the first shift today workers are supposed to start to arrive at 6:30. so far according to the unioners have crossed the picket lines. there is about 178 unionized organizers. the strike is over health care benefits. right now the company pays into into a union trust fund. that pays for the union workers health care benefits. the company wants to stop paying into that trust fund and have the workers go on their own health care insurance. that will require the unions pay a deductible one union representative said is worth thousands of dollars. what does that mean to the workers? one worker said the plan being offered by the company now means that if they took that plan, her son would be without health care. >> my son is a student and on the plan he has right now he's covered. under the new plan he's not covered. so we want to cover our family. >> reporter: the union says and some of the workers say there has never been a strike here. a lot of the organizers say they -- a lot of the workers here say they love working here. one i talked to said 24 years, one has worked here 15 years. in

workers. >>neil: from what union?>guest: from port worker unions have sent us peaches and they have not we crosses the picket line. >>neil: so, wait, the live unions that are affected by transport in and around this area, one representing the rank and file sent you peeps and you think from that you have universal support? >>guest: you glean from the fact that goldman sachs only own as stake in one company that the 1 percent is not profiting extremely off of our . >>neil: that is exactly what i said. you are tarring by association, a company, a firm or shipper because they have an interesting or goldman sachs has an interest in it, with everyone else associated with that --. >>guest: we are saying that goldman sachs --. >>neil: if you did that with races they would haul your ass into jail? >>guest: i don't know what you are referring to. >>neil: you know i don't know what you are talking about. you are a waste of time. thank you very much. >>guest: i am sorry to hear you say that. >>neil: folks, nothing is making sense

show how big business gets away with not paying certain taxes and workers company by using nonunion workers.not everyone is happy. this union worker doesn't get paid. >> i'll be out of a job. take my loot. >> reporter: clarence thomas a 27-year mental of the port's biggest union says -- member of the port's biggest union says people have to be willing to give up a day's pay for the future of the workforce. >> if it weren't for union we wouldn't have the eight-hour work day, children would still be exploited. we wouldn't have healthcare benefits. and the only way we got that was through struggle. and that's just how it goes. >> reporter: in oakland, anser hassan, cbs 5. >>> thieves stole ipads in a best buy burglary in san carlos on thursday night. they dragged out the steel pack that held the ipads stuffed them in a vehicle and took o the store lost $100,000 worth of products during the heist. >>> the spca is offering $5,000 for any information about the killings of several ducks and geese at the newhall park in concord. the dead animals were found last saturday morning. >>> and new firefighters are getting ready to report

workers who were there. and you know as i mentioned the unions weren't in support this time around so we're known what did you see did you see. a lot of disagreements between some of the workers there at the poor and the protestors and you asked the protesters why it is that they want to target the ports. right well i mean there was disagreement but i think that in many ways it's played up a little bit more. longshoremen's union said that they were not in support of this but that was the upper leadership of the union there were letters written from rank and file members who said that they do support but obviously they couldn't walk off the job for you know fears of you know being punished for that within the crowd we saw teachers we saw there were other workers who were part of the union so definitely the fact that unions said that they did support it. helped encourage some people to come out but they obviously did not show their numbers the numbers would have likely been much larger had those union members come out now now that we saw that they were able to do a partial shutdown we'll see what the unions do

worker burnout. if they are he' unionized employains and betting most are factory workers, i've worked in a unionized factory, brenda. i was bored and maybe physically tired at the end of the day, i was not burned out and certainly, and that's-- m khat do you think they're getting. one or two e-mails after hours, saying, hey, this, this safety issue or this machine is down. pleask l the most ludicrous thing in a while and this is what the union wants and vw had to bow to it. >> brenda: your thoughts. >> i think it's an idea. affecting 1% of workers in germany. and if you want a culture change and not tied to the desk 24/7 and like to see people fpofther down the 't dhain-- uermthe chain make a commitment not to contact them. and bucopout is a big deal and mponds up affecting productivity. >> and sure would like to take up for the poor person who can't an drer their e-mail at 7:30 at night. >> more hours does not always equal higher proation-ctivity. t s> and that's what's stressful-- >> nobody is getting bothered 40 times a waink by the 't dompanies, just on case by case basis when need be. suce wss

