There was no Social Security, no unemployment compensation, zero, to sort of families to form the united auto workers. Why did they do that a . Why did people marched as farmers, some 200,000 farmers in six months in a few counties in texas in late 1880s to start a populist progressive movement, the most fundamental Political Reform Movement in our country. Well, one reason was received injustice themselves. The farmers were being fleeced by high interest rates, by the banks, loans for crops and by high Railroad Freight rates to get their crops to market. The women felt deeply disrespected and they felt the men were not addressing a lot of the issues that women were concerned about. The workers could not live on what they made working 50, 60 hours a week in an auto plant. Its not easy. And the hazards and the occupational deaths and the diseases. So we take the first motivation was perceived selfinterest. They were not abstract to injustices that accumulated all these specific injustic
An enormous step forward. Now, the agency has been in existence for only four and a half years, but has already done some important things. Its taken some enforce actions, its done policy work to protect those people who are not entitled or not eligible for anything other than subprime loans to protect them in the market. It has proposed some, some curtailment of the right to mandatory arbitration. But thats just the first step. That agency is under assault constantly in congress. I talked to my friend rich, he stopped counted the number of times hes been hauled up to the hill to testify. It was, i think, 50 at last count. Hes not only been there for a few years. We need more legislation, and in order oo eer to do that, we ne organize. We need to personalize these stories, and we need to look at the level of powers that are available to us and try to exercise power. So let me talk about a few things. One is if you look at mandatory arbitration, congress understands how powerful a force
Weather, traffic, erica . Good morning. Temperatures are cooler. It is not muggy just a bit overcast. Climbing into the 70s with 80s inland with the increase in fire danger. George . Good morning, there are no hot spots but we could see if we could recover from a vehicle that was stalled. It is impacting steady metering lights but the 880 is backed up westbound. 18 22 minutes, slow or. Stalled has been cleared. However, for the san mateo bridge and highway 92 snoozed. Delay free and incidentfree. And also, the golden gate is without fog. East palo alto are investigating a shooting on the street of emmet way. The teenager was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. They have not provided a suspect or motive. This live look at this shooting out of the senior assisted living center. Will tran. Reporter the suspect was shot by a Security Guard, not a Police Officer. This was near the almaden expressway around 1 30 he was here to visit his father. There were 4 suspects there were trying to
Right now its embarrassment. On a collision course, the president , nancy pelosi, the wall and a shutdown. Something has to give as the clock ticks down. Well tell you the likely scenarios. And it is super bowl sunday. This hour the expectations of the big game and the controversy surrounding the halftime show. New details this morning on the controversy over Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. Nearly the entire democratic establishment now urging him to step down, but hes refusing, insisting yesterday he was not either person in this racist photograph from his 1984 yearbook page. A stunning reversal after initially saying friday that it was him in the photo that sparked a national uproar. Then he said in 1984 he did blacken his face to impersonate michael in a dance contest. I did dress up as whats his name . Michael, excuse me. Thats why i have pam with me. I had shoe polish, some gloves, and the reason i used only a little bit, i dont know if anybody has tried it, but you cannot get sh
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