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Shut down of ports from massachusetts to texas but 14,000 longshoremen find their jobs threatened by automating. today it tooks one to do the work of three a generation ago. >> we have seen it in several of the heavy industries where efficiency and new productivity machines have come into play and people get displaced by that. it has been a difficult thing with you but you one of the things to maintain the cost and competitiveness in a global marketplace we have to pay attention to. >> union membership declined to 11.8% of the work force president obama finds himself behold ton unions. they co...

Agreed to by the international long shore man's association shippers and port operators last friday temporarily averts a shutdown of 14 ports from massachusetts to texas. but 14,000 longshoremen still find their jobs threatened by automation. today it takes just one long shoreman to do the work of three a generation ago. >> we have seen it in several of the heavy industries in america's history where efficiency and new productivity, machines have come into play. and people get displaced by that. it's been a difficult thing but it's one of the things that in order to maintain the cost and compe...

In my view to say it's on the table and make decisions and move forward. there's been a lot of discussions on the right to work in michigan for many years. over the last month or so people in michigan know about this issue, and there's been lots of ways to contact legislators, so i think there's been a lot of dialogue on this, and let's just get this done. this is to move michigan forward. about more and better jobs and worker choice. >> thank you very much, governor. thanks for joining us on a busy day. obviously there on the capitol. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. joining me in the...

About ten points and this is the first thing rick snider. >> why should i be required to join a union? it's always strange you would get a job and be required to have your paycheck lowered by union dues and not make that choice for yourself. >> you get the benefits of their collective bargaining. if they negotiate great working and health benefits you get them. >> and if you look at the overall union membership which has declined rapidly n 1983, 20.1%. in 2011 it's 11.8%. you chart that against the decline of middle-class wages, the noshlg times did a great series of articles. look at compensa...

Virtually they are volume canized out there. there is a bunch of different states. the rich live in a few places and the rest of the state is dying. it's a shame, actually. new york times editorial. message to sacramento, tax but don't over spend. you see folks in return for backing proposition 30 voters expect an end to the fiscal shenanigans that sent the state careens from one budget crisis to another. california has a 600 billion state debt. a projected $16 billion deficit. lack what happened? you voted tax increases on yourself and the problem solved. just to give you an idea how much t...