and there s nothing you can do about it? than 50 gm facilities across the downy wrinkleguard is a fabric conditioner united states. the union and gm are set to go that helps protect you from wrinkles all day. back to the negotiating table in pants washed with downy wrinkleguard and detergent are virtually wrinkle free. two hours. we re going to speak live with one of the union negotiators in try downy wrinkleguard. just a moment. the president says the u.s. is locked and loaded after the u.s. blamed iran for attacks on saudi arabian oil fields. about 6 million billions of oil a day were knocked out in the coordinated strike. stock futures pointing to the dow opening down this morning amid fears spiking oil prices could lead to a slowdown of the global economy. we ll start with the united auto workers strike. nearly 50,000 on the picket line this morning, joining us now is terry dittes vice president of the united mobile workers union and lead negotiator with general motors. thank you
seven additional jobs attached to what they do. that is the big picture. terry, let me ask you this we plan to roll up our sleeves and get back at it. yes, sir? there is an investigation into some members of the uaw leadership and allegations of corruption. what do you want uaw members to know about how that is affecting these negotiations? so that is not affecting these negotiations whatsoever. we remain focused. i have met with the staff as a part of our negotiating team several times. they are focused on the end result. they are focused on the people behind me and in plants all over the country. our focus is not on those things. those things will take care of themselves. they will be sorted out. that has not affected our negotiations one bit. not a single bit. we are there to negotiate. i am focused on it as is all the
general motors. the workers on the picket line after contract talks broke down over the weekend. the strike is affecting more than 50 gm facilities across the united states. the union and gm are set to go back to the negotiating table in two hours. we re going to speak live with one of the union negotiators in just a moment. the president says the u.s. is locked and loaded after the u.s. blamed iran for attacks on saudi arabian oil fields. about 6 million billions of oil a day were knocked out in the coordinated strike. stock futures pointing to the dow opening down this morning amid fears spiking oil prices could lead to a slowdown of the global economy. we ll start with the united auto workers strike. nearly 50,000 on the picket line this morning, joining us now is terry dittes vice president of the united mobile workers union and lead negotiator with general motors. thank you very much for being with us this morning. you head back into negotiations in two hours.
200,000 manufacturers work in car manufacturing and the broader vehicle industry supports nearly 10 million job. joining me is the vice president of the united auto workers union representing more than 400,000 active members. terry, thanks for joining us. what s the strike about? what is it that you and your members are looking for? well, the basic things are wages and benefits and health care and there are some unique problems of course, job security is something that has always been at the cornerstone of the uaw negotiations. so, you know, those things are where you start and we have some very unique issues where it comes to skilled trades and temporary workers that have been in the plants for some three and four years and at this point in time are not gm employees. they are still on the status of temporary. that fight is something that we
interfered with our negotiations whatsoever. we remain focused to get a tentative agreement general motors. thank you, terry dittes, vice president of the united auto workers union. coming up, we re looking at challenges that educators face teaching the constitution in our divided climate. plus brian williams new interview with edward snowden. hear what he said our personal devices are collecting on all of us and why it s so dangerous. you re watching msnbc. dangerous you re watching msnbc. chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting so when the day arrives, you ll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures,