The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (PBS) - 1992-04-13
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[0:04] Funding for local broadcast of the
[0:06] McNeel Lair NewsHour has been provided
[0:08] by Davis Wright Tmaine, a law firm
[0:11] serving businesses and individuals from
[0:13] offices in Oregon, Washington,
[0:15] California, Idaho, Alaska, and
[0:17] Washington DC.
[0:18] [Music]
[0:23] >> Good evening. I'm Robert McNeel in New
[0:25] York.
[0:26] >> And I'm Judy Woodruff in Washington.
[0:28] After our summary of the news this
[0:30] Monday, we turn to national welfare
[0:32] reform. The state of Wisconsin offers a
[0:35] model and four experts offer divergent
[0:37] points of view. Then the political
[0:40] struggle over economic reform in the
[0:42] Russian Republic. And finally, a
[0:44] documentary look at the opening of the
[0:46] once closed Soviet city of Gorki.
[0:50] >> Funding for the McNeel Aeron NewsHour
[0:52] has been provided by Pepsico.
[0:55] [Music]
[1:05] Pepsi.
[1:07] [Music]
[1:09] Part of helping the world live and
[1:10] communicate better is keeping it well
[1:12] informed. That's why funding for the
[1:14] NewsHour is also provided by AT&T
[1:18] and by the Corporation for Public
[1:19] Broadcasting and viewers like you.
[1:24] President Bush today criticized labor
[1:26] unions and the money they raise for
[1:28] political contributions. In a Rose
[1:30] Garden ceremony, he signed an executive
[1:32] order requiring federal contractors to
[1:34] inform non-UN workers that they have the
[1:37] right to withhold union dues, which go
[1:39] towards political activities they don't
[1:41] support. In some union shops, non-UN
[1:44] employees pay dues to cover the cost of
[1:46] negotiating contracts or filing worker
[1:49] grievances. Most union political
[1:51] contributions go to Democratic
[1:53] candidates. Mr. Bush said the order is
[1:55] in line with a 1