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are government-sector unions, not public-sector unions. they are government-sector unions. they have had this incredibly corrupt relationship, been in bed with the democrats for decades. what scott walker did was slam a padlock on the door of the candy store at which both sides have been gorging for decades. of course, the unions went bananas. but the taxpayer said, finally, we have somebody in office, precking us and our interests. the american taxpayers -- we are going to see it nationwide. >> sean: i agree. david limbaugh, you wrote the encyclopedic book this week on barack obama. talk about the relationships that he has, when you go back in his background and social justice and a.c.o.r.n. -- is it all intertwined here? >> the class struggle. he wants to pit labor against business, the stroy -- the great destroyer is the book. i would like to merge their ideas? >> you want to take their seats and redistribute it. >> everybody will be on the top row. if we can do that next time, but i want to merge their ideas that has to do with the tri
are government-sector unions, not public-sector unions. they are government-sector unions. they have had this incredibly corrupt relationship, been in bed with the democrats for decades. what scott walker did was slam a padlock on the door of the candy store at which both sides have been gorging for decades. of course, the unions went bananas. but the taxpayer said, finally, we have somebody in office, precking us and our interests. the american taxpayers -- we are going to see it nationwide....
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private sector union. my dad was a construction worker, not a racist. voted for richard nixon. public sector unions are never going to move to republicans never. they may not matter but they will never move -- >> i totally disagree. i never met a democratic policeman or fireman never in my life. >> they keep putting jerry brown in office and guys like that. >> adam, a final point here. >> i'm from chicago where are there are are plenty of democratic firemen and policemen. we can't have it both ways here. either they are on death's door or they are the most powerful interest group in america. i don't think either one is true and i don't think one election is going to be a referendum on union power. >> neil: i find it interesting, adam. a little more than a month ago a lot of prominent democrats were saying this was a crucial battleground and then when they started seeing the polls it isn't that important, really not that big of a deal. you have to admit. that is what i do. i say well, this wasn't important.
private sector union. my dad was a construction worker, not a racist. voted for richard nixon. public sector unions are never going to move to republicans never. they may not matter but they will never move -- >> i totally disagree. i never met a democratic policeman or fireman never in my life. >> they keep putting jerry brown in office and guys like that. >> adam, a final point here. >> i'm from chicago where are there are are plenty of democratic firemen and...
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the european union. that was sort of to the west that we did something similar like that to the east where the moment really poland is the way quite nervous about germany and russia for example one project in the east would be to have hypo high power voltage lines connecting russia to western europe and have common institutions of poland then you have a big growth area and if you have a new approach to the economy then you have a growth it was germans are concerned how far they're willing to go i believe germans very much want to see what the benefit they have to be we mean we benefit for free trade we benefit from human rights and benefit from the american democracy was all imposed on us we didn't become democracies we were made democrats we only example in history maybe japan i can think of where it actually works. that's a different program but this is so so we're very happy to have it i think we'll pay for it that's fine. but i'm a nobody really doubts about the leading role of germany as a super eco
the european union. that was sort of to the west that we did something similar like that to the east where the moment really poland is the way quite nervous about germany and russia for example one project in the east would be to have hypo high power voltage lines connecting russia to western europe and have common institutions of poland then you have a big growth area and if you have a new approach to the economy then you have a growth it was germans are concerned how far they're willing to go...
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unions. union membership has seen a steady decline private unions have been hit particularly hard while public-sector unions have seen some growth. now my point. it can serve as a wake-up call for the american labor union and the democratic party. on the show we often lament on the decline of the middle class. that is directly related to the loss of union membership. fewer union members means less benefits, less salaries for american workers, period. the question we now face is how does the labor movement move forward especially after last night. what does a 21st century labor movement look like? maybe we need more union members with more bargaining power for every day people instead of less of both. maybe unions can think differently, too. more aggressively, more progressively about what they can offer an employer in exchange for the wages and membership they're seeking. in fact, unions can be the the premiere resource for the most highly skilled workers in the world. our competition are fro
unions. union membership has seen a steady decline private unions have been hit particularly hard while public-sector unions have seen some growth. now my point. it can serve as a wake-up call for the american labor union and the democratic party. on the show we often lament on the decline of the middle class. that is directly related to the loss of union membership. fewer union members means less benefits, less salaries for american workers, period. the question we now face is how does the...