see some union support, next monday's planned picket does not have the support of the longshore workers union. the president of the union released a strongly worded statement about the planned shutdown. any decision made by groups outside of the union's democratic process do not hold water regardless of the intent. obama oakland says they're coordinating with other "occupy" groups for what they hope will be a blockade on the west coast. >> it will be one of the biggest actions in history. definitely in the short history of the "occupy wall street" movement. >> reporter: "occupy" organizers tell me, next monday's action is supposed to be in solidarity with an ongoing labor dispute longing longshore works in longview washington but i talked to a spokesperson here ilwu who says they're not participating in this day of action because no one asked the union for support. reporting live. >> part of "occupy" santa cruz has been cleared out. this morning, deputies creed out an encampment from the year around a building on county property. 30 people were removed when authorities moved in around 6:30 th

this bill in fact protects workers' rights. union workers' rights, nonunion workers' rights.the pr posed regulations which are apparently under modification as we speak from the nlrb were in fact an attack on workers' rights. a demand that more personal information be provided union organizers whether or not the workers approved that. rinking the amount of time that workers mig have a decision, to make a decision on one of the most important aspects of their life to as little as 10 days. this bill protects workers' rights, makes sure they have time to make this important decision. we've heard today that bargaining units would be gerrymandered by employers. in fact, this bill puts us back to the standard that has been in place for decades. to make sure that workplaces aren't fractured and fragmented and you have worker against worker. worker against employer. making it harder for empyers to run an eective business. making it harder for them to have confidence to hire americans. we've been told that we are wasting time today, that we ought to be having a jobs bill, which appare

the union representing port workers supporting the protests this time around either. >> reporter: the port of oakland is the country's fifth largest shipping yard and this public out reach is an effort to keep it from shutting down next week. november 2nd, demonstrators were able to bring the port to a standstill as part of their day of action. commission president says they are still adding up the costs from that action. >> is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. that was november 2nd. we cannot afford to be shutdown again. >> reporter: occupy oakland organizers say this second planned shutdown is part of a coordinated effort to target ports from alaska to san diego. >> in solidarity, with the longshoremen in long view, washington who are facing union busting activities by grain exporters. >> reporter: the second planned shutdown does not have support of the long shore workers union. they issued a strong statement following occupy movement's announcement. they and local 21 are not coordinating independently or in conjunction with any self-row claimed organization or group to shut

. >> reporter: these are tough times for president of the postal workers union cliff guthie. >> the postervice say great lady, where the flag flies in america n all these small communities. to start backing that, solely for budgetary constraints, i think it's kind of add in a way. >> but you're saying we don't need to back that lady that lady, let's just slowly choke her out. >> choke her out or i don't think that's the proper term either. >> the truth is there's probably no i had yom for masturbation which could explain what congress is doing with the post office, but here are just some of the way these would like to [bleep] it. >> eliminating saturday delivery, close 3700 postal locations, layoff 120,000 workers. >> that's clearly not the will of the people. >> most americans want the service. but the reality is we may not have ten more years with the post office. >> ten years. >> i went to any town new jersey to warn the masses. >> the post office is in danger. >> in danger of what? >> of running out of business. >> i'm tired of sorting through the mail and basically finding nothing a

thoroughgoing numbers of unionized government workers like air traffic controllers had partially offset the falling rate of private sector unionization. but on august 3 the table suddenly turn. the public sector union movement that had been buoyed labor's fortune for nearly two decades was not the source of a potentially devastating blow, and illegal and unpopular strike by patco's federal employees erupting just as employers of resistance to strikes is rising across the border, threatening to place all of organized labor on the defensive. yet jack maher was not primarily concerned with the political implications, or the historic significance of the patco strike, as he drove toward washington. his thoughts were of his friends and former colleagues. the procedure when one air traffic control replaced another during a shift change called for the incoming controller to plug in his headset, closely study the blizzard of moving blips or targets moving across the radar screen and listen to the on duty controller issuing commands until he was sure that he had absorbed all the details and under

