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Negotiations with walmart about supply chain conditions. these are the kinds of forms of bargaining we need to look at. >> the point is thats a bargaining process completely outside of the nlrb process. but there are two things being said that are in tension with each other. one is -- this is a huge attack on workers to pass right-to-work laws et cetera and the other is -- thats not is that important. what matters is organizing and you can have a strong union in a state that doesnt have mandator...

Higher level enrichment and close that second enrichment facility near kohn, the one near a mountain, fell well short of u.n. demands weve seen in those security council resolutions that iran stop awfully its uranium enrichment. so what it looks like to me, jenna, is we have tremendous leverage right now with these new oil export sanctions, with the threat of possible israeli strike on iran, and this just doesnt look to me like its enough from the iranians to justify using that leverage. jenna: ...

But clearly not to their everyday practice. >> so now, unions are limited to bargaining only over their salary, is that right? >> thats correct. so whats happened and we get into this in the report is the union has whats called wea trust, its pet health insurance company and what would happen is they would bargain that at the collective bargaining table in the contract process and then funds would be utilized by the union in order to do the bargaining process in those sorts of things. now, what ...

Teachers. are you foss loosening up some of these rules so that maybe negotiations get reopened more frequently? >> i met with a group, i did a roundtable root at statehouse square maybe a month ago. police officers negotiate for bulletproof vests at the bargaining table. teachers negotiate for class size. if a school district is threatened financially, as is many are, i think they sit down with teachers through the bargaining process and they work through in questions. are you willing to give u...

Terribly unfair and wrong for any sitting governor, knowing what he had when he came into office, to try and literally detroit union now. thats what this guy is trying to do. >> what if he campaigned on it. >> but he didnt. he campaigned on the sensible notion in state after state. people know in state after state you have to do something to get control. the union agrees to give back unto it. >> they disagree violently until he came up with this broader approach. >> thats the bargaining process....

>> most presidents are reluctant to get involved in the labor dispute unless there is a lasting impact like reagans involvement with the air controller workers. and management is the taxpayers. several states dont allow the public workers bargaining rights. >> we do not engage in collective bargaining. ultimately, we feel the bargaining process takes place in legislative process. bargaining is taking place directly with the taxpayers. >> his aides wont say if mr. obama feels public sector unions...

Is a lasting impact like reagans involvement with the air controller workers. and management is the taxpayers. several states dont allow the public workers bargaining rights. >> we do not engage in collective bargaining. ultimately, we feel the bargaining process takes place in legislative process. bargaining is taking place directly with the taxpayers. >> his aides wont say if mr. obama feels public sector unions have different responsibilities than private sector unions though he suggests they...

Thats taken away, if governor walker signs off on it after a vote, no more collective bargaining. what do you lose that you are upset about? >> we lose the ability to shape better education for our students, better teaching and learning conditions. in our last contract, we negotiated an evaluation system and professional development. we strive to have lower class sizes to benefit our students. megyn: how is that decided if you dont negotiate over it? >> we dont know who will decide, but the educ...

Any way a bargaining process or a log rolling process. you wouldnt want people to trade with each other. you know, you vote this way and ill vote that way and then we can, you know, get some unanimous decisions. err judge has to do with he or she thinks the law requires. >> this is a done deal. we didnt hear anything earth shattering today? >> no, not at all. and even a republican senator from texas, jon coryn says he does believe she will be confirmed. essentially what we saw was a refusal to s...

Ahead with it. and it says that the time of the imposition of these tariffs has yet to be determined. top officials saying that now is the time for negotiation. they are responding of course to the trump administrations imposition of a 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of chinese goods. and the list is some 1300 goods that includes everything from artificial teeth and defibrillators and industrial driers to get the flame throwers and sseismographs. buff the two biggest economies on the verge of a ...