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this is before the union tripping law. here is that same union's membership today. we don't have the stats on all public unions but what we have looks the same. this is the american fed ration of teachers before the tripping law went into effect and this is the membership now. a year after scott walker's law took effect. that's what they have been able to do in a year. now because they could not stop the implementing of this law, the democratic side in the wisconsin recall effort doesn't have the means to compete politically that they usually have the unions play a political role to the extent that unions are going away, they can play less of a political role. it's a big reason why the republican side has had a spending advantage that's reached at times 25 to 1. $25 on the republican side for every single dollar on the democratic side. this recall election on tuesday is really close. democrats might yet pull it off. they say that the ground game is key. who used to be best at the ground game? unions. killing off the unions is what republicans want to do in every sta
this is before the union tripping law. here is that same union's membership today. we don't have the stats on all public unions but what we have looks the same. this is the american fed ration of teachers before the tripping law went into effect and this is the membership now. a year after scott walker's law took effect. that's what they have been able to do in a year. now because they could not stop the implementing of this law, the democratic side in the wisconsin recall effort doesn't have...
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by the union soldiers? >> that varies a lot. and the way -- and this is a tricky -- this is a tricky question. in that you know, some of these camps called contraband camps are without question, sites of humanitarian crisis, and there's no way to sugar coat that. mortality rates in a place like we haven't gone to vicksburg yet because it hasn't fallen, but there will be a big one in vicksburg. the mortality rates there are so astonishing that one aide worker said if you wanted to kill slaves, you couldn't have found a better way. they're dreadful. how do we think about that? are these camps -- are the places where union soldiers and slaves come into contact sort of, you know, wonderful sites of refuge? no, but they're not outright, kind of a way to kill off the population. here is how i see it, when did the red cross come into existence? the u.s. isn't part of it until much later. the army is not a humanitarian organization and there's not world precedence yet. i have been thinking about this question a lot
by the union soldiers? >> that varies a lot. and the way -- and this is a tricky -- this is a tricky question. in that you know, some of these camps called contraband camps are without question, sites of humanitarian crisis, and there's no way to sugar coat that. mortality rates in a place like we haven't gone to vicksburg yet because it hasn't fallen, but there will be a big one in vicksburg. the mortality rates there are so astonishing that one aide worker said if you wanted to kill...
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thoroughly unionized.uest: right there's been a lot of discussion about that and i think a number of northern european unions it's true they're more unionized but they work more in conjunction cooperatively with employers and in the united states there's antagonism between unions and business. and collective bargaining and ad ver sarl relationship that hasn't been productive. host: debra? sin si in the the? caller: i'm sitting here with nickels and in timdimes in my h. while your of having this conversation. large citizens numbers snd hours to a dictatorship. how can you sit there and say people don't have the right to bargain? we have the right, but people want to take that right away and make it illegal. i mean - you talked about the people striking for against the transportation workers or striking and what reports would you have them do? is if they're unhappy or feel they're being treated unfairly? host: question for chris edwards? guest: workers have the right to move to companies that respect their c
thoroughly unionized.uest: right there's been a lot of discussion about that and i think a number of northern european unions it's true they're more unionized but they work more in conjunction cooperatively with employers and in the united states there's antagonism between unions and business. and collective bargaining and ad ver sarl relationship that hasn't been productive. host: debra? sin si in the the? caller: i'm sitting here with nickels and in timdimes in my h. while your of having this...
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today is a union day. the reason has to do today's subject, that is the war ships from the limited war to a hard war. once the war does that, it really does start to affect the two societies quite differently. so today, like i say, i want to look at what shift a hard war meant for the union. i want to think about why the happened. what i would like you to be asking yourself, though, is did a shift of hard war, and we'll talk about what that meant, revolution. it starts as a limited war, do we have an actual revolution by 1862? if we do, how and when and why did that happen? for whom, and what difference did that make to the way that the war played out? so those are our big questions for today. i want us to start by doing historians' favorite thing to do, that is take something you think you know, something that is familiar, and make it strange all over again. i passed out the lyrics to the battle hymn of the republic, which you have known since grade school and you probably can't listen to without hearing
today is a union day. the reason has to do today's subject, that is the war ships from the limited war to a hard war. once the war does that, it really does start to affect the two societies quite differently. so today, like i say, i want to look at what shift a hard war meant for the union. i want to think about why the happened. what i would like you to be asking yourself, though, is did a shift of hard war, and we'll talk about what that meant, revolution. it starts as a limited war, do we...
