Agreement about the money but it came down to the issue of work rules. Bart unions were on when to move on the changes that management were willing to make. So here we are now looking at a strike at midnight. Do we know in the examples of the work rules . For example if they bring in technology and change the way something is being done that means that they have to bring in the union that will have workers switch from one area to another. They want to have greater flexibility with that. We do not have all the specifics on the work rules. The bottom line is that you said they offered an alternative and take the work rules and give it to an independent arbitrator management meant was on willing to do that. To have any idea why management said no to the thirdparty arbitration work . Management indicated that the unions were on an offering that thirdparty arbitron on the work rules. There is salary there is pension there is health care and there are work rules and they looked at it as a wh
Latest developments from around ukraine. Also more hardin tear gas stations in the pistorius travel as another witness is challenged over what we heard the night Reeva Steenkamp was killed. Doctors in the United States have used gene therapy to upgrade the new system of 12 patients with hiv. Also in the program, aaron is here. Another airline jumping on the premium economy. Yeah, david. Its not economy. Its not business class. Its the hybrid part of the cabin thats cheaper than a regular seat. Lounge access, extra legroom and meals on a china plate. We will look to see if all of this is worth it. Hello. Thanks for joining us here on gmt. Midday in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, 2 00 in the afternoon in crimea where another Extraordinary Development has created further turmoil in the crisis in that ream. The parliament of crimea has voted in favor of leaving ukraine and joining russia. And it says there will be a referendum in 10 dayss time for people 60 of whom are ethnic russia to
I would hope that the Lgbt Community would recognize me to continuing that progress is the key to the progress weve made so far which is engagement and political engagement. And what also recognize that both the Supreme Court and elsewhere around the country we have systematically than limiting what was a limited democracy to begin with and making true selfgovernment harder and harder and would recognize if our political progress and progress on race and gender and a series of other things are intimately tied up in making this really into a self functioning democracy again i recognize that commonality is political. I would say that we need to recognize issues of race, class, sex is some are lgbt issues and we have an investment not only in cases like this one, but comprehensive Immigration Reform in access to health care. All of these are lgbt issues because people look like the rest of the country. We shouldnt get so into our silo that we forget that. Theres something about being a mi
Who offered a helping hand and a warm smile. Repeatedly, when i was reading a piece in the the wall street journal written by governor jeb bush, i thought of my familys journey out of the ghetto. He said today the sad real city if youre born poor, if youre parents didnt go to college, if you dont know your father, and if english is not spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. You are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since world war ii. What struck me about governor bushs piece was that all except one of his prerequisite for being condemned forest fire poverty applied to me. Fortunately i know my father. But i was born poor. My parents didnt go to college, and english was not and still is not spoken at home. The odds were stacked against me. So like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. The Little People at the bottom of the society dont get a fair shake
Millionaire lawmakers in congress are getting even richer. An you guess who the richest member of congress is . Think about it. Well tell you later this hour. Sue is off today. Simon hobbs is in at the new york stock exchange. Hi, simon. Hi, tyler. Weve broken the fourday losing streak. It may be low volumes or summer action. Well take a gain of 54 points on the dow. Retailers are a clear focus. Best buy is up. Urban outfitters which trades on the has tanasdaq is helping to that higher. The reits are doing well today. A lot of focus is overseas. With the emerging markets, stocks there taking a beating and the currency selling off sharply because of the concerns of fed tapering and where that will run the currencies and trades. Lets bring in bob and ken. Director of oneal securities and cnbc market analysts. Before we get into the emerging markets, you were worried last night we lost the 50 Day Moving Average on the s p. By regained that. Were hitting our head right on it. Its acting as