Mar 8, 2011 – Despite the financial straits that Wisconsin is facing, the war being waged against Scott Walker has always been about union power … But the e-mails weren’t enough to end a stalemate that has drawn national attention and ignited a storm of protest from union workers … Bob Jauch, one of the 14 Democrats on the run in Illinois to block a vote on Walker’s original proposal, said he hoped the compromise…

Mar 8, 2011 – [snip] In response to the chamber intervention, some individual members of the union contacted VanBlaricom’s employer. … Here is the text of the statement that Ms. … ’s union given the current state, local and national economic conditions.…

Mar 8, 2011 – The coalition of the right went from 44% of the vote in the last parliamentary election in 2007 to over 50% in this one. … rest of the post. 2. … click here for the rest of the post.…

Mar 7, 2011 – Senate have the two-thirds it needed to enshrine a fundamental principle of governing into the highest law of the land: that politicians … Heck, we’ve run deficits in 54 of the last 60 years, as the National Taxpayer Union points out. … Said Friedman: “The amendment is very much in the spirit of the first 10 amendments — the Bill of Rights.…

Mar 7, 2011 – On the contrary, the more favorably they dispose of union demands, the more likely they are to be the beneficiary of union largess … debate and discussion – one of the hallmarks of our American democracy. … This is one of the most important fights of our time and it will impact the lives for generations of Wisconsinites and American to…

Mar 7, 2011 – Barry Rubin back to the front page of RedState. … Well, that depends on the kind of change, doesn’t it? … Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International…

Mar 7, 2011 – are wreaking havoc on state budgets (now and in the foreseeable future). … As you explore the site, take note of both features—the unfunded pension and the unfunded health care obligations. … As more people (even union members) understand the problem, the more will understand why the system needs to be reined in.…

Mar 7, 2011 – While I understand his reasoning, I think the last of the WWI and the last of the WWII servicemen should be given the honor. … He, as the last of the embodiment of the men and boys who heard that first call for freedom across the seas, deserves to lie in the … Now, the Garden State has shown them the exit (so to speak). Please click here for the rest of the post. 5.…

Mar 5, 2011 – This has caused quite a battle in the Garden State, as the union representing the NJ Turnpike toll collectors has tried to convince … In so doing, the State added an addendum to the Request for Proposal (RFP) that eliminated the union members’ “first right of refusal … and foolish, the union has likely cost them the chance of getting jobs with whatever company becomes the new toll collector.…

Mar 4, 2011 – High union wages that exceed the competitive market rate are likely to cause job losses in the unionized sector of the economy.”Presumably … rest of the post. 5. … of the post. 6.…

Mar 3, 2011 – “As a nation, I look back in history and some of the worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one of the the first thing they did … On the contrary, they are among the most important institutions of the nation’s economic life. … A people whose broad masses, through a sound trade-union movement, obtain the satisfaction of their living requirements and at the…

Mar 3, 2011 – spent the last month cynically inciting their weaker-minded followers up to the very edge of violence.  … We have come to the end of showing any consideration, and the end of toleration of nonsense.  … This is, of course, the very concept that various state Democrats are currently defecating upon.…

Mar 3, 2011 – Secretary of State Doug La Follette (D) to delay publishing said budget repair bill once it passed for long enough to allow Ciesliewicz … senators (who are recipients of considerable union largess), somehow ‘spontaneously’ all decided to flee the state anyway. … very idea of public sector unions.…

Mar 3, 2011 – the proposal, than the content of the proposal itself. … Government programs caring for the poor are not the cause of Christ, nor the acts of Christians.  … the books on the backs of the poor and underserved.…

Mar 3, 2011 – devotion to union bosses, as well as her disdain for the 88% of Americans who are union-free and stuck with the tab. … for the rest of the post. 3. … : the protection of private property rights.Please click here for the rest of the post.…

Mar 2, 2011 – Governor Kasich will of course sign the bill once it is law. … The time has come for union leadership and other Democrats in that state to ask themselves what they want to do. … **Up to sixty days to get the petition signed by in-district residents (yes, the government will check this time) totaling 25% of the…

Mar 21, 2011 – would be a bridge too far, because blocking the merger would be against the interests of the union bosses. … However I disagree with blocking the merger regardless of the union issue. … payments, or with the radicals who want to impose greater state control of all mass media at the expense of private property and freedom…

Mar 21, 2011 – to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent Secretary of State Doug La Follette from publishing the bill while she reviews the … Specializing in doorknocking and phone bank strategies, we use state-of-the-art campaign resources to ensure that no doorknock or phone … SEIU State Council through the 2008 election cycle.…

Mar 18, 2011 – Tom Price and other Republicans would hold up the Republicans’ health care plan in Barack Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address every … Instead, House Republicans went through the dance of passing H.R. 1, to set out a budget for the rest of the year, and then — in effect … of the American public.…

Mar 18, 2011 – Tom Price and other Republicans would hold up the Republicans’ health care plan in Barack Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address every … Andrew Cuomo Wakes Up And Smells The Tea The biggest political story of 2011 is at the state level, where new Republican governors … Why, become a champion of trade, of course. Please click here for the rest of the post.…

Mar 17, 2011 – ; regardless of the outcome of those pesky things called elections. … Florida has bills to duplicate this reform in their state in the appropriate committees of their legislature. … Tennessee and Idaho now consider legislation to limit the power of state education unions in other respects.…

Mar 17, 2011 – The biggest political story of 2011 is at the state level, where new Republican governors like Scott Walker and Rick Snyder have … hikes, and Maryland’s Martin O’Malley even went to the Corzine-esque extreme of giving the keynote speech at a union protest against … back to the GOP and swung more House seats from D to R than any other state in the Union, Cuomo himself cruised to victory by almost…

Mar 16, 2011 – Governor, God bless him, said, “The right of all citizens to protest and assemble peacefully is sacred in the State of Tennessee. … The activists, members of the American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees, were at the capitol to see the Commerce Committee … most striking part of this are the ages of the protestors.…

Mar 16, 2011 – The union members would demand a greater level of discretion and selectivity in who their monies were put up to bat on behalf of. … Regrettably, all the monies paid into public unions come out of salaries already paid by the national, state or municipal tax bases … Thus, the union has no reason not to defend the perverts and abusers above – unless of course they have some sort of old-fashioned…

Mar 15, 2011 – This time, the public-sector union members crowded around and chanted in Annapolis, Maryland—a state that has no chance of reforming … “When the rights of workers in one state can be stolen, all of us should feel a little less secure,” said Trumka. … As noted by the Maryland Reporter: It was a bizarre finale to a rally that brought thousands of state workers and teachers to Annapolis…