yes, i think the workers will get a chance to have uaw representation in the future. >> all right, bob king, president of the unitedr joining us. that's "the ed show." "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening to you. thanks for tuning in. tonight, democrats on the offensive, fighting for fairness. it's a vision that stands in direct contrast to a brutal republican budget that cuts from the poor. make no mistake, this is a battle that's more important than ever. a jars new study says that nearly 49 million americans like access to healthy food. 49 million. and what's worse, nearly a third are children. it's a nightmare being played out all over this country. >> right now, there are 30,000 ds

douglas fraser headed the united auto worker it was 1979. i was president of the union.. iacocca asked to meet with me. he says, "after all these years, "we no longer can afford in chrysler "to follow the pattern that's been established in ford and in general motors." he laid out the economic case, and it's convincing. you're talking about the very survival of the corporation. much more important to me was the survival of the workers. fighting for survival, union workers agreed to pay-cuts, more than $450 million worth. but what could chrysler give the union in return? we had to make horrendous concessions, and in those negotiations, we were able to get profit sharing. and we were able to get some assurances against additional plant closings. we wanted a voice in the decisions that affect the lives of our members. they proposed to offer the union a meaningful voice in all levels of management, including the board of directors. chrysler needed more than cost cuts to design and build and market cars america wanted. it needed credit. chrysler's troubles had cut it off from

smith of journeymen of the plumbing and piping industry of the united states and canada local 38 united worker and allied workers and local 66 sheet worker local one hundred four and the iron workers and architecture metal and glass workers and teamsters and auto man or woman local 77 of and machinist local 1414 common class to the san francisco unified school district. the public has an opportunity to comment at this meeting and the regular board meeting of april 14th >> no speakers. >> president fewer. i need to make the public announcement and inform the board i'll be abstaining that. i now call the labors international union of north america local 2 61 moved and seconded of the adaptation of the tentative agreement i so moved. superintendant. reading of the recommendation. >> thank you president fewer i'm i'd like to call of executive director carmen. thank you superintendant and board members it is the contract for the international local 2 61 the recommendation is it the board of education of the san francisco unified school district adapts the tentative agreement and the related public

. >> see the toilet and sink not like that. [ bleep ] >> sanchez is a unit worker.e need to keep the units as possible. he does the best job out of all the workers we have. i use him as often as i can. he'll go in and scrub from ceiling to floor and i mean wets the ceiling, the walls and takes the squeegee. the bunks get lean. all the metal gets clean. >> the smell is good. >> i'm telling you when he leaves it's clean. i even allow him to clean the officer's bathroom because he does a good job. if i was able to take him home i would take him home and allow him to clean my house because that's how good of a cleaner he is. >> is your room lean? very clean? yes. very clean. >> so, edwin did you count on this? >> no. >> coming up -- >> i want to get something like 15 to 20. >> i want you to be realistic. >> a counselor tries to temper edwin edwin's high hopes before he heads to court. >> two of my fears me dying in prison and my mother passing. >> paul abdul wiggins stares reality right in the face. >>> compared to prison where the inmates have all been sentenced and kn

adidas and nike have both said they are encouraging dialogue between the workers and plant owner, yue yuen. the united auto workers union has given up the fight to force a second vote to unionize volkswagen's plant in chattanooga tennessee. the announcement came 1 hour before the uaw was to have gone before the national labor relations board to plead for a new election. assembly workers rejected the union in a vote in february.instead, the union says it will work to create more jobs at the plant which currently employs more than 2- thousand.in china, the world's largest & fastest growing car market vw is in expansion competition with gm which just announced a 12- billion dollar investment. in today's cover story, the growing class of employees who are neither temporary nor permanent.they are the perma- temp---on the job for months at a time.but few of them---ever put on staff.it saves employers the expense of benfits.but at what cost to the workforce? temping used to be a foot in the door. work for awhile without health benefits or paid sick leave and soon, it would be followed by an offer to work ful

chavez was a farm worker and civil rights activist who helped form the united farm worker's union. >>> determined to stay boston strong. the city releases detailed safety plans for the marathon a week from monday. the changes runners and spectators will see. >> changes will have mostly to do with temperatures as we look live in san jose. temperatures are going up. we'll have the forecast after we pause for this commercial announcement. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> for the second time in two weeks, passengers and crew on a cruise ship have gotten sick. more than 100 people aboard royal caribbean grander of the seas came down with a gastrointestinal illness. during the ship's last cruise, two weeks ago, people got the noravirus. officials suspect it's the same illness this time around. >> oh my gosh, we got so sick. i mean, stomach virus i have never had before. >> crews say they scoured and sanitized the ship and the port. it's expected to take off on its next cruise this evening. >> well, there will be a lot more eyes watching this year's boston marathon. security changes were announced today

states, in the case of our own union, the united service worker unionrs, germans are y saying now to their own government, no trade deals with the u.s. unless there's workers rights in the u.s. so a lot of these stories are getting connected. >> all right. i love to see the democrats get aggressive on this because this isn't the last stop on this kind of show. i mean, they're going to be doing more of this stuff, and if it's not vehemently opposed or challenged right away, this will spiral out of control. we got a number in front of us tonight, mr. cohen. the president came out in within the last hour and said 8 million people have signed up for the affordable care act. what's your read on that? >> i think it's super. obviously there's some problems in terms of how that affects workers and others who have had good insurance, but this shows that one of the commitments that was made that we would take a good whack at the 40 million americans without insurance, we're well on our way. and again, the cynics in the congress who said this will be nothing but a

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remember back in february the workers of the plant narrowly voted against joining the united auto workers. at the time, democrat, along with your favorite host, big eddie, said that the republican intimidation of the workers had a direct impact on the vote. what we expected all along was true. it shows tennessee's governor used taxpayer money to influence the outcome of the vote. documents uncovered by wtf reporter phil williams prove all of this. the documents show that haslem offered volkswagen $300 million in incentives for a new suv facility. the offer, wait a minute, was contingent on state officials being satisfied with the outcome of the uaw vote. now, does that sound like a level playing field to you? in the past, governor haslem has denied taxpayer money was being offered to influence the vote. but phil williams caught up with the governor on wednesday, no surprise, haslem, well, he's changing his tune. >> were you less than forth coming in your answer? >> no. absolutely -- like i said it's no secret at all that we had an opinion about what should happen there. >> that proposal s

. >>> more than four people gathered to remember the founder of the united farm workers union. today's california's annual cesar chavez holiday that honors the late labor leader. this is a shove as parade is set for the mission district april 12. >>> just a few days after same- sex marriage became legal in the in the uk elton john announced he will marry his longtime partner. the rockstar certainly famous for his outrageous costumes, the couple plans a low-key wedding this may in england. >>> a little rain, or a lot of rain will not keep oakland a's fans away from taking an opening night at the colosseum. before the game started tailgating parties filled up the parking lot. some fans inspired a new tradition putting up tents to keep their parties cozy and dry. the a's play the cleveland indians and the game is ago despite today's weather. it is scoreless in the first inning. giants are scoreless in arizona. we will have the highlights for you coming up on the 10:00 p.m. news over on ktvu tamil 2. >>> were always here for you with ktvu.com and you can follow us on facebook and t

united nations workers showed bravery. we could have done much more. we should have done more. >> why the world failed to act is a question being answered in the wider context of an africa still royal by political tensions. what can be learned from rwanda as it moves away from the dark past. rwanda 20 years after genocide on this edition of the program. why it happened, how it happened, and what its meant to the world this time on "inside story story." joining us from richmond, is a member of the tutsi ethnic group who witnessed the genocide. welcome to insi"inside story." when did you realize something was going wrong in your society? was it something that people even realized at first was happening? >> basically, it was not to long before i know that something was wrong. but for the genocide, itself, i knew these on the 7th of april and that's when i find out that the killing is happening in every corner of the country. >> that's when i find out that i had to move somewhere. >> for a long time, people have talked about this as being sparked by the de

i know the story of caesar chavez because i worked with these loons over in the united farm workers about four years ago. tell the people what chavez tried to do to the good grape growers of california. >> well, he tried to organize the union, to pay people at least something approaching a doesn't day's pay for a decent day's work --? mm-hmm. who gets to say what that is? caesar chavez. >> sure. and things like maybe give them a place to go to the bathroom. >> stephen: it's a field, for god's sake (laughter) it's a field. >> okay. >> stephen: we have a little clip here. jimmy, roll the clip. >> who the hell is this caesar chavez? >> nobody knows. somebody say he's from arizona. word is he used to hang around the other counties from c.s.o. in the valley stirring up trouble. >> stephen: now, chavez had a motto -- (spanish) -- it means "yes, we can." obama stole that from him and didn't pay him any royalties, as far as i could tell. (laughter) (applause) a, isn't that union busting in and of itself? and, b, what do you think obama's goals and chavez's goals, or these early union goals, what

