Professional athletes have in advocating for racial and social justice. Speakers include Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson and representatives from the nfls Player Association and aflcio. They discuss the National Anthem protest being led by nfl quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the work of labor unions. This is two hours. Good evening, everyone. Im Carmen Berkeley here at the national aflcio in washington, d. C. Welcome to the house of labor for those of you have never been here on behalf of our president , president richard trumka. Today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. This intersection of workers and Racial Justice is work that the aflcio has been doing over five decades. Since recent happenings in our world, we started Digging Deeper into Racial Justice after the incident in missouri. For us, talking about workers with Racial Justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. He workplace. Y
Professional athletes have in advocating for racial and social justice. Speakers include Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson and representatives from the nfls Player Association and aflcio. They discuss the National Anthem protest being led by nfl quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the work of labor unions. This is two hours. Good evening, everyone. Im Carmen Berkeley here at the national aflcio in washington, d. C. Welcome to the house of labor for those of you have never been here on behalf of our president , president richard trumka. Today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. This intersection of workers and Racial Justice is work that the aflcio has been doing over five decades. Since recent happenings in our world, we started Digging Deeper into Racial Justice after the incident in missouri. For us, talking about workers with Racial Justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. He workplace. Y
Neutrality. Your colleague, henry waxman, recently wrote to the fcc asking it to be reclassified as title ii. Whats your reaction to that . Guest well, i respect henry i a lot, obviously, but hes wrong. Theyre trying to use an old law passed back in the 1930s for an industry that is in the 21st century. Its been proven over and over again that the best solution to the allocation issues and usage issues is an open, transparent market with appropriate oversight by federal and in some cases state and local government. We have a booming internet, we have a booming telecommunications system, and by and large, its because in the last 20 Years Congress and various president s have adopted more and more open, marketbased policies towards telecommunications. So for henry or the fcc to try to use an old, old almost 100yearold law to regulate the internet, in my opinion, is just, frankly, platte wrong. Flat wrong. Host if the fcc does reclassify broadband as a title ii entity, would congress have
Coverage continues tonight with the Kansas Senate debate between incumbent republican pat roberts and his independent challenger greg orman. And 00 eastern on cspan. Senator carl levin, chairman of the Armed Services committee, is at the u. S. Institute of peace to talk about u. S. Afghanistan relations. Live coverage starting at 9 30 a. M. Eastern on cspan2. Canpans 2015 Student Competition is underway. It will award 150 prizes totaling 100,000. Create a 57 minute documentary on the topic the three branches and you. Programming,n varying points of view, and submit by january 20, 2015. Grab a camera and get started. Now, the Kansas Senate debate between incumbent republican pat roberts, seeking his fourth term, and independent opponent greg orman. The rotenberg political report the debate is courtesy of the Johnson County Public Policy council and the kansas city tv station kmbc. [applause] thank you. Welcome to all of you. For those of you who are here covering the race from outofstat