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Multi-sectoral groups on Sunday, Feb. 13, showed up for the campaign rally of Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Kiko Pangilinan as their affirmed their support for their respective candidacies in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan are joi

The start of the new year saw a number of states boost their minimum wage, but not North Dakota.

People trapsing down to the white house to perhaps meet with president biden, but ultimately, its going to be up to president bide ton get his party together and well see if hes able to do that. >> well, whats that effort going to look like here? we know now the president is going to travel this week to try to promote this plan. what is he doing in public and perhaps more importantly, whats he doing behind the scenes to get everyone on board and move this package forward? >> yeah. well, i, too, ...

Its the first strike for the company in more than three decades and they may get company and soon. one of hollywoods most powerful unions has set a strike date for next monday. theyre threatening to stop tv and movie production in a dispute over pay and working conditions. and were not only seeing strikes but also a wave of people leaving their jobs. 4.3 million people in august alone, according to the department of labor. its a phenomenon that has been dubbed the great resignation. for more on ...

Employers to vaccinate workers of any size, employee count. what the president should do is scrap this ill-conceived executive order, bring business groups together, bring labor groups together, and hash out a way we can increase vaccination rates in america with the power of persuasion. >> so, heres an example. delta airlines, this is maybe not just an example of incentivizing getting vaccines, but de-incentivizing not getting them, right. delta is having a $200 surcharge through insurance per ...

Californias recall election is now nine days away. and governor gavin newsom is taking all the help he can get. hes campaigning right now in los angeles. dan, the polling is looking up for the governor, but what are you hearing from voters? >> yeah. you can certainly tell theres a bit of a more update nature from the newsom camp this weekend. last few weeks have been tough. there were polls showing him in danger. you have a string of polls showing him in a better position. were at a labor event ...

New york city to get any of that done. before we let you go, mr. mayor, as you stood at that briefing yesterday. are you with me, the new governor of new york kathy hochul. there is some reporting you have been calling to labor groups to look into a possible run for the governors office, yourself. are you considering a run to be the next governor of new york? >> well, willie, really quickly, first of all, i am collaborating and working with governor hochul as we address this crisis and we we hav...

Unemployment in this country. and so these are the things that i think that we have to wrap our heads around. >> again, almost 300 mass shootings so far this year. and that is where four or more people are shot. and that is more than all of 2014. and we are not even halfway through this year. act up on an airplane, face the consequences. airline trade and labor groups once the justice department to enforce harsher penalties for those air travelers exhibiting bad behavior. authorities have rece...

Refund if your flight is different by more than a few hours. keep in mind, the growing pains as airlines are struggling to get back to normal after they were severely depressed by the pandemic. they got a lot smaller? >> if people are going to a wedding, a few hours could make your break your ability to participate. you have information about the surge in unruly passengers? >> its interesting here. the airline groups, trade groups and the labor groups, are telling the faa and the department of...

Of legislation that really did spend trillions of dollars to reconfigure the american industrial base? >> yeah, it can definitely happen. the scientists say we have the technology, it can happen if we start right away. we can do whats needed in the next ten years which are the critical years. and the only thing thats in the way is the political will, and thats because the fossil fuel industry has spent so much money lobbying and paying for the campaigns with a lot of -- of the people in washingt...