we need a unit of workers, we need an analyst and we need a unit of clerks. we do an iterative process within the department. it's not as if the need isn't there and we are just spending it, the need is there and the reason i made the comment about state and federal because we're fortunate, finally, we haven't been the last 5 or 6 years, where we didn't get funding. now they have the money to do it and they are providing it to counties. so if we don't spend it that means maybe contra costa gets more money. >> if we don't draw down the money from the state and we still have to meet a mandate. >> that's right. either we meet our mandates not as well or we don't meet our mandates or in the case of ihhs, which is a great example, we have a mandate to reassess every ihhs consumer once a year. we are reassessing 48 percent of our ihhs consumers every year because we don't have the case workers to do it. >> there's a 31.5 million allocation from the state, our recommendation is to reduce it by $134,000 for certain administrative costs. i believe the department agree

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. >> walter of the united workers was the organizer, architect and producer of that. but it was trance formational, the civil rights act. i was there the night it passed the senate in 1964. >> woodruff: you were there in the -- >> i was. 1965, way down the predicate, it changed, judy, that an african-american family could go into mcdonald's and buy a hot dog or hamburger or whatever. it was federal law that there was discrimination in movie theaters and bus stations, in transportation, in hotels, motels. that changed. but 65 was the key. that was the voting. >> woodruff: the voting. that was actual power at the polling place, and to me that was the key. without '64, you would never get to '65. and lyndon johnson was central. he was dominant, make no mistake about it. he was a man like all of us with faults, but he was a legislature/executive unmatched. >> woodruff: 49 years later we're still talking about voting rights. as mark said, david, the law that passed the year after the civil rights. >> right. >> woodruff: what's the main unrealized promise of both those piec

organizers say he was more than just the founder of the united farm worker's union. >> he united all the the races under the vfw to better their lives, to bring dignity to their families and loved ones. >> he died in 1993 at the age of 66. >>> heavy rain met a mess on the roads today. we were with the chp as they went from one accident to another. the one thing officers say people are still doing even in these situations. >>> a specific clue its looking for. >>> a stormy day over the bay area. at this hour, light showers continuing to fall and plenty more to come. how long the rain and thunderstorms will stick arounda. coming up. >>> thunder rocked the bay area today from oakland and right outside our studio. everyone it seems remembered to bring their umbrella. we are continuing to track this storm. on the right, we're looking out across the bay tonight at what's happening right now. we're monitoring all the changes. we'll have another report from our meteorologist in just a few minutes. >>> the chp's crack down on distracted drivers is set to start tomorrow. live in oakland tonight

he helped form the united farm workers union. parents say the festival gives them a chance to teach their kids about his legacy. >> teach where we are coming from. what our parents and grandparents and other generations from the past had to go through to be where we are at today. and we have to continue with, you know, the traditions pretty much. it's a tradition. >> a movie depicting the life of chavez came out last month. >>> hundreds of people are ready to help the city prepare for the next quake in san francisco. volunteers signed up to learn all sorts of search and rescue techniques and then emergency personnel are not around and they won't be in the next big earthquake, they are who the people will turn to. >> there are volunteer that's will be able to help out with the event. learn cpr. learning they can rescue people underneath the debris when no professionals are around. all types of skills to help the community. >> it really is important stuff. nert stands for neighborhood emergency response team and it was started up f

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. >> did you researched the role played in the united farm workers movement? >> i did and then there is some information about him with the degree to which independent organizations formed to trying to function and chavez undercuts to make sure they did not get funding so there is a turf battle because he wanted to be the sole voice for the farmworkers so the idea is it was say national union but they could not effectively run california you neff -- enough to expand the. >> the texas farm workers back in 1978 also a march 2 washington. speaking to antonio at the time they've wanted to represent all farm workers both u.s. citizens and mexican workers in and caesar did not want that. old the u.s. american farm workers to be represented. >> that was the big philosophical difference between you and the two groups. >> my question has to do with the unions. the late forties was say polar act because when you strike the alternative is for the of managers to do the job. i wonder if that was evidence after striking some of there for their strategies highest to-do's the

