State to want to leave their union but do not know that they can, or when and how to do so, how many hundreds of thousands, or even millions of Union Members around the country want to do the same thing . Working with the association of tmerican educators we called i National Employee freedom week. That is this week. I am pleased to say that 81 organizations, which we have have to, in 45 states, come together with the sole purpose of letting people know that they have the ability to leave their union. You will hear from rebecca, robert, and jennifer and they stories aboutr trying to leave their unions. I want to tell you about the numbers that their stories represent. We decided to conduct a poll, a National Poll of Union Members asking if you could out out of your union without any penalty, would you do so . 454 Union Members across the country and over 28 said yes, i want to opt out of my union if i could do so without penalty. 14. 5 Union Members, so that is about 4 Million People w
I would ask everyone inhouse to make a courtesy check that your cell phones are off. We will post the program for your future reference. Youre always welcome to send your questions or comments. Hosting our discussion today is celine perth. Academic research focuses on the volatility in the developing world. Prior to joining us she was the assistant professor of economics at Amherst College of and a visiting Research Scholar at northeastern university. A masters degree in economics from rochester. Please join me in welcoming our speaker. [applause] thank you very much. It is good to see everyone here today. My colleague james, who really organized this event, apologizes he could not be here today. I am pleased to have the privilege of joining this panel to discuss unions and membership in unions. Labor unions are some of the largest political spenders in the United States. In the last midterm election, unions operated 10 of the 20 largest Political Action committees. They also made of t
To fund the government, which by the way, in the space of a few days he endorsed and threatened to votto and didnt veto in the end, the president was asked three questions. Two about the bill which he answered and one he did not. Thank you all very much. Lying about the affairs . Well, on the way out to marine one, the same story. Mr. President , is Karen Mcdougal telling the truth . Any comment on mrs. Mcdougal. Will you watch 60 minutes on sunday . Will you watch 60 minutes mr. President . Well, the president also ignored questions at Joint Base Andrews Taking The Long Way to avoid members of the press. This is a president who, as you know, doesnt shy away from speaking his mind about even the most serious allegations against him, including allegations of sexual misconduct. He is, however, silent about the alleged relationship karen
of mind with everything else. And you know, deep inside, i did have a lot of guilt, but i still continued. You believe, though, that he had real feelings
Immediately. She adds fuel to questions about possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russian operatives. He is an American Patriot. He did absolutely nothing treasonous. A lawyer for President Trump and his campaign saent a cease and desist letter. The president wasnt just stunned by bannons claims. He was furious and disgusting. Blasting bannon for breaching a nondisclosure agreement. Warning legal action is imminent. The president delivering a stunning smackdown, writing in part, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. Theres nobody we think higher of than President Trump and the agenda. Dont worry about us. Were tight on this agenda, as weve ever been. I would like steve to knock it off and rejoin the team. This morning, extreme Winter Weather is on its way. A nightmare on roads and bridges. Officials warning everyone to stay home. Conditions only getting worse out here. Were likely to see Fli
White house correspondent jeff zeleny. Jeff, the president ultimately avoided a Government Shutdown but he kept everyone guessing for several hours. Reporter wolf, good evening. He did avoid that Government Shutdown which was probably how this was always going to end. But the president did sort of create a stir here in washington by suggesting he could veto that 1. 3 trillion spending bill. That was probably always a farfetched scenario but you never know with the president. He clearly was responding some to outrage from fiscal conservatives. They thought 1. 3 trillion a lot of money here. He certainly was lashing out at that. But finally he signed that bill. Shortly after lunchtime here. This is what he said. Therefore as a matter of National Security ive signed this omnibus budget bill. There are a lot of things im unhappy about in this bill. There are a lot of things that we shouldnt have had in this bill, but we were in a sense forced if we want to build our military, we were force