John Lund [www.nrtwc.org] The recent events in Wisconsin have brought home the reality of how much power union bosses have over our government and as an extension our universities and schools -- empty class rooms, school districts shutdown, and students encouraged by their teachers and professors to protest. How does this happen? Well, Wisconsin is home to the oldest state funded "School for Workers," which is operated by the University of Wisconsin-Extension. "Each year it offers hundreds of programs" designed specifically for union officials and union organizers. Organizers like those that ginned up the chaos in the streets of Madison. How active has the Wisconsin School for Workers been in the Madison Mayhem is hard to say. But, it advertises training in "activism" -- the left's code word for mass "intimidation" like the kind in Madison. The School for Workers produced publicly-financed Labor Radio programs opposing Governor Walker and his reforms. But perhaps the most interesting contribution of the Wisconsin School for Workers is as a source for President Barack Obama's overseer of union corruption investigations and union financial disclosures. His name is John Lund and he heads the US Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards. Lund, a professor at the School for Workers and a Big Labor-friendly expert hired by labor union officials, has taken a 2-year sabbatical from his Wisconsin position to oversee his former clients. Since his arrival at the US ...