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if cesar was here today you'd be very much engaged and involved in this fight last year the united farm workers i sat down with the top growers association in the united states and we hammered out a new agreement specifically targeted towards farm workers that will benefit one million farmers plus their families when we get this legislation passed and signed it's currently the proposal that we agreed to with the ag industry is included in a seventy seven forty four the senate bill that was passed last year and we're very hopeful now that the house of representatives prior to the end of this year will also take about an immigration reform and we can move forward with this and get it signed by the president it's critical bead to ensure that we have a buyable agricultural industry here in the future that consumers continue to get here in america products produced in girl here in america. do you do i mean given that the republicans control the house of representatives right now. do you do you see the movie as something that might help move that agenda along what the status quo seems like seems froz

she has also written the union of their dreams, a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of the united farm workers' movement. she recently received a national endowment for the humanity fellowship to support her work on the chavez biography. please welcome miriam pawel. [applause] >> can you hear me? okay. >> i want to ask you something i feel is really important. what brought you through the writing about cesar chavez. a lot of people in texas know who he is but then i was very surprised to learn that recently when the mexican filmmaker diego will do not was having the premier of his film on chavez, he took a walk, a stroll down cesar chavez boulevard, and asked if they knew who cesar chavez was. most of them said they felt he was the boxer, the mexican boxer julio cesar chavez or they thought he was julio cesar chavez junior who is also a boxer. and the venezuelan leader hugo chavez. several others. others thought he was part of the chicano movement. why did you decide to write a full-length book after writing, what is it, a long series in the los angeles times about the unions and your recent b

anniversary, family members of the victims joined with workers and protesters outside the site of the collapsed factory. ever presented a from the united original garment workers call for compensation to victims and families in accordance with international conventions. are demanding for family members to get the appropriate compensation as part of the international labor organization convention. pain and suffering. market,of the global they should get the compensation and is globally standard -- the -- should pay the contribution to the trust fund. >> and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. >> and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. we begin today's show with the story of four american muslims who say they were placed on the u.s. no-fly list by the fbi after they refused to become government informants. they say they were barred from flying not because they were accused of any crime, but because they refused government request to spy on their own communities. on tuesday night, the men fi

. >> the united auto workers in tennessee the uaw giving us appeal to overturn an election.orkers refused to unionize but anti union politicians helped over throw the election. the uaw civil liberties union at the time. they are asking the feds to set aside an faa order that bans them from using drones. >>> it is time now to brew on this. what can be worse than the apparently the airlines. according to a new report airlines rated the lowest in customer satisfaction among all travel related industries touring 6 -- scoring 69 out of 100 points. the irs subscription tv and social media sites they got even better scores. the most complaints for passengers were about seat comfort which scored 63 out of 100 points. in flight service scoring 67 points. the check in process and baggage handling they rank the highest. so we want to know if you could change winnone thing about flyi what would it be? send us your comments on facebook or twitter or send us an email at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. we will share them later in the show. >> it is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. is sea

they seem to have switched and are now targeting united states postal workers following them out onto their routes. then breaking into their vehicles when they step away. >> we are getting information that there have been seven or more. but that many break-ins postal officials are concerned that someone or some group has been following letter carriers out on their route. waiting for a chance to rub them.rob them. >> they're breaking into the postal trucks and they're taking mail. >> bp is also going after parcells.they're mostly gg after parcells. they will just break out the windows and run off with the stolen items taken from the back. >> let the community know to be aware. if you see any suspicious acts you are our eyes and ears. >> so far the thieves have been attacking letter carriers. the postal workers tell me they're also apprehensive that the thieves might get more brazen and start attacking them when they're walking their routes. >> i believe there is more than one. there has to be one- three more. someone has to be watching a postal carrier while someone else looks to the t

the united auto workers is withdrawing its appeal of the february vote that reject the unionization of a volkswagenen assembly plant in tennessee. the uaw will instead focus on a congressional investigation into an alleged anti union campaign. stocks were up today, the dow gained 41. s&p finished ahead at 7 and nasdaq ahead at 26. >>> what has been a main stay of the american diet is now at its highest price in decades. in chicago. >> meat buyers beware. beef prices are skyrocketing to record levels not seen since ronald reagan was president. the nation's cattle herds at their lowest levels since 1951. there's qog -- going to be the demand still there, but not enough stuff on the table. >> ground beef is up 11% from last year while round steak has set new record highs in each of the past four months and the high prices aren't expected to come down for at least a couple of years as cattle producers rebuild their herds. in the meantime, farmers, grocery stores, and customers will have to pay more to get beef from the farm to the kitchen table. >> fuel is up. beef prices are up. energy pr

