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And what is the solution to that? >> well, the easy solution, is to say raise wages. i think employers are doing that and in these recent numbers we did see further wage growth, whether thats, you know, wage growth after inflation remains to be seen. employers are raising wages, theyre trying their best to get back workers. >> you hear about bonuses. >> bonuses. other kinds of goodies, well pay for your, you know -- >> more schooling incentives. >> schooling incentives, various other kinds of bo...

Something where we get off the escalation cycle. the challenge with that is that vladimir putin tends to ignore those efforts. its worth testing and i think thats what president biden will do june 16. >> bens new book -- its out this week. help wanted. how one country is getting creative in its tempt to bring back workers. plus, what is causing the lag? it might be different than what you think. erent than what you think. snacks that taste great, and come straight from the earth. and last time...

Come to a solution this time, they will just kick it further down the road? >> i think they are both too dug in. they will figure some way to cancel the sequester because it is such an idiotic idea that the people that are paying attention understand we all suffer. >> these policy decisions, even if theyre not taken, have real consequences. a corporation in lancing, an auto supplier for the personnel carrier has laid off 90 people. already. announced this on monday. it has 300 employees. this is...

Putting this through in a lame duck, and using a parliamentary technique in order to prevent a referendum. this just makes people angry. it makes them outraged. and i believe this is an absolutely outrageous action by the governor, and there will be a price to be paid. >> cindy, what about the outside groups that have poured money into the state to try to make this a right-to-work state? how much of an influence have they had in this? >> you know, i dont think theyre going to have the influence ...

And theyre not going to be successful in beating back workers. were going to show that its actually energizing our base. and people are saying that theyre angry about it. >> what was the name you put out? what was his name? dick what? >> dick devos. >> thats the amway guy. >> yep, thats right. >> and governor snyder seems to have -- seems to pay more attention to him than he does the citizens of the state. and thats very unfortunate. >> moving forward here, the only option you have here is 2014....

And i believe this is an absolutely outrageous action by the governor, and there will be a price to be paid. >> cindy, what about the outside groups that have poured money into the state to try to make this a right-to-work state? how much of an influence have they had in this? >> you know, i dont think theyre going to have the influence that they want to have. they put $2 million just in the last few days into the state of michigan, the koch brothers, you know, groups with alec, and it really is...

14 kisses this summer and half came on the employers side. they were arguing for the employer and they came out on their side and another where they came out and said a union tooked incorrect action and, pushed back against that in terms of that case. so it is not always immediately bad for the economy and employers for the nlrb. >> there is a lot to be said, and i am doing it for both of you, the government right now is too big and it is getting in the way of job growth and companies being able...

Detroit. >> weve been watching news about michigan and automakers, those in detroit and others where there are plants, what does this news mean for them, particularly the ford news. >> for ford its been steadily adding back workers. many of the plants are close to three shifts and close to capacity. what youll see is the auto industry being selective about what plants did they close down that they want to reopen, or do they build new plants in a more judicious manner than the past. they were ope...