Take it with a grain of salt, but some Big Labor activists appear to be nervous about “Democrat defections” on the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill. The liberal Huffington Post quotes a union lobbyist as saying:

Taking the secret ballot away from workers so they can be identified, pressured and coerced into forming a union is a primary goal of the union bosses, but don’t forget — it isn’t the only goal.

Big Labor has let the cat out of the bag. Their strategy is simple — get supporters to vote to move the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill to the floor of the Senate and they will get a free pass if they oppose the measure. Why?

The Oklahoman newspaper takes aim at the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill:

How does Big Labor plan to pass the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill through the Senate? With threats, coercion and intimidation.

Was the new U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, built four years late and $350 million over budget, a payoff to Big Labor lobbyists? A Washington Times commentary by former U.S. Department of Labor senior counselor Nick Geale provides some insight.

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) has a choice to make. He can stand with the workers of his state, or the union bosses. It’s that simple.

Another union boss of the besieged Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is under federal scrutiny.

From ground zero in Big Labor country — Detroit, Michigan — the Detroit News demands that Congress save the secret ballot:

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.