farm workers are against this bill. the united farm workers do a pretty good job of clarifying this bill when they say, quote, congress should not pass laws that create an economic incentive to hire guest workers over professional u.s. agricultural workers. the afl-cio is against this bill because it would undermine the health security of 13 million green cardholders, people with work visas and individuals who are granted visas for humanitarian reasons. the national law immigration center is against this bill because it eliminates minimum essential standards for, quote, expatriate health insurance plans provided to individuals who travel abroad. as a result, this bill would deny health coverage security for low-wage immigrant workers, including farm workers and caregivers. this bill contains too many loopholes that amount to an extraordinary bailout for insurance companies. this bill also establishes a precedent for employers to hire guest workers. it's being brought here as a suspension bill with no opportunity to amend it. it mi

gm's intentional misconduct the united auto workers has dropped a challenge to a failed union organizingvote the volkswagen plant in tennessee earlier this year. in a blow to organized labor, the autoworker and chattanooga reject unionization declined to make their plant the first unionized foreign-owned car factor in the united states. the union faced intense opposition from republican lawmakers who suggested the plant might miss out on future subsidies or on a new suv line if the union was approved. boardtional labor was to hear it on monday. the uaw says it made the decision to drop it after top republicans and antiunion activist's vow to testify. the director of national intelligence james clapper has issued a sweeping order barring agencies under his watch from almost all unauthorized contact with the media. the ban applies to discussion of all intelligence related matters, whether they are classified or not. violators face a minimum security violation and potential prosecution. clapper's directive comes just months after he told the senate he would seek to "lean in the direction of

president of the united auto workers. good to have you with us. thanks so much for joining us. that's "the ed show." "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening to you. thanks for tuning in. tonight, democrats on the offensive, fighting for fairness. it's a vision that stands in direct contrast to a brutal republican budget that cuts from the poor. make no mistake, this is a battle that's more important than ever. a jars new study says that nearly 49 million americans like access to healthy food. 49 million. and what's worse, nearly a third are children. it's a nightmare being played out all over this country. >> right now, there are 30,000 kids who are considered food insecure. that means they do not know where their next meal will come from. >> you use our checks to pay bills. we cannot afford food. >> there are 300,000 children in south florida who aren't sure where their next meal is coming from. >> 1200 elderly families are currently on waiting list for the adopt a family program. >> we have a handful of 100-year-olds on

otherwise, why would the united steel workers be the group behind bringing the louis, getting them behindls like harry reid are going to jump onboard because they're in bed with the unions. they need other forms of revenue because they're dying, so they look to college athletes. will it destroy college athletics? anytime you introduce this stuff in there, yeah, college at leads are going to say, look, i deserve more, i want more. >> he said something interesting, now they're going to reach out to other sports and women in sports. a friend of mine was talking to me about title nine, the impact on title nine, and by the way, i support this, but the question is, what about other sports in university? the fact is the football team does underwrite virtually all of those costs. >> i don't know if unionizing is the answer, however, i'm with you on this, surprisingly with the democrats on this one. the ncaa has become a huge money-making scheme. it was designed to enforce safety regulations. it has become anything but that. they're colluding with the players union. take away the eligibility requi

i call on the public hearing for the 2013-2014 for the brotherhoods of electrical workers carpenters and united association of journal money apprenticess of the united states and capped capped local 38 did united roofers and local 40 and shop hernias local 66 and sheet metal workings international local 104 and glares architectures and glass workers and entertainments local 53 and speciality paint and machineries local 1414 common craft to the san francisco unified school district. i see no speakers may i hear a motion and a second to the 2013-2014 balance scorecards significantly plan for the achievements for the budget updates >> moved. >> the superintendant. >> i'd like to ask the executive director to read the recommendation, please. >> good evening the resolution e recommendation is that the board of education approve the achievement that reflect the membership picture it and membership. >> thank you very much. public speakers and comments from the board ready for a role call vote >> commissioner haney. sxhaif. commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. dr. murase. commissioner norton. commissioner w