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>> labor leaders joined together in atlanta over the past few days. leaders discussed fighting the wave of big money coming into the election and the right to work legislation in states especially in wisconsin. the push for union busting measures is moving at a lightning speed. wisconsin republicans cut short a public hearing on right to work yesterday. and were concerned about protests from labor supporters. >> we got wind of threats being made to disrupt the hearings. it was a different crowd ...

Fundamental relationship between labor and management and these two industries? nowhere are these questions more pertinent than in the most known part of our economy. that is the growing market of tech-based industries, sometimes referred to as the share economy, which might just as easily be identified as the uber economy after the name of its most prominent and controversial business. with charges ranging from union busting to price gouging to mounting aggressive pr taxing against journalists,...

This decision and others like it are completely political. they are all about gutting unions, which are crucial supporters of democratic candidates and politics. from citizens united to the union busting laws we have seen from the gop, the right is doing what it can to attack labor and is taking a toll. in 2010, for example, these ten organization thes spent the most of all outside groups on campaign contributions. three of them were unions. by 2012 when citizens united had taken full effect, no...

Impact on union workers. and you talked about it in the film. watch this. >> walker is a bully and i was a union man. and if it wasnt for the union, i couldnt have retired. i would have worked till i was 100. >> my wife and i are county workers and when i took the job, i took a pay cut for benefits. and im losing my benefits. >> how does the koch brothers financial interests dove tail with the agenda that we see in the gop. >> we learned that this union busting is really all about -- its a polit...

Morgan spurlock looks at income inequality in tonights "inside man." he talked with our don lemon about his trip to new orleans. >> reporter: some conservatives, not all, sort of think income equality is a talking point for the left. but its real. >> i think its real. its like you can say that oh, these people, just get another job. thats the answer. thats not the answer. you know, there was a time when, you know, people used to be able to get middle-class jobs, take care of their families, buy ...

>> i like it. >> what is troubling about this process to you? >> well, its just such shameless pandering, reverend al. i mean, politicians pander, thats what they do. they raise money. but to go before this one man who stands for israel and islam ma phobia and union busting, whose agenda is frankly extreme. and to panneder in such shocking ways. i mean, chris christie accurately describes the occupied territories as occupied. and he has to go and apologize immediately. scott walker talks about l...

Welcome back to "the ed show." our first question comes from april thompson. president barack obamas support of tpp is reverse psychology? maybe this is his way if he takes a stance for the tpp, it will motivate a lot of people to stand up and speak about it. pretty serious issue to take on to think that would be a good way to get it done, but i hope youre correct on that. what would dr. king say about the climate of union busting today? he would be totally against it. he was in memphis, tenness...

Buying coke wanted to protest people getting food stamps. >> just listening to scott as hes talking about scott walker saying he checked all the tea party boxes, then he says, basically union busting and voter suppression and antireproductive rights. i can live with if its balancing the budget. thats reasonable. we would expect that. i am disturbed when it is against this group, against this group, against this group. >> this is the trap that allows the republican governors and candidates we hav...

>> mike barnacle. >> you say thats what i wrote this book? did you write this book? >> i put your name right on the cover. >> the mechanics. >> every sunday night we would get together on skype, talk about the wonder of technology from 6:00 to 9:30. mark and i would skype for six or seven months. i tell the story. i could go back to being the governor throughout the woke. >> very good. being the governor, mika brought up the initial phases of the governorship and the mistakes that you have coppe...

Dignity and respect. >> alfred is a lawyer who specializes in union busting and theres no shortage of demand for her services. for 35 years, alfred has been helpi helping companies keep unions out of their corporations. >> we closed this plant down, man. we closed this plant down. >> ive made a career out of union avoidance. some labor union people might call that union busting. >> you will learn the most effective ways to remain union-free. >> management lawyers, me, we conduct intense unfair l...