Wisconsin has recently been treated to a Keystone Cops performance by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union (IAM), which seems intent on putting its own members out of work. The story by now is familiar: employees of Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac voted down an offer to keep 800 jobs from moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Sep 3 Focus on the Family to layoff 75 and cut 57 positions Focus on the Family announced Wednesday it is laying off 8 percent of its work force, casualties of the latest budget shortfall at the influential conservative Christian group.75 employees will lose their jobs and an additional 57 vacant positions will remain unfilled, said Gary Schneeberger, spokesman for the evangelical ministry founded by child psychologist James Dobson.In 2002, Focus’ employment reached a high

Budget cuts will result in the layoff next month of the 11 security officers who patrol the Capitol building and nearby state facilities in Lansing. It’s a move a union official says will leave the Capitol unprotected