From the New York Times, I Michael barbara- this is the daily today how a piece of paper gaining increasing power over the american work, and can a life swore into a liability and the press return to Washington with some family business to attend to its Wednesday May thirty. First

what about the history of the textile industry in North Carolina? Well, worn point North Carolina, the textile capital of the world, about it's kind of declined. Now, my name indeed, Ballinger I've been in TAT, Thou North Carolina nineteen eighty first started with textile. Shortly after I graduated because a company called the development corporation, just an injury level, job a manual labor job. You know I didn't know about gummy, then stay and textile level. Just a kid I did. I keep getting promoted, turned into a career.

I had to take a nap a cut when the economy tax during the great recession they cut everybody's pay, five hundred and thirty five, forty percent and in the meantime I got an offer from a company about five MI away for manufacturing manager you're running plant. So there was a big promotion for me. It's a big opportunity, so I accepted the job, but that fired on me big time. Keith says that after only a few weeks at his new job, one day of gentleman shows up and ask for me and he handsome an envelope since he's been carved keys head vile. His noncom p clause, so not because basically, this little thing inside of your big employment contract- and it says you can't go work for the competition. You can't go work for the other guy Conor Dorothy covers economics for the times, so at this point how

the people in the american economy are being asked to sign a non compete. If you know so the ass data we have is that about one in five people is covered by these. If anything, that's an underestimate and the reason is a lot of people. Don't even know. I mean it's sort of sort of like asking you did you read your cable bill? black people to redefine print. Did you know what it was your assigning? I knew it was a man can t, but they had a whole slew of the sand. This thing this thing out one and nobody really set down, explained everything. You know like a hand to me, not read it, but he trusted dams, though I find these things started with executives and high up scientists, and you know people who really could absolutely crush a company if they took all their secrets to another place, but now they're moving down to you know in some cases sandwich makers, people shovel dirt people cut hair best. I can tell it's everywhere my new employees, or was advised by his attorney, said he

Better lay me all to keep from gettin drug into the wall, see so lost my job, one of the more extraordinary cases I came across the sky, Keith Ballinger people of the best job out ever had fit me lock of love and its extraordinary because he had this legal odyssey with his company. They fought back and forth in court spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for three and a half years. Almost four years. The financial burden that is this has caused me there, there's no way I can ever recoup from it totally in the lawsuit, didn't stop. While I was unemployed, so I had to keep paying an attorney and that way I can stay out. You know you know it wiped out our life two three years of all this drama and heart ache, because this document was put in front of you- and you cited here.

O Connor doesn't Anon compete clause just by definition and of stifling competition and then heard every company o too. There. A lot of companies would say I spent a lot of money on training you and I'm spending that money on training, with the expectation that you will stay around four while right, but that's what the economic data seems to show, call your based in Silicon Valley. You cover ed. I would a man and that Non competes are pretty widely used and cut hi tech industries like that. Is that the case? You would think that now competes with the other two so clearly, but they're, not in fact, a lot of people say that there a reason the Silicon Valley exist and that's because California, brain. It's not Capades. I mean a lot of people say the Silicon Valley started when a bunch of people, bailed, New York, company, called Fairchild semiconductor to create a new company called into well in a lot of states it they would be illegal for a bunch of guys who

that a company to get together and stigma. You know what let's go across the street and start our own companies doing the exact same thing, but if that hadn't happened and if it hadn't continued happening We might not have a Silicon valley today, or at least that's part of the argument when So you know, there's gonna this big, broader, like a philosophical question, which is: aren't we sort of better off in the economy. We knowledge gets share it Yeah there will be people listen to those who say you asked to sign a document, but you didn't have to what would you say? Well, I felt like I had to the way it was presented to me the fact that I trusted the people that are

in working for two decades and it, and I had no idea that later on, I would have to take such a drastic baker and not be able to go anywhere else in the only industry that are new. Look, I'm just I'm just a gambler high school education, a chemist specialist anything I just started off entry level in work. My way, I'm just an average smile you're, not a smart. Well, that much is that much is clear. Ok, thank you So what is the lesson of a case like Keith Ponderous and has not compete cause? Here's the lesson I take from this. Increasingly companies want to own your work. Experience like go work for any company you and I we ve all of our stuff is owned by the New York Times. It's all copyright, it's in your times. We accept that

That's fine that you own the product I made in its fine that you on the copyright to all the stuff for you and the intellectual secrets even right, but why do you own that I know how to do the thing: wonder what you ve said or would setting anybody's whose the sign one of these documents. Now I've got my first witness power, even call it right now or never finally complete. What does your son wanna do after college is? If he knows, if you know it measuring in computer science and monitoring and there could be a non compete on world could be Keith. Thank you very much. I appreciate your bank. Thank you have good day.

Earlier this month after three years, after years of litigation, Keith volunteers, he was settled and he can safely. Turned to his new job in an email, ts chief, finishing the company, that, you'd Ballinger for violating has not compete. Agreement said it was quote: committee to ethical business practices and will protect. Ourselves from a legal business tactics that threaten the lively, Of the one hundred and fifty plus families who depend on us we'll be right back America's biopharmaceutical companies have one very important thing in common: a common enemy they're, making great progress because their collaborating in ways they ve never done.