but unlike the last time, they're not having the support of the dock workers union and without the support of the workers who make those docks run, the protestors will be forced to rely on sheer numbers and their own devices to blockade the sprawling port that spans from san diego all the way to alaska. >>> driving was a little safer this year, fewer people dying in car crashes in maryland. the national highway traffic safety administration says the numbers were down 10% from last year. there were 493 deaths last year, compared to 549 that took place in 2009. >>> today governor martin o'malley will be in maryland, maryland made easy for a symposium on job creation. this is preparing the upcoming 2012 legislative session. the governor will talk with business leaders and policy makers of what can be done to spur job creation in the state. they're asking for your questions via twitter using the hashtag mbjobs forum. that symposium begins at 10:00 this morning. >>> 5:46. it's time to send out those holiday cards and this year instead of licking the envelopes and sticking the stamps, you may wa

talk about the plan in which they are leveraging with the recent labor contract that we have for workers union to 38, we have had the ability to hire more operators in utilize part- time operators. sources -- more specifically, we actually graduated a class of part-time employees that are working out of the kirkland division, and that was an instance whereby we had a lot of overtime in standby pay issues due to the fact that these are limited routes that run during the peak hours and to ensure we had operators readily available, we have them there ready to do that. special event, when we go forward we will right size the budget. we will look at special event and doing due diligence. deferred maintenance, a reference that as well. overall the underlying factor is that we have underbudgeted overtime. as we go forward with preparation for the biannual budget process, that is what we are in the course of doing. moving forward to vehicle maintenance, this is another large driver. the age of the service is beyond the life span. the federal transit administration has a circular that dictates the ligh

. >> brenda is retired and a former vice president of the united long-term care workers union. she fought for higher benefits while taking care of her mentally disabled brother, but under the budget cuts that take affect next month, all of that ground will be lost. >> people who take care of their relatives will be forced to go to work because they are not going to be able to stay home. >> disabled life advocates filed suit to block a $100 million cut to end in home support of services. it wouldn't make sense if she had to put her brother in a health facility. >> they would put him in a health home and it will cost even more. it is like $300, $400 a day. we are actually saving them money now. >> it is projected k-12 schools would lose $248 million in bus money and $1.1 billion in general h dollars. pre schools could lose $23 million, force forcing them to turn away subsidized students. >> it will be half of our income. >> she would have to end her pursuit of a college education to care for her four-year-old son. >> they get stuck in a constant rut where you are living every day

. >> brenda is retired and a former vice president of the united long-term care workers union. she fought for higher benefits while taking care of her mentally disabled brother, but under the budget cuts that take affect next month, all of that ground will be lost. >> people who take care of their relatives will be forced to go to work because they are not going to be able to stay home. >> disabled life advocates filed suit to block a $100 million cut to end in home support of services. it wouldn't make sense if she had to put her brother in a health facility. >> they would put him in a health home and it will cost even more. it is like $300, $400 a day. we are actually saving them money now. >> it is projected k-12 schools would lose $248 million in bus money and $1.1 billion in general h dollars. pre schools could lose $23 million, force forcing them to turn away subsidized students. >> it will be half of our income. >> she would have to end her pursuit of a college education to care for her four-year-old son. >> they get stuck in a constant rut where you are living every day

back under control in the region the rest was sparked by clashes between police and striking workers. unions head with all the latest sports news. it's monday afternoon sport here on twenty four hour see i mean in the mail on these are our top. turn men to forget russia's ice hockey spoiled suffer their second straight defeat their home leg of the europe hockey tour. coupling conquest barcelona early break a sweat on the way to their second club world title in three years. on fever pitch a day of shocks in american football the biggest comes not in the n.f.l. but after a big school game in texas. when the coming up three games to defeat. first home tournaments russian ice hockey team head coach has been far from an inspired one the red machine losing for the second straight day in the china one cup two in the campaign second from last in the standings constantine to top off more. sweden guaranteed themselves the channel one cup for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eight after beating new russian team on saturday while the hosts faced the czech republic in a battle for second pl

back on the troll in the region the unrest was sparked by clashes between police and striking workers. unions head now the latest from the world of sport. thanks gary great to have you with us today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including the stories in. tournaments to forget russia's ice hockey squad suffered their second straight defeat at their home leg of the euro two or. conquest barcelona break earlier sweats on the way to their second club world title in three years. and dream deny green bay's hopes of going a full n.f.l. season on beating are smushed by the counter city chiefs in game week for the. three games to defeat. first home tournaments russian ice hockey team head coach has been far from an inspired one the red machine losing for the second straight day in the china one cup to end the campaign second from last in the standings constantine to top off. sweden guaranteed themselves the channel one cup for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eight after meeting new russian team on saturday while the hosts faced the czech republic in a battle for second pl

i ask unanimous consent that we enter into the record written statements from the transport workers' union of america. it discusses the reasons for their opposition to the pipeline. the global institute parkland -- testimony discusses the project. the institute's conclusion is it will create far fewer jobs than has been claimed. >> without objection. i would also like to ask unanimous consent for rebuttal to the study be placed into the record as well. i would like to introduce our witnesses. thank you for taking time to do with us today on this important issue. we have mr. alex pourbaix. we have the director of the construction department for the labor union of north america. we have the assistant director of the international union of operating engineers. we have mr. david burnett, the special representative for the united association of journeymen and apprentices of the plumbing and pipe fitting industry of the united states and canada, pipeline division. we have mr. burton, the international representative for the brotherhood of electrical workers. we have the chief business officer of

who are here the beginning and the labor unions i believe the local actually i used the service workers union in providing food if i think there are plans for the local let's say you do i have a medical truck here to preclude shots that are going to be staying over the winter c.n.n. seems like a good relationship really if you see people coming in from all over the country who've been attracted by the message i've seen abroad. and just then just the fact is growing in scope. other than other magazines basically the same thing i mean again and still no clear goal or demand. here and there is a demand for discussing this day obviously the broad theme is still kangaroo wall street banker and economic inequality you know demand her for jobs and economic justice in this country i think it's just. nice that there are. three there not because they were there. they are now at a private party right axis i. guess he'll be asked so many things but right i mean am i pay basically beginning in this thing is to turn wall street proper respect you like south park into a sort of militarized zone they really

i should add the unions were just for the white workers. ere were no union representation for the 35,000 or so black west indians. and earlier in the construction period the steam shovel men went on strike and the chief engineers took a hard stance against them and they said basically you're fired. there will be no strikes and so the unions represented some of the skilled workers and they worked hard to represent them but the focused more on the lobbying in washington, d.c. and trying to make sure that congress passed the math to become measures that would support their work. >> some 35,000 or so west indian african descent workers, how many white americans work on the can now? >> about five or 6,000 white american men. they were skilled workers working as railroad engineers, conductors, firemen, machinists carpenters, that sort of thing. >> go back to the gold and;;; silver pay.;;;;;;; just the white workers would get paid in gold and the others would get paid in silver? what did that create? >> that created a system in the cana

the workers' current plan is provided through the union the union says the company wants workers to usets healthcare plan, a plan requires a deductible. >> a lot of people have been working here -- some guy, 35 years, 33 years. they should have a little better benefit for them. >> reporter: the union representative says the deductible could be $250 to $300. several workers identify this man as john nelson, the man you see her, the company's owner. i asked him to comment on this labor dispute but he declined. he said they are the only one who makes this red vine licorice. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 8:31. yet another lucky supermarket appears to have been hit with a debit card scam. customers and employees at the petaluma gateway store on lakeville highway report as much as $1,000 withdrawn from their accounts linked to their atm cards. that was after they used the cards at the store's self- checkout line. skimming devices that are illegal were found at 20 bay area lucky stores. >>> 8:32. recycling may soon be mandatory in alameda county. the oakland tribune reports t