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unions are big money. five of the top ten political spenders over the years are labor unions. but government unions, specifically, are these very politically connected groups that give lots of money and get paid i think something like the average compensation is over $40 an hour compared to the private sector, where it is about $28. so these government unions are special interest. so the democrats can pretend to be fighting against special interests, but not when they are on the same side of the government union. >>> well listen, there is a real crisis in the state and local governments today, which is they are -- their revenues are down dramatically and they cannot reduce their costs in part because a lot of these public service unions have compensation way in excess of the private sector, in terms of pension and his in terms of hourly pay. it is $1414 çan hour higher on average for the public sector union than for the private sector union. you have the sense of things that private citizens are working for the government rather than the government working for the public. the
unions are big money. five of the top ten political spenders over the years are labor unions. but government unions, specifically, are these very politically connected groups that give lots of money and get paid i think something like the average compensation is over $40 an hour compared to the private sector, where it is about $28. so these government unions are special interest. so the democrats can pretend to be fighting against special interests, but not when they are on the same side of...
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that's people living in union households whoa were not part of the union. >> cenk: if i'm an union dad mom everybody in its the house gets to vote their way but i would make a case. you're either with us and you're for putting food on this table that we're on, or you're against us, and they didn't do it. how could you unions not old 38% of their own households. >> it's more than 38% of their own households. the fact of the matter is the people of the union members overwhelmingly went for barrett. your thesis question was are unions dead? is this a devastating blow to unions. it is not a devastating blow, but it is a blow to unions. they have to rethink the way they do things. unlike in indiana where it was much worse where they made it a right-to-work state where mitch daniels put it through the house and legislature there, that was really bad for unions. this is a wake-up call. >> cenk: this is symbolic and sends the message loud and clear. you can do whatever you want, you just get koch money this was their waterloo. i'm going to pick up that debatearity on in the show. i'll bring in
that's people living in union households whoa were not part of the union. >> cenk: if i'm an union dad mom everybody in its the house gets to vote their way but i would make a case. you're either with us and you're for putting food on this table that we're on, or you're against us, and they didn't do it. how could you unions not old 38% of their own households. >> it's more than 38% of their own households. the fact of the matter is the people of the union members overwhelmingly...
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who sounded western union. western union, as the name implies, was a sort of combine a small, telegraph lines that were in the midwest between new york, ohio, and michigan. if there was to be 10, one central figure, was hiram sibley. he really did two things. he was able to convince a number of merchants and capitalist people in what seemed to be failed inventions. the telegraph corporation almost never was making money. he convinces these rochester, new york buddies from the man who helped him when he was a poor boy, he had been helped by these wealthy merchants and they're very skeptical. he convinces them to put a lot of money into the corporation that became known as western union, which he was then -- he would use the capital to buy out the number of companies. the second key insight or key innovation besides a certain amount of capital. like all the capital that is raised, at one point in time -- the other two innovations of sibley's was he figured out a way to get a monopoly in a political economy in whi
who sounded western union. western union, as the name implies, was a sort of combine a small, telegraph lines that were in the midwest between new york, ohio, and michigan. if there was to be 10, one central figure, was hiram sibley. he really did two things. he was able to convince a number of merchants and capitalist people in what seemed to be failed inventions. the telegraph corporation almost never was making money. he convinces these rochester, new york buddies from the man who helped him...
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flow well coming up i hear about the euro crisis the never ending agony of the european union where do the problems come from and just anyone have any solution the first step to take to steer the slow lead. to discuss this i'm joined by a gusto carlos lopez he is director for the global indicators and analysis department of the world bank also we have jeff there he is an economist and we have tom conway he's a principal at reinsurance consultants international ok jeff if i could go to you first. when you when we look at the euro crisis today doesn't watch fox put into what could go wrong because it seems to me that we have nineteen emergency meetings nineteen. and everybody keeps looking over the cliff and we keep hearing a solution is in sight and then we have another emergency meeting when told it went so wrong. i think there are. two factors that have to play that one is political and the other one is economic the political one is that i think we have to keep in mind that democracy is a very slow process definition and european union is is maybe too democratic for song good which pl
flow well coming up i hear about the euro crisis the never ending agony of the european union where do the problems come from and just anyone have any solution the first step to take to steer the slow lead. to discuss this i'm joined by a gusto carlos lopez he is director for the global indicators and analysis department of the world bank also we have jeff there he is an economist and we have tom conway he's a principal at reinsurance consultants international ok jeff if i could go to you...
