Union dispute in Wisconsin has turned uglier, union's boycotting

Union Grove, Wisconsin - Get a load of this, if you are aware of the situation in Wisconsin, where the Governor Scott Walker (R) is trying to disallow union bargaining rights to save money for the state, union...

Chaos Theory,Rank & File Wisconsin Public Employees&True TEAParty

The following is an except from an article I wrote on Examiner.com: "From now until the 2012 elections, I am going to write a series of articles with the express purpose of trying to get the average reader to ...

GOP Wisconsin Senator Admits Union-Busting Bill is to Beat Obama

" State Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R), the Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader admitted on Fox News what many liberals have long-suspected: rescinding collective bargaining rights from state workers is Wisconsin is about the 2012 presidential election, not the state...

Sen. Brown: 'Hitler didn't want unions'

" Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio invoked Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin while sounding off on union battles with state lawmakers in his state and in Wisconsin. "I look back in history, in some of the worst governments that we had, you know the first thing they did,...

Rev Jackson Praises Unions at School, compares it to Civil Rights

Op-ed By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politiiste,com Is Separation of Church and State just for Conservatives? It appears so as no establishment clause invocation was used when Socialist religious promulgator...

Missing Wisconsin Democrats to face $100 per day fine

"Wisconsin Senate Republicans on Wednesday adopted a resolution that would fine missing Democrats $100 every day they remain away from the state capital, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told reporters. The measure could also force the absentee lawmakers to forfeit...

Fox News' Mike Tobin Lies About Being Punched by Union Protester

"Fox News’ Mike Tobin, reporting from amid the massive demonstration, claimed that one of the protesters “punched” him in the arm. In another broadcast, he claimed a man threatened to break his neck. However, a camera-equipped bystander captured the scene as someone ...

How the 2008 Wall Street fraud & crash sank Wisconsin VIDEO

"On ‘Democracy Now,’ Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi explained how the American people have been defrauded by Wall Street investors and how the financial crisis is connected to the budget situations in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio. Taibbi demonstrates how ...

State and Federal employees same collective bargaining rights?

We think state employees should have the same collective bargaining rights as Federal employees. They have none for Wages or Benefits. In 1978, Democratic President Jimmy Carter, backed by a Democratic Congress,...

Wisconsin protesters stay put; defiant governor holds ground

"Union workers and activists celebratede early Monday in the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison as police relented and let them spend another night on the marble floors of the building's rotunda. "This is a huge, huge moment, and that's why you are seeing dancing and hearing...

Would spending cuts hurt the economy?

"The big spending cuts proposed by House Republicans could weigh on economic growth and jobs, but forecasts vary widely.Economist Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics said Sunday that if all $61 billion in proposed cuts for the rest of this year were enacted, the economy's growth...

Republicans back off confrontation with working America

Damage is done. True colors are showing. Republican leadership are correct in stemming the cost of government, though are incorrect in undermining organized labor rights. In fact, right to work laws are out of...

Beyond Unions: Five New Rules for Teachers

" Given their place as the most powerful public-employee alliance, teachers' unions are front and center in the debate that is going on in Wisconsin. But beyond the high-decibel clashes between Tea Partyers and public-employees' unions are contentious education-policy issues...

Wisconsin House ready for budget vote

"House lawmakers in Wisconsin are poised to vote Thursday on a controversial budget-repair bill that would curb public workers' collective-bargaining rights and raise their contributions to pensions and health insurance plans, according to one Democratic state representative....

Rise up, Wisconsin

Some commentators have called it the 'Tea Party Movement' of the Left, but what are the Wisconsin protests really about? The heart and soul of liberalism is economic egalitarianism. Without it, Wall Street will continue to extract ever vaster sums...

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