workers. trade unions had argued that a decision about which measure of inflation was used was unlawful. million public sector workers went on strike over changes to their pensions, but today unions lost a key legal battle over how pensions will be increased for years to come. pensions are up-rated annually to take advantage of the price of a rise -- rising price of a basket of goods. in april the government switched to the c.p.i., the consumer prices indelk, which is says it a mar accurate reflection of the inflation we all feel. but the c.p.i. tends to be low, to phil kendall and millions of other public sect orr employees now face a cut in what they will receive. >> the c.p.i. measure is sort of like a percentage point on average lower than the i.p.i. so i probably won't notice it next year, but it's the same amount every year that my mention is going to be eroded and eroded and eroded and that just doesn't seem jufment? takey teacher who retires on 10,000 pounds a year. over 20 years she'll receive 40,000 pounds less. but that's an enormous saves to a government. >> i'm told there ar

it ended with a rally and it's start of a state wide protest organized by united service workers union and group was environmental concerns about the america's cup race on san francisco bay want to slow down the development process. the city planning commission expected to approve the events environmental impact report tonight. and members of the san francisco bay keepers say a mitigation and monitoring report only just has been released and no one has had time to analyze it. >> our request is delay certification so there is a chance to read this important contract. >> and this board is expected to vote next year. and organizers say swift approval is critical for the necessary improvements to the water front in time for the races chr scheduled for 2013. >> and governor brown held a summit on climate change this year. and san francisco international airport could be under nearly two feet of water and most of highway 101 would become submerged. >> welcome to the flood zone. low lying foster city. and this park will be a dog where dogs swim. >> this is high on the hill. i'm not as concern

of spend a day in jail for right here the president of one of the local unions the local steel workers union what what's the profile these days and you know that the occupy movement is portrayed so much in the media particularly by g.o.p. t.v. . news as basically you know kids teenagers whatever unemployed. hippies is the phrase the economy comes out and yet you know that's not the image that comes to mind when people say united steelworkers is is the is the group as the group is the group as diverse as your presence there would tend to represent. the certainly certainly a lot of young folks there that are that are really did do a great job on hippies whatever they want to call these kids get it you know they're being handed for the first time and in this our country's history to be handed a country with less opportunity than their parents. you know pretty upset about that but you know we've been supporting you know we we can't necessarily occupy out of the sort of my so some occupy our. were up there today that they set up their tents the first morning maybe a dozen times of the three days

this march and rally is part of a state wide protest organized by the united service workers union. >there is something showing half of america's public schools didn't meet federal achievement standards this year, they didn't make enough progress under the controversial no child left behind law. >> this doesn't mean public schools are failing. it does mean the current system to measure progress under no child left behind is obsolete. remember, it should have been rewritten or updated four years ago. that is why 39 states today are asking for waivers until the law is changed. >> every year, test scores at mel rose leadership academy go up. there is a chart showing progress. they fall short of meeting their goal under the requirements of the no child left behind act. >> we're in the eyes of the federal government not an achieving school. >> because it didn't meet targets for five years this has been classified as a program improvement school. they're not the only one who's did not make progress this year. under no child left behind, 48% of the schools in america failed to meet that goal

my father was a member of the united rubber workers union and i know about this. lived with it. grew up with it. in june what problem are we trying to fix? currently elections are held as the chairman said within 31 days and unions win almost 70% of the elections held. let's say the first of october of this year you wanted to have an election, by the end of that month you could vote on whether a worker wanted to be in the union or not. a very fair process. if this rule goes into effect as he said, seven days for an employer to find representation to go through over 400 pages of rules, on this very complicated subject, it gets worse. rely only 10 days, as little as 10 days, to vote. so a worker would have to make their mind up in some cases, it could be as quick as 10 days. imagine voting on the presidency of the ubs in -- united states in 10 days. it gets worse. workers would then be required by law to hand over personal information. what we want to do is allow the employee to decide what information is given to the union about how they want to get contacted. mr. speaker -- mr. c