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that the union forces have not yet tap tapped. in 1862 into 1863 is the year, is the time in which this pool will be tapped and here is another indication, i think we have, that we've got -- we don't have limited war, we have a harder war, a deeper change than any one had anticipated. that is, tapping the pool of black soldiers available to the union. black men had attempted to enlist in the union army from the outset in 1861, we read alfred green's speech in philadelphia last week. alfred green is a prominent black philadelphians assumes that the black men will be enlisting and gives a speech. so imagine his surprise and everybody he talked to that day when at first the union army does not take black soldiers. at least not officially. there are a couple of ways, some individual isolated cases of black individuals who do enlist in white units and fight. you guys read -- you remember cyrus boyd was an iowa soldier and i had you read his account of shiloh. it sort of woke him up to what war is about. there was a soldier named thomas
that the union forces have not yet tap tapped. in 1862 into 1863 is the year, is the time in which this pool will be tapped and here is another indication, i think we have, that we've got -- we don't have limited war, we have a harder war, a deeper change than any one had anticipated. that is, tapping the pool of black soldiers available to the union. black men had attempted to enlist in the union army from the outset in 1861, we read alfred green's speech in philadelphia last week. alfred...
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four of them are unions. this was a blow to the union membership.es. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getti away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's whye got a subaru. love wherer the road takes you. wow, there it is how much coffee are you fellows going to need today? three...four cups? [dumbfounded] well, we... doesn't last long does it? listen. 5-hour energy lasts a whole lot of hours. so you can get a lot done without refills. it's packed with b-vitamins and nutrients to make it last. so don't just stand there holding your lattes, boys. make your move. we'll take the 5-hour energy. smart move. 5-hour energy. hours and hours of energy. ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may not like straight talk,
four of them are unions. this was a blow to the union membership.es. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getti away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's whye got a subaru. love wherer the road takes you. wow, there it is how much coffee are you fellows going to need today? three...four cups? [dumbfounded] well, we... doesn't last long does it? listen. 5-hour energy lasts a whole lot of hours. so you can get a lot done without...
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for the european union. european union is already russia's biggest commercial partner accounting for around fifty percent of all russian trade it's also the biggest source of foreign direct investment you putin is the biggest client of the most important exports from russia i mean energy and russia is the bureau accession opens additional produce for trade and for the development of our economic relations we believe this can be very important for the future of office you probably know as vision is now in a phase of full implementation and i'm happy to say that president putin sees it as a priority russia using the gauge in a very important process and we are very proud to be partners of russia in that regard building a partnership between all societies means also and having closer relationship between our peoples this is why visa issue and mobility issues are so important we are now engaged in the implementation of the common steps towards the three drivel that we have launched last i mean. we will come to s
for the european union. european union is already russia's biggest commercial partner accounting for around fifty percent of all russian trade it's also the biggest source of foreign direct investment you putin is the biggest client of the most important exports from russia i mean energy and russia is the bureau accession opens additional produce for trade and for the development of our economic relations we believe this can be very important for the future of office you probably know as vision...
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there you can't do it without a federal so while the monetary union is in some ways a union and in some ways not and you've got to just how is the problem of eventually you have to go back to the fundamental flaws in the original structure of the euro. supposedly it's a single currency but in actuality. it's a currency mainly or all that is any each individual country because the sovereign governments of each country are soley responsible for the bonds they issue so what you will but at the same time this is what got greece ok is it if you have your own currency you can default you can devalue you can do you can start over again yes but the euro is a straitjacket you can't do that in the argument just winning the argument is made because you can't do that you surrender your sovereignty and it's somewhere in berlin it's somewhere in brussels it's not at home well. in some ways that's true but in saying that there's no way out i think i wonder there is ways out and there's history on earth i mean if you look back ten or twelve years to the time that argentina had their peso a link to the
there you can't do it without a federal so while the monetary union is in some ways a union and in some ways not and you've got to just how is the problem of eventually you have to go back to the fundamental flaws in the original structure of the euro. supposedly it's a single currency but in actuality. it's a currency mainly or all that is any each individual country because the sovereign governments of each country are soley responsible for the bonds they issue so what you will but at the...
