With less than 24 hours to go, President Obama on the way, and last week's protests at the state capitol proving ineffective, Democrats are doing the only thing they can right now: union-shame the other side into a turnaround under the national spotlight.
A federal mediator was removed from working on solving the NHL and the player association's many issues only two hours after being appointed to the job after hockey fans found his Twitter feed and discovered he was a fan of a particularly vulgar hashtag.
A certain labor dispute had Americans talking about the value of working men this week, Jon Stewart explained on The Daily Show last night.
Talks broke down between the Chicago Teachers Union and the public school board on Sunday night, heralding in the city's first strike in 25 years.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker easily won his recall election last night, dealing a morale-killing blow to Democrats and labor union supporters.
The State of Indiana released its official findings today in last summer's collapse of a stage at the state fair, and the blame goes mostly to the company that built the stage and the union that worked on it.
The entire Qantas fleet is grounded as the Australian airline battles with labor unions.
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