to see if kaiser health care workers in three states, california, oregon and high-risk adults, are going to walk off the job after thee vote today authorize a strike two weeks ago. that would be tens of thousands of people who work at kooirz. then today interestingly it was working graduate students at harvard. people below the level of professor who teach classes. they officially began a is strike at harvard today, arguing the nation s richest college doesn t play the lowest level teachers a living wage. also today working grad students at columbia university in new york walked out of their classrooms as well. they plan to strike next week if they don t believe what they believe is a fair contract. at the kellogg s cereal company, 1,400 factory workers are entering their fourth week on strike. four weeks of the kellogg s strike, trying to get better hours and wages. at john deere, the big agricultural equipment company,
harvard, people below the level of professor, who teach classes, they officially began a strike at harvard today, arguing that the nation s richest college, does not actually pay its lowest level teachers a living wage. also today gratitude inside columbia in new york walked out of their classrooms as well, saying they planned a strike next week if they don t get what they believe is a fair contract, at the kellogg cereal, company it s 1400 factory workers, who are now entering their fourth week on strike. four weeks of the killing strike already, trying to get better hours in wages. a john deere, the big agricultural equipment company, it s more than 10,000 americans, who are about to enter their third week on strike, at john deere, you might remember last week, we reported that the u.s. secretary of agriculture, made an unprecedented trip to the picket line, visited the john deere workers picketing in iowa, during that visit, secretary
york, 1,800 people who work at hospitals in rochester have issued a strike notice. they are threatening to walk off the job. if those rochester hospital workers do decide to strike, they will be joining hospital workers down the road in buffalo, new york, 2,200 of them, who have just entered their fourth week on strike. meanwhile, we are still waiting to see if kaiser health care workers in three states, california, oregon, and hawaii, are going to walk off the job after they overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike to walk off two weeks ago. that would be tens of thousands of people who work at kaiser. then today interestingly it was working graduate students at harvard. people below the level of professor who teach classes. they officially began a is strike at harvard today, arguing the nation s richest college doesn t play the lowest level teachers a living wage.
to politics now, where governor martin o malley will sign a bill to end the death penalty in maryland. maryland becomes the 18th state to stop using the death penalty. five men are now on death row there. the last execution took place in 2005. today rhode island is expected to get a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage. the house is expected to approve the bill. it s already passed the senate, where the vote was much more contentious. nine states and washington, d.c. now allow same-sex couples to get married. general david petraeus has a new job, joining the usc faculty in the fall. he s teach classes, participate in seminars and panels and mentor veterans. his former mistress, paula broad wall, is seeking redemption after their affair at a ymca prayer breakfast. she told the local station, the mission today, the prayer breakfast today, was to speak