put up there was that that effort began right after governor case it can ohio passed his anti worker anti-union bill and wisconsin they had this huge gap in this effort started november fifteenth walker passed his bill this spring yet they kept that energy alive throughout the summer into the fall into the winter and here we are now i understand scott walker actually has he's confiding to people that he's not all this concerned about it because of a loophole in the wisconsin law that you know there's going to be all this energy around getting the signatures and all these people in the streets getting out the you know to to get to to pull him out of office and they'll be the recall you know election date set and then he's got a magic trick he's going to play this is sort of the smoking gun in the whole recall effort which is that by some weird bizarre quirk in wisconsin law the limits on individuals giving to the governor for the recall his recall the guys ten thousand nine thousand dollars per person is thrown out the window so essentially he can go to david koch he can go to the mega donors in

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will officially close sometimes in 2013 company says 600 people will lose their jobs but the worker's unionousands of cars pulled off of the road why honda expanding a recall of vehicles and tradition comes to town on board a new ship. tonight's medical watch man's best friend often credited with making people feel better dogs can experience a real emotional trauma. united states military dogs on frontline develop post- traumatic stress disorders just like soldiers. more than 5 percent of the 650 dogs in combat now separate from canine disorders somehow to retire from service completely reverse in training. for dogs symptoms include hyper vigilance avoiding certain buildings to permit changes aggression soviet withdrawal. for those in law enforcement with a front seat to buy less frightening situations no more likely that people in general public to soaper suffered posttraumatic stress. police up a sweat to draw their weapons or firearms fire on someone to feel guilty and agreed powerless and people sometimes afterwards. but despite the trauma they did not experience long-term damage. if th

next quarter. >> but the second planned shut down does not have the support of the long shore workers union. the ilwu issued a strongly-worded statement following the announcement of their plans. the ilwu and local 21 are not coordinating independently or in conjunction with any self-proclaimed organization or group to shut down any port or terminal. occupy oakland still expects support from iowu despite public statements from their leadership. >> what is happening is a community picket, a community blockade, and the iowu historically has always respected community pickets and blockades. >> occupy organizers tell me they are planning next monday's day of action in solidarity with an on going labor dispute involving the long shore workers in long view, washington. but i talked to a spokesperson with the local iowu chapter who say they are not participating in next week's action because they they weren't approached by anyone from occupy oakland. at the port of oakland, sergio keen tan gnaw, abc7 news. >> a lot of people are talking about the facebook page. occupy yes, sirs stop hurting your o

flight attendants at virgin america have rejected an officer for representation from the transport workers union the company says it's flight attendants voted down the effort to organize because they've help build the airline from the ground up and that's what sets it apart. twu said the company influenced voting by waging an anti union campaign. >>> members of the military on official travel may soon be able to move through airport security a lot quicker. the house gave final approval today to expedited screening for men and women in uniform and their families. the homeland security department would have six months to devise this system to implement. >>> new at 10:00, p rocrastinators take note. there are just four shopping days until christmas. this is a critical time for businesses. rob roth set out to see how mom and pop stores are doing. >> reporter: here in pleasanton you won't find any chain stores on main street. the shops are all owned and worried over by small independent business people. >> is that what you're sort of looking for? >> reporter: a gift shop specializes in the unusual. >

the workers union says it is trying to avoid a work stoppage.here is though, there may be no new trophies for next year's award. but the academy says it has enough stock on hand for the show to go on. >>> it's getting harder to find an empty table or banquet room, why the co >>> new at 10:00 it might be a sign of improving times, the company christmas party seems to be making a big come back. debra villalon is live with a look at how party rooms are back in business. >> reporter: three different parties, bookings here are up 50% over last year. by day they work at a restaurant supply company. but tonight it's dinner and drinks on the boss. >> most business now are doing more with less. i just feel like you know to motivate your employees and keep everyone going. >> reporter: nothing beats a party. years ago this group dined and danced on a bay cruise, nowadays it's a buffet on dry land but no one is complaining. >> hopefully 2012 is going to be bigger and better. >> reporter: around the corner we found this dental office toasting the season. a s