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Pryce is will have to go up but a judges ruling says the $15 minimum wage will not apply to jobs at the airport because only the port of seattle can set pay and work rules at the airport. but theres still some 1600 jobs outside the airport affected, mainly at hotels, parking lots and rental tar companies. the hotel general manager says he plans on reducing hours and laying off staff. another says he will close a restaurant. a long-term parking lot is looking to layoff attendantses and have custo...

Pay encrease. only the port of seattle has the authority and work rules in the airport. that leaves 1600 hotel and transportation workers still affected. and employers are reacting the way they expect and get by with nower workers. one hotel gym said he would cut hours and staff and lay off 200 employees and then the jobs that will not be created and the owner of the company that owns three hotels in cpack has a land and wanted to build a fourth and that will not happen. >> it is bad for busines...

To really zero in on the next couple days. one is, what was this is drivers situation in terms of work rules? you know, the 72 hours before? was he getting the appropriate rest? was he in any way ta teagued on the day of the accident? secondly, theyll be looking at distractions. was this driver paying attention to his job be? hopefully, there was no use of handheld personal devices like cell phones or computers. hopefully, he was paying attention and then theyll zero in on the equipment on wheth...

Take away our rights as workers. >> there is room to move on financials. and there has been room to move on work rules. we want an agreement that works for everyone. >> b.a.r.t. is the fifth-largest transit system in the united states, and 400,000 people use it each and every day. are spdrs invading your car? it is almost halloween. this is no treat. toyota says its recalling almost 900,000 vehicles because of potentially dangerous problems that can be triggered by spider webs. alison kosik is...

>> and this was the ruunion struggle over the work rules for air traffic controllers and reagan did not give in. >> not only that, he said, if you go off on a strike and break your oath as well as your contract, youll never work for the federal government again as long as you live. >> and they didnt. >> that was how tough he was. that sent a signal. now, obama hasnt sent that signal early enough in his administration. thats a weakness on his part. i think hell do it this time. >> you point out o...

Schools. these are not just in philadelphia, in all the 500 districts throughout the state. >> i was reading about philadelphia specifically, and found it interesting that philadelphia also does not have a board of education. walk us through how financial decisions are made for the school district in philadelphia. >> well, for the last 10 or 11 years, the districts been run by the school reform commission. the mayor appoints team members and the governor appoints three. its not a school board. p...

Has some civil service protections that is in issue here. these are career employ yaes except for the two appointed at the top, the general counsel and the general -- sort of the leader of the irs. these are career civil servants. its not that easy to cashier whenever you want. and we want there to be distance between the white house and the irs n. a way theyre not like dire directly right on top of telling them what to do. >> do you really think the american people are going to let the presiden...

Service protections. that also is an issue here. these are career employees except for the two appointed people at the top. the general counsel and the general sort of the leader of the irs. these are career civil servants. its not easy to cashier them whenever you want. we want there to be a distance between the white house and irs so theyre not directly right on top of telling them what to do. >> you really think the american people are going to let the president off the hook because he cant f...

Between the white house and irs so theyre not directly right on top of telling them what to do. >> you really think the american peel are going to let the president off the hook because he cant fire a bunch of people who did some stuff wrongs? theyre going to say liberals gave them those work rules. thats what the voters are going -- by the way, as long as theyre there, its a problem for the president and all democrats. >> but the thing is is that i think most americans are still not at the poin...

Other guys in my union and i have an incentive to work harder. >> well, if you dont like the union you can go to reject their contract vote to de certify the union that means get rid of the union. you can also work for a different employer. you have lots of choices. but when you work for an employer for example they have requirements. they often require you to wear particular uniform or they have to monitor your key strokes on a computer. when you work for an employer there are certain obligatio...