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This, but certainly forestalled anchors in other states. >> agreed that the unions in wisconsin have given back and that the governor is saying its not good enough, only one year, they claim this is not a fiscal issue. this is a union busting issue. "the washington post" editorial, when a union makes demands of a private firm, is workers and owners can see theres a natural limb on how compensation can go. if compensation for workers is too high, it will force the firm to close. government worker...

Publication. and daniel, strategic group. thank you, both, guys, for your time this afternoon. in the days to come here, we will be announcing new details about the next leg of our steel on wheels tour. were going to keep at them. looking to create a jobs movement in this country. do be sure to keep an eye on our website, steelonwheels.com. well keep you posted here as well. also submit your ideas for solving americas problems in your own community on a state level or national level at steelonwh...

Americas morning news and steven pearlsteen, columnist nor the "washington post" and jim warren, former manager editor of the chicago tribune. government worker benefits and right to collective bargaining, has it been fair? >> i dont think its been fair. you are scrupulously using the world public unions and state employees, what you saw in both clips is the con flags of unions private and public. i think thats for ideologue cal purposes and you saw this is union busting, not pointing out public...

Whole storm the last few weeks, what is going on in wisconsin and other states around the country, and, you know, the point hes making, and i think this is one of the things that republican governors are counting on, is, obviously, people have a lot of sympathy for teachers, and, state troopers and a lot of other state workers. but, when they find out that the deals -- the deals that the public workers have, when it comes to pensions and a lot of us in the private sector dont have pensions anymo...

>> well, its such a fabric of the american tapestry, if you think about it. union-busting is kind of out there. >> yeah. >> lets get to the federal government, though, and talk about the issues of the budget crisis that republicans have proposed. >> everyones got a budget problem! >> everybody. ive got no money in my wallet today, karen. whats going on? theyve proposed $40 billion in spending cuts, the democrats might agree to. but still, its a temporary solution. do you think the parties are go...

This isnt about employees. this is about the economy. what we need to do is create jobs and thats what we should be doing. >> governor barbour, this is the question i posed at the beginning of the program. is this just about ideology. is it about union busting or it is about getting serious about shared sacrifice? >> its about budgets. it is about the fact that wisconsin like many states are broke. and the idea is okay lets make a very narrow agreement over wages for one year is going to solve t...

President this weekend. is the white houses chances of trying to head off similar problems in other states really going to take effect coming out of what we see this weekend, going into tomorrow, talking with these governors? >> well, potentially. i hope part of what happens over the course of the meetings of the national governors association, which as you know, is republicans and democrats, is an opportunity to share ideas and thoughts about other ways to deal with these budget crises other th...

>> actually well bring in christine romans in, because stephens talking numbers here. lets talk about numbers, not scary boring numbers but dollars and cents about unions and union workers. >> okay. according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics, a union worker earned $917, nonunion earned $200 less. spread that all over last year, union earned $47,684 while nonunion workers earned $37,284. bottom line, union workers earned 27% more than nonunion workers in 2010. >> you and i have discussed th...

Employees. thats simply not fair and its not unaffordable. youve got these gigantic gaps in these state budgets -- >> but answer me this. we can discuss and argue or agree and disagree on the reforms, it does appear in scott walkers case in wisconsin, the governor of wisconsin, that it is union busting. that hes going about getting rid of rights that have really helped workers in this country. the ability to collectively bargain. why are you so against that? >> well, because what its led to is t...

Anyone. the real issue here is that we havent had a good evaluation system. and my union and others have looked to how do we overhaul an evaluation system and how do we align due process with it. its a false choice to say either no process or cumbersome process. and ultimately if you look at what teachers do, we are responsible for everything in a childs life. now, maybe thats not fair, i dont think it is. but ultimately thats what we try to do in instruction. and its for all kids, not just some...