Big Labor advocates like to cite the big government spending programs of the Depression-era as the panacea for what ails us today. But Mark Mix, the President of the National Right to Work Committee, looks at the facts.

The Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado refuses to sing to Big Labor’s tune:

Prosecutors have charged the former head of the Milwaukee Police officers Union, Bradley DeBraska, with misappropriation of entity identifying information and forgery.

For refusing to unionize the employees of the Delta Queen, an historic U.S. landmark, the Seafarers International Union used its political muscle to sink the ship’s business.

The Waco Tribune hits the nail on the head:

After spending more than a billion dollars in forced union dues to ensure his election, President Obama repaid the favor by repealing executive orders, helping speed coercive union organizing.

Another day, another SEIU (Service Employees International Union) scandal.

A high-ranking Midwest officer of the Service Employees International Union [SEIU], who had been serving as trustee of a financially troubled local, has resigned after being accused of billing the labor organization for $9,000 in personal expenses.

A new national survey of voters released . . . [January 26, 2009] by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) shows opposition coming from an unlikely source — union households.

California is mired in debt and red ink. Is it any surprise that Big Labor bosses have unlimited control and power over the state’s political establishment?

President Obama’s decision to name Wilma Liebman as chair of the National Labor Relations Board is not a welcome sign for workers.

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) has introduced legislation to repeal a state’s right to enact a Right to Work law. The bill currently has eight cosponsors.

The boss of the UAW union has predicted that there will be no wage cuts associated with efforts to reform the American automobile industry.

Politics is often a game of inches not yards. Success does not come overnight. But as any legislative strategist will tell you, getting a roll call vote on a critical issue is the first step toward long-term success, . . .

In the waning hours of the Bush Administration, the Department of Labor beefed up disclosure rules for Big Labor, trying to ensure workers’ dues money is not stolen or abused. Most union bosses are complaining about the rules, but . . .

Hilda Solis’ nomination for Secretary of Labor has hit a bit of a snag.

John Stossel of ABC News sees right through Big Labor’s claim that the Card Check Scam Bill is about giving workers a choice:

Investor’s Business Daily has joined other newspapers to demand defeat of the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill: