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Biggest snowstorm in wisconsin this year? it wasnt a matter of laying off any union workers. it was simply a matter of clearing the snow so people could get to work the next morning. it was grieved. in wausau, wisconsin, the union grieved having an 86-year-old volunteer crossing guard because they wanted a union worker hired. >> judge napolitano: unbelievable. >> the union grieved the fact that they were using inmates -- >> judge napolitano: got it. >> -- to cut some of the grass next to the fre...

That? >> well, hes right. look, as a son of a union worker, my father was a postal worker for 34 years, i understand the importance of unions, they have a right and they should also have a right in terms of being part of ow social fabric in this country. what they dont have a right to do is to dictate financial policy and put us into the red for generations to come. but to answer your question specifically -- let me finish, karen, know youre going to get all upbeat. but haley barbour has a reall...

>> 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...

More proof of that is what happened between a union member, a cwa communication workers of america union member, this guy right here and a young female, freedomworks conservative activist. shes holding the camera. she just got hit allegedly by that union worker. there you go. >> whats happening is the cwa worker is talking to a fella there and this freedomworks staffer by the name of tabitha hale was filming it. looks like cell phone camera stuff. she says "they threatened and yelled at me and t...

Week. for those of you who dont want to do this math, let me show you what the annual take is. union earners across the country, we can switch over to the annual graphic, so i can show you what those are, because i cant do it unless we actually see the graphic. okay. well, well hold off on that. union workers earn about 20% more on average than nonunion workers do in the united states. ill bring you the totals in a moment. lets talk to poppy about this. shes been studying this very, very close w...

Family and theyre standing there together, as were watching it all unfold there in wisconsin today. adam shapiro, thank you for that report and actually, crystallizing the debate. >> well, the battle over barning rights and benefits for public workers is spreading from wisconsin to other states and union workers could soon be taking big time hits as cash strapped states face budget gaps in the years ahead. >> im still willing to take the pay cuts. we dont know where it will end. woof no idea how...

>> i miss my kids at school, but i am so proud of them and theyre getting a bigger lesson right here, right now than i could ever teach. >> do you have to do this? >> we have to. >> why are you here? >> im here to support my teachers like miss paulson and support every union worker. >> how old are you? >> im 17. >> do you understand -- conservative broadcasters in this country have vilified teenagers saying they dont know whats going on. >> i think thats bs. >> do you think she knows whats going...

>> i miss my kids at school, but i am so proud of them and theyre getting a bigger lesson right here, right now than i could ever teach. >> do you have to do this? >> we have to. >> why are you here? >> im here to support my teachers like miss paulson and support every union worker. >> how old are you? >> im 17. >> do you understand -- conservative broadcasters in this country have vilified teenagers saying they dont know whats going on. >> i think thats bs. >> do you think she knows whats going...

To continue making the concessions. but that is dealing with the situation that is going to wind upcoming back to bite them. what they need to do is lower costs, lower labor costs and do things like what they have done in alabama with toyota which hasnt had the same problems that detroit has had. >>neil: well put, good to see you, j.p. >> she trashed her company on facebook, and now she is okay for it, a company just settling a case over the firing of a union worker, the national labor relations...

This is a tough year. >> it was going to be tough. its tough for everyone on the ballot thats an incumbent. weve talked about it for several months. tough for david oe buy as well. >> tough for all of them. the environment, political environment is just deadly out there and deadly store establishment candidates on the right as well. and down in kentucky. >> yeah. he says hes bone tired. i can understand, because he doesnt want to be up against this fight that he knows is coming and that he possi...