allowing access to areas wants unreachable by vessels these areas could contain billions of tons of oil and gas all the countries. claiming the riches and iceland is one of them the president. has come to russia to take part in the forum. he's known as an advocate against climate change also iceland was badly hit by the economic crisis two years ago the banking system almost collapsed and has left the country debts president. has criticised the i.m.f. for letting down iceland. thank you very much for being with us here on this program first of all let's talk about. climate change has has put the economic at. gratian the arctic high are not on the agenda of the arctic nations at least the us an arctic is one of the regions that. are practically untouched by human activity at least lot of places there so what would you call the priority saving the riches of the arctic or learning how to how to explore and how to how to utilize the ric

this is where competition comes in with the teachers' union. it is not anti-union. it is pro-innovation. if something is not working, let's change something. so what did they do? they do longer school days and longer school years. this is not revolution. this is not making some be a bad guy. this is how you fix this system. -- making somebody a bad guy. this is how you fix the system. >> i am assuming you are a lefty. i am a member of a great union, the directors guild of america. when workers organize and america, it was a wonderful thing. i believe the teachers' union should be around for a very long time. they should make sure their workers get paid a lot of money and they should protect them from abuse. but they should not get in the way of reform. they should not be fighting in politics, trying to keep charters down and keeping the school day shorter and protecting that teachers. when you talk to parents, they do not care if the school is called charter or bangor a district school. they just want a great school. tavis: it does create good guys and bad guys in t

in one thousand nine hundred thirty nine you have the soviet union and nazi germany embracing each other a deadly embrace that we would find out later how did we get to that point where did what went wrong to the international system go wrong who failed eastern europe and could have the war been avoided you don't have to answer him all the same time . well i think you possibly start back in one thousand nine hundred nineteen with the end of the first world war i mean the basic point is that the two countries which really matter in europe in the twentieth century germany and russia it's only really germany and russia which have the resources human and other potentially to dominate the whole continent the first world war was above all else a struggle between germany and russia to dominate the central europe and either of them if they dominated the central europe would have the resources to dominate the whole continent the great irony is that the first world war ends with both russia and germany being defeated and the versailles settlement is created against russia and against germany and i

yo younger teachers saying the union protects me enough. fabulous exchange. >> it was. >> those teachers shared, there were teachers in the audience who agreed more with you than they might agree with someone else. and then there were teachers who were very protective of the union as you might expect but i think those two hours illuminated -- >> i hope you were joking about me being a union barber. i'm absolutely not but i don't think you can go up to harlem or the south bronx or you're working in a school, especially, though, in new york where we have charters, public charters that work and you have unions that are placing caps on it and seeing kids trapped in the south bronx and harlem and brooklyn. i don't know how you don't look at that situation and say, it's immoral. >> well, the unions aren't controlling the outcomes here. now, they have a concern that is legitimate which is -- this is a historic concern and all educational systems is where are the resources going? we used to see resources distributed in this country in many ways acc

it doesn't mean you are against unions. i have been in a union for a long time. i think they are in a central part of reform and we are starting to see it in isolated pockets kimberly why do you think there is a hesitation and resistance to shining light on the unions and how they could improve. if what is at stake is the education of children in this country, why wouldn't everybody be for that? why wouldn't you say let's take a look and see exactly why our school education system is brokend and how we can make it better because we reached a crisis point in this country? >> we have reached a crisis point and now we have a lot of good examples of what works. some are charter schools and some being done in mainstream public schools. the unions are starting to listen. a lot of the great teachers that are union teachers want to work with other great teachers. i think there has been a lot of noise and there has been a lot of political dogma, what is working with the pragmatists that say i will do whatever it takes to make sure that these kids learn. that is what is wo

i thought they should have bought in with the union. so that's on them. >> reporter: serious impact and negotiations with the bus driver's union, they tried to save ac transit $15 million. but the union fought back in court and they won. now ac transit has got to cut $15 million from somewhere and the cuts are coming to service. rs >> oh, lord. that ain't right. >> and they shouldn't take that out on the people. they need to come to an agreement because without them, how is people going to get to they jobs? >> reporter: that's a question neither ac tran sit nor the union can answer. >> i think the service cuts are so deep that everybody will be impacted. all routes, all weekend service will be impacted in some way, shape, or form. >> i been here for 20 years, i never seen it this bad. >> reporter: the board will look at the proposed cuts and

of the soviet union was to a degree more important than quote. and that you don't stand by that statement now yes our version of the interview was not an interview the interview was an extensive interview which was supposed to be translated to me never was. a sort of amalgamate unpublished but basically the facts are correct the united states decided to provide. resistance. it was big getting to intervene directly. or indirectly that was expanded and continued under republican administrations after the president carter left office. turned the resistance in the direction of the collapse of the soviet union. from the international scene of a possible nuclear war between the soviet union and america. it has made possible the kind of reconciliation but it's not under way in eurasia but more important to remove a paralyzing. dilemma paralyzing danger but hovered over the entire international community let's talk about the future implications of that decision that was made all those years ago. what did you expect the dean what you're calling the afghan

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the unions say pot should be legal. the largest union backs prop 19 the me your to legalize marijuana. people who work in the medical pot industry is now card carrying members of the teamsters with some pretty sweet benefits. joe vazquez on how they have gone from trucking to teching. >> that is what our union label stands for. >> reporter: life imitates art ♪ so look for the usa >> reporter: more than 30 years ago saturday night live joked about it now it is seriously happening more than three dozen marijuana gardeners, trimmers, cloners at the indoor marijuana growing facility in oakland have become real life members of one of america's largest unions, teamsters. >> they are worners they want benefits and -- workers and they want benefits and protection. >> reporter: in an age of declining union membership it is time for the union that traditionally represented truckers to branch out. >> it is a growing industry. >> definitely. >> and there is going to be some potholes in the road. >> reporter: growers negotiated a ne

the auto company, when they wanted union concessions. they were made for the future hires and present workers and those been on the job a year or two, but not sort of the grandfathered workers for whom the costs are substantial. seems to be saying and this is where it gets to be a legal battle, charles. i'm going to go way back, way, way back. >> well, i mean, gerri is right. he has no chose. it's not like he wants to do it. it's not popular to do in corporations, someone brought up corporations, they can go bankrupt and nullifies all previous promises. if you want to go down the road where the state is somehow insolvent to make it more expedient, but these people actually live in the states, they don't want it see it fall completely apart. >> can't afford a bailout here, no way. >> neil: i was just going to ask that. >> and that's where this gets tricky. >> neil: but that's-- >> focus on that. the states are going concerns-- >> but the next step is bailout, right? there's talk there might be a union bailout for the pension funds and som