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Punishing aspects of their workplace. complaints have also come from workers at fulfillment centers. >> these jobs are hard. you know, people are standing in the same spot for eight, ten, hours a day, maybe during peak season. there are complaints about limited breaks. there are complaints about just the quotas and the goals. >> just this past july, warehouse workers in minnesota launched a prime day strike during one of amazon's busiest days of the year. you're aware of some of the criticism that some amazon employees have brought against the company from poor working conditions to increased ...

Blame popular safety programs and perhaps try to slash those programs. of course, because democrats have a majority in the house that's not going to happen, but i think the budget that the white house put out does show that this five percent reduction in domestic spending is a signal of their priorities and the president is also complicating things by renewing this fight over the wall. ultimately, we will see what congress does. they control the power of the purse. >> what happens then? of course, democrats will not give into broad spending programs that are their priorities. after all, they c...

Government shutdown. take a -- the spokesperson for the airport telling cnn, and i'm quoting, due to an increased number of tsa screeners not reporting to work, we have decided to take this precautionary step to relocate about 12 flights to an adjoining concourse in the afternoons. the spokesman saying that the number of callouts has been double normal. we saw yesterday protests throughout the country, aviation workers voicing their opinions, voicing their desire to see this shutdown come to an end. not because it's affecting them only, but because it's affecting everyone who flies. take a lis...

Some of them do have savings, but at the end of the day, the morale is really dropping quickly when you see a zero paycheck coming n. >> that's a good point you make. some of them do have savings. nobody ever says that, wow, air traffic controllers are overpaid or, you know, the upper echelon of earning. but they may have savings, but let's just talk about the degree to which this is a stressful job. you said it at the top. we have to be 100%, 100% of the time. right? there is zero room for error in the work of an air traffic controller. >> that's exactly right. you know, the thing is we have ...

Were need to get back to work immediately so we can actually implement these safety programs and enhance the safety of the united states air space. >> so, what does that mean in terms of everyone being able to get their job done? if the nonessential workers are being left home, who is actually doing their stuff? >> the work is not getting done. we have actually seen, you know -- we have a program which helps control is determined if the airplanes are lined up on the right one way or taxi way because we do have a problem of wrong surface landings in this system. and we've implemented new equipm...