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3 Fallacies in Obama’s Public-Sector Stimulus Strategy

  reason.com,   June 19, 2012      Poor President Obama. Life under the White House klieg lights must seem soooo unfair. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been saying since last year that although “private-sector jobs have been doing just fine,” public-sector jobs…

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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Weighs in on Government Employee Unions

  Netrightdaily.com, June 14, 2012      Should public sector unions be abolished? One governor seems to think so. “I think really government works better without them. I really do,” said Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels appearing on Fox News Sunday with…

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AFSCME Member Reveals Union’s Playing Politics with Forced Dues

  The Daily Caller Online , June 18, 2012     “I don’t believe that AFSCME has one member in the city of San Francisco but they were contributing money to the Democratic primary for the mayor of San Francisco,” Donohue’s campaign representative…

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CA Teacher Empowerment Network Comments on Government Employee Unions’ Hyperbole

Unionwatch.org, June 19, 2012 Since losing the recall election in Wisconsin two weeks ago, it seems that there has been more than the usual lying, distortion and hyperbole coming from union bosses and their fellow travelers. Perhaps the most egregious…

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White House Favoritism Toward UAW Brass Costly to Taxpayers

Auto Bailout or UAW Bailout? Taxpayer Losses Came from …   Obama did not save Detroit“Ž Washington Examiner   On the campaign trail, President Obama stubbornly continues to defend his Administration’s handling of the 2009 bankruptcies of United Autoworkers (UAW/AFL-CIO) union boss-controlled General Motors…

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NILRR News Clips – June 15, 2012

Right to Work Works! The New American Online, June 15, 2012 For purposes of this discussion, the definition of the Right to Work principle will be that provided by the National Institute for Labor Relations Research: Walker will not pursue…

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Pennsylvania GOP Governor Now Paying the Price For Big Labor Appeasement

Some Republican Governors Attempt To Steer Clear Of … – ABC News Gov. Tom Corbett’s approval rating reaches all-time … – PennLive.com Now that a clear majority of Wisconsin voters have rejected Big Labor’s scheme to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker from office, less than halfway through…

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President Obama Oblivious to the Truth About Unionized Government Payrolls

Clueless appeal to aid govt workers Just a little over two years ago, the U.S. Labor Department reported that, for the first time ever, a majority of unionized workers across America are now government employees. As recently as 1980, less…

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What lesson will elected officials in other states learn from Wisconsin’s recall showdown?

Wisconsin Vote Shows Unions Losing Strength Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory deals blow to unions As Americans who follow political news (ardently, casually, or somewhere in between) surely already know, on Tuesday Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker handily defeated union bosses’…

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An Effort to ‘Shame and Pressure People’

Mailings that list voting records set off some neighbors Since the late 1970’s, union operatives have grown accustomed to using “card checks” and other organizing techniques that disparage employees’ prerogative to decide in private whether or not they will support unionization…

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