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if it's a compact then this union is aeptable. story didn't believe that it was acceptable because he's saying this in the wake of nullification. in essence the federalists after the nullification crisis, people like daniel webster story say, nothconsti is tiont a compact between the states. daniel webster. if a lgue between sovereign powers containing -- if it's a ague between the sovereign wers containing nothing, making it perpetua it subsists only during the good pleasure of both parties. if it is a compact seceson is constitutional. lincoln was clearly arguing th it'sot a compact. he also wants to argue against a common southern perspective as reflected by jefferson davis. he makes a logical point that one of you pointed out. if we as a nation had the right to leave britain why isn't it the right of a sovereign state the government. it's very logical assumption. it's no coincidence thatis gives his inaugural address on washington's birthday referring to t birthday of the man most enidthe blishment of indepennce and esblishmat
if it's a compact then this union is aeptable. story didn't believe that it was acceptable because he's saying this in the wake of nullification. in essence the federalists after the nullification crisis, people like daniel webster story say, nothconsti is tiont a compact between the states. daniel webster. if a lgue between sovereign powers containing -- if it's a ague between the sovereign wers containing nothing, making it perpetua it subsists only during the good pleasure of both parties....
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you don't have to join a union. guess what the unions did? membership went way down.to 28,000 from 62,000. the teachers union shrunk 7,000 as l. he gave them the choice and you know what they chose? >> they left. >> nonunion. >> sean: two things i have been saying that i am taking out of this election here. will this send a message to reform governors that the public will have your support and as somebody who want this is country to get on a sound fiscal path, i want to know if the public is now serious and understands the magnitude of deficit spending? tonight, i think will tell a lot. >> states are going bust because they cannot afford to pay the union imposed pensions of the state worker unions. scott walker reversed that tain the state of wisconsin. that sends a message across america. what is happening all over the country is younger workers are being laid off in order to pay the pensions of retirees. that is not popular. service is cut, young people out of work, it's blamed on the union pension demands. scott walker reversed that. that sends a message across the
you don't have to join a union. guess what the unions did? membership went way down.to 28,000 from 62,000. the teachers union shrunk 7,000 as l. he gave them the choice and you know what they chose? >> they left. >> nonunion. >> sean: two things i have been saying that i am taking out of this election here. will this send a message to reform governors that the public will have your support and as somebody who want this is country to get on a sound fiscal path, i want to know...
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they say we can't use unions. ford says yes, we can and they're using unions. furthermore, they didn't take bailout money. it's kind of a great american success story. in fact, local station whas in kentucky reported the opening of the plant this week. >> with a thousand workers crammed into the ford executive garage and thousands of ford escapes crammed into the assembly plant's parking lot the automakers can barely contain itself. >> creating positions and bringing work back to america from places mike mexico and places like japan. >> damn straight. i like it. now, we're going to bring in a couple of heavy hitters to talk about this. first of all the host of the war room, governor jennifer granholm. governor, i know you like the idea of creating jobs in the u.s. a little bit. >> just a little bit. [ laughter ] >> so this is a great success story. let's let michael take it from here and then we'll come back and talk about it. michael shure not at much of a heavy hitter as governor granholm. >> happy to hit it hard and heavily. this is as you alluded to an unus
they say we can't use unions. ford says yes, we can and they're using unions. furthermore, they didn't take bailout money. it's kind of a great american success story. in fact, local station whas in kentucky reported the opening of the plant this week. >> with a thousand workers crammed into the ford executive garage and thousands of ford escapes crammed into the assembly plant's parking lot the automakers can barely contain itself. >> creating positions and bringing work back to...
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between 73 and now, we've gone from 34% unionization to 8% unionization.e same exact time we've had huge wage inequality. there have been places after places after places where when you don't have people having the right to have some way of bargaining their wages, you see wages in the middle class going down. that is what the union movement is about. they're not, it's not an independent entity. and so, if we're talking about the united states and growing a middle class. we need to actually have workers have a voice. >> can i just say, can i just say one thing? just empirically in terms of the data, you cannot look at the data about the american political economy and conclude anything but that unions are on the decline, median wages have stagnated. inequality have gone up. corporate profits have gone up. those are the facts on the table. whether you think the balance is still out of skew with 8% union density and stagnating median wages, you can make that argument. but you cannot make an argument that unions have been in assent or that corporate wages have
between 73 and now, we've gone from 34% unionization to 8% unionization.e same exact time we've had huge wage inequality. there have been places after places after places where when you don't have people having the right to have some way of bargaining their wages, you see wages in the middle class going down. that is what the union movement is about. they're not, it's not an independent entity. and so, if we're talking about the united states and growing a middle class. we need to actually have...
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then, whether it's united farm worker or some other union.ny of them? or a very small number? >> a very small number. i would say about 1% or 2%. >> reporter: 1% or 2% of farmworkers you see are involved in organized labor? >> yes. >> reporter: cesar chavez's friend and ally, chris hartmire, wishes the union was more active in the farm fields. >> from an outsiders perspective it doesn't seem like there's a lot of new organizing going on, and i wish there were, but i also know it's extremely difficult. workers in the fields now don't know who cesar chavez is. they think he's a boxer from mexico, julio cesar chavez. >> the reality, it is tough. >> reporter: ufw president arturo rodriquez acknowledges his union's declining influence but says it's refocusing its energy to organize farmworkers, including labor agreements benefiting field hands picking mushrooms and strawberries. the union is also fighting for immigration reform. >> there is no doubt that we have a lot of work to do, but at the same time we have made a lot of gains, we've made a lo
then, whether it's united farm worker or some other union.ny of them? or a very small number? >> a very small number. i would say about 1% or 2%. >> reporter: 1% or 2% of farmworkers you see are involved in organized labor? >> yes. >> reporter: cesar chavez's friend and ally, chris hartmire, wishes the union was more active in the farm fields. >> from an outsiders perspective it doesn't seem like there's a lot of new organizing going on, and i wish there were, but...
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well, join a union. big labor making a push to unionize the unemployed.y, you say this could actually keep people unemployed longer, how so. the great milton freeman, i'll quote him. therefore, much union activity is concerned with rationing the available jobs among job seekers and union members get higher pay because they allow fewer jobs to exist. that's what a cartel does and the whole idea here, by definition, it would not help jobs, okay? don't take it from me, take it from milty. >> jonas, do you agree or a different perspective on things? >> they're the anti-union employee and-- >> and that's such a-- >> another thing i want to say, look, in general, the one thing unemployed have going for them is their relative low cost compared to union labor and as the work of employers too hire somebody and part-time worker, it doesn't get hired and harder to hire, in fact, if there's an organization, and the unemployed were in a union they might get hired even faster. >> i'm going to take this and block that answer. >> part of the union idea, gary b, they'll b
well, join a union. big labor making a push to unionize the unemployed.y, you say this could actually keep people unemployed longer, how so. the great milton freeman, i'll quote him. therefore, much union activity is concerned with rationing the available jobs among job seekers and union members get higher pay because they allow fewer jobs to exist. that's what a cartel does and the whole idea here, by definition, it would not help jobs, okay? don't take it from me, take it from milty. >>...
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these are all good union in then it to keep people in fear. but we all have seen people marching on the streets mistrust. and i have seen those people getting paid for doing that not only so you look at the time i was deputy speaker's office to duma the people's union speech to russian mortgage it is i was standing on the platform and i saw foreign correspondents who asked a group of young people facing them not even facing the platform you know would tell you go for you to claim this foreign correspondents who staged protests in moscow no no no i mean he just came across those young people to them it's like a russian with. this thing russia must have facets they can't comprehend that fascism is a very enticing russian ideology so i dressed those young people right from the platform i said what are you doing guy what are you going to do with the money you are discrediting the patriotic forces unfortunately will always have provocative. i'm convinced today more provocative force in one thousand nine hundred three when the president he also orde
these are all good union in then it to keep people in fear. but we all have seen people marching on the streets mistrust. and i have seen those people getting paid for doing that not only so you look at the time i was deputy speaker's office to duma the people's union speech to russian mortgage it is i was standing on the platform and i saw foreign correspondents who asked a group of young people facing them not even facing the platform you know would tell you go for you to claim this foreign...
