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Said he will push for new laws giving unions a boost in organizing members. republicans and many business leaders oppose that idea. if it comes, it comes rather as the government reports the share of unionized workers has fallen to 11.8%. the lowest level since the great depression. overall union membership was up by 50,000 last year. the federal government is launching a w campaign against fraud in mortgage backed securities. those are the packages of sometimes worthless mortgages that bankrupt many investors and contributed to the financial crisis. the attorney general says he wants to expos...

>> bret: the chairman of the national labor relations board said he will push for new laws giving unions a boost in organizing members. republicans and many business leaders oppose that idea. if it comes, it comes rather as the government reports the share of unionized workers has fallen to 11.8%. the lowest level since the great depression. overall union membership was up by 50,000 last year. the federal government is launching a new campaign against fraud in mortgage backed securities. those are the packages of sometimes worthless mortgages that bankrupt many investors and contributed to the...

Yes, some of that money will be passed on but in some way we paid in taxes and pay it in -- in program cuts elsewhere. we will have to pay it somehow if we are going to move to the next step for energy. >> it has to be an investment somewhere. we saw the jobs outlook on friday. sense of it, shall we say, and i want to show you the breakdown. as we look at the numbers, positive on one side. 2 4,000 jobs created. unemployment rate went to 9.5%. african-american unemployment rate climbed to 16%. hispanic latino segment also went to 11.8%. that's above the average. your business focuses on helping...

Restaurants downtown. some of the downtown business owners think that perhaps if we had maybe some more retail stores, specialty shops, boutiques, that kind of thing to bring people downtown other than just restaurants. we are hopeful that that may bring something in the future. >> i've been looking at the numbers having to do with flint, michigan. and in the year 2000 you had about 25,000 more residents than you have right now. you have about 102,000 give or take in the latest. that's the estimate. so you have lost about 25,000 people. your unemployment rate is at 11.8%. which is above the na...

In bringing the new restaurants downtown. some of the downtown business owners think that perhaps if we had maybe more retail stores, specialty shops, boutiques, that kind of thing to bring people downtown, other than just restaurants. we're hopeful that may bring something in the future. >> greta: i've been looking at numbers. in the year 2000, you had about 25,000 more residents than you have now. you have about 102,000, give or take that's the estimate. you've lost about 25,000 people. your unemployment rate is 11.8%, above the national average of 8.8. also down from march a year ago from 1...