For in a matter of weeks they progressed from potential treatments for carbon nineteen to Anna bodies and antivirals that have shown positive results to several promising vaccine candidates. Get the latest updates a PH rna dot, Org Slash corona virus, because science is how we get back to normal. So the issue of the russian room, I'm wondering Sean. If you can tell us, when the president knew whether, for President newest time, Europe is seeking to establish channel occasions the russian Embassy to government and if we didn't know at the time, that assumes a lot, and I would just say that Mr Cushions attorney has said that of Mr Cramer's volunteer to share with Congress what he knows about these meetings and he will do the same if he's contacted in in connected with any other important, not gonna get issue with further did or did not discuss what

What what your question assumes is a lot of facts that are not substantiated by anything but anonymous sources that are so far being leaked out. My colleague, Peter Baker had been with President Trump as he traveled overseas last week and is now in Washington, as the president confronts some of the controversies, he had left behind just ass. He would have receded, mean the White House wasn't dealing with the controversies back home, and so you had staff here Washington and try to create a damage control why and how to get this process back on track and wall off the investigations that had been distracting the investigations that now we understand also involve Jerry Commissioner, the present son in law. So they came up with a plan and the plan was to higher outside legal team to create a war room within the White House to keep the questions on these topics away from the main, Whitehouse Briefing Room and then shake up there

communications team at the White House, and you saw the first shot of that today. When the communications director my dumpty now said he was resigning. Who is this guy? Who just left the communications with white? As I don't? I don't know I have heard his name. Well, you hate either low profile. Fella did not play a part in the campaign. Last year he was a veteran republican strategist for twenty five years were for people like Rudy Giuliani, Senator dancer and they brought him in February to basically try to professionalize- and you know, create a working apparatus here, but I think he, like other people who work in this White House and are charged with imposing discipline on the most undisciplined of presidents, found it frustrating, and so he decided to step down and I think he's not the last change we're going to see in that operation. The next few days. Do you suspect that the communication doctor basically resigned because he feels like no one can truly direct?

in this way house, where I think the president in effect, thinks that I hear you know he has made clear that he sees himself as is only truly adequate communicator. Then he said the other day that he was thinking about abolishing prosperity, is altogether, maybe we'll just be when I get up there, because only when I get up there in effect, is the message deliver correctly? So I don't think I'm going to do that exactly, but they are probably going to scale back these daily briefings and keep the questions about the the russian investigation and so forth away from that, data Day place of business. You mentioned the Russia investigation. I wanted to ask you about your cushion or who you

just a little earlier as being someone who suddenly under scrutiny for a communication that he is alleged to have had with Russia, about the idea of setting up a communications channel with that government between the trunk transition, team and Russia. I wonder Peter you, ve covered Russia and the United States for quite some time. Is there anything inherently wrong with seeking a secret way of communicating between these two countries? Well, there? Surely, that back child between Russia and nice days going back for many many years. Certainly I think there are a couple things or unusual about this circumstance. One, of course, is that this is the present son in law to it was done during the transition before. Ah, if it was done, if, as has been reported, it was under the transition before he took office and three- you know at least there some understanding that we are talking about keeping it away from people who otherwise would normally know about a back channel

You would typically have your intelligence chiefs know about anyone, since you are typically have at least some of your top foreign policy. People know about it, and this was a circumstance where people who normally know about that kind of thing were not part of the loop sidings. Also, in the context of this investigation into whether associate present trumpet during the campaign last year had anything to do with Russia's meddling in the election here and that's what makes us seem a little curious and have raised questions on the part of investigators. This does seem to be a frustrating time. For President Trump from what you can tell? How does he see the path forward? Out of this, you mention he wants to ward off the investigation? I wonder if you think, that's even possible and an even

on that. How does he see the way toward the rest of his presidency? Yeah? That's a good question going for. I do think it has to be re frustrating for him, because you know what he at least a sad is a false narrative. The idea that there is somehow collusion with the Russians has come to so absorb. You know all the energy and his White House right now, so why has it hasn't pass a major law and its at the White House every day as having to answer questions on this, but of course, he's made it worse in some way, certainly by far

the FBI director by then saying that the reasoning did at least one reason you did it was because of the Russia investigation. So moving forward, it's hard to say right now, ironically, this idea of walling off the investigation is taken from who else Bill Clinton, master of scandal and having to deal with all sorts of investigations while he was in office. Remember their multiple independent council during the Clinton administration is so they became expert in some ways at finding ways are trying to keep governing while they are sending off these attacks and that's in effect, what tromp is looking at now that same model? Can they continued to govern on the issues that are important to them, while funding off these attacks on the Russia investigation. So, and can he well it's never smooth, even if even if it does work, but one of the things all the lawyers are told him than all the others have talked to the White House staff they talk to as he has to get off twitter it and it was he came.

Can. He keeps providing ammunition for his critics by saying things by changing stories. By providing you know, intemperate tweets that feed into a narrative tat. He at the same time is trying to dispense with. So you know it's is that certainly Wyatt Communications directive might feel frustrated therein. Why ethic that they're gonna have a hard time finding some people to come in and fill some this, if they do shaken up Peter? Thank you very much thanks round me what else you need to know that The! U S military says, is successfully intercepted a mock long range missile over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday a test of a missile hence system intended to protect against a possible north korean nuclear strike. That system known as a bullet hitting a bullet hits its target about half the time,

and it has been two and a half years since to mere rice was shot and killed. Hearing Cleveland and we can tell you the officer who shot to mere has been fired and his partner that day has been discipline. The city of Cleveland has fired Timothy. Lohmann was terminated not for his role in the shooting, but leading the Cleveland Police Department about his employment history, including commendation by a smaller police department that he be fired? insubordination and line an explanation that did not satisfy arises mother, they fire health application, which I wish they would have in him for killing jury had in twenty bring criminal grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against any of the officers involved in rice is shooting setting off national protest against police shootings of young black men. That's it for the daily Michael Barbaro, see you tomorrow,

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