It’s deja vu all over again. Sorta. UPDATE: Video added

As I watched Fox News Sunday this past weekend, I almost fell off my chair during the “Is labor losing its clout?” segment, wherein Chris Wallace interviewed two representatives of public workers unions, Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association, and Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff of the AFL-CIO.

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Wisconsin a tale of things to come in November?

With a victory win by Governor Walker with his special recall election, could this be a sign that Democrats are in trouble?  It did not take long for Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairman of the Democratic National Committee to make comments about the recall election. On Capital Hill Debbie Wasserman Shultz had this to say: ““While the…

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A funny thing happened to union membership in Wisconsin

Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin was able to obtain the passage of new laws dealing with public sector unions in Wisconsin.  Their employees now actually have to shoulder the burden of paying something close to the value of their health insurance coverage and their future pension costs.  But, there was another interesting provision of…

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Liberals and the Judiciary

Unwilling to accept the fact that Rebublicans had a resounding victory in Wisconsin last November, and that the Wisconsin legislature recently passed a bill restricting some union activity, Big Liberalism is on the march again.  This time their focus is the April 5 election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. First a bit of background. The validity…

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Police and Firefighter unions demand businesses publicly oppose Wisconsin governor

Wow. Here is another reason public unions should not be allowed to collectively bargain with politicians running a local or state government. Union leadership – including those from law enforcement and firefighters – have sent letters out to local businesses demanding they publicly oppose the efforts of Wisconsin’s legislature and governor or face the consequences.

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