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Like unemployment but not working hurts people but then when they get jobs she says the jobs are abusive and and your campaign says she is running for president. >> for the factory workers and food servers who stand on their feet all day. >> it gets more troubling when americans are fretting about the of victims because it is bad it doesnt mean there is of victim or government should try to fix it. >> they chose that job because the prior auction was working. >> -- r wasnt working. >> here is a ...

Fatima is certainly a heroic lady. what was she able to do with the help of this blog and how much of a difference has she made so far? >> well, fatimas group has been around for quite some time. shes one of the very few people who has been addressing this issue. i should also note we wouldnt even be talking about this, no one in the world wouldnt be talking about this if not for a work of pakistani journalist who for the last five or six years has been dedicating herself to telling fatimas stor...

The candidates are trying to straddle two trains going in opposite directions. why do the donor class care? >> they always have. the common core starts with the spumings were being outeducated by competitors by children around the world. that children in other countries are doing much better than kids in the u.s. and thats true. businesses care about that because they want smart and able workers. theres nothing new about that. if you go back to why we have a public education system in the united...

And it is one of these issues, the candidates are trying to straddle two trains going in opposite directions. why do the donor class care? >> they always have. the common core starts with the spumings were being outeducated by competitors by children around the world. that children in other countries are doing much better than kids in the u.s. and thats true. businesses care about that because they want smart and able workers. theres nothing new about that. if you go back to why we have a public...

>> thats how it started. to get factory workers who were able to do the task thats businesses were looking for in the 19 century. they wanted people at that time to have an elementary school education. >> so there is a donor class in the gop. business business folks who really are invested in common core. what has been happening at the grassroots level that that is now threatening? >> you think about the other people in the sempt coalition, for example, christian conservatives. they have a whole...

>> there is no way that the u.s. government is going to be able to monitor the labor conditions in these countries. nike has been on the forefront of this issue. theyve been under scrutiny for almost 20 years now. and every year that i go back to indonesia and i interview workers, the same issues come up. youve got inadequate wages. you have wage cheating. you have union busting. you have verbal abuse. physical abuse. heres a corporation that the president held up as a model for free trade. they...

Conditions. does it make them as good as they are here? maybe not. >> it should be equal. >> its not going to just change overnight. we have to work toward that. we ought to be changing that. >> nikes been in indonesia for almost 25 years now. the workers have not made any real increase. nike factory workers in southeast asia, they make so little money that they jokingly say -- and its tragic comedy. they have to export their children back to home villages. most nike factory workers are lucky if...

I lost my job coaching at saint johns university in 97 because i refused to wear nikes products. it eventually lead me in the summer of 2000 to move to indonesia where i lived with nike factory workers. tried to survive on the sweat shop wage at the time it was $1.25. i lost 25 pounds in a month. i met the women and money who made the nike products i as college and professional athlete had worn for years. i promised them i would come home and advocate for them. ive done it full-time for 15 years...

Pastor of this church. this is 50 years of this. this corner here behind me that burned yesterday, i was told it burned 50 years ago in 68, so you know, this isnt a new problem. >> yeah. well, you know most people they go to a tough neighborhood wish they could get through it faster, lets be honest about it. >> they speed through a neighborhood, right. >> thats the problem. heres my question about jobs. those homes were built, those homes this that neighborhood were built for factory workers, fo...

Because were in the how-do-i-get-this-startup- off-the-ground business. the taking-your-business- global-business. were in the problem-solving business. 400,000 people - ready to help you solve problems while theyre still called opportunities. from figuring it out to getting it done were here to help. $13, $14 an hour for factory workers and you can move your factory south of the border pay a dollar an hour for labor. pay a dollar an hour for your labor. have no health care. thats the most exp...