Tag: Scott Walker

As the Catholic Church takes action to counter the left-wing drift of American nuns, Breitbart.com has learned that hundreds of nuns are involved in the left’s campaign to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R)–in favor of pro-choice Democratic challengers. The

This week, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker received rock-star treatment during a speech to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Outside the event, thousands of public sector union members angrily protested the visit. It is doubtful that any sitting governor ever sparked

Tuesday, over 2000 union protesters rolled into Springfield, IL, to protestWisconsin Governor Scott Walker, speaking at the Illinois Chamber ofCommerce. Once again they came to chant and sing, and chant and sing they did. It wasa typical sea of matching

Yesterday I spoke with Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (along with my Breitbart colleague Mike Flynn, who was visiting St. Louis). This grassroots mom and cancer survivor is in the fight of her life, under attack by labor groups who

Unions now subsist on taxpayer dollars. This year’s annual BLS report on union data reaffirmed a decade old trend: union growth is predicated on an ever-growing government. 2012 marks the third consecutive year there were more public sector union member

(AP) Wisconsin governor greeted as Republican rock starBy SCOTT BAUER and SEAN MURPHYAssociated PressOKLAHOMA CITYThe preacher’s son laughed and joked as he took a seat among the biggest players in Oklahoma politics, some of whom paid $10,000 to break bread

[Madison, Wisc…] Not long ago, it was unthinkable to disrespect the National Anthem in anyway whatsoever. However pro-labor union protesters showed no hesitation in crossing that line on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. As thousands prepared to gather for the Americans

Media Trackers is able to confirm that 43 current employees of the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office signed the petition to recall Governor Scott Walker. A total of 70 names on iVerifytheRecall.com matched the names of current employees at the Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE – The average Milwaukee Public Schools teacher was absent from the classroom over 9 percent of the time during the 2010-11 school year. The district’s 5,241 teachers took a whopping 92,691 days off last year – in the form of sick days,

The left seems to have a really hard time leaving the kids of Republicanpoliticians out of their fits of rage. Yesterday, Governor Scott Walker gavean interview to David Brody of CBNNews in which he talked about the anger directed at

MADISON – Wisconsin’s public sector unions and their allies are hailing a recent court decision on Act 10 as a victory heading into the summer recall season. But the most important part of the new law – that collective bargaining is not a legal right -survived the

Breitbart.com has learned that teachers in Wisconsin have been attending routine training workshops with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), a radical organization founded by Saul Alinsky in 1940. In a video produced by the MacIver Institute, organizers are seen arriving

(AP) Confident Romney predicts Wisconsin victoryBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressFITCHBURG, Wis.A confident Mitt Romney is predicting victory ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary in Wisconsin. “It feels better and better. The support for my campaign is growing stronger and stronger,” he told

(AP) Federal judge strikes down parts of Wis. union lawBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.A federal judge upheld most of Wisconsin’s contentious law curbing collective bargaining rights on Friday, but he sided with unions by overturning two portions of the law

(AP) Recall election ordered for Wis. Gov. Scott WalkerBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.The recall election ordered Friday for embattled first-term Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker quickly turned into a possible rematch when the Democrat he narrowly defeated in 2010 announced he

An open records request filed by Milwaukee conservative radio personality Mark Belling has revealed that freedom of speech in some public schools is reserved for those who agree with the unions. According to information obtained by Belling, a custodian working for a private contractor

The largest American labor federation promised this week it would launch the most aggressive campaign effort in the labor movement’s history, tapping at least 400,000 union members to fill the voter contact and get-out-the-vote voids in the larger Democratic operation. AFL-CIO

Union leaders in Louisiana should refrain from separating teachers from their classroom responsibilities with standardized testing set to begin, business representatives and reform proponents are arguing in response to recent school board actions. On Monday, the Vermilion Parish School Board