Government to put their interests first. In contract negotiations, unions always insist on senioritybased layoffs. This gives guaranteed job security to their more senior members, but it also means that School Districts are forced to lay off the new hires first, even if those teachers are star performers. Parents object, but the unions have decided they can accept that. And unions also want, understandably, very generous Retirement Benefits for their members. In michigan, 27 of School Districts budgets are going to provide pensions and health benefits, and its not hard to see why. In this state, you can retire after 25 years to collect full benefits. So you have a lot of teachers retiring in their late 40s or their early 50s. But if you care about dollars being spent in the classroom, that is a problem. The Michigan Education association used their clout to cut the bill. If costs were going to be cut, they wanted those cuts to come elsewhere. Or they wanted taxes to go up. That is what
Closer to a deal to escape going over the fiscal cliff. Good to see you this morning. Welcome again to the program. And we welcome your calls at 186655press. In other big news, the Supreme Court has decided to hear two cases on Marriage Equality but why even bother to hold a hearing . Hey, theres no doubt about it. Under the constitution, it is wrong to discriminate against anybody for any reason. So, of course, gays and lesbians have every right under the constitution to marry each other. There is no doubt about it. Well talk more about that today and a whole lot of other issues but first, we get the latest. Here she is with todays current news update, Lisa Ferguson standing by in our studios in los angeles. Hi lisa, good morning. Hey bill. Good morning everyone. Nothing on the president s public schedule today. He just has his usual briefing in the oval office followed by lunch with the Vice President. The first lady will be visiting the Childrens National Medical Center in d. C. And
Its time for fox friends. Welcome aboard, folks. We were just talking about chris kyl, the late navy seal and this Jesse Ventura thing has got you talking. So many people are so furious, the jury has spoken and were going to give you all the details. Right, on that reward which has you all outraged. First were going to turn to Heather Nauert who joins you this morning. Hey there, friend. You have a lot going on. We talked a lot about this drought in california. With that in mind listen to this story. This morning there are serious questions about the countrys aging infrastructure after a water main burst sending millions of gallons of water shooting into the air for hours. Look at this. That is a 93yearold water main and it is flooding the campus of ucla in los angeles, including the newly renovated pavilion. Fire fighters rescued five people trapped underground in parking garages there and it took three and a half hours to get that water turned off. Some students taking advantage of t
Paycheck protection. For Union Members to discipline their unions by forcing the unions to hold a vote on whether spending is used politically or to withhold dues from political purposes. The overwhelming majority of Union Members would like to see that done. Polls consistently show that Union Members want their union to get consent before spending dues on Political Activities. 66 approved and 14 disapproved the statement that it was unreasonable that unions are allows to spend dues on politics without getting member approval. 79 of Union Members believe that employees should have the right not to participate in their unions Political Support of specific candidates or parties. Were here today with people who are actually working on these in very specific cases. Im going to introduce them and let them take it away. Victor joecks to my left serves as executive director of National Employee freedom week which is a coalition of 68 groups in 40 states dedicated to helping union mechls to le
Into his job good we are recording an appearance in memphis and we will have that for you to watch later today. Members of congress away on the summer break are tweeting out summer activities. Daniel webster these to host the House Veteran Affairs chairman representative jeff miller to share an update on va care. Cap thear Mcmorris Rodgers says revisiting the mcdonalds where i work to pay for college. Experts tasked with tracking the spread of diseases like rabies. Pox in a 2 of americans was traced to prairie dogs. We investigate animals, emerging diseases in people often traced back to animals. Thate of these situations occurred in 2003, the first hint we had that something had gone terribly wrong, you can see in this picture up here, threeyearold girl who lived in wisconsin and she developed these very odd, very disturbing skin lesions. Ive too young to be vaccinated for smallpox. But there are many researchers as it is he who dedicated their Early Careers to eradicating this diseas