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the union is perpetual. you quoted it. falls in no state upon its own mere motion can get out of the union. referring to the ordinances of secession. the resolutions to secede are legally voit void. acts of violence with a state or states against the authority of the united states are revolutionary. secession is insurrection, revolutionary. plainly the idea of secession is anarchy. unconstitutional. yet for many americans secession was, indeed, considered constitutional. in fact, the preeminent legal authority at the time, chief justice roger taney felt strong that secession was, indeed, legal and constitutional. in fact, his friend franklin pierce, the former president, he hopes secession can result in a peaceful disunion. a peaceful separation. free institutions in each section. this is the preeminent legal authority in the country. this was a private letter. it doesn't carry the weight of the chief justice's public legal opinion. he made it very clear he believed secession was legal. those arguing it was constitutional
the union is perpetual. you quoted it. falls in no state upon its own mere motion can get out of the union. referring to the ordinances of secession. the resolutions to secede are legally voit void. acts of violence with a state or states against the authority of the united states are revolutionary. secession is insurrection, revolutionary. plainly the idea of secession is anarchy. unconstitutional. yet for many americans secession was, indeed, considered constitutional. in fact, the preeminent...
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to create a fiscal union with a great political union monetary union it means one country means united states means russia and in my feeling this is a one solution with only one solution for europe to move in that direction it's inevitable but do people want people want out there i mean in a united states of europe in theory would work and i'm an american and i know i know i know that anyone that votes an election to determine the presidency it's michigan it's florida it's california and new york you can't win the presidency without those states ok as a result candidates don't go anywhere you know what i'm getting at ok and in this is what europeans want i mean we never we created this mechanism for security in peace and a lot of people don't have security and people are getting less prosperous it's very clear that europeans. i don't want european voters don't want. united states of europe but i think you can start in places and that's what i was trying to do this may make sense to people if you look at the way the european banking system looks right now that you have cross border bank
to create a fiscal union with a great political union monetary union it means one country means united states means russia and in my feeling this is a one solution with only one solution for europe to move in that direction it's inevitable but do people want people want out there i mean in a united states of europe in theory would work and i'm an american and i know i know i know that anyone that votes an election to determine the presidency it's michigan it's florida it's california and new...
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monday union the main thing that is a political union has in its editions and it's run. if i may say it's run by twenty seven governments which together and. decide all together that's not i know that is not the united states of here is it yet last night you know it went to several governments have signed the treaty for sort of diety and cohesion both are very important not just a little bit but have also tried to be coherent with the rest of you'll try the whole show that i want out of a crisis when you're trying trying to talk oh here. well i think you will come back where we started i mean it has to have a crisis you know to come to a higher conviction of institutions to be a selfless. how do you do that well. you know no no i'm not trying to be facetious here ok because when you look at the united states had to fight a terrible awful civil war after being established for almost a century what ninety years ok we don't have a lot of time here now and the problems of people are very well aware of lawyer but i think we have the but also of course as in germany when we lo
monday union the main thing that is a political union has in its editions and it's run. if i may say it's run by twenty seven governments which together and. decide all together that's not i know that is not the united states of here is it yet last night you know it went to several governments have signed the treaty for sort of diety and cohesion both are very important not just a little bit but have also tried to be coherent with the rest of you'll try the whole show that i want out of a...
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unions. their demands for a livable wage and accessible fiber exits have gutted our economy. ( laughter ) thankfully, public service unions have been taking a beating. first they, lost collective bargaining rights in wisconsin. then voters in both san diego and san jose cut workers' retirement benefits. indiana made it illegal for unions to mandate duse for workers and voters in oz gutted benefits for the lollipop guild. why am i paying for their diabetes medicine. one union scored a major victory and that brins us to tonight's word-- free lunch. folks, despite the national trend against public unions, some people just don't get it. take these greedy school cafeteria worker workers in pennsylvania. >> union ides workers in the school district have won the right to eat leftovers ueven when the food is expired. the union filed a grievance for the right to eat expired cafeteria food for free. >> stephen: these unionized, lunch lady thugs, now have the right to free expired cafeteria food. and gi
unions. their demands for a livable wage and accessible fiber exits have gutted our economy. ( laughter ) thankfully, public service unions have been taking a beating. first they, lost collective bargaining rights in wisconsin. then voters in both san diego and san jose cut workers' retirement benefits. indiana made it illegal for unions to mandate duse for workers and voters in oz gutted benefits for the lollipop guild. why am i paying for their diabetes medicine. one union scored a major...