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Exhibitor's bill of rights. under the old rules if they wanted to get their exhibit here they had to pay the teamsters to haul the exhibit. once they were here you had to pay the union to set it up' the whole thing became cost prohibitive. >> intestified a few hundred dollar charge, that person is spending $1,200 to have a computer connected to the internet. >> reporter: the exhibitors have the right to use their own contractors. the convention and visitor's bureau is predicting a billion dollar windfall. 66,000 jobs in chicago ultimately depend on the

Union laws, some are yet to be phased out. my crew cannot cable inside of the building. if we go inside of the building i have to pay someone else to haul the cables, we want power, we have to pay someone else and all the exhibitors face a problem on a much more grand scale, if they want to do an exhibit they have to pay the teamsters to hal the exhibit answand carpent carpenter's union to set up the booth and if they work after 4:00 p.m., even if they start at 3:00, they have to pay overtime and, you want your computers to work, you have to pay someone else, the costs got to be excessive. >> ...

Martha: all right, this is going to be a big story, april 21, you will want to mark your calendars and get ready to sit in front of your tv set. there will be fireworks on april 21 on capitol hill, and we want to make sure you know what is going on. three of america's largest employers have been summoned to washington for a hearing with the house energy and commerce committee. california democrat henry waxman sent sharply worded letters to at&t, caterpillar and john deere. fired up over calls to repeal a provision in the overhaul of health care. it will reduce -- look at what happened to the c...

Their civil war to immediately begin to remove our combat troops. not in six months or one year, but now. >> sean: wow, a flip-flop like that would make john kerry jealous if you publicly oppose the health care bill you could testify on capitol hill. last week we reported that at&t plans to tick a one billion dollar charge in the first quarter. other companies are taking a hit, john deere will take 150 million dollar write-down. caterpillar 100 million. 3m 90, ak steel 38 million the "wall street journal" records the list will grow. in an attempt to silence these companies, henry waxman says h...

Their civil war to immediately begin to remove our combat troops. not in six months or one year, but now. >> sean: wow, a flip-flop like that would make john kerry jealous if you publicly oppose the health care bill you could testify on capitol hill. last week we reported that at&t plans to tick a one billion dollar charge in the first quarter. other companies are taking a hit, john deere will take 150 million dollar write-down. caterpillar 100 million. 3m 90, ak steel 38 million the "wall street journal" records the list will grow. in an attempt to silence these companies, henry waxman says h...