Desperate Times Call for Desperate Union Rhetoric

By Larry Sand
06/19/2012
After losing the Battle of Wisconsin, union members flee in droves and frantic union apologists resort to melodrama. 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 example...

TAGS: Act 10, Dennis Van Roekel, Governor Scott Walker, National Education Association, public employee unions

The Battle of Wisconsin

By Larry Sand
06/12/2012
Governor Walker’s victory on June 5th was crucial, but the war is far from over. Just a week ago, Scott Walker survived a recall, beating back the rapacious efforts of the National Education Association and its state affiliate, the Wisconsin Education Association (WEAC) to recall the Wisconsin governor who had the moxie to work with...

TAGS: Act 10, collective bargaining, Dennis Van Roekel, Mike Antonucci, National Education Association, Scott Walker, teachers union, Wisconsin Education Association Council