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They know contribute 3% of salary. but we did that there the negotiating process. thats why what the governor and republican senators are trying to do is so wrong. unions have had excesses, but lets make it clear. for public employees and private employees, unions have given them rights they never would have had other ways. theyve made them middle class. >> im just following along and its fascinating everything that you were able to do, but im looking ats the proposed cuts not targeting private ...

Bisque values. we will not give them up. teachers did not cause wisconsins budget problems. >>dave: to remind you, the public employeedowns are angry they are going to have to pay more to health care and pensions but the real key in this is no longer being able to collectively bargain in the state of wisconsin and that is why the national labor groups are involved. they want to protect collective bargaining for the entire country not just wisconsin. >> the governor walker is digging in and i don...

Welcome back, everyone. lets talk about egypt, the pro-democracy protests are taking a significant turn, spilling out of tahrir square and gaining the support of several key labor groups. here to talk about that and other developments, cnns international anchor and correspondent michael holmes. michael, were seeing strikes by moebs of of the trade unions, oil workers, public transportation, all joining this. whats going on here? >> it was less than two weeks ago we were saying, i wonder if this ...

Progressive climate of hate that is being stirred up by many of these big labor groups and grass roots community organizing groups. this has been the modus operandi of groups like acorn national peoples action, a lot of these soros-funded groups paid to be intimidating bullies. they are targeting not only private businessmen who are doing what the government cannot do, which is create jobs but also going after the families. theyve stalked private businessmen and executives in washington, d.c. an...

Progressive climate of hate that is being stirred up by many of these big labor groups and grass roots community organizing groups. this has been the modus operandi of groups like acorn national peoples action, a lot of these soros-funded groups paid to be intimidating bullies. they are targeting not only private businessmen who are doing what the government cannot do, which is create jobs but also going after the families. theyve stalked private businessmen and executives in washington, d.c. an...

Jon? jon: lets keep talking about money for a moment. financial reform is the law of the land now. business leaders want to see whos going to head the new consumer protection agency. insideners washington say it could be this woman, harvard professor and t.a.r.p. watchdog liz elizabeth warren. is that the name we should expect? james rosen is reading the tea leaves. >> reporter: nobel laureate economist and liberal "new york times" columnist paul krugman said if president obama failed to name el...

Bunch of other companies had lunch with barack obama again, aimed at restoring business confidence, the psychological dimension. >> john, it is jobs, jobs, jobs. >> right. >> what are labor groups doing? i understand youve got some reporting about what labor groups are going to do to paint republicans as anti-jobs? >> yes, big labor specifically the afl-cio is busy this fourth of july weekend to -- at the home offices of republicans who voted against that jobs bill thats gone down just this past...

Marching throughout the streets of toronto, many covering their faces. one particular group had a message for toronto police. >> you are making a terrible mistake. you have been misguided by the global elites. you think we are your enemy. your enemy are your puppet masters at top of your hierarchy of control. >> joining me from toronto, concern tibbles. the scene behind you today, different than yesterday. you were in the middle of all of this yesterday. things looked out of control at points. w...

Union. we have amnesty international and green peace, we have womens rights groups. people who want to see the u.s. and canada out of afghanistan. theres a lot of chanting. theres a lot of music. theres nothing like hearing this, i dont think. and if we look over here, we can see that the police presence, at least at this point in the parade route, is -- wait a minute, right over here. look what we have. these are people who have got their faces obscured, dressed in black, running along the para...

Flash mob action by any of the demonstrators. the price tag for all of this is expected to be, as you said, about $1 billion. a lot of canadiens feeling that is simply excessive. there are also some points of controversy. there are some sound cannons that could be brought in to be used against the demonstrators. police say, hey, these are only for communication. thats the only way were going to use them. but civil liberties and labor groups have gone to court to try to stop their use saying they...