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Thats typical. when you see that, are you upset? >> of course. im a law professor. you like to see speech confronting speech. you dont like to see anybody singled out because of their political beliefs or to feel their job is threatened, but a lot of these companies, they threaten workers jobs every day. if somebody wants to form a labor union or organized to form a labor union, every day they are intimidated. we have a union rate thats now below 7%. everyone talks as if labor unions are part of...

When you see that, are you upset? >> of course. im a law professor. you like to see speech confronting speech. you dont like to see anybody singled out because of their political beliefs or to feel their job is threatened, but a lot of these companies, they threaten workers jobs every day. if somebody wants to form a labor union or organized to form a labor union, every day they are intimidated. we have a union rate thats now below 7%. everyone talks as if labor unions are part of the problem. w...

Week on a positive note. yesterday stocks soared to a positive number. lets check in with cnbcs steve sedgwick live in london. the jobs numbers, what do we anticipate? >> were looking for a headline rate of 7.5% on the u.s. unemployment rate. that will match the figure we saw in april and that will go back to the best levels weve seen in 2008. in terms of jobs created should be in the region o184,000 if the analysts have it right. take a look ion rate which is a c lows on ip bit of a fly in the....

And high levels of long-term unemployment didnt show up on the dol numbers because the way you show up is by applying for unemployment insurance. louisiana went right to work in 76. they had a 33% union rate in construction then. by the time 29 years later after hurricane katrina, they were down to 3%. and a group of unemployed people decided to build power to bargain with the state for a path way back into that iconic american construction job that was a path and a career ladder to the middle c...